This book includes selected papers from the International Conference on Data Science and Intelligent Applications (ICDSIA 2020), hosted by Gandhinagar Institute of Technology (GIT), Gujarat, India, on January 24–25, 2020. The proceedings present original and high-quality contributions on theory and practice concerning emerging technologies in the areas of data science and intelligent applications. The conference provides a forum for researchers from academia and industry to present and share their ideas, views and results, while also helping them approach the challenges of technological advancements from different viewpoints.

The contributions cover a broad range of topics, including: collective intelligence, intelligent systems, IoT, fuzzy systems, Bayesian networks, ant colony optimization, data privacy and security, data mining, data warehousing, big data analytics, cloud computing, natural language processing, swarm intelligence, speech processing, machine learning and deep learning, and intelligent applications and systems. Helping strengthen the links between academia and industry, the book offers a valuable resource for instructors, students, industry practitioners, engineers, managers, researchers, and scientists alike.