Blockchain and Its Applications in Industry 4.0

本書探討區塊鏈技術和工業4.0的基本原理。它討論了區塊鏈技術在工業4.0中的多種應用，包括將人工智慧（AI）、物聯網（IoT）和大數據與區塊鏈整合以實現工業4.0。書中提供來自不同背景領域的研究者、學者和其他專業人士的前沿研究內容，以展示他們在工業4.0中使用區塊鏈的尖端知識。本書討論了工業4.0的優勢，如提高生產力、提升效率、靈活性、敏捷性、更好的用戶體驗等，並且也涉及一些挑戰，例如信任、可追溯性、安全性、可靠性、透明度等，以創建工業4.0的應用。本書幫助研究生、碩士生、博士生及工業專業人士在工業4.0中實施區塊鏈技術。

Dr. Suyel Namasudra is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura, India. Before joining the National Institute of Technology Agartala, Dr. Namasudra was an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, India, and a post-doctorate fellow at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), Spain. He has received Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India. His research interests include blockchain technology, cloud computing, IoT, and DNA computing. Dr. Namasudra has edited 4 books, 5 patents, and 60 publications in conference proceedings, book chapters, and refereed journals like IEEE TII, IEEE T-ITS, IEEE TSC, IEEE TCSS, ACM TOMM, ACM TALLIP, FGCS, CAEE, and many more. He has served as a Lead Guest Editor/Guest Editor in many reputed journalslike ACM TOMM (ACM, IF: 3.144), CAEE (Elsevier, IF: 3.818), CAIS (Springer, IF: 4.927), CMC (Tech Science Press, IF: 3.772), Sensors (MDPI, IF: 3.576), and many more. Dr. Namasudra has participated in many international conferences as an Organizer and Session Chair. He is a member of IEEE and ACM. Dr. Namasudra has been featured in the list of top 2% scientists in the world in 2021 and 2022, and his h-index is 25.

Dr. Kemal Akkaya is a full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint courtesy appoint in the School of Computer and Information Sciences at Florida International University (FIU). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2005 and joined the Department of Computer Science at Southern Illinois University (SIU) as an assistant professor. Dr. Akkaya was an associate professor at SIU from 2011 to 2014. He was also a visiting professor at the George Washington University in Fall 2013, a faculty fellow at Airforce Research Lab in Summer 2020 and visiting faculty at University of Florida Nelms Institute of Connected World in 2021. Dr. Akkaya leads the Advanced Wireless and Security Lab (ADWISE) in the ECE Dept. and serves as the program director for the newly developed Bachelor's degree in IoT. He is also acting as the research director for the FIU's Emerging Preeminent Program in Cybersecurity, which is a university wide interdisciplinary program. His current research interests include security and privacy, Blockchain, Internet of things, and cyber-physical systems. Dr. Akkaya is a senior member of IEEE. He is the area editor of Elsevier Ad Hoc Network Journal and serves on the editorial board of IEEE Communication Surveys and Tutorials. Dr. Akkaya was the general chair of IEEE LCN 2018 and TPC Chair for IEEE ICC Smart Grid Communications. He has served as the guest editor for many journals and in the OC/TPC of many leading network/security conferences including IEEE ICC, Globecom, INFOCOM, LCN and WCNC and ACM WiSec. He has published over 220 papers in peer-reviewed journal and conferences with more than 14,000 citations and Google h-index of 46. Dr. Akkaya received FIU Faculty Senate Excellence in Research Award in 2020. He has also received ``Top Cited'' article award from Elsevier in 2010.

Dr. Suyel Namasudra 是印度特里普拉國立技術學院計算機科學與工程系的助理教授。在加入特里普拉國立技術學院之前，Namasudra 博士曾擔任印度比哈爾邦國立技術學院計算機科學與工程系的助理教授，以及西班牙拉里奧哈國際大學（UNIR）的博士後研究員。他在印度阿薩姆邦的西爾查國立技術學院獲得計算機科學與工程的博士學位。他的研究興趣包括區塊鏈技術、雲計算、物聯網和DNA計算。Namasudra 博士編輯了4本書籍，擁有5項專利，以及在會議論文集、書籍章節和經過審核的期刊（如 IEEE TII、IEEE T-ITS、IEEE TSC、IEEE TCSS、ACM TOMM、ACM TALLIP、FGCS、CAEE 等）上發表了60篇論文。他曾擔任多本知名期刊的主編/客座編輯，如 ACM TOMM（ACM，影響因子：3.144）、CAEE（Elsevier，影響因子：3.818）、CAIS（Springer，影響因子：4.927）、CMC（Tech Science Press，影響因子：3.772）、Sensors（MDPI，影響因子：3.576）等。Namasudra 博士參加了許多國際會議，擔任組織者和會議主席。他是 IEEE 和 ACM 的成員。Namasudra 博士在2021年和2022年被列入全球前2%科學家的名單，並且他的 h-index 為25。

Dr. Kemal Akkaya 是佛羅里達國際大學（FIU）電氣與計算機工程系的全職教授，並在計算機與資訊科學學院擔任聯合客座職位。他於2005年在馬里蘭大學巴爾的摩縣校區獲得計算機科學博士學位，隨後加入南伊利諾伊大學（SIU）計算機科學系擔任助理教授。Akkaya 博士於2011年至2014年擔任 SIU 的副教授。他在2013年秋季曾擔任喬治華盛頓大學的訪問教授，並在2020年夏季擔任空軍研究實驗室的教職研究員，於2021年擔任佛羅里達大學 Nelms 連接世界研究所的訪問教員。Akkaya 博士在電氣與計算機工程系領導先進無線與安全實驗室（ADWISE），並擔任新開發的物聯網學士學位課程的項目主任。他還擔任 FIU 網絡安全新興卓越計劃的研究主任，這是一個跨學科的全校性計劃。他目前的研究興趣包括安全與隱私、區塊鏈、物聯網和網絡物理系統。Akkaya 博士是 IEEE 的高級會員。他是 Elsevier Ad Hoc Network Journal 的區域編輯，並在 IEEE Communication Surveys and Tutorials 的編輯委員會中任職。Akkaya 博士曾擔任 IEEE LCN 2018 的總主席，以及 IEEE ICC 智能電網通信的 TPC 主席。他曾擔任多本期刊的客座編輯，並在多個領先的網絡/安全會議的組織委員會和技術程序委員會中任職，包括 IEEE ICC、Globecom、INFOCOM、LCN、WCNC 和 ACM WiSec。他在同行評審的期刊和會議上發表了超過220篇論文，引用次數超過14,000次，Google h-index 為46。Akkaya 博士於2020年獲得 FIU 教職員參議會研究卓越獎，並於2010年獲得 Elsevier 的「高引用」文章獎。