Cognitive and Computational Paradigms for Future Social Networks
暫譯: 未來社交網絡的認知與計算範式

這本書匯集了模擬人類智慧的最新研究成果，涵蓋了學習、問題解決和適應等認知及非認知任務。其重點在於使用認知計算範式，如神經網絡、模糊系統、機器學習、認知、深度學習，以及混合參數如神經模糊計算系統，以應對和克服現實世界的複雜性。

各章節突顯了在社交網絡領域中，通過利用新穎的推薦系統、優化資源、可持續的網絡實踐和自主決策模型所取得的最新研究進展和有前景的結果，並開發新的機會以增強全球用戶互動。此外，貢獻的作者對社交互動中的大數據分析投入了大量的研究關注。此外，本書特別關注考慮人機互動和社會行為的最先進應用。

考慮到其範疇，本書將對以下群體產生興趣和吸引力：

·          資訊與通信技術 [ICT] 研究人員

·          人工智慧 [AI] 研究社群

·          社交網絡分析和線上社群

·          社群網絡和控制研究人員

·          專注於認知計算、深度學習、專家系統等各個方面的研究人員和實務工作者。

Pasumpon Pandian Arasu received his PhD degree in the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering at Anna University, Chennai, TN, India in 2013. He received his graduation and post-graduation degree in Computer Science and Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, TN, India in the years 1993 and 2006 respectively. He is currently working as a Dean (R&D) at CARE College of Engineering, Trichy, India. He has more than twenty-six years of experience in the Teaching, Research and IT industry. He has published more than 20 research articles in Referred journals. He acted as a conference chair in IEEE and Springer conferences and guest editor in computers and electrical engineering (Elsevier), soft computing (Springer) and International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise (Inderscience) Journals. His research interest includes Image Processing and Coding, Image Fusion, Soft Computing and Swarm Intelligence.

Robert Bestak obtained PhD degree in Computer Science from ENST Paris, France (2003) and MSc degree in Telecommunications from Czech Technical University in Prague, CTU, (1999). Since 2004, he has been an Assistant Professor at Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and CTU. He participated in several national, EU, and third party research projects. He is the Czech representative in the IFIP TC6 organization. He annually serves as Steering and Technical Program Committee member of more than 20 international conferences (Networking, WMNC, NGMAST, etc.) and he is member of editorial board of 5 international journals with impact factors. He also acts as a reviewer for many journals published by IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, etc. He published 1 chapter in a book and more than 100 conference/journal papers. Additionally, he is a co-editor of 5 special issues in journals with impact factor. His research interests include 5G networks, spectrum management and big data in mobile networks.
Prof. Klimis Ntalianis received his diploma and Phd degrees both from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 1998 and 2003 respectively. Between 2004 and 2006 he has written two Postdoctoral theses in the areas of multimedia protection and emotion analysis. From 1998 till 2009 he was a Senior Researcher and Projects Coordinator at the Image, Video and Multimedia Lab of NTUA. During this period Dr. Ntalianis has participated in the writing, submission and implementation of more than 20 R&D proposals in calls for proposals of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (GSRT) of Greece (Frameworks: EPEAEK, PABE, EPET, PENED), the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, Information Society S.A. and the European Union (Frameworks: ESPRIT, TMR, IST, Leonardo, FP6 and FP7). In parallel and from 2005 till 2011 he has worked as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Peloponnese, the Hellenic Naval Academy, the Hellenic Air Force and the Cyprus University of Technology. Except of his academic activities, Dr. Ntalianis has also worked for the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (NTUA), Algosystems S.A., Kleidarithmos Publications, Municipality of Egaleo and Informatics and Telematics Institute, Center for Research and Technology Hellas. From April 2015 he is an Associate Professor at the West Attica University (Department of Marketing, Specialization: "Multimedia over the Internet"). Dr. Ntalianis has participated as editor in the proceedings of 3 International Conferences, he has translated and was responsible for the scientific redaction of two Computer Science books (Kleidarithmos Publications), he has written more than 150 scientific papers & deliverables and has received more than 650 citations. His main research interests include multimedia processing, social media analysis, crowdsourcing and data mining. Prof. Ram Palanisamy is a Professor of Enterprise Systems in the Business Administration Department at the Gerald Schwartz School of Business, St. Francis Xavier University. Dr. Palanisamy teaches courses on Foundations of Business Information Technology, Enterprise Systems using SAP, Systems Analysis and Design, SAP Implementation, Database Management Systems, and Electronic Business (Mobile Commerce). Before joining StFX, he taught courses in Management at the Wayne State University (Detroit, USA), Universiti Telekom (Malaysia) and National Institute of Technology (NITT), Deemed University, India. His research interest Enterprise Systems (ES) implementation; ES acquisition; ES Flexibility, ES Success; knowledge management systems; Healthcare Inter-professional Collaboration.

