The Internet of Materials
暫譯: 材料的物聯網

最先進的平面結構稱為超表面（metasurfaces），可以過濾和引導光與聲音，使物體對電磁波完全隱形，還有更多功能。它們能為各種現有系統提供自動化、遠程操作和先進性能，應用於通訊、醫學影像、感測和安全等領域。

然而，單個超表面目前在可重用性和非專業人士的可接觸性方面受到限制。本書匯集了多個科學領域，旨在概述一種可編程的「即插即用」超表面。

本書圍繞最近提出的平台——超表面（HyperSurface）展開，該平台在單一結構中提供多種超表面的電磁功能，並可通過軟體進行控制和重新配置。這一革命性的方法為無線通訊和可編程無線環境開辟了新的機會：超表面可以將網絡與物體和物理環境連接起來，創造出對用戶需求反應更快的智能系統。吸收輻射或阻擋數位竊聽的牆壁，以及無線長距離為設備充電，都是眾多可能性中的一部分。

本書旨在提供創建材料互聯網的基礎知識，使任何規模的智能環境具備物理屬性——從室內無線通訊到醫學影像設備。儘管所涉及的學科範圍相當廣泛，我們希望這些材料能惠及專家和學生。

Dr. Christos Liaskos received the Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece in 2004, the MSc degree in Medical Informatics in 2008 from the Medical School, AUTH and the PhD degree in Computer Networking from the Dept. of Informatics, AUTH in 2014. He has published work in several venues, such as IEEE Transactions on: Networking, Computers, Vehicular Technology, Broadcasting, Systems Man and Cybernetics, Networks and Service Management, Communications, INFOCOM. He is currently a researcher at the Foundation of Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH). His research interests include computer networks, security and nanotechnology, with a focus on developing nanonetwork architectures and communication protocols for future applications. Dr. Ageliki Tsioliaridou received the Diploma and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece, in 2004 and 2010, respectively. Her research work is mainly on the field of Quality of Service in computer networks. Additionally, her recent research interests lie in the area of nanonetworks, with specific focus on architecture, protocols, security and authorization issues. She has contributed to a number of EU, ESA and National research projects. She is currently a researcher at the Foundation of Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH). Prof. Sotirios Ioannidis received a BSc degree in Mathematics and an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Crete in 1994 and 1996 respectively. In 1998 he received an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Rochester and in 2005 he received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. Ioannidis held a Research Scholar position at the Stevens Institute of Technology until 2007, and since then he is Research Director at the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas. Since November 2017 he is a member of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) Permanent Stakeholders Group (PSG). His research interests are in the area of systems, networks, and security. Ioannidis has authored more than 100 publications in international conferences and journals, as well as book chapters, including ACM CCS, ACM/IEEE ToN, USENIX ATC, NDSS, and has both chaired and served in numerous program committees in prestigious international conferences. Ioannidis is a Marie-Curie Fellow and has participated in numerous international and European projects. He has coordinated a number of European and National projects (e.g. PASS, EU-INCOOP, GANDALF, SHARCS) and is currently the project coordinator of the THREAT-ARREST, I-BiDaaS, BIO-PHOENIX, IDEAL-CITIES, CYBERSURE, and CERTCOOP European projects. Prof. Andreas Pitsillides is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, heads NetRL, the Networks Research Laboratory he founded in 2002, and is appointed Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), School of Electrical and Information engineering, Johannesburg, South Africa. Earlier (2014-2017) Andreas was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science, South Africa. His broad research interests include communication networks (fixed and mobile/wireless), Nanonetworks and Software Defined Metasurfaces/Metamaterials, the Internet- and Web- of Things, Smart Spaces (Home, Grid, City), and Internet technologies and their application in Mobile e-Services, especially e-health, and security. He has a particular interest in adapting tools from various fields of applied mathematics such as adaptive non-linear control theory, computational intelligence, game theory, and recently complex systems and nature inspired techniques, to solve problems in communication networks. Published over 270 referred papers in flagship journals (e.g. IEEE, Elsevier, IFAC, Springer), international conferences and book chapters, 2 books (one edited), participated in over 30 European Commission and locally funded research projects as principal or co-principal investigator, received several awards, including best paper, presented keynotes, invited lectures at major research organizations, short courses at international conferences and short courses to industry, and serves/served on several journal and conference executive committees. Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz is currently the Ken Byers Chair Professor in Telecommunications with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory, and Chair of the Telecommunication Group at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. Since 2011, he serves as a Consulting Chair Professor with the Department of Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and with the Computer Science Department at the University of Cyprus since January 2017. He is a Megagrant Research Leader with the Institute for Information Transmission Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Moscow, Russia, since May 2018. His current research interests are in 5G wireless systems, nanonetworks, Terahertz band communications, and wireless sensor networks in challenged environments. He is an IEEE Fellow (1996) and an ACM Fellow (1997). He received numerous awards from the IEEE and the ACM, and many other organizations. His h-index is 115, and the total number of citations is above 105K as per Google scholar as of October 2018.

