Intelligent Communication Networks: Research and Applications

這本書提供了關於通訊網路中使用的機器學習演算法的基本理解，並集結在一個單一的卷中。它將成為高年級本科生、研究生和各種工程領域（包括電氣、電子和通訊、計算機等）的學術研究人員的理想參考書。

Rajarshi Mahapatra earned a PhD in electronics and electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, and a postdoctoral degree from the CEA-LETI, Grenoble, France. In his postdoctoral research, he was engaged in FP7 Call4 BeFEMTO and Greentouch projects. He is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. SPM IIIT Naya Raipur. He also served as Dean (Academics) of IIITNR. He previously worked for Collins Aerospace, Hyderabad, on software-defined radio and electronic warfare. Dr. Mahapatra has worked extensively in the domain of physical layer design and analysis of a wireless communication system. He worked in the fields of cognitive radio, 5G & 6G communication, heterogeneous wireless communication, molecular communication, and energy-efficient communication. His team designed and developed software-defined radio and direction-finding systems for EW applications in Collins Aerospace. He has approximately 18 years of teaching, research, and industry experience. He has guided PhD scholars in the area of wireless communication and published several research papers in various refereed journals and IEEE journals. He is a regular reviewer of premier IEEE Transactions and other peer-reviewed journals and IEEE conferences. He has organized many workshops on 5G and also developed several high-value research labs, including the 5G test bed. He has successfully completed and undertaken high-value sponsored projects in the field of communication systems. He was awarded a National scholarship, an MHRD scholarship for research, and an EU-FP7 fellowship for a European project. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of the Communication Society. His research interests include 5G and beyond communication, machine learning for communication, molecular communication, intelligent reflecting surfaces, and optical access networks.

Dr. Avishek Nag is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at University College Dublin in Ireland. Dr. Nag earned the BE (Honours) degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in 2005; the MTech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in 2007; and a PhD from the University of California, Davis, in 2012. He worked as a research associate at the CONNECT center for future networks and communication at Trinity College Dublin before joining University College Dublin. Dr. Nag received the Best Paper Award at the 2nd IEEE Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Symposium in 2008 and has published over 35 publications, including journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters with over 950 citations. His research interests include but are not limited to Cross-layer optimization in Wired and Wireless Networks, Network Reliability, Mathematics of Networks (Optimization, Graph Theory), Network Virtualization, Software-Defined Networks, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Blockchain, and the Internet of Things. Dr. Nag is a senior member of the Institute of Electronics and electrical engineers (IEEE) and also the outreach lead for Ireland for the IEEE UK and Ireland Blockchain Group.

Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya earned a Bachelors in Physics, Bachelors in Optics and Optoelectronics, and Masters in Optics and Optoelectronics from the University of Calcutta, India, in 1995, 1998, and 2000, respectively. He completed his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, in 2008. He is the recipient of the University Gold Medal from the University of Calcutta for his Masters. He has received several coveted awards, including the Distinguished HoD Award and Distinguished Professor Award conferred by the Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, India, in 2017, the Honorary Doctorate Award (D. Litt.) from the University of South America, and the Southeast Asian Regional Computing Confederation (SEARCC) International Digital Award ICT Educator of the Year in 2017. He was appointed as the ACM Distinguished Speaker for 2018-2020. He was inducted into the People of ACM Hall of Fame by ACM, USA, in 2020. He was appointed as the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor for 2021- 2023. He was elected as a full foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS) and the Russian Academy of Engineering (REA). He was also elected a full fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), London, UK. He currently serves as a Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. He also serves as the Scientific Advisor of Algebra University College, Zagreb, Croatia. Prior to this, he served as the Principal of Rajnagar Mahavidyalaya, Rajnagar, Birbhum. He served as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Christ University, Bangalore. He was the Principal of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India, from 2017 to 2019. He has also served as a Senior Research Scientist in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (2018-2019). Prior to this, he was the Professor of Information Technology at RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India. He served as the Head of the Department from March 2014 to December 2016. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor of Information Technology at RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India, from 2011 to 2014. Before that, he served as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Information Technology at the University Institute of Technology, The University of Burdwan, India, from 2005 to 2011. He was a Lecturer in Information Technology at Kalyani Government Engineering College, India, 2001-2005. He is a co-author of six books and the co-editor of 100 books and has more than 400 research publications in international journals and conference proceedings to his credit. He has three PCTs and 20 patents to his credit. He has been a member of the organizing and technical program committees of several national and international conferences. He is the founding Chair of ICCICN 2014, ICRCICN (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), and ISSIP (2017, 2018) (Kolkata, India). He was the General Chair of several international conferences such as WCNSSP 2016 (Chiang Mai, Thailand), ICACCP (2017, 2019) (Sikkim, India), ICICC 2018 (New Delhi, India), and ICICC 2019 (Ostrava, Czech Republic). His research interests include hybrid intelligence, pattern recognition, multimedia data processing, social networks, and quantum computing.

