Eleven carefully selected, peer-reviewed contributions from the Virtual Conference on Computational Science (VCCS-2016) are featured in this edited book of proceedings. VCCS-2016, an annual meeting, was held online from 1st to 31st August 2016. The theme of the conference was "Computational Thinking for the Advancement of Society" and it matched the paradigm shift in the way we think. VCCS-2016 was attended by 100 participants from 20 countries. The chapters reflect a wide range of fundamental and applied research applying computational methods.

Contributions by: Mauricio Alcolea Palafox, Bandyopadhyay Akra, Sachin Bhalekar, Sutapa Biswas Majee, Nitish Chooramun, Suman Chowdhury, Debnarayan Jana, Namrata Dhar, Ed Galea, K Gbayo, Majdi Hochlaf, Toufik Khairat, Najia Komiha, Peter Lawrence, Roberto Linguerri, K. Lobb, Khadija Marakchi, Richard Ocaya, Jayvant Patade, Mohammed Salah, Emildo Marcano, Udo Schwingenschlögl, TANMOY CHAKRABORTY