New Trends in Information and Communications Technology Applications

This book constitutes the referred proceedings of the 9th International Conference on New Trends in Information and Communications Technology Applications, NTICT 2025, held in Karbala, Iraq, during December 17–18, 2025. The 35 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: AI and Machine Learning; AI-driven Cybersecurity; Evolutionary Computing for Intelligent Systems; and Intelligent and Secure Communication Networks.