This book constitutes thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks (ACN 2023) held at PES University, Bangalore, India, during December 18-20, 2023. The research papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from several initial submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on security and privacy, network management and software-defined networks, Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems, intelligent distributed systems, mobile computing and vehicle communications, and emerging topics. The book is directed to the researchers and scientists engaged in various fields of intelligent systems.