Smart Cities: IoT Technologies, Big Data Solutions, Cloud Platforms, and Cybersecurity Techniques
暫譯: 智慧城市：物聯網技術、大數據解決方案、雲端平台與網路安全技術

這本書探討了智慧城市生態系統中可持續發展的基本原則，以更好地服務市民的生活。它檢視了由新興的物聯網（IoT）技術驅動的智慧城市系統及其他相關平台。

《智慧城市：人工智慧（AI）、物聯網技術、大數據解決方案、雲端平台及網路安全技術》討論了智慧城市生態系統核心組件的設計與實施。編輯們探討了智慧城市基礎設施的有效管理與發展，從規劃開始，將複雜模型和多樣框架整合進生態系統中。具體而言，各章節檢視了核心基礎設施元素，包括公共和私人服務的活動，以及創新的資訊通信技術（ICT）解決方案、計算機視覺、物聯網技術、數據工具、雲端服務、擴增實境/虛擬實境（AR/VR）技術、網路安全技術、環境水污染的處理解決方案，以及其他支持智慧環境可持續生活的智能設備。

各章節還討論了機器視覺模型及其實施，以及實時機器人應用。閱讀本書後，使用者將能夠應對智慧系統的安全挑戰與改進，並具備使用大數據工具和可視化應用分析與視覺化數據的專業知識。本書將為學生、研究人員、工程師和學術界提供有關智慧城市應用設計的技術、解決方案及設計，並介紹先進的工具和技術。

Dr. Alex Khang is a Professor in Information Technology (IT), AI and data scientist, software industry expert, and the chief of technology officer (AI and Data Science Research Center) at the Global Research Institute of Technology and Engineering, North Carolina, United States. He has over 28 years of teaching and research experience in information technology at the Universities of Science and Technology in Vietnam, India, and USA. He has published 52 authored books (in computer science 2000-2010), 2 authored books (software development), and 20 book chapters. He has published 10 edited books, and 11 edited books (calling for book chapters) in the fields of AI ecosystem (AI, ML, DL, IoT, Robotics, Data science, Big data, and Quantum computing), smart city ecosystem, healthcare ecosystem, Fintech technology, and blockchain technology (since 2020). He has over 28 years of working experience as a software product manager, data engineer, AI engineer, cloud computing architect, solution architect, software architect, database expert in the foreign corporations of Germany, Sweden, the United States, Singapore, and multinationals (former CEO, former CTO, former Engineering Director, Product Manager, and Senior Software Production Consultant).

Dr. Shashi Kant Gupta is a researcher and director, independent academic scholar at research department, CREP, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has completed his Ph.D. in CSE from Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, and worked as assistant professor in the department of computer science and engineering, PSIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and India. He has published more than 17 Indian patents, one patent is under grant approval. He has already granted some Germany patents as well. He has more than 28 years of teaching experience and 2 years of industrial experience. He has been publishing 10 book chapters for Taylor and Francis Group - CRC Press, and 04 edited books (calling for book chapters) in the fields of AI Ecosystem (AI, Robotics, data science, Big Data, and IoT), smart city ecosystem, healthcare ecosystem, and Blockchain technology. He has published many research papers in reputed international journals with SCOPUS and ESCI indexed journals and published many papers in national and international conferences and as well as in Seminars. He is currently founder and CEO of CREP, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a member of Spectrum IEEE & Potentials Magazine IEEE since 2019 and many more international organization for research activities. He has published many research papers in reputed international journals with SCOPUS and ESCI indexed journals and published many papers in national and international conferences and in seminars. He has organized various faculty development programs, seminars, workshops, and short-term courses at University level. His main research work focuses on performance enhancement through cloud computing, Big data analytics, IoT and computational intelligence-based education. He is currently working as a reviewer in various international journals like BJIT and many more. He has published many Indian and Australian patents in the field of information technology, computer science, and management.

