1. Fundamentals of soft computing -- 2. Introduction to novel microprocessor architectures -- 3. High-performance optimization methods -- 4. Graphics processing unit programming and applications -- 5. GPU-based conjugated gradient solution for phase field models -- 6. Parallel computing applied to a diffusive model -- 7. Ant colony optimization (past, present and future) -- 8. Tool path optimization based on ant colony optimization for CNC machining operations -- 9. A compendium of artificial immune systems -- 10. Applications of artificial immune algorithms -- 11. A parallel implementation of the NSGA-II -- 12. High-performance navigation system for mobile robots -- 13. A method using a combination of ant colony optimization variants with ant set partitioning -- 14. Variants of ant colony optimization : a metaheuristic for solving the traveling salesman problem -- 15. Quantum computing.