This book reports on new theories and applications in the field of intelligent systems and
computing. It covers computational and artificial intelligence methods as well as advances in
computer vision current issues in big data and cloud computing computation linguistics and
cyber-physical systems. It also reports on data mining and knowledge extraction technologies
as well as central issues in intelligent information management. Written by active researchers
the respective chapters are based on papers presented at the International Conference on
Computer Science and Information Technologies (CSIT 2017) held on September 5-8 2017 in Lviv
Ukraine and at two workshops accompanying the conference: one on inductive modeling jointly
organized by the Lviv Polytechnic National University and the National Academy of Science of
Ukraine and another on project management which was jointly organized by the Lviv Polytechnic
National University the International Project Management Association the Ukrainian Project
Management Association the Kazakhstan Project Management Association and Nazarbayev
University. Given its breadth of coverage the book provides academics and professionals with
extensive information and a timely snapshot of the field of intelligent systems and is sure to
foster new discussions and collaborations among different groups.
