Preface: Special Issue on the Second International Symposium on Computing and Networking

The Second International Symposium on Computing and Networking (CANDAR 2014) was held in Shizuoka, Japan, from December 10th to 12th, 2014. The organizers of the CANDAR 2014 invited authors to submit the extended version of the presented papers. As a result, 14 articles have been submitted to this special issue. This issue includes the extended version of 7 papers that have been accepted. This issue owes a great deal to a number of people who devoted their time and expertise to handle the submitted papers. In particular, I would like to thank the guest editors for the excellent review process: Professor Shuichi Ichikawa, Professor Katsunobu Imai, Professor Hidetsugu Irie, Professor Yoshiaki Kakuda, Professor Susumu Matsumae, Professor Toru Nakanishi, Professor Hiroyuki Sato, Professor Chisa Takano, and Professor Takashi Yokota. Words of gratitude are also due to the anonymous reviewers who carefully read the papers and provided detailed comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the submitted papers. This special issue would not have been without their efforts.