This book explores and discusses various aspects of intelligent systems technologies and their applications. Presenting the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (ISTA 2019), held at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K), Trivandrum, India, on December 18–21, 2019, it covers a variety of topics, such as knowledge discovery, data mining, pattern recognition, signal processing, intelligent image processing, artificial vision, ad hoc and wireless sensor networks, business intelligence and big data analytics.