An Optimal Algorithm for Contrast Enhancement of Dark Images Using Genetic Algorithms.- Ad-Hoc Behavior in Opportunistic Radio.- Geocast Routing in Urban Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks.- Object-Oriented Ladder Logic Development Framework Based on the Unified Modeling Language.- An Evaluation of Technologies for the Pseudonymization of Medical Data.- Abnormal BGP Routing Dynamics Detection by Active Learning Using Bagging on Neural Networks.- Mining Subspace Clusters from Distributed Data.- Improving Distributed Semantic Search with Hybrid Topology and Peer Recommendation.- Spatial Semantic Analysis Based on a Cognitive Approach.- Formal Semantics of OWL-S with F-Logic.- Cache Offset Based Scheduling Strategy for P2P Streaming.- Audio ACP-Based Story Segmentation for TV News.- Study on Transform-Based Image Sharpening.- GEST: A Generator of ISO/IEC 15408 Security Target Templates.- A General Performance Evaluation Framework for Streaming Service over 3G/B3G.- The Stochastic Network Calculus Methodology.- Anti-spam Filter Based on Data Mining and Statistical Test.- vPMM: A Value Based Process Maturity Model.- Extracting Database Interactions and Generating Test for Web Applications.- Middleware Frameworks for Ubiquitous Computing Environment.- Structural Relationship Preservation in Volume Rendering.- Performance of Quasi-synchronous Frequency-Hopping Multiple-Access System with OFDM Scheme and Application of the No-Hit-Zone Codes.- Efficient DAG Scheduling with Resource-Aware Clustering for Heterogeneous Systems.- Research on Multilingual Indexing and Query Processing in Uyghur, Kazak, and Kyrgyz Multilingual Information Retrieval System.- A Proof System for Projection Temporal Logic.- Investigation into TCP Congestion Control Performance for a Wireless ISP.- Capacity of Memory and Error Correction Capability in Chaotic Neural Networks with Incremental Learning.

The purpose of the 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2009) to be held on June 1-3, 2009 in Shanghai, China is to bring together scientist, engineers, computer users, students to share their experiences and exchange new ideas, and 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. The conference organizers selected 27 outstanding papers from ICIS 2009, all of which you will find in this volume of Springer’s Studies in Computational Intelligence.