Convergence of Blockchain and Internet of Things in Healthcare

這本書強調了健康科學研究與發展中的重要進展，並透過分散式帳本系統固有的獨特能力來實現這些進展。

Arun Kumar Rana completed his BTech degree at Kurukshetra University, and his MTech and PhD at Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, India. His areas of interest include image processing, wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, AI, and machine learning and embedded systems. Dr Rana is currently an assistant professor at the Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, India, with more than 16 years of experience. Dr Rana is a collaborative researcher and has published more than 110 SCI/ESCI/Scopus/others papers in national and international journals and conference papers. He has also published 10 books with national and international publishers including Taylor & Francis. He has also attended 15 workshops and 12 faculty development programs (FDP). He has guided six MTech candidates. He serves as an editor or reviewer for several international journals and conferences and served as keynote speaker. He is also a member of the Asia Society of Research and SIRG (Scientific Innovation Research Group), Egypt. He has published/granted 10 national and international patents. He has conducted many workshops on IoT and its applications in engineering, wireless networks, and simulators, and teaches the latest techniques related to wireless and IoT technology. He is listed in the world scientist rankings for 2021 and 2022. He was guest editor for the special issue "Routing and Protocols for Energy Efficient Communication," MDPI, SCI, IF-3.004 (Q2).

Vishnu Sharma is a professor and dean of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at ITS College of Engineering, Greater Noida, India. He earned his BTech, MTech, and PhD from Madhav Institute of Technology & Science (M.I.T.S.), Gwalior, India, in Computer Science and Engineering, and is affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. He has published 100-plus papers on MANETs, AI, machine learning, IoT, cryptography and network security, computer networks, and mobile computing in international conferences and international journals/SCI/Scopus. He has published three books on mobile computing, cyber security and law, and advanced mobile computing, and has been the editor of ten IEEE conference proceedings. He has also organized many IEEE international conferences for the IEEE Uttar Pradesh section. He has 26 years of teaching experience at various reputed engineering institutes and universities, including Jaypee University, Galgotias University, KIET, and Galgotias College.

Ajay Rana has more than 22 years of teaching experience in academia and industry with roles including lecturer, professor, director, dean, and senior vice president (RBEF). His areas of interest include machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality, software engineering, and soft computing. He has 60-plus patents in the fields of IoT, networks, and sensors. He has more than 271 research papers in reputed journals published by ACM, Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, and others, and from international and national conferences; co-authored 8 books, and co-edited 36 conference proceedings. Rana is chairman of AUN Research Labs, an executive committee member of IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section, a senior member of IEEE, and a life member of the Computer Society of India and ISTE. He is also a member of the editorial boards and review committees of several journals. He has visited many top universities and colleges worldwide, including in Europe, United Arab Emirates, UK, and Asia.

Maksud Alam earned his BTech degree in 2007 from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India; and his MTech degree in 2012. He earned his PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He is a recipient of the Visveswaraya PhD Fellowship from the Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India, and is currently an assistant professor at Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, India. Prior to this, he was a lecturer at the GLA Institute of Technology and Management, Mathura; and Babu Banarasi Das Group of Institutions, Bulandshahr, in 2007 and 2008, respectively. From 2009 to 2016, he served as an assistant professor at the Bharat Institute of Technology, Meerut. He has published more than 12 research papers in reputed journals and conferences such as IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering (Wiley), Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (Wiley), Frequenz, Progress in Electromagnetic Research, and IEEE conferences. His research interests include the Internet of Things and antennas, design and development of electromagnetic band-gap structures, metamaterial antennas, circularly polarized microstrip antennas, reconfigurable antennas, ultrawideband antennas, and defected ground structures.

