This volume presents proceedings from the 19th IFIP World Computer Congress in Santiago, Chile. The proceedings of the World Computer Congress are a product of the gathering of 2,000 delegates from more than 70 countries to discuss a myriad of topics in the ICT domain. Of particular note, this marks the first time that a World Computer Congress has been held in a Latin American country.

Topics in this series include:


* The 4th International Conference on Theoretical Computer Science

* Education for the 21st Century- Impact of ICT and Digital Resources

* Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks

* Ad-Hoc Networking

* Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security, and Mobility

* The Past and Future of Information Systems: 1976-2006 and Beyond

* History of Computing and Education

* Biologically Inspired Cooperative Computing

* Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice

* Applications in Artificial Intelligence

* Advanced Software Engineering: Expanding the Frontiers of Software

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