The book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented in the first International Conference on Signal, Networks, Computing, and Systems (ICSNCS 2016) held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India during February 25-27, 2016. The book is organized in to two volumes and primarily focuses on theory and applications in the broad areas of communication technology, computer science and information security. The book aims to bring together the latest scientific research works of academic scientists, professors, research scholars and students in the areas of signal, networks, computing and systems detailing the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

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Dr. Daya K. Lobiyal is currently serving as Professor in School of Computer & Systems Sciences in Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. His research works have been published in many journals and conference proceedings. He is a Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India. Prof. Durga Prasad Mohapatra received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and is presently serving as Associate Professor in NIT Rourkela, Odisha. His research interests include software engineering, real-time systems, discrete mathematics, and distributed computing. He has published more than 30 research papers in these fields in various international Journals and Conference Proceedings. He has received several project grants from DST and UGC, Govt. of India. He has received the Young Scientist Award for the year 2006 by Orissa Bigyan Academy. He has also received the Prof. K. Arumugam National Award and the Maharashtra State National Award for outstanding research work in Software Engineering for the years 2009 and 2010, respectively, from the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi. He is going to receive the Bharat Sikshya Ratan Award for significant contribution in academics awarded by the Global Society for Health and Educational Growth, Delhi. 

Prof. Atulya K. Nagar holds the Foundation Chair as Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Liverpool Hope University where he is the Dean of Faculty of Science. He has been the Head of Department of Mathematics and Computer Science since December 2007. A mathematician by training, he is an internationally recognised scholar working at the cutting edge of applied non-linear mathematical analysis, theoretical computer science, operations research and systems engineering and his work is underpinned by strong complexity-theoretic foundations. He has an extensive background and experience of working in Universities in UK and India. He has edited volumes on Intelligent Systems and Applied Mathematics; he is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (IJAISC) and serves on editorial boards for a number of prestigious journals such as the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). Prof Nagar received a prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship for pursuing his Doctorate (DPhil) in Applied Non-Linear Mathematics, which he earned from the University of York in 1996. He holds BSc (Hons.), MSc, and MPhil (with Distinction) from the MDS University of Ajmer, India.

Dr. Manmath Narayan Sahoo received his M.Tech and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in the year 2009 and 2014, respectively, from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Rourkela, India. He has served as reviewer, guest editor, track chair, programme chair in many reputed journals and conferences. His research interests include Mobile Ad hoc Networks, Fault Tolerance, and Sensor Networks. He is a professional member of prestigious societies like IEEE, CSI, and IEI.

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Part 1. Signal Processing Systems and Applications: Chapter 1. DFT-DCT Combination Based Novel Feature Extraction Method for Enhanced Iris Recognition.- Chapter 2. Novel Digital Image Watermarking in SWT+SVD Domain.- **Chapter 3. **An Improved Histogram Bin Shifting Based Reversible Data Hiding of Color Images.- Chapter 4. Face Recognition Using Background Removal Based on Eccentricity and Area Using YCbCr and HSV Color Models.- Chapter 5. An Efficient Multi-focus Image Fusion Approach Based on DWT.- Chapter 6. A Novel Fuzzy Filter for Mixed Impulse Gaussian Noise from Color Images.- Chapter 7. Face Recognition Using Snakes Algorithm and Skin Detection Based Face Localization.- **Chapter 8. **Quantifiable Image Nearness Approach Using Descriptive Neighbourhood.- **Chapter 9. Robust Speaker Verification Using GFCC Based i-vectors.- Chapter 10. Enhanced Automatic Speech Recognition with Non-acoustic Parameters.-Chapter 11. Dynamic Gesture Recognition A Machine Vision Based Approach.- **Chapter 12.**Medical Image Security with Cheater Identification Using Secret Sharing Scheme.- Chapter 13. The Role of Fractal Dimension, Lacunarity and Multifractal Dimension for Texture Analysis in SAR Image- A Comparison Based Analysis.- Chapter 14. Efficient Storage and Processing of Video Data for Moving Object Detection Using Hadoop/MapReduce.- Chapter 15. Performance Evaluation of Digital Color Image Watermarking Using Column Walsh Wavelet Transform.- **Chapter 16.**Structural (Shape) Feature Extraction for Ear Biometric System.- ***Part 2. Networking Theory and Distributed Systems: *Chapter 17. **DHAC Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Network with Asymmetric Links.- **Chapter 18. **Automatization of AAOCC to find Trust Score of Websites.- **Chapter 19. **A Multi-level Weight Based Routing Algorithm for Prolonging Network Lifetime in Cluster Based Sensor Networks.- **Chapter 20. **An Approach to Optimize Unnecessary Energy Consumption During Dynamic Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks.- **Chapter 21. **Game Theoretic Modeling of Gray Hole Attacks in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks.- Chapter 22. Chi-Square Based Mobile Radio Propagation Model Analysis and Validation.- **Chapter 23. **Collision Theory Based Sentiment Detection of Twitter Using Discourse Relations.- **Chapter 24. **Malicious Account Detection Based on Short URLs in Twitter.- **Chapter 25. **Distance, Energy and Link Quality Based Routing Protocol for Internet of Things.- **Chapter 26. **Effect and Suppression of Noise in 2D PC/OOC Scheme for Optical CDMA Systems.- **Chapter 27. **On-the-Fly Segment Density (OFSD) in Adaptive Beaconing System (ABS) Based Connectivity-Aware Geocast Routing (CAGR) in VANETs.- **Chapter 28.**Investigation and Analysis of Energy Efficiency in Distributed Antenna System: Technology towards Green Communications.- **Chapter 29. **A Novel Trust Based Access Control Model for Cloud Environment.- **Chapter 30. **Live News Streams Extraction for Visualization of Stock Market Trends.- **Chapter 31. **Categorization of Cloud Workload Types with Clustering.- **Chapter 32.**Development of a General Search Based Path Follower in Real Time Environment.- **Chapter 33. **SDN Architecture on Fog Devices for Realtime Traffic Management: A Case Study.- **Chapter 34.**Maximizing Network Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks: An Energy Harvesting Approach.-**Chapter 35. Hybrid Network Intrusion Detection Systems: A Decade's Perspective.

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