Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Further Reading -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction to Advances in Machine Learning/Deep Learning-Based Technologies -- 1.1 Editorial Note -- 1.2 Book Summary and Future Volumes -- References -- Part I Machine Learning/Deep Learning in Socializing and Entertainment -- 2 Semi-supervised Feature Selection Method for Fuzzy Clustering of Emotional States from Social Streams Messages -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The FS-EFCM Algorithm -- 2.2.1 EFCM Execution: Main Steps -- 2.2.2 Initial Parameter Setting -- 2.3 Experimental Results -- 2.3.1 Dataset -- 2.3.2 Feature Selection -- 2.3.3 FS-EFCM at Work -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- 3 AI in (and for) Games -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Game Content and Databases -- 3.3 Intelligent Game Content Generation and Selection -- 3.3.1 Generating Content for a Language Education Game -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Machine Learning/Deep Learning in Education -- 4 Computer-Human Mutual Training in a Virtual Laboratory Environment -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Purpose and Development of the Virtual Lab -- 4.1.2 Different Playing Modes -- 4.1.3 Evaluation -- 4.2 Background and Related Work -- 4.3 Architecture of the Virtual Laboratory -- 4.3.1 Conceptual Design -- 4.3.2 State-Transition Diagrams -- 4.3.3 High Level Design -- 4.3.4 State Machine -- 4.3.5 Individual Scores -- 4.3.6 Quantization -- 4.3.7 Normalization -- 4.3.8 Composite Evaluation -- 4.3.9 Success Rate -- 4.3.10 Weighted Average -- 4.3.11 Artificial Neural Network -- 4.3.12 Penalty Points -- 4.3.13 Aggregate Score -- 4.4 Machine Learning Algorithms -- 4.4.1 Genetic Algorithm for the Weighted Average -- 4.4.2 Training the Artificial Neural Network with Back-Propagation -- 4.5 Implementation -- 4.5.1 Instruction Mode -- 4.5.2 Evaluation Mode -- 4.5.3 Computer Training Mode -- 4.5.4 Training Data Collection Sub-mode. , 4.5.5 Machine Learning Sub-mode -- 4.6 Training-Testing Process and Results -- 4.6.1 Training Data -- 4.6.2 Training and Testing on Various Data Set Groups -- 4.6.3 Genetic Algorithm Results -- 4.6.4 Artificial Neural Network Training Results -- 4.7 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Exploiting Semi-supervised Learning in the Education Field: A Critical Survey -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Semi-supervised Learning -- 5.3 Literature Review -- 5.3.1 Performance Prediction -- 5.3.2 Dropout Prediction -- 5.3.3 Grade Level Prediction -- 5.3.4 Grade Point Value Prediction -- 5.3.5 Other Studies -- 5.3.6 Discussion -- 5.4 The Potential of SSL in the Education Field -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III Machine Learning/Deep Learning in Security -- 6 Survey of Machine Learning Approaches in Radiation Data Analytics Pertained to Nuclear Security -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Machine Learning Methodologies in Nuclear Security -- 6.2.1 Nuclear Signature Identification -- 6.2.2 Background Radiation Estimation -- 6.2.3 Radiation Sensor Placement -- 6.2.4 Source Localization -- 6.2.5 Anomaly Detection -- 6.3 Conclusion -- References -- 7 AI for Cybersecurity: ML-Based Techniques for Intrusion Detection Systems -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Why Does AI Pose Great Importance for Cybersecurity? -- 7.1.2 Contribution -- 7.2 ML-Based Models for Cybersecurity -- 7.2.1 K-Means -- 7.2.2 Autoencoder (AE) -- 7.2.3 Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) -- 7.2.4 Self Organizing Map -- 7.2.5 K-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN) -- 7.2.6 Bayesian Network -- 7.2.7 Decision Tree -- 7.2.8 Fuzzy Logic (Fuzzy Set Theory) -- 7.2.9 Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) -- 7.2.10 Support Vector Machine (SVM) -- 7.2.11 Ensemble Methods -- 7.2.12 Evolutionary Algorithms -- 7.2.13 Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) -- 7.2.14 Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) -- 7.2.15 Long Short Term Memory (LSTM). , 7.2.16 Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM) -- 7.2.17 Deep Belief Network (DBN) -- 7.2.18 Reinforcement Learning (RL) -- 7.3 Open Topics and Potential Directions -- 7.3.1 Novel Feature Representations -- 7.3.2 Unsupervised Learning Based Detection Systems -- References -- Part IV Machine Learning/Deep Learning in Time Series Forecasting -- 8 A Comparison of Contemporary Methods on Univariate Time Series Forecasting -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Related Work -- 8.3 Theoretical Background -- 8.3.1 ARIMA -- 8.3.2 Prophet -- 8.3.3 The Holt-Winters Seasonal Models -- 8.3.4 N-BEATS: Neural Basis Expansion Analysis -- 8.3.5 DeepAR -- 8.3.6 Trigonometric BATS -- 8.4 Experiments and Results -- 8.4.1 Datasets -- 8.4.2 Algorithms -- 8.4.3 Evaluation -- 8.4.4 Results -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Application of Deep Learning in Recurrence Plots for Multivariate Nonlinear Time Series Forecasting -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Related Work -- 9.2.1 Background on Recurrence Plots -- 9.2.2 Time Series Imaging and Convolutional Neural Networks -- 9.3 Time Series Nonlinearity -- 9.4 Time Series Imaging -- 9.4.1 Dimensionality Reduction -- 9.4.2 Optimal Parameters -- 9.5 Convolutional Neural Networks -- 9.6 Model Pipeline and Architecture -- 9.6.1 Architecture -- 9.7 Experimental Setup -- 9.8 Results -- 9.9 Conclusion -- References -- Part V Machine Learning in Video Coding and Information Extraction -- 10 A Formal and Statistical AI Tool for Complex Human Activity Recognition -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Hybrid Framework-Formal Languages -- 10.3 Formal Tool and Statistical Pipeline Architecture -- 10.4 DATA Pipeline -- 10.5 Tools for Implementation -- 10.6 Experimentation with Datasets to Identify the Ideal Model -- 10.6.1 KINISIS-Single Human Activity Recognition Modeling -- 10.6.2 DRASIS-Change of Human Activity Recognition Modeling -- 10.7 Conclusions. , References -- 11 A CU Depth Prediction Model Based on Pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network for HEVC Intra Encoding Complexity Reduction -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 H.265 High Efficiency Video Coding -- 11.2.1 Coding Tree Unit Partition -- 11.2.2 Rate Distortion Optimization -- 11.2.3 CU Partition and Image Texture Features -- 11.3 Proposed Methodology -- 11.3.1 The Hierarchical Classifier -- 11.3.2 The Methodology of Transfer Learning -- 11.3.3 Structure of Convolutional Neural Network -- 11.3.4 Dataset Construction -- 11.4 Experiments and Results -- 11.5 Conclusion -- References.