was organized by the Federal Fluminense University (UFF) in cooperation with IEEE Region 9 Latin America;
and co-organized by Brazilian Computer Society (SBC);
the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM);
the Brazilian Association of Production Engineering (ABEPRO). IWSSIP 2010 was sponsored by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel;
Ministry of Education (CAPES-MEC);
the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ);
and UFF. Interested readers can find all 126 papers from IWSSIP 2010 at www.ic.uff. br/iwssip2010;