Crowd Assisted Networking and Computing
暫譯: 群眾協助的網路與計算

群眾計算、群眾外包、群眾關聯網路（CrAN）、群眾輔助感測等是一些基於群眾的概念範例，這些概念利用網路上或透過類似網路基礎設施連接的人們的力量，來執行通常對個別使用者或電腦而言難以獨自完成的任務。這產生了許多挑戰性問題，例如評估群眾生成資訊的可靠性和正確性、透過群眾傳遞數據和資訊、支援群眾外包和群眾計算任務的中介軟體、群眾關聯網路及其安全性、資訊品質（QoI）問題等。本書彙編了相關領域的最新進展。

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan received PhD degree in Computer Engineering in 2009 from Kyung Hee University, South Korea and B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh in 2003. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering department, Southeast University, Bangladesh. Previously, he was with the Computer Science department at IIUM, Malaysia during 2010-2015 and with the BRAC University, Bangladesh during 2009-2010. He also worked as a Researcher at Networking Lab, Kyung Hee University, South Korea from September 2005 to August 2009 where he completed his MS leading to PhD. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, network security, cloud computing, and e-services technologies. Currently he is also working on some multidisciplinary issues. He is a recipient of several awards/best paper awards and has several notable publications in these areas. He has served as a Chair, Organizing Committee Member, and Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in numerous international conferences/workshops like INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, ICC, LCN, GreenCom, AINA, WCNC, HPCS, ICA3PP, IWCMC, VTC, HPCC, etc. He was awarded the IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award and Certificate of Appreciation for his role in IEEE GreenCom'13 conference. He is currently serving on various editorial positions like Deputy Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Computers and Applications, Taylor & Francis, Associate Technical Editor of IEEE Communications Magazine, Editor of Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, Old City Publishing, and International Journal of Sensor Networks, Inderscience Publishers, Associate Editor of International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, Inderscience, Area Editor of International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, Guest Editor of many special issues of top-ranked journals, and Editor/Author of 15 published books. One of his books has been included twice in Intel Corporation's Recommended Reading List for Developers, 2nd half 2013 and 1st half of 2014; 3 books were included in IEEE Communications Society's (IEEE ComSoc) Best Readings in Communications and Information Systems Security, 2013, 2 other books were indexed with all the titles (chapters) in Elsevier's acclaimed abstract and citation database, Scopus, in February 2015 and a seventh book is translated to simplified Chinese language from English version. Also, 2 of his journal papers and 1 conference paper were included under different categories in IEEE Communications Society's (IEEE ComSoc) Best Readings Topics on Communications and Information Systems Security, 2013. He also serves as a referee of many prestigious journals. He received some awards for his reviewing activities like: one of the most active reviewers of IAJIT three times, in 2012, 2014, and 2015; Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer of Elsevier Computer Networks (July 2015) and Elsevier JNCA (November 2015), just to mention a few. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan於2009年獲得南韓京畿大學的計算機工程博士學位，並於2003年獲得孟加拉國伊斯蘭科技大學（IUT）的計算機科學與資訊技術學士學位。他目前是孟加拉國東南大學計算機科學與工程系的副教授。之前，他於2010年至2015年間在馬來西亞國際伊斯蘭大學（IIUM）的計算機科學系任職，並於2009年至2010年間在孟加拉國BRAC大學工作。他還曾於2005年9月至2009年8月在南韓京畿大學的網路實驗室擔任研究員，並在此完成了碩士學位，進而攻讀博士學位。他的研究興趣包括無線感測器網路、網路安全、雲計算及電子服務技術。目前，他也在研究一些跨學科的議題。他獲得了多項獎項及最佳論文獎，並在這些領域發表了多篇重要的論文。他曾在多個國際會議/研討會中擔任主席、組織委員會成員及技術程序委員會（TPC）成員，如INFOCOM、GLOBECOM、ICC、LCN、GreenCom、AINA、WCNC、HPCS、ICA3PP、IWCMC、VTC、HPCC等。他因在IEEE GreenCom'13會議中的角色而獲得IEEE傑出領導獎及感謝證書。他目前擔任多個編輯職位，包括《國際計算機與應用期刊》（International Journal of Computers and Applications）的副主編、IEEE通訊雜誌（IEEE Communications Magazine）的副技術編輯、《Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks》的編輯、《國際感測器網路期刊》（International Journal of Sensor Networks）的編輯、Inderscience Publishers的《國際計算科學與工程期刊》（International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering）的副編輯、《國際通訊網路與資訊安全期刊》（International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security）的區域編輯，以及多本頂尖期刊的特刊客編，並且是15本已出版書籍的編輯/作者。其中一本書在2013年下半年和2014年上半年兩次被英特爾公司列入開發者推薦閱讀清單；3本書被IEEE通訊學會（IEEE ComSoc）列入2013年通訊與資訊系統安全最佳閱讀書目，另外2本書的所有標題（章節）於2015年2月被愛思唯爾的著名摘要與引文數據庫Scopus索引，第七本書則從英文版翻譯成簡體中文。此外，他的2篇期刊論文和1篇會議論文在2013年被IEEE通訊學會（IEEE ComSoc）列入通訊與資訊系統安全最佳閱讀主題的不同類別中。他還擔任多本知名期刊的審稿人，並因其審稿活動獲得一些獎項，例如：IAJIT的三次最活躍審稿人（2012年、2014年和2015年）；2015年7月的愛思唯爾計算機網路（Elsevier Computer Networks）傑出審稿人及2015年11月的愛思唯爾JNCA（Elsevier JNCA）傑出審稿人，僅舉幾例。他是美國電氣與電子工程師學會（IEEE）的資深會員。