Blockchain for Iot

Blockchain for IoT provides the basic concepts of Blockchain technology and its applications to varied domains catering to socio-technical fields. It also introduces intelligent Blockchain platforms by way of infusing elements of computational intelligence into Blockchain technology. With the help of an interdisciplinary approach, it includes insights into real-life IoT applications to enable the readers to assimilate the concepts with ease. This book provides a balanced approach between theoretical understanding and practical applications.

Features:

• A self-contained approach to integrating the principles of Blockchain with elements of computational intelligence
• A rich and novel foundation of Blockchain technology with reference to the internet of things conjoined with the tenets of artificial intelligence in yielding intelligent Blockchain platforms
• Elucidates essential background, concepts, definitions, and theories thereby putting forward a complete treatment on the subject
• Information presented in an accessible way for research students of computer science and information technology, as well as software professionals who can inherit the much-needed developmental ideas to boost up their computing knowledge on distributed platforms

This book is aimed primarily at undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers studying Blockchain.

「物聯網區塊鏈」提供了區塊鏈技術的基本概念，以及其在各種社會技術領域中的應用。它還通過將計算智能元素融入區塊鏈技術，介紹了智能區塊鏈平台。通過跨學科的方法，它提供了對現實生活中物聯網應用的深入洞察，使讀者能夠輕鬆理解這些概念。本書在理論理解和實際應用之間取得了平衡。

特點：
- 將區塊鏈原則與計算智能元素相結合的自包含方法
- 以物聯網為基礎的區塊鏈技術的豐富而新穎的基礎，結合人工智能的原則，產生智能區塊鏈平台
- 闡明了必要的背景、概念、定義和理論，從而提出了對該主題的完整處理
- 以易於理解的方式呈現信息，適用於計算機科學和信息技術的研究生以及軟件專業人員，他們可以繼承所需的開發思想，提升他們在分散式平台上的計算知識

本書主要面向本科生、研究生和研究人員，專攻區塊鏈的學習。

Dr. Debarka Mukhopadhyay possesses more than seventeen years of experience including research and teaching and is currently associated with Christ University (Deemed to be University), Bangalore as Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He is an enthusiastic and result-oriented individual with Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, and M. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Kalyani Govt Engineering College under the West Bengal University of Technology. Dr. Mukhopadhyay possesses 20 patents including 6 International and 14 National (Indian), 14 International Journals, 22 conference proceedings, and 8 book chapters. His current research interest includes Blockchain Technology, IoT, AI, Nano Computing, etc. He is a member of IEEE, ISTE, IETE.

Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya did his Bachelors in Physics, Bachelors in Optics and Optoelectronics, and Masters in Optics and Optoelectronics from the University of Calcutta, India in 1995, 1998, and 2000 respectively. He completed Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University, India in 2008. He is the recipient of the University Gold Medal from the University of Calcutta for his Masters. He is the recipient of several coveted awards including the Distinguished HoD Award and Distinguished Professor Award conferred by Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, India in 2017, the Honorary Doctorate Award (D. Litt.) from The University of South America and the South East Asian Regional Computing Confederation (SEARCC) International Digital Award ICT Educator of the Year in 2017. He has been appointed as the ACM Distinguished Speaker for the tenure 2018-2020. He has been inducted into the People of ACM hall of fame by ACM, USA in 2020. He has been appointed as the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor for the tenure 2021-2023. He has been elected as the full foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He has been elected a full fellow of The Royal Society for Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA), London, UK.

He is currently serving as the Principal of Rajnagar Mahavidyalaya, Rajnagar, Birbhum. He served as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Christ University, Bangalore. He served as the Principal of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India during 2017-2019. He has also served as a Senior Research Scientist in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (2018-2019). Prior to this, he was the Professor of Information Technology of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India. He served as the Head of the Department from March 2014 to December 2016. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor of Information Technology of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India from 2011-2014. Before that, he served as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Information Technology of the University Institute of Technology, The University of Burdwan, India from 2005-2011. He was a Lecturer in Information Technology of Kalyani Government Engineering College, India during 2001-2005. He is a co-author of 6 books and the co-editor of 78 books and has more than 300 research publications in international journals and conference proceedings to his credit. He has got two PCTs and 19 patents to his credit. He has been a member of the organizing and technical program committees of several national and international conferences. He is the founding Chair of ICCICN 2014, ICRCICN (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), ISSIP (2017, 2018) (Kolkata, India). He was the General Chair of several international conferences like WCNSSP 2016 (Chiang Mai, Thailand), ICACCP (2017, 2019) (Sikkim, India) and (ICICC 2018 (New Delhi, India), and ICICC 2019 (Ostrava, Czech Republic).

He is the Associate Editor of several reputed journals including Applied Soft Computing, IEEE Access, Evolutionary Intelligence, and IET Quantum Communications. He is the editor of the International Journal of Pattern Recognition Research and the founding Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Hybrid Intelligence, Inderscience. He has guest-edited several issues with several international journals. He is serving as the Series Editor of IGI Global Book Series Advances in Information Quality and Management (AIQM), De Gruyter Book Series Frontiers in Computational Intelligence (FCI), CRC Press Book Series(s) Computational Intelligence and Applications & Quantum Machine Intelligence, Wiley Book Series Intelligent Signal and Data Processing, Elsevier Book Series Hybrid Computational Intelligence for Pattern Analysis and Understanding and Springer Tracts on Human Centered Computing.

