Chapter 1: Cancer Classification using Gene Expression Data -- Chapter 2: A Three-Phase Heart Rate Variability Analysis for Assessing Cardiac Health Deterioration in Diabetics -- Chapter 3: RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN: A HUMAN RIGHTS BASED APPROACH FOR GOVERNANCE IN GENERATIVE AI -- Chapter 4: "Correlation of Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Stress: A Comprehensive Analysis" -- Chapter 5: Use of CNNs for Estimating Depth from Stereo Images -- Chapter 6: An AI and IoT Based Smart Green Home Sustainability -- Chapter 7: Automated Gym Exercise Form Checker: Deep-Learning Based Pose Estimation -- Chapter 8: Virtual Reality Based Pedagogical Framework for Design Education -- Chapter 9: Routing strategies for Quality of Service Optimization over Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks: A Review -- Chapter 10: A Review of Plant Classification using Deep Learning Models. etc.

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications (SmartCom 2024), organized by Global Knowledge Research Foundation (GR Foundation) from 12 to 13 January 2024 in Pune, India. It covers the state-of-the-art and emerging topics in information, computer communications, and effective strategies for their use in engineering and managerial applications. It also explores and discusses the latest technological advances in, and future directions for, information and knowledge computing and its applications.