Advances in Siot (Social Internet of Things)

Social Internet of Things (SIoT) has become a hot topic in academic research, which employs the theory of social networks into the different levels of the Internet of Things (IoTs) and has brought new possibilities for the development of the IoTs. Essentially, the SIoT is a subset of IoTs, using intelligent hardware and human as the node, social network as the organization type, the social relationship between things, things, and humans, between humans, formatting research methods and models with social network characteristics, to realize the connection, service and application of the IoTs. Moreover, SIoT is a form of realization of technology, architecture, and application of the IoTs using social network research methods, and further promotes the integration between real world and the virtual cyberspace, contributes the realization of the IoTs, expands the research scope of the social networking, and provides a new solution for the specific problems of the IoTs. Consequently, there is a tremendous need for researchers to have a comprehensive knowledge of the advances in SIoT. This special issue is soliciting scientific research papers that can present a snapshot of the latest research status of SIoT.

社交物聯網（SIoT）已成為學術研究中的熱門話題，它將社交網絡理論應用於物聯網的不同層次，為物聯網的發展帶來了新的可能性。從本質上講，SIoT是物聯網的一個子集，使用智能硬件和人類作為節點，社交網絡作為組織類型，以社交網絡特性的研究方法和模型來格式化物聯網中的物與物、物與人、人與人之間的社交關係，實現物聯網的連接、服務和應用。此外，SIoT是使用社交網絡研究方法實現物聯網技術、架構和應用的一種形式，進一步促進了現實世界與虛擬網絡空間之間的整合，為物聯網的實現做出了貢獻，擴大了社交網絡的研究範圍，並為物聯網的具體問題提供了新的解決方案。因此，研究人員需要全面了解SIoT的最新研究進展。本特刊徵集能夠呈現SIoT最新研究狀態的科學研究論文。

Dr. Gururaj H L is currently working as Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, India. He holds a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India in 2019. He is a professional member of ACM and working as ACM Distinguish Speaker from 2018. He is the founder of Wireless Internetworking Group (WiNG). He is a senior member of IEEE and lifetime member of ISTE and CSI. Dr. Gururaj received young scientist award from SERB, DST, and Government of India in December 2016. He has 9 years of teaching experience at both UG and PG level. His research interests include Block Chain Technology, Cyber Security, Wireless Senor Network, Ad-hoc networks, IOT, Data Mining, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning. He is an Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Block chains and Cryptocurrencies (Inderscience Publishers) and Special Editor of EAI publishers. He has published more than 75 research papers including 2 SCI publications in various international journals such in IEEE Access, Springer Book Chapter, WoS, Scopus, and UGC referred journals. He has presented 30 papers at various international Conferences. He has authored 1 Book on Network Simulators. He worked as reviewer for various journals and conferences. He also received Best paper awards at various National and International Conferences. He was honored as Chief Guest, Resource Person, Session chair, Keynote Speaker, TPC member, Advisory committee member at National and International Seminars, Workshops and Conferences.

Dr. Pramod H B is currently working as Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rajeev Institute of Technology, Hassan, India. He's Completed Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from SVU, India. He has 10 years of teaching experience at both UG and PG level. His research interests include Machine Learning, Wireless Senor Network, IoT, and Social IoT. He was published more than 15 research papers including 1 SCI publications in various international journals, Taylor and Francis and Wiley Book Chapter, WoS, Scopus, and UGC referred journals. And he was published in Govt of India Patent. He worked as reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Network Science & Engineering and Various Conference.

Mr. Gowtham M is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIE Institute of Technology, Mysuru, India. He's doing his research (Ph.D. Degree) in Computer Science and Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University. He has 6.5 years of teaching experience at both UG and PG level. His research interests include Network Security, Wireless Senor Network, Ad-hoc networks, IoT and Cloud Computing. He has published more than 30 research papers including 1 SCI publications in various international journals includes IEEE Transactions and Springer, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis and Wiley Book chapters

Dr. Gururaj H L目前擔任印度Mysuru的Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering的計算機科學與工程系副教授。他於2019年在印度Belagavi的Visvesvaraya Technological University獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。他是ACM的專業會員，並自2018年起擔任ACM Distinguish Speaker。他是Wireless Internetworking Group (WiNG)的創始人。他是IEEE的高級會員，並且是ISTE和CSI的終身會員。Gururaj博士於2016年12月獲得了SERB、DST和印度政府頒發的青年科學家獎。他在本科和研究生教學方面擁有9年的教學經驗。他的研究興趣包括區塊鏈技術、網絡安全、無線感測網絡、自組網絡、物聯網、數據挖掘、雲計算和機器學習。他是國際區塊鏈和加密貨幣期刊（Inderscience Publishers）的編輯委員會成員，也是EAI出版社的特別編輯。他在包括IEEE Access、Springer Book Chapter、WoS、Scopus和UGC參考期刊在內的各種國際期刊上發表了75多篇研究論文，其中包括2篇SCI論文。他在各種國際會議上發表了30篇論文。他還撰寫了一本關於網絡模擬器的書籍。他曾擔任各種期刊和會議的審稿人。他還在各種國家和國際研討會、研討會和會議上擔任主要嘉賓、資源人、會議主席、主題演講嘉賓、技術計劃委員會成員和諮詢委員會成員。

Dr. Pramod H B目前擔任印度Hassan的Rajeev Institute of Technology的計算機科學與工程系副教授。他在印度SVU獲得了計算機科學與工程博士學位。他在本科和研究生教學方面擁有10年的教學經驗。他的研究興趣包括機器學習、無線感測網絡、物聯網和社交物聯網。他在包括Taylor and Francis和Wiley Book Chapter、WoS、Scopus和UGC參考期刊在內的各種國際期刊上發表了15多篇研究論文，其中包括1篇SCI論文。他還在印度政府專利中發表了論文。他曾擔任IEEE Transaction on Network Science & Engineering和各種會議的審稿人。

Mr. Gowtham M目前擔任印度Mysuru的NIE Institute of Technology的計算機科學與工程系助理教授。他正在Visvesvaraya Technological University攻讀計算機科學與工程的博士學位。他在本科和研究生教學方面擁有6.5年的教學經驗。他的研究興趣包括網絡安全、無線感測網絡、自組網絡、物聯網和雲計算。他在包括IEEE Transactions和Springer、Elsevier、Taylor and Francis和Wiley Book chapters在內的各種國際期刊上發表了30多篇研究論文，其中包括1篇SCI論文。