His research interests include hybrid intelligence, pattern recognition, multimedia data processing, social networks, and quantum computing.

He is a life fellow of Optical Society of India (OSI), India, a life fellow of International Society of Research and Development (ISRD), UK, a fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, a fellow of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India and a fellow of Institution of Engineers (IEI), India. He is also a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, International Institute of Engineering and Technology (IETI), Hong Kong, and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA.

He is a life member of Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI), Computer Society of India (CSI), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Unit for Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (IUPRAI), Center for Education Growth and Research (CEGR), Integrated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), and Association of Leaders and Industries (ALI). He is a member of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, International Rough Set Society, International Association for Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), USA, International Association of Academicians, Scholars, Scientists and Engineers (IAASSE), USA, Institute of Doctors Engineers and Scientists (IDES), India, The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP) and The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC). He is also a certified Chartered Engineer of the Institution of Engineers (IEI), India. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Engineering and Technology (IETI), Hong Kong.

Dr. K. Balachandran, working as Professor, in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Christ University, Bangalore has done his Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering at Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has done his post-graduation in molecular physics, Computer application, and Information Technology. His research includes developing an Adaptive weight-based ensemble model for Lung cancer pre-diagnosis. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Computer Networks. Out of his total experience of 38 years, he worked as Scientific Officer in Atomic Energy department in Research and Development center catering to assay and analysis of Geo Physical data exploration of Radioactive Minerals for 20 years, in Tata Tea Plantation as a field officer for 1 year and rest of the period in Christ University. He is guiding research scholars in the area of Data Science, Image processing, and Software Engineering.

Sudipta Roy, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Triguna Sen School of Technology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam. He was associated with ACE Consultants, Kolkata, as a Software Professional, and Bengal Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India, as a faculty. His research interests are image processing, soft computing techniques, and Network Security. He is presently guiding research scholars as well as postgraduate and graduate students. He has published more than eighty papers in international journals and more than seventy in conference proceedings. He is a member of FIE, FIETE, LMCSI, SMIEEE, SMINNS, MACM.

Dr. Debarka Mukhopadhyay擁有超過17年的研究和教學經驗，目前在印度班加羅爾的基督大學（被視為大學）的計算機科學與工程系擔任副教授。他是一位熱情且以結果為導向的個人，擁有西孟加拉邦科技大學的計算機科學與工程博士學位，以及西孟加拉邦科技大學的卡利亞尼政府工程學院的計算機科學與工程碩士學位。Mukhopadhyay博士擁有20項專利，其中包括6項國際專利和14項印度國內專利，以及14篇國際期刊論文、22篇會議論文和8篇專書章節。他目前的研究興趣包括區塊鏈技術、物聯網、人工智能、納米計算等。他是IEEE、ISTE和IETE的成員。

Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya於1995年、1998年和2000年分別在印度加爾各答大學獲得物理學學士學位、光學與光電子學學士學位和光學與光電子學碩士學位。他於2008年在印度賈達普爾大學獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。他是加爾各答大學的優秀獎章獲得者。他獲得了多個備受推崇的獎項，包括2017年由印度孟買分會的計算機學會頒發的傑出系主任獎和傑出教授獎，以及2017年由南美洲大學和東南亞區域計算機協會（SEARCC）頒發的榮譽博士學位（D. Litt.）和年度ICT教育家獎。他被任命為2018-2020年的ACM傑出演講者。他被ACM美國選為ACM名人堂成員（2020年）。他被任命為2021-2023年的IEEE計算機學會傑出訪問學者。他當選為俄羅斯自然科學院的外籍正式成員。他當選為英國倫敦皇家藝術、製造和商業學會（RSA）的正式會員。

他目前擔任印度比爾布姆的Rajnagar Mahavidyalaya校長。他曾在印度班加羅爾的基督大學計算機科學與工程系擔任教授。他曾在2017年至2019年期間擔任印度加爾各答的RCC信息技術學院院長。他還曾在2018年至2019年期間擔任捷克共和國VSB技術大學電機工程與計算機科學學院的高級研究科學家。在此之前，他曾在印度RCC信息技術學院擔任信息技術教授。他曾在2014年3月至2016年12月期間擔任該系主任。在此之前，他曾在印度布爾德萬大學的大學技術學院計算機科學與信息技術系擔任助理教授（2005年至2011年）。他曾在2001年至2005年期間擔任印度卡利亞尼政府工程學院的信息技術講師。他是6本書的合著者和78本書的合編者，並在國際期刊和會議論文中發表了300多篇研究論文。他擁有兩項PCT專利和19項專利。他曾擔任多個國家和國際會議的組織和技術計劃委員會成員。他是ICCICN 2014、ICRCICN（2015年至2018年）、ISSIP（2017年至2018年）（印度加爾各答）的創始主席。他曾擔任多個國際會議的總主席，如WCNSSP 2016（泰國清邁）、ICACCP（2017年、2019年）（印度錫金）和ICICC 2018（印度新德里）以及ICICC 2019（捷克共和國奧斯特拉瓦）。