Blockchain and AI: The Intersection of Trust and Intelligence

在快速發展的數位時代中，兩項技術因其轉型潛力而備受矚目：人工智慧（AI）和區塊鏈。本書深入探索了這兩個科技巨頭的交匯點，闡明了在此交集上出現的協同效應、挑戰和創新。各章節透過前沿研究和專家觀點提供了引人深思的分析，探討了分散式帳本技術和智能系統之間微妙的相互作用。從教育、金融、醫療保健和治理等潛在應用，到倫理考量和未來發展軌跡，本書為學者、專業人士和渴望了解數位創新未來的任何人提供了一個必不可少的手冊。

Dr Niaz Chowdhury is a scientist, educator, start-up co-founder, author and grant winner from the United Kingdom working with technology-aided 21st-century education and disruptive technologies, including Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. His experience spans over one and a half decades across three British and Irish nations in England, Scotland and Ireland.

Dr Chowdhury has co-founded two start-ups in the UK. One of them is the London Tech Lab, a deep tech research lab established in 2020 during the pandemic. The lab focuses on developing technologies related to Web3, AI, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, and Fintech. Dr Chowdhury currently serves as the Chief Scientist at the lab. The other start-up is the London School of Leadership, Investment, and Technology (LSLIT), which was founded the following year. LSLIT is an EdTech institution providing executive education for professionals and lifelong learners. Dr Chowdhury holds the positions of Chairman and Director of Education at LSLIT.

Previously, he held the position of AI Lead in the UK Government's InnovateUK co-funded project SAM AI, where he was the P.I. winning the grant with Store Performance, the participating SME. He was also a researcher at Knowledge Media Institute (KMI), The Open University, UK, working with EU Horizon2020 projects QualiChain and DEL4ALL and Smart City project MK-Smart, collaborating with the University of Cambridge. During his time at the OU, he was a key team member that developed the world's first digital COVID-19 vaccination certification system.

He authored Inside Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Cryptocurrencies in 2019, published by Taylor & Francis, and edited two other books. He also published numerous research articles in reputed journals and conferences.

Dr Chowdhury earned his doctoral degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and was a Govt. of Ireland Scholar at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. He was also a Gold Medallist awarded by H.E. President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Mr Ganesh Chandra Deka is Deputy Director in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, New Delhi-110001, India.

His research interests include Blockchain Technology, Bigdata Analytics, NoSQL Database and Internet of Things (IoT). He has authored 2 books on Cloud Computing (Publisher- LAP Lambert, Germany, Co-author for 5 text books on (4 Fundamentals of Computer Science, 1 Free and Open Source Software).

Mr Deka has Edited 15 books (5 IGI Global, USA, 7 CRC Press, USA, 1 Springer & 2 Elsevier) on Bigdata, NoSQL Database and Blockchain Technology. He authored 12 book Chapters, published 8 papers in various reputed Journals (2 IEEE, 1 Elsevier 5 others) and around 47 research papers in various IEEE conferences. He was Guest Editor for 4 Special Issues of indexed International Journals [SCOPUS & SCI Journal].

As of now, he has Organized 8 IEEE International Conference as Technical Chair in India. He is Editorial board member and reviewer for various Journals and International conferences, member of IEEE, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India and Associate Member, the Institution of Engineers, India

Dr Niaz Chowdhury是一位來自英國的科學家、教育家、初創企業聯合創始人、作家和獲獎者，致力於應用技術的21世紀教育和顛覆性技術，包括區塊鏈和人工智慧。他的經驗涵蓋了英格蘭、蘇格蘭和愛爾蘭這三個英國和愛爾蘭國家的一個半世紀。

Dr Chowdhury在英國共同創辦了兩家初創企業。其中一家是倫敦科技實驗室（London Tech Lab），這是一個在2020年疫情期間成立的深科技研究實驗室。該實驗室專注於開發與Web3、人工智慧、物聯網、網絡安全和金融科技相關的技術。Dr Chowdhury目前擔任該實驗室的首席科學家。另一家初創企業是倫敦領導力、投資和技術學院（London School of Leadership, Investment, and Technology，簡稱LSLIT），該學院於次年成立。LSLIT是一家提供專業人士和終身學習者執行教育的教育科技機構。Dr Chowdhury在LSLIT擔任主席和教育總監職務。

此前，他在英國政府的InnovateUK共同資助的項目SAM AI中擔任人工智慧負責人，他是與參與的中小企業Store Performance一起贏得資助的首席調查員。他還曾在英國開放大學的知識媒體研究所（Knowledge Media Institute，簡稱KMI）擔任研究員，參與了歐盟Horizon2020項目QualiChain和DEL4ALL以及智慧城市項目MK-Smart的工作，並與劍橋大學合作。在他在開放大學的時間裡，他是開發世界上第一個數字COVID-19疫苗證明系統的關鍵團隊成員之一。

他於2019年出版了《Inside Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Cryptocurrencies》一書，由Taylor & Francis出版，並編輯了其他兩本書。他還在知名期刊和會議上發表了許多研究文章。

Dr Chowdhury在蘇格蘭的格拉斯哥大學獲得了博士學位，並曾是愛爾蘭三一學院的愛爾蘭政府獎學金獲得者。他還是孟加拉人民共和國總統頒發的金牌獎得主。

Mr Ganesh Chandra Deka是印度政府技能發展和創業部的副主任，位於印度新德里-110001。

他的研究興趣包括區塊鏈技術、大數據分析、NoSQL數據庫和物聯網（IoT）。他撰寫了兩本關於雲計算的書籍（由LAP Lambert出版，德國），並為5本教科書（4本計算機科學基礎和1本自由和開源軟件）擔任合著者。

Mr Deka在大數據、NoSQL數據庫和區塊鏈技術方面編輯了15本書（5本IGI Global，美國，7本CRC Press，美國，1本Springer和2本Elsevier）。他撰寫了12章書籍章節，在各種知名期刊（2本IEEE，1本Elsevier和5本其他期刊）發表了8篇論文，以及在各種IEEE會議上發表了約47篇研究論文。他曾擔任4個國際期刊的特刊客座編輯（SCOPUS和SCI期刊）。

截至目前，他在印度擔任8個IEEE國際會議的技術主席。他是各種期刊和國際會議的編輯委員會成員和審稿人，是IEEE、印度電子和電信工程師學會的會員，也是印度工程師學會的副會員。