Technological Prospects and Social Applications of Society 5.0

This book provides readers to the vision of Society 5.0, which was originally proposed in the fifth　Basic Science and Technology Plan by Japan's government for a technology-based, human-centered society, emerging from the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). The implementation of AI and other modern techniques in a smart society requires automated data scheduling and analysis using smart applications, a smart infrastructure, smart systems, and a smart network.

• Provides an overview of basic concepts of Society 5.0 as well as the main pillars that support the implementation of Society 5.0.
• Contains the most recent research analysis in the domain of computer vision, signal processing, and computing sciences for facilitating smart homes, buildings, transport, facilities, environmental conditions and cities, and the benefits these offer to a nation.
• Presents the readers with practical approaches of using AI and other algorithms for smart ecosystem to deals with human dynamics, the social objects, and their relations.
• Deals with the utilization of AI tools and other modern techniques for smart society as well as the current challenging issues and its solutions for transformation to Society 5.0.

This book is aimed at graduate and post graduate students, researchers, academicians working in the field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

本書向讀者介紹了「Society 5.0」的願景，該願景最初是由日本政府在第五次基礎科學與技術計劃中提出的，旨在建立一個以技術為基礎、以人為中心的社會，這個社會是第四次工業革命（Industry 4.0）的產物。在智慧社會中實現人工智慧和其他現代技術需要使用智慧應用程序進行自動化數據排程和分析，以及智慧基礎設施、智慧系統和智慧網絡。

特點：
- 提供了Society 5.0的基本概念概述，以及支持Society 5.0實施的主要支柱。
- 包含了在計算機視覺、信號處理和計算科學領域最新的研究分析，以促進智慧家居、建築、交通、設施、環境條件和城市，以及這些對國家帶來的好處。
- 向讀者介紹了使用人工智慧和其他算法處理智慧生態系統中的人類動態、社會對象及其關係的實用方法。
- 處理了使用人工智慧工具和其他現代技術實現智慧社會的問題，以及目前的挑戰和轉型到Society 5.0的解決方案。

本書面向計算機科學、人工智慧和機器學習領域的研究生、博士生、研究人員和學者。

Dr. Lavanya Sharma is Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Information Technology at Amity University UP, Noida, India. She did her M.Tech (Computer Science & Engineering) in 2013 from Manav Rachna College of Engineering, affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana, India. She did her Ph.D from Uttarakhand Technical University, India as a full time Ph.D Scholar in the field of Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision in the year April 2018, and also received TEQIP scholarship for the same. Her research work is on Motion based Object Detection using Background Subtraction Technique for Smart Video Surveillance. She is a recipient of several prestigious awards during her academic career. She has about more than 20 research papers to her credit including Elsevier (SCI Indexed), Inderscience, IGI Global, IEEE Explore and many more. She has authored three books and two book with Taylor & Francis, CRC Press 2019 & 2020. She also contributed as Organizing Committee member Springer's ICACDS conferences 2016, Springer's ICACDS 2018, Springer's ICACDS 2019 and Springer's ICACDS 2020. She is an Editorial Member/ Reviewer of various journal of repute and active program committee member of various IEEE and Springer conferences also. Her primary research interests are Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Ad-hoc networks, Internet of Things. Her vision is to promote teaching & research, providing a highly competitive and productive environment in academic and research areas with tremendous growing opportunities for the society and her country.

Prof. P.K. Garg worked as a Vice Chancellor, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun. Presently he is working in the department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee as a professor.. He has completed B.Tech (Civil Engg.) in 1980 and M.Tech (Civil Engg) in 1982 both from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). He is a recipient of Gold Medal at IIT Roorkee to stand first during M.Tech programme, Commonwealth Scholarship Award for doing Ph.D. from University of Bristol (UK), and Commonwealth Fellowship Award to carry out post-doctoral research work at University of Reading (UK). He joined the Department of Civil Engg at IIT Roorkee in 1982, and gradually advancing his career rose to the position of Head of the Department in 2015 at IIT Roorkee.