Suman Lata Tripathi is a professor at Lovely Professional University with more than 21 years of experience in academics and research. She completed her PhD in the area of microelectronics and VLSI design from MNNIT, Allahabad. She earned her MTech in electronics engineering from UP Technical University, Lucknow, and BTech in electrical engineering from Purvanchal University, Jaunpur. She was also a remote post-doc researcher at Nottingham Trent University, London, in 2022. She has published more than 104 research papers in Springer, Elsevier, IEEE, Wiley, and IOP refereed science journals, conference proceedings, and e-books. She has also published 13 Indian patents and four copyrights. She has guided four PhD scholars and four are in the submission stage. She has organized several workshops, summer internships, and expert lectures for students. She has worked as a session chair, conference steering committee member, editorial board member, and peer reviewer for international/national journals and conferences (IEEE, Springer, Wiley). She received the Research Excellence Award in 2019 and the Research Appreciation Award in 2020 and 2021 at Lovely Professional University, India. She was a recipient of the IGEN Women for Green Technology's Women's Achievers Award on International Women's Day, 8 March 2023. She received the best paper award at IEEE ICICS 2018. She has also received project funding from SERB DST under the scheme TARE in the area of microelectronic devices. She has edited and authored more than 19 books in the areas of electronics and electrical engineering. She has done editing work with top publishers like Elsevier, CRC/Taylor & Francis, Wiley-IEEE, SP Wiley, Nova Science, and Apple Academic Press. She is also book series editor for the series Smart Engineering Systems (CRC Press); Engineering System Design for Sustainable Developments, and Decentralized Systems and Next-Generation Internet (Wiley-Scrivener); and conference series editor for Conference Proceedings Series on Intelligent Systems for Engineering Designs (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis). She serves as academic editor of the Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Scopus/WoS, Q2), International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing (Scopus, Q3), Active and Passive Electronic Components (Scopus, Q4; Hindawi), and special issue guest editor for Materials: Advances in Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Semiconductor Applications (MDPI; SCI IF = 3.74, Q2). She is a senior member of IEEE, a fellow of IETE, and a life member of ISC, and is continuously involved in different professional activities along with academic work. Her areas of expertise include microelectronic device modeling and characterization, low-power VLSI circuit design, VLSI design of testing, and advanced FET design for IoT, embedded system design, reconfigurable architecture with FPGAs, and biomedical applications.

Arun Kumar Rana 完成了在庫魯克舍特拉大學的 BTech 學位，並在印度穆拉納的 Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University) 獲得 MTech 和 PhD 學位。他的研究興趣包括影像處理、無線感測網路、物聯網、人工智慧、機器學習和嵌入式系統。Rana 博士目前是印度大諾伊達的 Galgotias 工程與技術學院的助理教授，擁有超過 16 年的經驗。他是一位合作研究者，已在國內外期刊和會議論文中發表超過 110 篇 SCI/ESCI/Scopus 等論文。他還與國內外出版商（包括 Taylor & Francis）出版了 10 本書籍。他參加過 15 次工作坊和 12 次教師發展計畫（FDP），並指導過六名 MTech 學生。他擔任多個國際期刊和會議的編輯或審稿人，並曾擔任主題演講者。他也是亞洲研究學會和埃及科學創新研究小組（SIRG）的成員。他已獲得 10 項國內外專利。他舉辦了許多有關物聯網及其在工程、無線網路和模擬器中的應用的工作坊，並教授與無線和物聯網技術相關的最新技術。他在 2021 年和 2022 年的世界科學家排名中名列前茅。他曾擔任 MDPI 的特刊《能源高效通信的路由和協議》的客座編輯，該期刊的 SCI 影響因子為 3.004（Q2）。

Vishnu Sharma 是印度大諾伊達 ITS 工程學院計算機科學與工程系的教授及系主任。他在印度瓜利奧的 Madhav Institute of Technology & Science (M.I.T.S.) 獲得 BTech、MTech 和 PhD 學位，並與博帕爾的 Rajiv Gandhi Technical University 有關聯。他在國際會議和國際期刊/SCI/Scopus 上發表了超過 100 篇有關 MANET、人工智慧、機器學習、物聯網、密碼學和網路安全、計算機網路及行動計算的論文。他出版了三本有關行動計算、網路安全與法律以及先進行動計算的書籍，並擔任十本 IEEE 會議論文集的編輯。他還為 IEEE 北方邦分會組織了多場 IEEE 國際會議。他在多所知名工程學院和大學擁有 26 年的教學經驗，包括 Jaypee 大學、Galgotias 大學、KIET 和 Galgotias 學院。

Ajay Rana 在學術界和產業界擁有超過 22 年的教學經驗，擔任過講師、教授、主任、院長和高級副總裁（RBEF）等職位。他的研究興趣包括機器學習、物聯網（IoT）、擴增實境、軟體工程和軟計算。他在物聯網、網路和感測器領域擁有超過 60 項專利。他在 ACM、Springer、Elsevier、Taylor & Francis 等知名期刊上發表了超過 271 篇研究論文，並在國際和國內會議上發表；共同撰寫了 8 本書籍，並共同編輯了 36 本會議論文集。Rana 是 AUN Research Labs 的主席，IEEE 北方邦分會的執行委員會成員，IEEE 的高級會員，以及印度計算機學會和 ISTE 的終身會員。他還是多個期刊的編輯委員會和審稿委員會成員。他曾造訪過世界各地的多所頂尖大學和學院，包括歐洲、阿拉伯聯合酋長國、英國和亞洲。

Maksud Alam 於 2007 年在印度盧克瑙的北方邦技術大學獲得 BTech 學位，並於 2012 年獲得 MTech 學位。他在新德里的 Jamia Millia Islamia 獲得 PhD 學位。他是印度電子與資訊技術部頒發的 Visveswaraya PhD 獎學金的獲得者，目前是 Galgotias 工程學院的助理教授。