the current quantity is a compilation of study paintings in computation, verbal exchange, imaginative and prescient sciences, gadget layout, fabrication, upcoming fabrics and comparable method layout, and so on. it's derived out of chosen manuscripts submitted to the 2014 nationwide Workshop on Advances in verbal exchange and Computing (WACC 2014), Assam Engineering university, Guwahati, Assam, India that is rising out to be a best platform for dialogue and dissemination of knowhow during this a part of the realm. The papers integrated within the quantity are indicative of the new thrust in computation, communications and rising applied sciences. sure fresh advances in ZnO nanostructures for trade power new release supply rising insights into a space that has supplies for the power zone together with conservation and eco-friendly expertise. equally, scholarly contributions have interested in malware detection and comparable matters. a number of contributions have interested in biomedical points together with contributions on the topic of melanoma detection utilizing lively studying, program of scientific details in MECG utilizing pattern and channel convolution matrices for larger diagnostic choice, and so forth. another works have eager about the DCT-domain linear regression of ECG signs, SVD research on decreased 3-lead ECG info, the quantification of diagnostic info on ECG sign, a compressed sensing strategy with program in MRI, studying aided picture de-noising for clinical purposes, and so forth. a few works have handled program of audio fingerprinting for multi-lingual Indian music retrieval, semi-automatic method of segmentation and the marking of pitch contours for prosodic research, semiautomatic syllable labeling for Assamese language, under pressure speech acceptance, handwriting reputation in Assamese script, speaker verification contemplating the impression of consultation variability and the block matching for movement estimation, and so on. the first goal of the current quantity is to arrange a rfile for dissemination of and dialogue on rising components of study in computation and verbal exchange as aimed via WACC 2014. we are hoping that the amount will function a reference booklet for researchers in those areas.