Prof. Garg has published more than 300 technical papers in national and international conferences and journals. He has undertaken 26 research projects and provided technical services to 83 consultancy projects on various aspects of Civil Engineering, generating funds for the Institute. He has authored three text books on Remote Sensing, Theory and Principles of Geoinformatics, and Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and produced two technical films on Story of Mapping. He has developed several new courses and practical exercises in Geomatics Engineering. Besides, supervising a large number of undergraduate projects, he has guided about 72 M.Tech and 27 Ph.D. Thesis. He is instrumental in prestigious MHRD funded projects on e-learning; Development of Virtual Labs, Pedagogy and courses under NPTEL. He has served as experts on various national committees, including Ministry of Environment & Forest, EAEC Committee, NBA (AICTE) and Project Evaluation Committee, DST, New Delhi.

Prof. Garg has reviewed a large number of papers for national and international journals. Considering the need to train the human resource in the country, he has successfully organized 42 programmes in advanced areas of Surveying, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS. He has successfully organized 10 conferences and workshops. He is a life member of 24 professional societies, out of which he is a Fellow member of 8 societies. For academic work, Prof. Garg has travelled widely, nationally and internationally.

Dr. Lavanya Sharma是印度Uttar Pradesh Noida的Amity大學Amity信息技術學院的助理教授。她於2013年在馬哈拉斯希·達揚南大學附屬的Manav Rachna工程學院獲得計算機科學與工程的碩士學位。她於2018年4月在Uttarakhand技術大學以全日制博士研究生的身份在數字影像處理和計算機視覺領域獲得博士學位，並獲得了TEQIP獎學金。她的研究工作是基於運動的物體檢測，使用背景減法技術進行智能視頻監控。她在學術生涯中獲得了多個重要獎項。她發表了超過20篇研究論文，包括Elsevier（SCI Indexed）、Inderscience、IGI Global、IEEE Explore等。她撰寫了三本書，並與Taylor & Francis、CRC Press合作出版了兩本書（2019年和2020年）。她還參與了Springer的ICACDS 2016、ICACDS 2018、ICACDS 2019和ICACDS 2020的組織委員會工作。她是多個知名期刊的編輯成員/審稿人，也是多個IEEE和Springer會議的活躍程序委員會成員。她的主要研究興趣包括數字影像處理和計算機視覺、人工智能、移動自組網、物聯網。她的願景是促進教學和研究，在學術和研究領域提供競爭力強、高效的環境，為社會和國家提供巨大的發展機遇。

P.K. Garg教授曾擔任Uttarakhand技術大學副校長，目前在印度羅爾基的IIT Roorkee的土木工程系擔任教授。他於1980年獲得羅爾基大學（現為IIT Roorkee）的土木工程學士學位，並於1982年獲得土木工程碩士學位。他在IIT Roorkee的M.Tech課程中獲得了金牌獎，並獲得了前往英國布里斯托大學攻讀博士學位的英聯邦獎學金和在英國雷丁大學進行博士後研究的英聯邦獎學金。他於1982年加入IIT Roorkee的土木工程系，並在2015年晉升為系主任。

Garg教授在國內外會議和期刊上發表了300多篇技術論文。他承擔了26個研究項目，並為83個土木工程顧問項目提供技術服務，為學院籌集資金。他撰寫了三本關於遙感、地理信息學原理和無人機介紹的教科書，並製作了兩部關於地圖製作的技術影片。他開發了幾門新的測繪工程課程和實踐練習。此外，他指導了大量的本科項目，並指導了約72個碩士和27個博士論文。他在MHRD資助的電子學習、虛擬實驗室、教學法和NPTEL課程等重要項目中發揮了重要作用。他曾擔任多個國家委員會的專家，包括環境和森林部、EAEC委員會、NBA（AICTE）和DST新德里的項目評估委員會。

Garg教授為國內外期刊審查了大量論文。考慮到培養國內人力資源的需求，他成功組織了42個測量、攝影測量、遙感、地理信息系統和全球定位系統的高級領域課程。他成功組織了10個會議和研討會。他是24個專業學會的終身會員，其中8個學會是院士會員。為了學術工作，Garg教授在國內外廣泛旅行。