Blockchain and IoT: Foundations, Applications and Case Studies
暫譯: 區塊鏈與物聯網：基礎、應用與案例研究

這本書詳細探討了物聯網（IoT）和區塊鏈在重塑產業方面的變革潛力。通過理論基礎、實際案例研究和創新應用的結合，強調了這些尖端技術如何徹底改變商業模式、提升運營效率並促進創新。這是一本對於從事物聯網、人工智慧、機器學習、區塊鏈及其在產業層面應用研究的學者、研究人員和專業人士非常有幫助的指南。

- 解釋了物聯網設備如何利用區塊鏈技術來增強數據管理和交易的安全性、透明度和效率
- 探討了物聯網設備面臨的安全挑戰，以及區塊鏈如何通過提供去中心化和防篡改的平台來解決這些挑戰，以便進行數據交換和存儲
- 研究了基於雲的物聯網平台、分析、協議和商業模式的潛力，並隨著產業革命改造勞動力
- 討論了公司如何通過基於區塊鏈的數據市場安全地利用物聯網設備生成的數據
- 提供了不同產業（如醫療保健、製造、物流和能源）中成功實施物聯網和區塊鏈技術的現實案例和案例研究

Dr. R. Anandan completed his UG, PG, Doctorate and Post-Doctoral Degree - D.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Mexico in North America. He is an IBMS/390 Mainframe professional and he is recognized as Chartered Engineer from Institution of Engineers in India. He is currently working as Professor, Department of CSE, School of Engineering and Director - Innovation and Incubation, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India which is a Pioneer Institution in Engineering. He has vast experience in corporate and all levels of Academic in Computer Science and Engineering. Under his eminent guidance 8 Ph.D Research Scholars are pursuing, under his Supervision. 16 Ph.D. Research Scholars have been awarded under his Guidance and Supervision.

He was associated as a Member in many reputed International and National societies. He serves as Editorial Board Member / Technical Committee/ Reviewer of International Journal such Arab/UK/USA journals.. He has published more than 140 research papers in various International Journals such in Scopus, SCI and referred journals. He has presented 92 papers at various International Conferences. He received 18 awards from National and International Agencies He authored and Edited 28 books which includes 10 International Books and published 30 chapters in various International Books. He filed 18 patents of his work and 4 Patents and 3 Copyrights granted. He is also associated as Editor in reputed publishers.

Dr. D.Akila completed her Post Doctoral Fellow in Computer Science, Lincoln University college, Malaysia and Ph.D, in Computer Science from Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India. She received his M.C.A from Bharathiar University, M.Phil., degree from Bharathidasan University, M.E., Computer Science and Engineering from Vinayaka Mission University. She is currently working as Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Saveetha College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, SIMATS Deemed University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India which is well known University. She 15 years of teaching experience in both UG and PG Level. Her research interests include Data Mining, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, Image Processing, Knowledge-based systems and Web Information Exploration. She has produced 2 M.Phil. Scholars and 8 Ph.D Scholars under her Guidance and Supervision.

She is an actively involved in various reputed professional bodies members like senior member, IEEE, International Association of Engineers (IAENG) Hong Kong, Member in Computer Science Teacher Association (CSTA) New York, Internet Society, International Society for Research and Development, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET). She serves as Editorial Board Member / Technical Committee/ Reviewer in many International Journals. She has published more than 100 research papers in journals. She has authored 7 Books.

She received Life Time Achievement Award 2018-2019 towards outstanding contribution in Education by National IT Cyber Security Research Association, Govt. of India, "Achiever Award 2019" towards outstanding contribution in the field of Education, Feminine Foundation and Uyir Thalir Research and Resource Organization, "A Excellence Teacher in Information Technology", Global Outreach Education Award 2019, New Delhi etc.,

Dr.D.AKILA., M.C.A., M.E., M.Phil., Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow(LUC-Malaysia)

Dr. Souvik Pal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Sister Nivedita University (Techno India Group), Kolkata, India. Prior to that, he was associated with Global Institute of Management and Technology; Brainware University, Kolkata; JIS College of Engineering, Nadia; Elitte College of Engineering, Kolkata; and Nalanda Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. Dr. Pal received his MTech, and PhD degrees in the field of Computer Science and Engineering from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than a decade of academic experience. He is author or co-editor of more than 15 books from reputed publishers and holds three patents. He is serving as a Series Editor for "Advances in Learning Analytics for Intelligent Cloud-IoT Systems" (Scopus-indexed); "Internet of Things: Data-Centric Intelligent Computing, Informatics, and Communication", published CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA; "Conference Proceedings Series on Intelligent Systems, Data Engineering, and Optimization", published CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA; Dr. Pal has published a number of research papers in Scopus / SCI/SCIE Journals and conferences. He is the organizing chair of RICE 2019, Vietnam; RICE 2020 Vietnam; ICICIT 2019, Tunisia. He has been invited as a keynote speaker at ICICCT 2019, Turkey, and ICTIDS 2019, 2021 Malaysia. He has also served as Proceedings Editor of ICICCT 2019, 2020; ICMMCS 2020, 2021; ICWSNUCA 2021, India. His professional activities include roles as Associate Editor, Guest Editor, and Editorial Board member for more than 100+ international journals and conferences of high repute and impact. His research area includes cloud computing, big data, internet of things, wireless sensor network, and data analytics. He is a member of many professional organizations, including MIEEE; MCSI; MCSTA/ACM, USA; MIAENG, Hong Kong; MIRED, USA; MACEEE, New Delhi; MIACSIT, Singapore; and MAASCIT, USA.

