The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational Science reflects recent
developments in the field of Computational Science, conceiving the field
not as a mere ancillary science but rather as an innovative approach
supporting many other scientific disciplines. The journal focuses on
original high-quality research in the realm of computational science in
parallel and distributed environments, encompassing the facilitating
theoretical foundations and the applications of large-scale computations
and massive data processing. It addresses researchers and practitioners
in areas ranging from aerospace to biochemistry, from electronics to
geosciences, from mathematics to software architecture, presenting
verifiable computational methods, findings, and solutions and enabling
industrial users to apply techniques of leading-edge, large-scale, high
performance computational methods. The 17th issue of the Transactions on
Computational Science journal consists of two parts. The first part is
comprised of four papers, spanning the areas of robotics and augmented
reality, computer game evaluation strategies, cognitive perception in
crowd control simulation, and reversible processor design using
look-ahead. The second part consists of five papers covering the topics
of secure congestion adaptive routing, cryptographic schemes for
wireless sensor networks, intersection attacks on anonymity, and
reliable message delivery in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET).