Polar Platform addresses growing interest in polar sciences in the light of climate change.

A new book presents the state-of-the-art of the food waste phenomenon, including a thorough literature review and highlighting trends in the field.

In response to blood-glucose levels, the artificial pancreas would determine how much insulin should be automatically administered--promising better quality of life for individuals with type 1 diabetes.

Machine learning can be used to predict a patient’s risk of cardiac death based on a combination of clinical variables.

Sustainable energy systems is a crucial designing factor for environmentally responsible and resource efficient buildings.

The new Springer book series called "Urban Computing" is a joint initiative with the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). This series addresses issues and new developments in urban environments such as: city life improvement through Mobile Services and Big Data, crowdsourced data acquisition in urban environments, cyber-physical systems, e-Health and m-Health, e-Government, green computing in urban environments and human mobility.

Transdisciplinary systems engineering incorporates human and social sciences as well as traditional systems engineering methods to design today's complex systems.