Dr. Sita Rani is a Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana. Previously, she has served as a Professor - Computer Science & Engineering and Deputy Dean (Research) at Gulzar Group of Institutions, Khanna (Punjab). She has completed her B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in the faculty of Computer Science and Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana. She obtained her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, Punjab. At present, she is also Postdoctoral Fellow at Data Mining and Virtualization Laboratory, South Ural State University, Russia. She has more than 19 years of teaching experience. She is an active member of IEEE, ISTE, and IAEngg. She is the receiver of ISTE Section Best Teacher Award and International Young Scientist Award. She has contributed to the various research activities while publishing articles in the renowned SCI journals and conference proceedings. She has published five international and one Indian patents. She has delivered many expert talks in A.I.C.T.E. sponsored Faculty Development Programs and organized many International Conferences during her 19 years of teaching experience. She is a member of Editorial Board of four international journals of repute. Her research interest includes Parallel and Distributed Computing, Machine Learning, and Internet of Things (IoT).

Dr. Dimitrios A. Karras, Associate Professor, he received Diploma and M.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1985 and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, NTUA, Greece in 1995, with honors. During 1990-2004, he collaborated as visiting professor and researcher with several universities and research institutes in Greece and Heidelberg, Germany (DKFZ). During 2004-2018, he has been with the Sterea Hellas Institute of Technology, Automation Dept., Greece as assoc. prof. in Digital Systems and Signal Processing, as well as visiting prof. of Hellenic Open University, Dept. Informatics in Communication Systems (2002-2010). Since 1/2019, she has remained an Associate Prof. in Digital and Intelligent Systems & Signal Processing, in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, School of Science, Dept. General (dakarras@uoa.gr) as well as adjunct Assoc. Prof. Dr. with the School of Basic Sciences, BIHER University, Chennai, India, as well as with the GLA university, Mathura, India and EPOKA & CIT universities, Computer Engineering Dept., Tirana. He has published more than 80 research refereed journal papers in intelligent and distributed/multi-agent systems, pattern recognition, and image/signal processing and neural networks as well as in bioinformatics and more than 185 research papers in international refereed scientific conferences. His research interests span the fields of intelligent and distributed systems, multi-agent systems, pattern recognition and computational intelligence, image and signal processing/systems, biomedical systems, communications and networking, as well as security and sustainability applications. He has served as program committee member as well as program/general chair at several international workshops and conferences in signal, image, communication, and automation systems. He is, also, former editor in chief (2008-2016) of the International Journal in Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering (IJSISE), Academic editor in the Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing, TWSJ, ISRN Communications and the Applied Mathematics Hindawi journals, as well as associate editor in various scientific journals, including CAAI, IET, Bentham Science Recent Patents in Engineering Section Editor, Sustainable Solutions and Society journal (Editorial Team Sustainable Solutions and Society (spast.org)), IJANA and Academic Publishing, Information System and Smart City. He has been cited in more than 2500 research papers, his H/G-indices are 21/51 (Google Scholar) and his Erdos number is 5. His RG score is 31.94 in the highest 10% of scientific researchers. Apart from his scientific research, Assoc. Prof. Dr. D.A. Karras is involved in humanitarian projects as Sustainability, Human Rights and Peace passionate being Director of Research and Documentation at AdiAfrica NGO.

亞歷克斯·康博士是美國北卡羅來納州全球科技與工程研究所的資訊科技（IT）、人工智慧（AI）及數據科學教授、軟體產業專家，以及AI與數據科學研究中心的首席技術官。他在越南、印度和美國的科學技術大學擁有超過28年的資訊科技教學與研究經驗。他出版了52本著作（2000-2010年期間的計算機科學）、2本著作（軟體開發）和20個書章。他在AI生態系統（AI、機器學習、深度學習、物聯網、機器人技術、數據科學、大數據和量子計算）、智慧城市生態系統、醫療保健生態系統、金融科技技術和區塊鏈技術等領域出版了10本編輯書籍，以及11本編輯書籍（徵求書章）。他在德國、瑞典、美國、新加坡的外資企業及跨國公司（前首席執行官、前首席技術官、前工程總監、產品經理和高級軟體生產顧問）擁有超過28年的工作經驗，擔任過軟體產品經理、數據工程師、AI工程師、雲計算架構師、解決方案架構師、軟體架構師和數據庫專家。