Rajarshi Mahapatra在印度卡拉格普爾的印度理工學院獲得了電子與電氣通信工程的博士學位，並在法國格勒諾布爾的CEA-LETI研究所獲得了博士後學位。在博士後研究期間，他參與了FP7 Call4 BeFEMTO和Greentouch項目。他是Dr. SPM IIIT Naya Raipur電子與通信工程系的副教授，曾擔任IIITNR的學術主任。他曾在海得拉巴的柯林斯航空公司從事軟件定義無線電和電子戰工作。Mahapatra博士在無線通信系統的物理層設計和分析領域有豐富的經驗。他在認知無線電、5G和6G通信、異構無線通信、分子通信和節能通信等領域工作。他的團隊為柯林斯航空公司的電子戰應用設計和開發了軟件定義無線電和定向尋找系統。他擁有近18年的教學、研究和工業經驗。他指導過無線通信領域的博士研究生，並在各種被引用期刊和IEEE期刊上發表了多篇研究論文。他是頂級IEEE期刊和其他同行評審期刊以及IEEE會議的定期審稿人。他組織了許多關於5G的研討會，並開發了幾個高價值的研究實驗室，包括5G測試平台。他在通信系統領域成功完成了高價值的贊助項目。他曾獲得國家獎學金、印度教育部研究獎學金和歐盟FP7項目的獎學金。他是IEEE的高級會員和通信學會的會員。他的研究興趣包括5G及更高級別的通信、通信的機器學習、分子通信、智能反射表面和光學接入網絡。

Avishek Nag博士是愛爾蘭都柏林大學計算機科學學院的助理教授。Nag博士於2005年在印度加爾各答的Jadavpur大學獲得了BE（榮譽）學位，2007年在印度卡拉格普爾的印度理工學院獲得了MTech學位，並於2012年在加利福尼亞大學戴維斯分校獲得了博士學位。他在加入都柏林大學之前曾在都柏林三一學院的未來網絡和通信中心擔任研究助理。Nag博士於2008年獲得了第二屆IEEE高級網絡和電信研討會的最佳論文獎，並發表了超過35篇論文，包括期刊、會議論文和專書章節，引用次數超過950次。他的研究興趣包括但不限於有線和無線網絡的跨層優化、網絡可靠性、網絡數學（優化、圖論）、網絡虛擬化、軟件定義網絡、機器學習、數據分析、區塊鏈和物聯網。Nag博士是電子和電氣工程師學會（IEEE）的高級會員，也是IEEE英國和愛爾蘭區塊鏈組織在愛爾蘭的外展負責人。

Siddhartha Bhattacharyya博士於1995年、1998年和2000年分別在印度加爾各答的加爾各答大學獲得物理學學士學位、光學與光電子學學士學位和光學與光電子學碩士學位。他於2008年在印度加爾各答的Jadavpur大學獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。他因碩士學位在加爾各答大學獲得了大學金牌獎。他獲得了多個殊榮，包括2017年由印度孟買分會的印度計算機學會頒發的傑出系主任獎和傑出教授獎，南美洲大學頒發的榮譽博士學位（D. Litt.）以及東南亞區域計算機聯合會（SEARCC）國際數字獎。