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The following topics are dealt with: information retrieval; systems security; knowledge structures; processing methods; information theory and statistics; network theory; information hiding and watermarking; quantum information; data compression and coding; pattern recognition and learning; computer graphics and visualization; computer vision and image processing; decision support and expert systems; workflow; databases; knowledge acquisition and expression; control theory; data security; operating systems; wireless networks; advanced networking; multi-agent systems; autonomous computing; intelligent applications; Internet; P2P computing; self-organized intelligence; service oriented computing; complex network and resource management; cooperative networking; cooperative systems; high performance computing; quality of service.