Advancements in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, and Iot in Higher Education: Mitigating the Impact of Covid-19
暫譯: 高等教育中的人工智慧、區塊鏈技術與物聯網的進展：減輕新冠疫情的影響

在疫情期間，為了尋找傳統面對面教學和學習的替代方案，本書探討了在高等教育中最佳使用技術的方法，並針對人工智慧在高等教育系統數位轉型中日益增長的角色進行討論。本書匯集了來自不同國家的著名教授、研究人員及其他高等教育相關人士的章節，著眼於區塊鏈和物聯網技術，以創造現在及未來的智慧大學。

Subhendu Kumar Pani, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and also Research Coordinator at Orissa Engineering College (OEC) Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include data mining, big data analysis, web data analytics, fuzzy decision-making, and computational intelligence. He is the recipient of five researcher awards. In addition to research, he has guided two PhD students and 31 MTech students. He has published over 50 international journal papers (25 Scopus indexed). His professional activities include roles as associate editor, editorial board member, and/or reviewer of various international journals. He is associated with a number of conferences and societies. He has more than 100 international publications, five authored books, two edited books, and ten book chapters to his credit. He is a fellow of the Scientific Society of Advance Research and Social Change and a life member in many other professional organizations.

Kamalakanta Muduli, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. He has published 47 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, most of which are indexed in Clarivate Analytics and Scopus and listed in ABDC. Dr. Muduli has also published more than 25 papers in national and international conferences. He has been guest editing a few special issues in journals and books in preparation. Dr. Muduli has guided three PhD students. His current research interest includes sustainable supply chain management and Industry 4.0 applications in operations and supply chain management. Dr. Muduli is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers India. He is also a senior member of the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering and member of ASME. Dr. Muduli has over 15 years of academic experience at universities in India and Papua New Guinea. Dr Muduli is a recipient of an Erasmus+ KA107 award provided by the European Union.

Sujoy Kumar Jana, PhD, is Associate Professor of the GIS section in the Department of Surveying and Land Studies at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology. He has more than 17 years of experience in research, teaching, training, and administration in the university system. He also consults on disaster risk governance, hazard and risk assessment, geo-statistics, land use/land cover, river/coastal geomorphology, and urban planning. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal papers, conference papers, and books.

Srikanth Bathula, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea. He has been involved in teaching for over 13 years. He has secured many collaborative research projects in and around the Pacific Islands with the University of South Pacific and the University of Auckland. He had published many international peer-reviewed research papers and has delivered keynote speeches at many international and national seminars. He received many best paper presentations and other awards for his research contributions in speciation studies on ligand-complex formations and their relevance to biological importance.

Golam Sarwar Khan, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology. Prior to that, Dr. Khan has taught mainstream sociology and related social science subjects for over 40 years at universities in Australia, New Zealand, and Bangladesh. Professor Khan has presented over 20 research papers in refereed international conferences such as the World Congress in Sociology. He has reviewed and edited research manuscripts for prestigious journals, including the Journal of Population Ageing, University of Oxford; Women's Studies International Forum, Elsevier; and Journal of Sociology, SAGE Publications and Sage Open Publication, USA. Professor Khan has published books and high-quality research articles in peer-reviewed/refereed international journals of repute, including one in Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis, U.K. His areas of research include international migration, political economy of development, health sociology, research methodology (qualitative), and family dynamics.

Subhendu Kumar Pani, PhD，是印度布巴內斯瓦爾奧里薩工程學院（OEC）計算機科學與工程系的教授及研究協調員。他擁有超過15年的教學和研究經驗。他的研究興趣包括數據挖掘、大數據分析、網絡數據分析、模糊決策和計算智能。他曾獲得五項研究者獎項。除了研究外，他還指導了兩名博士生和31名碩士生。他已發表超過50篇國際期刊論文（25篇被Scopus索引）。他的專業活動包括擔任多個國際期刊的副編輯、編輯委員會成員和/或審稿人。他與多個會議和學會有關聯。他擁有超過100篇國際出版物，五本著作，兩本編輯書籍，以及十個書章。他是科學進步研究與社會變革學會的會員，並且是許多其他專業組織的終身會員。

Kamalakanta Muduli, PhD，是巴布亞新幾內亞科技大學機械工程系的副教授。他在同行評審的國際期刊上發表了47篇論文，其中大多數被Clarivate Analytics和Scopus索引，並列入ABDC。Muduli博士還在國內和國際會議上發表了超過25篇論文。他曾擔任幾個期刊和書籍的特刊客編。Muduli博士指導了三名博士生。他目前的研究興趣包括可持續供應鏈管理和工業4.0在運營和供應鏈管理中的應用。Muduli博士是印度工程師協會的會員。他也是印度工業工程協會的高級會員及ASME的成員。Muduli博士在印度和巴布亞新幾內亞的高校擁有超過15年的學術經驗。他是歐盟提供的Erasmus+ KA107獎項的獲得者。

Sujoy Kumar Jana, PhD，是巴布亞新幾內亞科技大學測量與土地研究系地理資訊系的副教授。他在大學系統中擁有超過17年的研究、教學、培訓和行政經驗。他還在災害風險治理、危害和風險評估、地理統計、土地使用/覆蓋、河流/海岸地貌和城市規劃方面提供諮詢。他是多篇同行評審的期刊論文、會議論文和書籍的作者。

Srikanth Bathula, PhD，是巴布亞新幾內亞科技大學應用科學系的副教授。他從事教學工作超過13年。他在太平洋島嶼及南太平洋大學和奧克蘭大學之間獲得了許多合作研究項目。他發表了許多國際同行評審的研究論文，並在多個國際和國內研討會上發表了主題演講。他因在配位體-複合物形成及其生物重要性相關的物種形成研究貢獻而獲得多項最佳論文演講和其他獎項。

Golam Sarwar Khan, PhD，是巴布亞新幾內亞科技大學的社會學教授。在此之前，Khan博士在澳大利亞、新西蘭和孟加拉國的多所大學教授主流社會學及相關社會科學科目超過40年。Khan教授在國際會議上發表了超過20篇研究論文，如社會學世界大會等。他為多本知名期刊的研究手稿進行審稿和編輯，包括牛津大學的《人口老齡化期刊》、Elsevier的《女性研究國際論壇》及SAGE Publications的《社會學期刊》。Khan教授在知名的同行評審國際期刊上發表了書籍和高質量的研究文章，包括在Routledge的世界系統分析手冊中。他的研究領域包括國際移民、發展的政治經濟學、健康社會學、研究方法論（定性）和家庭動態。