Strength and Swelling Characteristics of Expansive Soils Treated with Calcium Carbide Residue -- Studies on Properties of Concrete Using Crumb Rubber as Fine Aggregate -- Use of Textile Effluent Treatment Plant Sludge as Sustainable Material in Brick Manufacturing -- A novel IDS to Detect Multiple DoS Attacks with Network Lifetime Estimation Based on Learning Based Energy Prediction Algorithm for Hierarchical WSN -- Ensuring Security in Sharing of Information Using Cryptographic Technique -- Efficient Collaborative Key Management Protocol for Secure Mobile Cloud Data Storage -- Identification of FrontoTemporal Dementia Using Neural Network -- Cardiac Failure Detection Using Neural Network Model with Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform -- Feature Extraction through Segmentation of Retinal Layers in SDOCT Images for the Assessment of Diabetic Retinopathy -- QR Code Based Highly Secure ECG Steganography -- Modified Shunt Active Line Conditioner Using Enhanced Self-restoring Technique with Step Size Error Elimination Algorithm.

The book is a collection of best papers presented at the International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Applications (ICICA 2018), held at Velammal Engineering College, Chennai, India on 2-3 February 2018. Presenting original work in the field of computational intelligence and power and computing technology, it focuses on soft computing applications in power systems; power-system modeling and control; FACTS devices - applications in power systems; power-system stability and switchgear and protection; power quality issues and solutions; smart grids; green and renewable energy technologies; optimization techniques in electrical systems; power electronics controllers for power systems; power converters and modeling; high voltage engineering; diagnosis and sensing systems; and robotics.