This book contains a selection of papers accepted for presentation and discussion at The
2015 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'15). This …

With the rapid penetration of mobile devices, more users prefer to watch multimedia live-
streaming via their mobile terminals. Quality of service provision is normally a critical …

The most important thing immediately before, during and after a disaster occurs is the
dissemination of information, a deployment of devices enabled by IoT (Internet of Things) …

As the amount of electronic information explodes, hierarchies to handle this information
become huge and complex. Visualizing and interacting with these hierarchies become …

A smart city scenario based on an efficient wireless network allows users to benefit from
multimedia services in an ubiquitous, seamless and interoperable way. In this context …

The evolutionary trends of the Information Society have lead to the definition of the so-called
Smart City, an environment characterized by the interaction of several heterogeneous …

An approach to the management of non-functional concerns in massively parallel and/or
distributed architectures that marries parallel programming patterns with autonomic …

We present a comprehensive approach to track gaze by estimating location, body pose, and
head pose direction of multiple individuals in unconstrained environments. The approach …

Social networks are useful tools for disseminating emergency warnings of danger to the
population since it promises enormous success because most of the citizens have mobile …

In this article, the authors discuss how business continuity methodologies can be used by
data centers to respond to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and accidents. Because …