Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at PDPTA '13, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians.

Hamid R. Arabnia is Professor, Computer Science; Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer); Elected Fellow, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine (ISIBM); The University of Georgia, Department of Computer Science.