This book presents selected papers from the 21st International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing, in conjunction with the 5th SSIM 2025, held on October 1517, 2025, in Taichung City, Taiwan. It is divided into three volumes and discusses latest research outcomes in the field of information technology (IT) including but not limited to information hiding, multimedia signal processing, big data, data mining, bioinformatics, database, industrial and internet of things, and their applications.

Presents recent innovative research in the field of information technology Discusses the outcomes of IIHMSP 2025, held in Taichung City, Taiwan Serves as a reference resource for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry

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Shu-Chuan Chu received a Ph.D. degree in 2004 from the School of Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, Flinders University of South Australia. She joined Flinders University in December 2009 after 9 years at Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan. She has been a research fellow and an adjunct associate professor in the College of Science and Engineering of Flinders University, Australia, since December 2009. Currently, from August 2019, she has been a professor at Shandong University of Science and Technology until 2024. Currently, she serves as a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the School of Artificial Intelligence/School of Future Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. She also serves as an editorial board member for Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), Journal of Internet Technology (JIT), and Journal of Computers (English-Taiwan). Her research interests are mainly in Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Intelligence, and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Professor Tzu-Chuen Lu is currently a faculty member in the Department of Information Management at Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan. She received her B.M. (1999) and M.S.I.M. (2001) degrees from Chaoyang University of Technology and earned her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from National Chung Cheng University in 2006. She has a strong research interest in Multimedia Technologies and Artificial Intelligence, focusing on interdisciplinary innovation and applications.

Jeng-Shyang Pan received a B.S. degree in electronic engineering from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in 1986, an M.S. degree in communication engineering from the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, in 1988, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Edinburgh, UK, in 1996. He is currently a professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China. He is an IET fellow in the UK and has been the vice chair of the IEEE Tainan Section and Tainan chapter chair of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. He has published more than 300 journal papers, 400 conference papers, 35 book chapters, and 22 books. His current research interests include Information Hiding, Artificial Intelligence, and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Anna Esposito received her Laurea Degree summa cum laude in Information Technology and Computer Science from University of Salerno in 1989 with a thesis on: The Behaviour and Learning of a Deterministic Neural Net (published on Complex System, vol 6(6), 507-517, 1992). She received her PhD Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Napoli Federico II in 1995. Her PhD thesis on: Vowel Height and Consonantal Voicing Effects: Data from Italian (published on Phonetica, vol 59(4), 197-231, 2002) was developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), under the supervision of Professor Kenneth N Stevens.

Tien-Wen Sung received his Ph.D. degree in Computer and Communication Engineering from Department of Electrical Engineering at Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 2014. He is currently a full professor in the College of Computer Science and Mathematics, Fujian University of Technology, China. He is awarded the Taiwanese Outstanding Talents in Fujian Province of China. He is now the executive editor of Journal of Information Hiding and Multimedia Processing and the associate editor of Journal of Network Intelligence. As a guest editor, he has edited several special issues for SCIE journals. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, and U-Learning.

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TOGAF as a Unifying Framework for Agricultural Digitalization.- Analysis of Japanese Industry Using the Cobb-Douglas Production Function.- Construction and Analysis of a Student Dropout Prediction Model Using AutoGluon with Imbalanced Data Handling Techniques.- Research and Implementation of Brain Tumor Diagnosis on Deep Learning.- The Study of a Lightweight Defect Detection Model for The Surface Condition of Solar Panels.- Transfer Learning Based Microbial Colony Classification on the AGAR Dataset under Four Imaging Conditions.- Technology-Enhanced Improvisational Rhythm Activities Using Intelligent Tablet-Based Systems in Early Childhood Music Education.- Practical Research on Cultivating Talents in Artificial Intelligence Care Ecosystem Management.- Research on Repurchase Campaign of Related Survival Payment through Ad Hoc Query: AI as Assistant.- Applications of BI Tools in the Semiconductor Industry.- Characteristic Identification of Bot Users in Social Net-works.- Integrating Digital Literacy and Information Ethics into Holistic Music Educational Approach for Young Children: Impacts on Pre-service Educators and Children's Cognitive Engagement.- The Invisible Force: A Comparative Study of AI Uses and Mazu Spiritual Practices.- Applying Digital Technology to Promote Smart Healthy Aging.- Retrieval-Augmented Generation and the Challenge of Misinformation: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective.