Metaverse Driven Intelligent Information Systems: Emerging Trends and Future Directions

元宇宙已經徹底改變了現代資訊系統設計與實施的格局，透過引入一個新的連接與互動維度。資訊系統，傳統上僅限於桌面應用程式和網頁平台，現在已擴展到沉浸式虛擬空間，模糊了物理世界與數位世界之間的界線。這一轉變促成了即時數據共享、協作和溝通在元宇宙中的整合，提升了用戶體驗和數據可及性。元宇宙驅動的智能資訊系統體現了基於知識的行為，使其能夠智能地行動並與最終用戶及其他系統互動，以解決各種問題，例如分類、檢索、發現和操作隱藏的模式及有用的數據洞察，這些都促進了決策過程。智能資訊系統還涉及提取、分類、檢索和存儲多媒體數據，以創建智能視覺用戶介面，增強用戶體驗。元宇宙已經徹底改變了現代資訊系統設計與實施的格局，透過引入一個新的連接與互動維度。資訊系統，傳統上僅限於桌面應用程式和網頁平台，現在已擴展到沉浸式虛擬空間，模糊了物理世界與數位世界之間的界線。這一轉變促成了即時數據共享、協作和溝通在元宇宙中的整合，提升了用戶體驗和數據可及性。

本書提出了在元宇宙驅動的智能資訊系統領域及其相關應用中的新想法和最新進展，涵蓋不同領域，例如複雜系統的優化、醫療診斷、機器人技術與自動化，以及時間序列預測。本書旨在為讀者提供資訊，即在計算機科學領域從事智能資訊系統和機器智能各種新方向和方面的研究人員和教授。

本書的卓越特色包括：
- 對元宇宙驅動的智能資訊系統及其應用的最先進文獻，涵蓋從初學者到進階水平的內容。
- 為現代資訊系統領域的學術科學家、研究人員和研究學者提供優秀的參考資料。
- 本書將展示最近的創新、趨勢和關注點，以及在元宇宙和資訊系統設計與開發領域所遇到的應用挑戰和採取的解決方案。

Dr. Sandeep Kautish is working as Professor & Director at Apex Institute of Technology at Chandigarh University, Punjab India (Ranked #691-700 as per QS World University Ranking 2024). He has worked as Director-Academics at LBEF CAMPUS (ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA's Trans-National Education (TNE) site), Kathmandu Nepal. APU is ranked under #600 top universities as per QS World University Ranking 2023 and #240 in QS Asia University Rankings of 2023. Dr. Kautish is an academician by choice and comes along with two decades of work experience in academics including about one decade in academic administration. He earned his bachelors, masters and doctorate degree in Computer Science on Intelligent Systems in Social Networks. He holds Diploma in Management also. His areas of research interest are Healthcare Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Mining, and Information Systems. He is an avid researcher with 100+ publications including 43 in JCR Q1 journals, 43 SCI/SCIE Indexed research papers, 87 Scopus indexed and 49 Web of Science Core Collection Publications. In 2022, he pioneered a novel method for distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation strategy which is most suitable for hybrid cloud environment and this work is published in prestigious IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (Impact Factor: 11.648). His research works has been published in reputed journals i.e. Scientific Reports (SCIE, Springer Nature, Impact Factor: 4.6), IEEE Access (SCI, Impact Factor: 3.415), Computer Standard & Interface (SCI, Elsevier, Impact Factor: 3.721), Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (SCIE, Springer, Impact Factor: 3.662), Wireless Personal Communications (SCIE, Springer, Impact Factor: 2.017), Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer, SCIE, Impact Factor: 2.577). He is a highly cited researcher with 1500+ Google Scholar citations with H-Index of 16 and 23 in Scopus and Google Scholar respectively. He has authored/edited more than 20 books with reputed publishers i.e. Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, De Gruyter, Bentham Science and IGI Global. He has been invited as Keynote Speaker at VIT Vellore in 2019 for an International Virtual Conference held at VIT Vellore Campus. He filed one patent in the field of Solar Energy equipment using Artificial Intelligence in 2019. He has been instrumental in organizing more than 10 conferences and 15+ FDPs/FTPs in India and abroad.

Álvaro Rocha was listed in 2023 as World's 1% Top Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier, World's Top 0.05% Scientist by ScholarGPS, and World's Top 1% Scientist by ResearchGate for the fields of Information Science and Information Systems. He is Professor at ISEG, University of Lisbon, Invited Professor at University of Calabria, Honorary Professor at Amity University, President of ITMA - Information and Technology Management Association, Vice-Chair of IEEE SMC Portugal Chapter, and Book Series Scientific Manager at Springer-Nature. He holds the title of Honorary Professor, and holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management, and BCs in Computer Science. He is researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management), and a collaborator researcher at CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). His main research interests are maturity models, information systems quality, online service quality, requirements engineering, intelligent information systems, e-Government, e-Health, and information technology in education. He is also Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both following Scopus and/or WoS journals: JISEM (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management) and RISTI (Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação / Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies). Moreover, he has served as Vice-Chair of Experts for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Program, and as an Expert at the COST - intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, at the European Commission's Horizon Europe Program, at the Government of Italy's Ministry of Universities and Research, at the Government of Latvia's Ministry of Finance, at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology, at the Government of Polish's National Science Centre, at the Government of Cyprus's Research and Innovation Foundation, and at the Government of Slovak's Research Agency.

Dr. Sandeep Kautish 目前擔任印度旁遮普邦昌迪加爾大學 Apex Institute of Technology 的教授及主任（根據 2024 年 QS 世界大學排名，該校排名第 691-700）。他曾擔任 LBEF CAMPUS（馬來西亞亞太大學的跨國教育（TNE）基地）在尼泊爾加德滿都的學術主任。根據 2023 年 QS 世界大學排名，APU 排名在前 600 所大學之內，並在 2023 年 QS 亞洲大學排名中位列第 240。Kautish 博士選擇成為學者，擁有近二十年的學術工作經驗，其中約十年專注於學術管理。他在社交網絡的智能系統領域獲得計算機科學的學士、碩士及博士學位，並持有管理學文憑。他的研究興趣包括醫療分析、商業分析、數據挖掘和信息系統。他是一位熱衷於研究的學者，擁有超過 100 篇出版物，其中包括 43 篇發表在 JCR Q1 期刊的文章、43 篇 SCI/SCIE 索引的研究論文、87 篇 Scopus 索引的文章以及 49 篇 Web of Science 核心合集的出版物。2022 年，他開創了一種新穎的分散式拒絕服務（DDoS）緩解策略，最適合混合雲環境，該研究成果發表在享有盛譽的《IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics》（影響因子：11.648）。他的研究成果已發表在多個知名期刊上，如《Scientific Reports》（SCIE，Springer Nature，影響因子：4.6）、《IEEE Access》（SCI，影響因子：3.415）、《Computer Standard & Interface》（SCI，Elsevier，影響因子：3.721）、《Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing》（SCIE，Springer，影響因子：3.662）、《Wireless Personal Communications》（SCIE，Springer，影響因子：2.017）、《Multimedia Tools and Applications》（Springer，SCIE，影響因子：2.577）。他是一位高被引研究者，Google Scholar 引用超過 1500 次，H-Index 為 16，Scopus 和 Google Scholar 的 H-Index 分別為 23。他與知名出版社如 Springer、Elsevier、Wiley、De Gruyter、Bentham Science 和 IGI Global 合作，著作或編輯超過 20 本書籍。他於 2019 年受邀在 VIT Vellore 擔任國際虛擬會議的主題演講者。他於 2019 年在使用人工智能的太陽能設備領域申請了一項專利。他在印度及國外組織了超過 10 場會議和 15 場以上的 FDPs/FTPs。

Álvaro Rocha 在 2023 年被史丹佛大學和 Elsevier 列為全球前 1% 科學家，並被 ScholarGPS 評選為全球前 0.05% 科學家，還被 ResearchGate 評選為全球前 1% 科學家，專注於信息科學和信息系統領域。他是里斯本大學 ISEG 的教授，卡拉布里亞大學的受邀教授，阿米提大學的榮譽教授，ITMA（信息與技術管理協會）主席，IEEE SMC 葡萄牙分會副主席，以及 Springer-Nature 書籍系列的科學經理。他擁有榮譽教授的頭銜，並擁有信息科學的 D.Sc.、信息系統與技術的博士學位、信息管理的碩士學位及計算機科學的學士學位。他是 ADVANCE（ISEG 高級管理研究中心）的研究員，並在 CINTESIS（健康技術與信息系統研究中心）擔任合作研究員。他的主要研究興趣包括成熟度模型、信息系統質量、在線服務質量、需求工程、智能信息系統、電子政府、電子健康及教育中的信息技術。他還是以下 Scopus 和/或 WoS 期刊的創始人及主編：JISEM（信息系統工程與管理期刊）和 RISTI（伊比利亞信息系統與技術期刊）。此外，他還...