Integrating Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for Industry 4.0 Innovations

本書探討人工智慧（AI）與區塊鏈的融合，以及它們如何協同工作以達成工業4.0的目標。作者首先討論AI和區塊鏈如何幫助提升商業績效。接著，作者進一步探討這些技術如何整合，以透過改善大數據為企業提供競爭優勢，這使得公司能夠將龐大的數據集組織成結構化的組件，讓電腦能夠快速處理。作者還涵蓋了安全性影響，以及AI和區塊鏈如何在對抗網路攻擊時充當雙刃劍。書中也討論了在程式設計、計算、機器人化、機器人和設備方面的影響。本書適合廣泛的跨領域讀者，包括學術界、研究人員及其在人工智慧、網路物理系統、倫理學、機器人學、安全工程和安全關鍵系統等主題的學生，應能從中獲益。

Professor Dr. Sam Goundar is an International Academic having taught at twelve different universities in ten different countries. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (IJBC) - Inderscience Publishers, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Fog Computing (IJFC) - IGI Publishers, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Creative Computing (IJCrC) - Inderscience Publishers, Section Editor of the Journal of Education and Information Technologies (EAIT) - Springer. He is the Editor-in-Chief (Emeritus) of the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC) - IGI Publishers. He is the Associate Editor of Tsinghua Science and Technology - IEEE Xplore and Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Digital Banking & Financial Technology, Journal of Risk and Financial Management - MDPI. He is also on the Editorial Review Board of more than 20 high impact factor journals. Apart from Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies, e-Services, Digital Transformations, Fog Computing, Industrial Internet of Things, Enterprise Systems, Big Data, Mobile Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Educational Technologies, he also researches on Management Information Systems, Technology Acceptance Model, MOOCs, Gamification in Learning, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Network Intrusion Detection, Data Security Analysis, e-Sports, ICT in Climate Change, ICT Devices in the Classroom, Using Mobile Devices in Education, e-Government, and Disaster Management. He has published on all these topics.

Dr. R. Anandan completed his UG, PG and Doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering. He is currently working as Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India which is Pioneer Institution in Engineering. He has vast experience in corporate and all levels of Academic in Computer Science and Engineering his knowledge of interests not limited to Artificial intelligence Soft Computing, Machine Learning, High Performance Computing, Big data Analytics, Image Processing, 3D printing and knowledge Engineering. He associated as Member in many reputed International and National societies like International Association of Engineers (IAENG) Hong Kong, Computer Science Teacher Association (CSTA) New York, Universal Association of Computer and Electronics Engineers, USA, Association of Computer Sciences and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore, Institution of Engineers, India, Computer Society of India and Indian Society of Technical Education (I.S.T.E). He serves as Editorial Board Member / Technical Committee/ Reviewer of International Journal such Arab/UK/USA journals (Springer, Thomson Reuters, SCI, Elsevier). He has published more than 130 research papers in various International Journals such in Scopus, SCI and referred journal. He haspresented 75 papers at various International Conferences. He authored and Edited 16 books, some of his leading books are Software Engineering, Advanced Java Programming, Functions of Hardware and Internet, Bigdata and Hadoop Beginners Guide for OOPS Concepts in Java Programming, Web Technology, Statistics with R Programming, Information Security, Artificial Intelligence and A Closer look at Bigdata Analytics and published 20 Chapters in leading publications. He filed 10 patents of his work.

教授 Dr. Sam Goundar 是一位國際學者，曾在十個不同國家的十二所大學任教。他是《國際區塊鏈與加密貨幣期刊》（International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies, IJBC）- Inderscience Publishers 的主編、《國際霧計算期刊》（International Journal of Fog Computing, IJFC）- IGI Publishers 的主編、《國際創意計算期刊》（International Journal of Creative Computing, IJCrC）- Inderscience Publishers 的主編，以及《教育與資訊技術期刊》（Journal of Education and Information Technologies, EAIT）- Springer 的區域編輯。他是《國際雲應用與計算期刊》（International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing, IJCAC）- IGI Publishers 的名譽主編。他還擔任 Tsinghua Science and Technology - IEEE Xplore 的副編輯，以及《風險與金融管理期刊》（Journal of Risk and Financial Management）- MDPI 的數位銀行與金融科技特刊的客座編輯。他同時也是超過20本高影響因子期刊的編輯審查委員會成員。除了區塊鏈、加密貨幣、電子服務、數位轉型、霧計算、工業物聯網、企業系統、大數據、行動雲計算、雲計算、教育科技外，他還研究管理資訊系統、技術接受模型、MOOCs、學習中的遊戲化、網路安全、人工智慧、物聯網、網路入侵偵測、數據安全分析、電子競技、氣候變遷中的資訊通信技術、教室中的資訊通信技術設備、在教育中使用行動設備、電子政府和災害管理。他在所有這些主題上都有發表。

Dr. R. Anandan 完成了計算機科學與工程的本科、碩士及博士學位。他目前擔任印度泰米爾納德邦金奈 Vels 科學技術與高等研究學院（VISTAS）工程學院計算機科學與工程系的教授及系主任，該學院是工程領域的先驅機構。他在計算機科學與工程領域擁有豐富的企業及各級學術經驗，對人工智慧、軟計算、機器學習、高效能計算、大數據分析、影像處理、3D 列印及知識工程等領域有深入的了解。他是許多知名國際及國內學會的成員，如香港國際工程師協會（IAENG）、紐約計算機科學教師協會（CSTA）、美國計算機與電子工程師聯合會、資訊科學與資訊技術協會（IACSIT）新加坡分會、印度工程師協會、印度計算機學會及印度技術教育學會（I.S.T.E）。他擔任多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員、技術委員會成員及審稿人，包括阿拉伯、英國及美國的期刊（Springer、Thomson Reuters、SCI、Elsevier）。他在各種國際期刊上發表了超過130篇研究論文，包括 Scopus、SCI 和其他參考期刊。他在各種國際會議上發表了75篇論文。他編著及編輯了16本書籍，其中一些重要著作包括《軟體工程》、《進階 Java 程式設計》、《硬體與網際網路的功能》、《大數據與 Hadoop 初學者指南》、《Java 程式設計中的 OOPS 概念》、《網路技術》、《R 程式設計的統計學》、《資訊安全》、《人工智慧》和《深入了解大數據分析》，並在主要出版物中發表了20個章節。他已為其研究申請了10項專利。