ICDSM2021 was successfully held in early January 2021 through a digital platform (ZOOM) with BDIC as one of the co-organisers. Insightful keynote speeches were delivered by Prof. Lianne Lam (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and Prof. Mike Tse (Cardiff University, UK). All papers accepted will be published in the Springer Book Series – Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (ISSN: 2194-5357).