Artificial Intelligence of Things for Smarter Eco-Cities: Pioneering the Environmental Synergies of Urban Brain, Digital Twin, Metabolic Circularity, (智慧城市的物聯網人工智慧：開創城市大腦、數位雙胞胎與代謝循環的環境協同)

本書帶領讀者踏上一段引人入勝的旅程，探討人工智慧（AI）和物聯網人工智慧（AIoT）技術在重塑可持續城市發展中的變革性角色。透過綜合的理論分析、綜合的實證證據和實務案例研究，本書提供了開創性的跨學科見解和統一框架。書中強調了城市大腦（Urban Brain, UB）、城市數位雙胞胎（Urban Digital Twin, UDT）、智慧城市代謝（Smart Urban Metabolism, SUM）和平台城市主義的協同整合，並突顯它們在革命性改變更智慧的生態城市和可持續智慧城市的環境管理、規劃和治理方面的合作潛力。它利用尖端技術和數據驅動的方法來優化城市系統、資源效率和韌性。這種方法提供了對快速演變的AI和AIoT驅動的可持續城市發展景觀的整體理解。

本書針對多個學科和領域的廣泛多樣讀者，旨在分享最先進的研究、提出創新解決方案，並預測城市可持續性的未來趨勢。作為一部開創性的參考資料和對研究者、實務工作者、行業專家及政策制定者的寶貴資源，它為那些致力於推動技術創新、引導城市轉型、促進環境可持續性或在這些關鍵領域交匯處工作的專業人士提供了必要的指導。

Simon Elias Bibri, PhD, is a senior research scientist and project coordinator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Computer and Communication Sciences (IINFCOM), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), and Media and Design Laboratory (LDM). He has a diverse professional background, having served as head of a computer department, software engineer, information technology (IT) business engineer, project manager, green information and communications technology (ICT) and environmental sustainability strategist, research associate, assistant professor, and consultant. Currently, he is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning for Climate Action for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international expert in Sustainable Cities for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and an expert for Focus Group for Smart Sustainable Cities, Environmental Sustainability, and Digital Twin for the United Nations Agency of International Telecommunication Union (ITU). He also holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Studies at Taylor & Francis Group.

Dr. Bibri's academic journey exemplifies both interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, traversing and bridging the realms of science, technology, and society. This multifaceted background underscores his ability to navigate and contribute to various fields, thereby enriching the intersectional understanding and collaborative knowledge within these critical areas. His intellectual background encompasses computer science, computer engineering, systems science, innovation science, environmental science, social sciences, and humanities. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering and an advanced management program (AMP) degree. Notably, he earned multiple master's degrees at esteemed Swedish universities, namely, Lund University, West University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Malmö University, and Mid-Sweden University. Additionally, he earned a PhD in computer science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specializing in computational technology and urban informatics, with a research focus on data-driven smart sustainable cities.

Dr. Bibri is a prolific author with numerous highly cited journal articles, six authored books, two edited books, and five co-edited books to his credit. His work has been cited over 9,500 times, resulting in an h-index of 47. His impact is further underscored by his recognition by Stanford and Elsevier as one of the top 2% of scientists globally for five consecutive years. He has also been listed by ScholarGPS in 2022 as the #1 highly ranked scholar in sustainable cities, #4 in big data, and #8 in sustainability in the world.

Dr. Bibri's research interests and expertise cover a broad spectrum of areas at the intersection of science and technology, urban development and planning, and strategic sustainable development. These areas include smart cities, sustainable cities, smarter eco-cities, sustainable smart cities, urban artificial intelligence, urban artificial intelligence of things, urban digital twin, smart urban metabolism, cyber-physical systems of systems, Internet of City Things, platform urbanism, environmental planning and governance, environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation and adaptation, smart sustainable energy, smart sustainable transportation, smart sustainable waste management, sustainability transitions, and technological innovation systems.

西蒙·伊利亞斯·比布里（Simon Elias Bibri）博士是瑞士洛桑聯邦理工學院（EPFL）計算機與通信科學研究所（IINFCOM）、建築、土木與環境工程學院（ENAC）及媒體與設計實驗室（LDM）的高級研究科學家及專案協調員。他擁有多元的專業背景，曾擔任計算機部門主管、軟體工程師、資訊科技（IT）商業工程師、專案經理、綠色資訊與通信技術（ICT）及環境可持續性策略師、研究助理、副教授及顧問。目前，他是聯合國氣候變化框架公約（UNFCCC）氣候行動的人工智慧與應用機器學習專家，聯合國工業發展組織（UNIDO）可持續城市的國際專家，以及聯合國國際電信聯盟（ITU）智慧可持續城市、環境可持續性及數位雙胞胎焦點小組的專家。他同時擔任泰勒與法蘭西斯集團《國際環境研究期刊》的主編。

比布里博士的學術旅程體現了跨學科與超學科的特質，穿梭於科學、技術與社會的領域，並架起這些領域之間的橋樑。他多元的背景強調了他在各個領域中導航與貢獻的能力，從而豐富了這些關鍵領域的交叉理解與合作知識。他的學術背景涵蓋計算機科學、計算機工程、系統科學、創新科學、環境科學、社會科學及人文學科。他擁有計算機工程學士學位及高級管理課程（AMP）學位。值得注意的是，他在瑞典多所知名大學獲得多個碩士學位，包括隆德大學、西部大學、布萊金厄科技學院、斯德哥爾摩大學、馬爾默大學及中瑞典大學。此外，他在挪威科技大學（NTNU）獲得計算機科學博士學位，專攻計算技術與城市資訊學，研究重點為數據驅動的智慧可持續城市。

比布里博士是一位多產的作者，擁有多篇被高度引用的期刊文章、六本著作、兩本編輯書籍及五本合編書籍。他的作品被引用超過9,500次，h指數達47。他的影響力進一步體現在他被史丹佛大學及Elsevier認定為全球前2%的科學家，連續五年獲得此殊榮。他在2022年也被ScholarGPS列為全球可持續城市領域排名第一的學者、在大數據領域排名第四，以及在可持續性領域排名第八。

比布里博士的研究興趣與專業涵蓋科學與技術、城市發展與規劃，以及戰略可持續發展的廣泛領域。這些領域包括智慧城市、可持續城市、更智慧的生態城市、可持續智慧城市、城市人工智慧、城市物聯網、城市數位雙胞胎、智慧城市代謝、系統的網路物理系統、城市物聯網、平台城市主義、環境規劃與治理、環境可持續性、氣候變遷緩解與適應、智慧可持續能源、智慧可持續交通、智慧可持續廢物管理、可持續性轉型及技術創新系統。