R. Anandan 博士 在北美的墨西哥完成了計算機科學與工程的本科、碩士、博士及博士後學位 - D.Sc.。他是一名 IBMS/390 大型主機專業人士，並被印度工程師協會認證為特許工程師。他目前擔任印度泰米爾納德邦金奈 Vels 科學、技術與高級研究學院 (VISTAS) 工程學院計算機科學與工程系教授及創新與孵化主任，該學院是工程領域的先驅機構。他在企業及各級學術界擁有豐富的計算機科學與工程經驗。在他的卓越指導下，有 8 名博士研究生正在進行研究，並且在他的指導下已有 16 名博士研究生獲得學位。

他曾作為成員參與多個知名的國際及國內學會。他擔任多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員/技術委員會成員/審稿人，包括阿拉伯、英國及美國的期刊。他在各種國際期刊上發表了超過 140 篇研究論文，包括 Scopus、SCI 和其他被引用的期刊。他在多個國際會議上發表了 92 篇論文。他獲得了來自國內外機構的 18 項獎項，並著作及編輯了 28 本書籍，其中包括 10 本國際書籍，並在各種國際書籍中發表了 30 篇章節。他申請了 18 項專利，並獲得了 4 項專利和 3 項版權。他還與知名出版社擔任編輯。

D. Akila 博士 在馬來西亞林肯大學完成了計算機科學的博士後研究，並在印度泰米爾納德邦的 Bharathiar 大學獲得計算機科學的博士學位。她在 Bharathiar 大學獲得了碩士學位 (M.C.A)，在 Bharathidasan 大學獲得了 M.Phil. 學位，並在 Vinayaka Mission 大學獲得計算機科學與工程的碩士學位 (M.E.)。她目前擔任印度泰米爾納德邦金奈 Saveetha 自由藝術與科學學院計算機應用系教授，該學院是一所知名大學。她在本科及碩士階段擁有 15 年的教學經驗。她的研究興趣包括數據挖掘、大數據分析、雲計算、圖像處理、知識基礎系統及網絡信息探索。在她的指導下，已培養出 2 名 M.Phil. 學者和 8 名博士學者。

她積極參與多個知名專業機構，擔任 IEEE 高級會員、香港國際工程師協會 (IAENG) 成員、紐約計算機科學教師協會 (CSTA) 成員、互聯網協會、國際研究與發展協會、世界科學、工程與技術學院 (WASET) 的成員。她擔任多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員/技術委員會成員/審稿人。她在期刊上發表了超過 100 篇研究論文，並著作了 7 本書籍。

她獲得了 2018-2019 年度的終身成就獎，以表彰她在教育領域的卓越貢獻，該獎項由印度政府的國家 IT 網絡安全研究協會頒發，並獲得了 2019 年的「成就獎」，以表彰她在教育領域的卓越貢獻，還有女性基金會及 Uyir Thalir 研究與資源組織頒發的「信息技術卓越教師」獎，及 2019 年新德里的全球外展教育獎等。

Dr. D. AKILA., M.C.A., M.E., M.Phil., Ph.D., 博士後研究員 (LUC-馬來西亞)

Souvik Pal 博士 是印度加爾各答 Sister Nivedita University (Techno India Group) 計算機科學與工程系的副教授。在此之前，他曾在全球管理與技術學院、Brainware 大學、加爾各答 JIS 工程學院、加爾各答 Elitte 工程學院及印度布巴內斯瓦爾的 Nalanda 技術學院任職。Pal 博士在印度布巴內斯瓦爾的 KIIT 大學獲得計算機科學與工程的碩士 (MTech) 和博士學位。他擁有超過十年的學術經驗。他是 15 本以上知名出版社書籍的作者或共同編輯，並持有三項專利。他擔任「智能雲物聯網系統的學習分析進展」(Scopus 索引) 的系列編輯；「物聯網：數據中心智能計算、信息學與通信」，由 CRC Press、Taylor & Francis Group 出版；「智能系統、數據工程與優化的會議論文系列」，由 CRC Press、Taylor & Francis Group 出版。Pal 博士在 Scopus / SCI / SCIE 期刊及會議上發表了多篇研究論文。他是 RICE 2019、越南；RICE 2020、越南；ICICIT 2019、突尼西亞的組織主席。他曾受邀在 ICICCT 2019、土耳其及 ICTIDS 2019、2021 馬來西亞擔任主題演講者。他還擔任 ICICCT 2019、2020；ICMMCS 2020、2021；ICWSNUCA 2021、印度的會議論文編輯。他的專業活動包括擔任超過 100 本國際期刊及會議的副編輯、客座編輯及編輯委員會成員。他的研究領域包括雲計算、大數據、物聯網、無線傳感器網絡及數據分析。他是多個專業組織的成員，包括 MIEEE；MCSI；MCSTA/ACM（美國）；MIAENG（香港）；MIRED（美國）；MACEEE（新德里）；MIACSIT（新加坡）；及 MAASCIT（美國）。