Cognitive and Computational Paradigms for Future Social Networks

本書匯集了模擬人類智能在學習、問題解決和適應等認知和非認知任務中的新型研究成果。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、深度學習和神經模糊計算系統等，以應對和克服現實世界的複雜性。

各章節突出了在社交網絡領域中利用新型推薦系統、優化資源、可持續網絡實踐和自主決策模型等所取得的最新研究進展和有希望的結果，並通過開發新機會來增強全球用戶互動。此外，貢獻作者們還專注於分析社交互動的大數據。此外，本書特別關注將人機交互和社會行為納入考慮的最新應用。

鑑於其範圍，本書將對以下人士具有興趣和吸引力：

- 信息和通信技術（ICT）研究人員
- 人工智能（AI）研究社區
- 社交網絡分析和在線社區
- 社區網絡和控制研究人員
- 研究和實踐人員，其工作重點是認知計算、深度學習、專家系統等各個方面。

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年在印度安娜大學(Anna University)的資訊與通訊工程學院獲得博士學位。他於1993年和2006年分別在印度泰米爾納德邦的PSG科技學院(PSG College of Technology)獲得計算機科學與工程的學士和碩士學位。他目前在印度特里奇的CARE工程學院(CARE College of Engineering)擔任研發主任。他在教學、研究和IT行業擁有超過26年的經驗。他在被引用的期刊上發表了20多篇研究文章。他曾擔任IEEE和Springer會議的會議主席，並擔任Elsevier的計算機和電氣工程、Springer的軟計算和Inderscience的國際智能企業期刊的客座編輯。他的研究興趣包括影像處理和編碼、影像融合、軟計算和群體智能。

Robert Bestak於2003年在法國巴黎高等電信學院(ENST Paris)獲得計算機科學博士學位，並於1999年在捷克布拉格捷克科技大學(CTU)獲得電信學碩士學位。自2004年以來，他一直擔任捷克科技大學電信工程系的助理教授。他參與了多個國家、歐盟和第三方研究項目。他是捷克國際資訊處理學會(IFIP TC6)的代表。他每年擔任超過20個國際會議的指導委員會和技術計劃委員會成員，並且是5個具有影響力的國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。他還擔任IEEE、Elsevier、Springer等期刊的審稿人。他在一本書中發表了1章節和100多篇會議/期刊論文。此外，他還是5個具有影響力期刊的特刊的共同編輯。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年分別在希臘雅典國立技術大學(NTUA)的電機與電腦工程系獲得學士和博士學位。2004年至2006年期間，他在多媒體保護和情感分析領域撰寫了兩篇博士後論文。從1998年到2009年，他在NTUA的圖像、視頻和多媒體實驗室擔任高級研究員和項目協調員。在此期間，Ntalianis博士參與了希臘研究和技術總秘書處(GSRT)、塞浦路斯研究促進基金、Information Society S.A.和歐洲聯盟的20多個研發提案的撰寫、提交和實施(框架: EPEAEK、PABE、EPET、PENED)。同時，從2005年到2011年，他還在Peloponnese大學、希臘海軍學院、希臘空軍和塞浦路斯科技大學擔任兼職講師。除了學術活動外，Ntalianis博士還曾在通信和計算系統研究所(NTUA)、Algosystems S.A.、Kleidarithmos出版社、Egaleo市政府和Informatics and Telematics Institute, Center for Research and Technology Hellas工作。自2015年4月起，他擔任西雅圖大學(行銷系，專業方向: "互聯網上的多媒體")的副教授。Ntalianis博士曾擔任3個國際會議的編輯，翻譯並負責兩本計算機科學書籍的科學編輯，撰寫了150多篇科學論文和成果報告，並獲得了650多次引用。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```企業系統的教授。