These two volumes constitute the Proceedings of the International Conference on
Data Management, Analytics and Innovation (ICDMAI 2018) held from January 19
to 21, 2018, which was jointly organized by Computer Society of India, Div II and
Pune Section, and Institute of Industrial and Computer Management and Research
(IICMR), Pune. The conference was supported by the industry leaders like TCS,
IBM, Ellicium Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Omneslaw Pvt. Ltd, and premier academic
universities like Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune; Lincoln University,
Malaysia; Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune. The conference witnessed participants from 14 industries and 10 international universities from 14 countries. Utmost care was taken in each and every facet of the conference, especially regarding the quality of the paper submissions. Out of 488 papers submitted to ICDMAI 2018 from 133 institutions, only 76 papers (15.5%) were selected for oral presentation. Besides quality paper presentation, the conference also showcased 04 workshops, 04 tutorials, 08 keynote sessions, and 05 plenary
talk by the experts of the respective fields.
The volumes cover a broad spectrum of fields such as computer science,
information technology, computational engineering, electronics and telecommunication, electrical, computer application, and all the relevant disciplines. The conference papers included in this proceedings, published post-conference, are grouped into four areas of research such as data management and smart informatics, big data
management, artificial intelligence and data analytics, advances in network technologies. All four tracks of the conference were much relevant to the current technological advancements and had the Best Paper Award in each of their respective tracks. Very stringent selection process was adopted for the paper
selection, from plagiarism check to technical chairs’ review to double-blind review;
every step was religiously followed. We are thankful to all the authors who the have
submitted papers for keeping the quality of the ICDMAI 2018 conference at high
levels. The editors would like to acknowledge all the authors for their contributions
and also the efforts taken by the reviewers and session chairs of the conference,
without whom it would have been difficult to select these papers. We have received
important help from the members of the International Program Committee.