This edited
book presents scientific results of the 17th IEEE/ACIS International
Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and
Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2016) which was held on May 30 - June 1,
2016 in Shanghai, China. The aim of this conference was to bring
together researchers and scientists, businessmen and entrepreneurs, teachers,
engineers, computer users, and students to discuss the numerous fields of
computer science and to share their experiences and exchange new ideas and
information in a meaningful way. Research results about all aspects (theory,
applications and tools) of computer and information science, and to discuss the
practical challenges encountered along the way and the solutions adopted to
solve them.