Book excerpt: This book gathers 14 of the most promising papers presented at the 18th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2017), which was held on June 26–28, 2017 in Kanazawa, Japan. The aim of this conference was to bring together researchers and scientists, businessmen and entrepreneurs, teachers, engineers, computer users, and students to discuss the various fields of computer science and to share their experiences and exchange new ideas and information in a meaningful way. The book presents research findings concerning all aspects (theory, applications and tools) of computer and information science, and discusses the practical challenges encountered along the way, as well as the solutions adopted to solve them.