克里斯托斯·利亞斯科斯博士於2004年獲得希臘塞薩洛尼基亞里士多德大學（AUTH）電機與計算機工程學位，2008年獲得該校醫學院醫療資訊碩士學位，並於2014年獲得該校資訊學系計算機網路博士學位。他在多個期刊上發表過研究成果，包括IEEE Transactions on: Networking, Computers, Vehicular Technology, Broadcasting, Systems Man and Cybernetics, Networks and Service Management, Communications, INFOCOM。他目前是希臘研究與技術基金會（FORTH）的研究員。他的研究興趣包括計算機網路、安全性和奈米技術，專注於為未來應用開發奈米網路架構和通信協議。

阿蓋莉基·齊奧利亞里杜博士於2004年和2010年分別獲得希臘色拉斯大學（DUTH）電機與計算機工程學位和博士學位。她的研究工作主要集中在計算機網路的服務品質領域。此外，她最近的研究興趣在於奈米網路，特別關注架構、協議、安全性和授權問題。她參與了多個歐盟、歐洲航天局（ESA）和國家研究項目。她目前也是希臘研究與技術基金會（FORTH）的研究員。

索提里奧斯·伊奧安尼迪斯教授於1994年和1996年分別獲得克里特大學數學學士學位和計算機科學碩士學位。1998年，他獲得羅徹斯特大學的計算機科學碩士學位，並於2005年獲得賓夕法尼亞大學的博士學位。伊奧安尼迪斯在史蒂文斯理工學院擔任研究學者直到2007年，之後成為希臘研究與技術基金會計算機科學研究所的研究主任。自2017年11月以來，他成為歐盟網路與資訊安全局（ENISA）永久利益相關者小組（PSG）的成員。他的研究興趣集中在系統、網路和安全領域。伊奧安尼迪斯在國際會議和期刊上發表了超過100篇論文，並撰寫了多本書籍章節，包括ACM CCS、ACM/IEEE ToN、USENIX ATC、NDSS，並在多個著名國際會議中擔任主席和委員。他是瑪麗·居里獎學者，參與了多個國際和歐洲項目，並協調了多個歐洲和國家項目（例如PASS、EU-INCOOP、GANDALF、SHARCS），目前是THREAT-ARREST、I-BiDaaS、BIO-PHOENIX、IDEAL-CITIES、CYBERSURE和CERTCOOP等歐洲項目的項目協調員。

安德烈亞斯·皮茲利德斯教授是塞浦路斯大學計算機科學系的教授，負責他於2002年創立的網路研究實驗室NetRL，並被任命為南非約翰尼斯堡維特瓦特斯蘭大學（Wits）電氣與資訊工程學院的訪問教授。早期（2014-2017年），安德烈亞斯被任命為南非約翰尼斯堡大學電氣與電子工程科學系的訪問教授。他的廣泛研究興趣包括通信網路（固定和移動/無線）、奈米網路和軟體定義超表面/超材料、物聯網和網路、智慧空間（家庭、電網、城市）以及網際網路技術及其在移動電子服務中的應用，特別是電子健康和安全。他特別感興趣於將應用數學的各個領域的工具（如自適應非線性控制理論、計算智能、博弈論，以及最近的複雜系統和自然啟發技術）應用於解決通信網路中的問題。他在旗艦期刊（如IEEE、Elsevier、IFAC、Springer）上發表了超過270篇經審查的論文，參加了30多個歐洲委員會和地方資助的研究項目，擔任主要或共同主要研究員，並獲得多個獎項，包括最佳論文獎，並在主要研究機構進行主題演講、受邀講座、國際會議的短期課程以及對業界的短期課程，並在多個期刊和會議的執行委員會中服務或曾服務。

伊恩·F·阿基爾迪茲教授目前是喬治亞理工學院電氣與計算機工程學院的肯·拜爾斯講座教授，寬頻無線網路實驗室的主任，以及電信小組的主席。自2011年以來，他擔任沙烏地阿拉伯吉達阿卜杜勒阿齊茲國王大學資訊技術系的顧問講座教授，並自2017年1月以來擔任塞浦路斯大學計算機科學系的顧問講座教授。他自2018年5月以來是俄羅斯科學院信息傳輸問題研究所的Megagrant研究領導者。他目前的研究興趣包括5G無線系統、奈米網路、太赫茲頻段通信和挑戰環境中的無線傳感器網路。他是IEEE Fellow（1996年）和ACM Fellow（1997年）。他獲得了IEEE和ACM以及其他許多組織的多個獎項。根據Google Scholar，截至2018年10月，他的h指數為115，總引用次數超過105K。