沙希·坎特·古普塔博士是印度烏塔爾邦勒克瑙CREP研究部門的獨立學術學者及研究主任。他在印度勒克瑙的整合大學獲得計算機科學與工程（CSE）博士學位，並曾在印度烏塔爾邦坎普爾的PSIT計算機科學與工程系擔任助理教授。他已獲得超過17項印度專利，其中一項正在批准中。他也已獲得一些德國專利。他擁有超過28年的教學經驗和2年的產業經驗。他為泰勒與法蘭西斯集團 - CRC出版社出版了10個書章，並在AI生態系統（AI、機器人技術、數據科學、大數據和物聯網）、智慧城市生態系統、醫療保健生態系統和區塊鏈技術等領域出版了4本編輯書籍（徵求書章）。他在多個國際期刊（包括SCOPUS和ESCI索引的期刊）上發表了許多研究論文，並在國內外會議及研討會上發表了多篇論文。他目前是印度烏塔爾邦勒克瑙CREP的創始人兼首席執行官。自2019年以來，他是Spectrum IEEE和Potentials Magazine IEEE的成員，並參與多個國際研究組織的活動。他的主要研究工作集中在通過雲計算、大數據分析、物聯網和計算智能基礎教育的性能提升。他目前擔任多個國際期刊的審稿人，如BJIT等。他在資訊科技、計算機科學和管理領域已獲得多項印度和澳大利亞專利。

西塔·拉尼博士是印度盧迪亞納的古魯納納克德夫工程學院計算機科學與工程系的教員。她曾擔任旁遮普省甘納的古爾扎爾機構計算機科學與工程教授及研究副院長。她在古魯納納克德夫工程學院獲得計算機科學與工程的B.Tech和M.Tech學位，並在旁遮普省卡普爾塔拉的I.K.古賈爾旁遮普技術大學獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。目前，她也是俄羅斯南烏拉爾國立大學數據挖掘與虛擬化實驗室的博士後研究員。她擁有超過19年的教學經驗，是IEEE、ISTE和IAEngg的活躍成員。她曾獲得ISTE區域最佳教師獎和國際青年科學家獎。她在著名的SCI期刊和會議論文集中發表了多篇文章，並在各種研究活動中做出貢獻。她已獲得五項國際專利和一項印度專利。在她19年的教學經驗中，她在A.I.C.T.E.贊助的教員發展計劃中發表了多次專家講座，並組織了多場國際會議。她是四本國際知名期刊的編輯委員會成員。她的研究興趣包括平行與分佈式計算、機器學習和物聯網（IoT）。

迪米特里奧斯·A·卡拉斯博士是副教授，他於1985年在希臘雅典國立技術大學（NTUA）獲得電氣與電子工程學位，並於1995年獲得電氣工程博士學位，並以優異成績畢業。在1990年至2004年間，他與希臘和德國海德堡的多所大學和研究機構（DKFZ）合作，擔任訪問教授和研究員。在2004年至2018年間，他在希臘斯特雷亞赫拉斯技術學院自動化系擔任數位系統和信號處理的副教授，並於2002年至2010年間擔任希臘開放大學通訊系的訪問教授。自2019年1月起，他在希臘雅典國立與卡波迪斯特里安大學科學學院擔任數位與智能系統及信號處理的副教授，同時也是印度BIHER大學基礎科學學院的副教授，以及印度馬圖拉的GLA大學和阿爾巴尼亞的EPOKA與CIT大學計算機工程系的副教授。他在智能與分佈式/多代理系統、模式識別、影像/信號處理和神經網絡以及生物信息學等領域發表了超過80篇經審查的研究期刊論文，並在國際學術會議上發表了超過185篇研究論文。他的研究興趣涵蓋智能與分佈式系統、多代理系統、模式識別和計算智能、影像和信號處理/系統、生物醫學系統、通訊與網絡，以及安全與可持續性應用。他曾擔任多個國際研討會和會議的程序委員會成員及程序/總主席。他還曾擔任《國際信號與影像系統工程期刊》（IJSISE）的主編（2008-2016），並擔任應用計算智能與軟計算、TWSJ、ISRN通訊及Hindawi應用數學期刊的學術編輯，以及多個科學期刊的副編輯，包括CAAI、IET、Bentham Science Recent Patents in Engineering的部分編輯、可持續解決方案與社會期刊（可持續解決方案與社會編輯團隊（spast.org））、IJANA和學術出版、資訊系統與智慧城市。他的研究論文被引用超過2500次，H/G指數為21/51（Google Scholar），Erdos數為5。他的RG分數為31.94，位於科學研究者的前10%。除了科學研究外，卡拉斯副教授還參與人道主義項目，熱衷於可持續性、人權和和平，擔任AdiAfrica NGO的研究與文獻主任。