Internet of Everything and Big Data: Major Challenges in Smart Cities
暫譯: 萬物互聯與大數據：智慧城市的主要挑戰

目前尚無專門針對智慧城市中「萬物互聯」和大數據技術挑戰的深入書籍。當今人類正面臨一項關鍵的全球可攜性挑戰，而推動城市發展的基礎設施必須與技術進步保持同步。 萬物互聯與大數據：智慧城市的主要挑戰 回顧了與智慧城市相關的應用、技術、標準及其他問題。

本書致力於解決在大數據城市和萬物互聯時代實現智慧城市及感測平台的主要挑戰。這些挑戰包括成本和能源效率、可用性和服務質量等。本書探討了安全問題和挑戰，解決了整體資訊科學的挑戰，涵蓋了探索和創建物聯網環境相關的銷售自適應系統，並調查了使用研究人員和工業公司實施的最新技術的基本和高級概念。

本書是為分析師、研究人員和專家撰寫的，他們正在研究未來一代技術。對於業界人士和學生來說，這本書將成為一個寶貴的指南。

Salah-ddine Krit is an Associate Professor at the Polydisciplinary Faculty of Ouarzazate, Ibn Zohr University Agadir Morocco, Dr. Krit is currently The Director of Engineering Science and Energies Laboratory and The Chief of Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Management. Dr. Krit received the Ph.D degrees in Software Engineering from Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah university, Fez, Morroco in 2004 and 2009, respectively. During 2002-2008, he worked as an engineer Team leader in audio and power management Integrated Circuits (ICs) Research, Design, simulation and layout of analog and digital blocks dedicated for mobile phone and satellite communication systems using Cadence, Eldo, Orcad, VHDL-AMS technology. Dr. Krit authored/co-authored over 130 Journal articles, Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters. His research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks, Network Security, Smart-Homes, Smart-Cities, Internet of Things, Business Intelligent, Big Data, Digital Money, Microelectronics and renewable Energies.

Mohamed Elhoseny is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University and a researcher at CoVIS Lab, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas. Dr. Elhoseny is the Director of Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems Lab, Mansoura University, Egypt. Collectively, Dr. Elhoseny authored/co-authored over 100 ISI Journal articles, Conference Proceedings, Book Chapters, and (9) books. His research interests include Sensors Technologies, Network Security, Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence Applications. Dr. Elhoseny serves as the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Smart Sensor Technologies and Applications, IGI Global. Besides, he is an Associate Editor of prestigious journals.

Valentina Emilia-Balas Ph.D Automation and Applied Informatics, Valentina E. Balas is Full Professor at "AurelVlaicu" University of Arad, Romania. She is author of more than 265 research papers. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Soft Computing.

Rachid Benlamri is a Professor of Software Engineering at Lakehead University - Canada. He earned his Master's degree and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Manchester - UK in 1987 and 1990 respectively. He is the head of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Lab at Lakehead University. He supervised over 80 students and postdoctoral fellows. He served as keynote speaker and general chair for many international conferences. Professor Benlamri is a member of the editorial board for many referred international journals. His research interests are in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Semantic Web, Data Science, Ubiquitous Computing and Mobile Knowledge Management.

Marius M. Balas is a Full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, University "Aurel Vlaicu" Arad (Romania). He holds a Doctorate in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from the Politehnica University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is an IEEE Senior Member. He is the author of 4 books, 12 book chapters, more than 100 papers (33 ISI/BDI papers, 40 papers in journals and conference proceedings, etc.) and 7 invention patents. His research interests are in Electronic Circuits, Modeling and Simu¬lation, Adaptive Control, Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing and Intelligent Transportation. The main original concepts introduced by Prof. Marius M. Balas are: the fuzzy-interpolative systems, the passive green-house, the constant time to collision optimization of the traffic, the imposed distance braking, the internal model bronze casting, PWM inverter for railway coaches in tropical environments, the rejection of the switching controllers effect by phase trajectory analysis, the Fermat neuron, etc. He has been men¬tor for many student research teams and challenges, awarded by Microsoft Imagine Cup, GDF Suez, etc. Prof. Marius M. Balas has participated in many international conferences as organizer, session chair and member in international program committees. He is editor-in chief, member of editorial board or reviewer for several international journals.

Salah-ddine Krit 是摩洛哥阿加迪爾伊本祖赫大學多學科學院的副教授，現任工程科學與能源實驗室主任及數學、資訊學與管理系主任。Krit 博士於 2004 年和 2009 年分別在摩洛哥菲斯的西迪穆罕默德本阿卜杜拉大學獲得軟體工程博士學位。在 2002 年至 2008 年期間，他擔任音頻和電源管理集成電路 (ICs) 研究的工程團隊領導，負責針對手機和衛星通信系統的類比和數位模塊的研究、設計、模擬和佈局，使用 Cadence、Eldo、Orcad 和 VHDL-AMS 技術。Krit 博士已發表或共同發表超過 130 篇期刊文章、會議論文和書籍章節。他的研究興趣包括無線感測網路、網路安全、智慧家庭、智慧城市、物聯網、商業智能、大數據、數位貨幣、微電子學和可再生能源。

Mohamed Elhoseny 是曼蘇拉大學計算機與資訊學院的助理教授，也是德克薩斯州北部大學計算機科學與工程系 CoVIS 實驗室的研究員。Elhoseny 博士是曼蘇拉大學分佈式感測與智能系統實驗室的主任。他已發表或共同發表超過 100 篇 ISI 期刊文章、會議論文、書籍章節和 9 本書籍。他的研究興趣包括感測技術、網路安全、物聯網和人工智慧應用。Elhoseny 博士擔任《國際智慧感測技術與應用期刊》的主編，並且是多本知名期刊的副編輯。

Valentina Emilia-Balas 博士，專攻自動化與應用資訊學，是羅馬尼亞阿拉德的「奧雷爾·弗拉伊庫」大學的全職教授。她已發表超過 265 篇研究論文。她的研究興趣包括智能系統、模糊控制和軟體計算。

Rachid Benlamri 是加拿大湖首大學的軟體工程教授。他於 1987 年和 1990 年分別在英國曼徹斯特大學獲得計算機科學碩士和博士學位。他是湖首大學人工智慧與數據科學實驗室的負責人，指導過超過 80 名學生和博士後研究員。他曾擔任多個國際會議的主題演講者和總主席。Benlamri 教授是多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。他的研究興趣包括人工智慧、語義網、數據科學、無處不在的計算和移動知識管理。

Marius M. Balas 是羅馬尼亞「奧雷爾·弗拉伊庫」大學工程學院自動化與應用軟體系的全職教授。他擁有蒂米什瓦拉理工大學的應用電子學和電信博士學位。Balas 博士是 IEEE 高級會員。他是 4 本書籍、12 篇書籍章節、超過 100 篇論文（包括 33 篇 ISI/BDI 論文、40 篇期刊和會議論文等）及 7 項發明專利的作者。他的研究興趣包括電子電路、建模與模擬、自適應控制、智能與模糊系統、軟體計算和智能交通。Balas 教授提出的主要原創概念包括：模糊插值系統、被動溫室、交通的碰撞時間優化、強制距離制動、內部模型青銅鑄造、熱帶環境下的鐵路車廂 PWM 逆變器、通過相位軌跡分析排除開關控制器的影響、費馬神經元等。他曾擔任多個學生研究團隊和挑戰的導師，並獲得微軟 Imagine Cup、GDF Suez 等的獎項。Balas 教授參加了許多國際會議，擔任組織者、會議主席和國際程序委員會成員。他是多本國際期刊的主編、編輯委員會成員或審稿人。