Global Digital Transformation and the Covid-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 使公司、學校和醫療機構跨越了技術的臨界點，並永遠改變了醫療業務。這本及時的書籍《因 COVID-19 疫情而引發的全球數位轉型》探討了這一轉型，著眼於人工智慧、機器學習和物聯網 (IoT) 技術的採用，這些技術在醫療環境中已被證明是有效的。這些技術現在被用來提高治療效率、避免誤診風險、做出治療決策，以及預測許多臨床情境的結果，特別是 COVID-19 疫情。

本書首先介紹了計算機智能的基本原理、相關技術和程序。書中描述了在醫療保健中使用的新資訊技術的尖端方法，解決了醫療機構中有效數據分析和存儲的問題。

本書概述了應對 COVID-19 疫情的通信技術，深入探討了移動應用技術、醫療診斷技術、傳輸動力學預測模型、社交媒體及技術教學設計在 COVID-19 期間的應用，以及疫情後人群安全保障應用等主題。

這裡討論的跨學科和跨領域研究進展將對從事數據和資訊科學領域的學者、工程師、行業專業人士、研究人員、科學家和學生具有重要價值。

Rajdeep Chowdhury, PhD (1982-2020), was an eminent academician, trend-setting author, and award-winning poet. He had more than 12 years working experience in academics. His research areas included cryptography, data warehouse, data mining, network security, etc. He authored and presented more than 90 research papers in international and national journals and conferences, He has authored/edited 15 books with seven others in preparation. He has also been program committee member for more than 120 international conferences in various parts of the world and advisory board member for numerous international conferences. Dr. Chowdhury was on the editorial board of more than 30 international journals and holds three published patents. His articles, poems, and stories have been widely anthologized in more than 60 anthologies, e-zines and periodicals, both in India and abroad. Dr. Chowdhury's authored innovative and unique book POISINE: Bengali Cuisine with Poetry (Level 1: Starters) is in Asia Pacific Records. He delivered more than 30 keynote addresses and invited lectures at international and national conferences, seminars, and symposiums all over the globe. Dr. Chowdhury was the recipient of many prestigious awards and recognitions.

K. Martin Sagayam, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Communications Engineering at Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences (Deemed to be University), India. He has authored/co-authored several papers in refereed international journals. He has also presented many papers at reputed international and national conferences. He has authored and edited several books and has published over 15 book chapters with reputed international publishers. He has three Indian patents and three Australian patents for his innovations. He has appreciated as best reviewer for the journals Signal, Image and Video Processing; Intelligent Decision Technologies; International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology; Pattern Analysis and Applications, and the Informing Science Institute. He is an active member of professional bodies.

Neyara Radwan, PhD, is a staff member in two universities in two different countries: Egypt and Saudi Arabia. She is working as Associate Professor and the Quality Assurance Officer for the PhD program at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia as well as in the Mechanical Department, Faculty of Engineering at Suez Canal University, Egypt. She has participated in more than 40 international conferences as a keynote speaker in many countries, including Singapore, Italy, India, the US, the Philippines, and more. She has collaborated on many academic international projects and published many papers in high-quality peer-reviewed journals. Moreover, she is serving as an editorial board member as well as a reviewer for many high-quality international academic journals. She is an active member in many international academic communities, such as Board of Directors of Accord University, Somalia; Asia Logistics and Supply Chain Council, Malaysia; and the Global Education Policy Network, which is sponsored by Prince Sultan University (Saudi Arabia) and The State University of New York at Buffalo (US), 2020. She has been selected to be a member of the World Association of Professional Scientists (WAPS), Springer. In addition, she is a Country Advisor for Positive Thoughts, a nonprofit organization in India. She has a full membership in the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, based in Italy. In 2022, she was nominated from G100 as the Country Chair for Saudi Arabia for the Engineering Wing. G100 is a group of 100 global women leaders. Its vision is to create an equal, progressive, and inclusive environment for women worldwide. Recently in 2022, she has been chosen to be the Egyptian Ambassador in the international Human Rights Commission organization based in Denmark.

