This book presents the proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications, ERCICA 2016. ERCICA provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, professional engineers and scientists, educators, and technologists to discuss, debate and promote research and technology in the upcoming areas of computing, information, communication and their applications. The book discusses these emerging research areas, providing a valuable resource for researchers and practicing engineers alike.

Development of Accurate Face Recognition Process Flow For Authentication.- Simulation and Performance Evaluation of WSN Based Architecture for Animal Health Monitoring Using NS2.- Random Route Adoption Algorithm to Provide Source Location Privacy in Wireless sensor Network.- Improving Energy Efficiency and Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks withEC-AODV Routing Protocol.- Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis Using R Programming.- Frequency Domain Technique to Remove Herringbone Artifact from Magnetic Resonance Images of Brain and Morphological Segmentation for Detection of Tumor.- Face Recognition through Symbolic Data Modeling of Local Directional Gradient.- Multidimensional Image Indexing Using SR-Tree Algorithm for Content Based Image Retrieval System.- A Novel Approach to Mapping for KBQA System Using Ontology.- An Adaptive Grouping Scheme for Avoiding Hidden Node Collision in IEEE 802.15.4 LR-WPAN.- An Approach to Classify Engineering Materials Using Machine Learning Algorithm.- Performance Analysis and Assessment of Safety Critical SystemsUsing ANN.- Functional Mode Analysis of Safety Critical Systems Using Causal Bayesian Networks (CBNS).- Concept Based Extractive Text Summarization Using Graph Modeling and Weighted Iterative Raning.- Kannada Speech Recognition Using Decision Tree Based Clustering.- Automatic Hand Raise Detection By Analyzing the Edge Structures.- Performance Evaluation and Improvement of R-CTP for Enhanced Packet Transmission and Latency.- Signal Processing of Motor Imagery EEG Waves Using Empirical Mode Decomposition.- Mining Infrequent Item-sets from Text By Applying Recursive Learning and Fuzzy Logic.- Mitigating Spam E-mails Menace Using Hybrid Spam Filtering Approach.- Novel HBM Spacing Policy for Fuzzy Based Forward Collision Avoidance System in Vehicle.-