Pasumpon Pandian Arasu於2013年在印度泰米爾納德邦金奈的安娜大學（Anna University）資訊與通信工程學院獲得博士學位。他於1993年和2006年分別在印度科印巴多的PSG科技學院獲得計算機科學與工程的學士和碩士學位。他目前擔任印度特里奇的CARE工程學院的研發院院長。他在教學、研究和IT產業擁有超過二十六年的經驗。他在同行評審的期刊上發表了超過20篇研究文章。他曾擔任IEEE和Springer會議的會議主席，以及《計算機與電氣工程》（Elsevier）、《軟計算》（Springer）和《國際智能企業期刊》（Inderscience）的客座編輯。他的研究興趣包括影像處理與編碼、影像融合、軟計算和群體智慧。

Robert Bestak於2003年在法國巴黎的ENST獲得計算機科學博士學位，並於1999年在捷克技術大學（CTU）獲得電信碩士學位。自2004年以來，他一直擔任CTU電氣工程系電信工程系的助理教授。他參與了多個國家、歐盟及第三方的研究項目。他是IFIP TC6組織的捷克代表。他每年擔任超過20個國際會議（如Networking、WMNC、NGMAST等）的指導委員會和技術程序委員會成員，並且是5本具有影響因子的國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。他還擔任多本由IEEE、Elsevier、Springer等出版的期刊的審稿人。他在一本書中發表了一章，並發表了超過100篇會議/期刊論文。此外，他還是5本具有影響因子的期刊特刊的共同編輯。他的研究興趣包括5G網絡、頻譜管理和移動網絡中的大數據。

Klimis Ntalianis教授於1998年和2003年分別在雅典國立技術大學（NTUA）電氣與計算機工程系獲得學士和博士學位。在2004年至2006年間，他撰寫了兩篇有關多媒體保護和情感分析的博士後論文。從1998年到2009年，他擔任NTUA影像、視頻和多媒體實驗室的高級研究員和項目協調員。在此期間，Ntalianis博士參與了超過20個希臘研究與技術總署（GSRT）提案的撰寫、提交和實施（框架：EPEAEK、PABE、EPET、PENED）、塞浦路斯研究促進基金會、資訊社會股份公司及歐盟（框架：ESPRIT、TMR、IST、Leonardo、FP6和FP7）。同時，從2005年到2011年，他在佩洛波尼索斯大學、希臘海軍軍官學院、希臘空軍和塞浦路斯科技大學擔任兼任講師。除了學術活動外，Ntalianis博士還曾在雅典國立技術大學的通訊與計算機系統研究所、Algosystems S.A.、Kleidarithmos出版公司、埃加利奧市和希臘研究與技術中心的資訊與電信研究所工作。自2015年4月起，他在西阿提卡大學（市場營銷系，專業：「互聯網多媒體」）擔任副教授。Ntalianis博士參與了3個國際會議的論文集編輯工作，翻譯並負責兩本計算機科學書籍的科學編輯，撰寫了超過150篇科學論文和交付物，並獲得超過650次引用。他的主要研究興趣包括多媒體處理、社交媒體分析、群眾外包和數據挖掘。

Ram Palanisamy教授是聖方濟大學（St. Francis Xavier University）商業管理系企業系統的教授。Palanisamy博士教授商業資訊技術基礎、使用SAP的企業系統、系統分析與設計、SAP實施、資料庫管理系統和電子商務（移動商務）等課程。在加入聖方濟大學之前，他曾在韋恩州立大學（美國底特律）、馬來西亞電信大學和印度國立技術學院（NITT）教授管理課程。他的研究興趣包括企業系統（ES）實施、ES獲取、ES靈活性、ES成功、知識管理系統和醫療保健跨專業合作。