Ahmed A. Elngar, PhD, is the Founder and Head of Scientific Innovation Research Group and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt, where he is also a Director of the Technological and Informatics Studies Center, Faculty of Computers and Information. Dr. Elngar has more than 25 scientific research papers published in prestigious international journals and over five books covering such diverse topics as data mining, intelligent systems, social networks, and smart environment. Dr. Elngar participates in many activities in the community and in environmental services, which include organizing workshops hosted by universities in almost all the governorates of Egypt. He has also organized a workshop on smartphone techniques and their role in the development of visually impaired skills in various walks of life.

Rajdeep Chowdhury, PhD（1982-2020），是一位傑出的學者、引領潮流的作者和獲獎詩人。他在學術界擁有超過12年的工作經驗。他的研究領域包括密碼學、數據倉庫、數據挖掘、網絡安全等。他在國際和國內期刊及會議上發表和呈現了超過90篇研究論文，並著作或編輯了15本書，另有七本正在準備中。他還擔任過120多個國際會議的程序委員會成員，並擔任多個國際會議的顧問委員會成員。Chowdhury博士曾在30多本國際期刊的編輯委員會任職，並擁有三項已發表的專利。他的文章、詩歌和故事在印度及國外的60多本選集、電子期刊和期刊中廣泛收錄。Chowdhury博士所著的創新且獨特的書籍《POISINE: Bengali Cuisine with Poetry（第一級：開胃菜）》已被列入亞太紀錄。他在全球各地的國際和國內會議、研討會及座談會上發表了超過30場主題演講和受邀講座。Chowdhury博士獲得了許多著名的獎項和榮譽。

K. Martin Sagayam, PhD，是印度Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences（被認定為大學）電子通信工程系的助理教授。他在經過審核的國際期刊上發表或共同發表了多篇論文，並在多個知名的國際和國內會議上呈現了許多論文。他著作和編輯了幾本書，並與知名國際出版商發表了超過15章的書籍。他擁有三項印度專利和三項澳大利亞專利，均為其創新所獲得。他曾被評為《Signal, Image and Video Processing》、《Intelligent Decision Technologies》、《International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology》、《Pattern Analysis and Applications》及Informing Science Institute等期刊的最佳審稿人。他是多個專業機構的活躍成員。

Neyara Radwan, PhD，是兩個不同國家的兩所大學的教職員：埃及和沙烏地阿拉伯。她在沙烏地阿拉伯的阿卜杜勒阿齊茲國王大學擔任副教授及博士課程的質量保證官，並在埃及的蘇伊士運河大學工程學院機械系任職。她參加了超過40個國際會議，並在新加坡、意大利、印度、美國、菲律賓等多個國家擔任主題演講者。她參與了許多國際學術項目，並在高品質的同行評審期刊上發表了多篇論文。此外，她還擔任多本高品質國際學術期刊的編輯委員會成員及審稿人。她是多個國際學術社群的活躍成員，如索馬利亞的Accord University董事會、馬來西亞的亞洲物流與供應鏈理事會，以及由沙烏地阿拉伯的王子蘇丹大學和美國紐約州立大學水牛城校區贊助的全球教育政策網絡（2020年）。她被選為世界專業科學家協會（WAPS）的成員，並且是印度非營利組織Positive Thoughts的國家顧問。她是總部位於意大利的發展中國家女性科學組織的正式會員。2022年，她被G100提名為沙烏地阿拉伯工程部門的國家主席。G100是一個由100位全球女性領袖組成的團體，其願景是為全球女性創造一個平等、進步和包容的環境。最近在2022年，她被選為總部位於丹麥的國際人權委員會組織的埃及大使。

Ahmed A. Elngar, PhD，是S的創始人和負責人。