High Performance Computing in Biomimetics: Modeling, Architecture and Applications

本書全面介紹了目前在各種仿生技術中高性能計算（HPC）的實施方面的最新發展。該書將各種主題細分為以下部分：A）仿生模型和力學；B）運動和計算方法；C）分散計算及其演進；D）分散和並行計算架構；E）高性能計算和仿生學；F）大數據、管理和可視化；以及G）高性能計算在仿生學中的未來。本書介紹了多種計算技術，以模擬和複製生物啟發設計，解決複雜的人類問題。本書的內容以簡潔明瞭的方式呈現，適用於對高性能計算應用於仿生技術發展感興趣的專業人士、非專業人士、科學家和學生。

Prof. Ir. Dr. Hj. Kamarul Arifin Ahmad is currently Director of the Putra Science Park UPM and Professor in Aerospace Engineering Department in UPM. He has bachelor degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia, M.Sc. in Aerodynamics (Aerospace Dynamics) from Cranfield University, and Doctorate from Queens University of Belfast. In 2015, he obtained his Professional Engineer (PE) status from Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). Between 2016 and 2018, he was seconded to King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is also Former Head of the Aerospace Malaysia Research Centre (AMRC) UPM and Head of the Aerospace Engineering Department in UPM. He has vast experiences in the Aerospace Engineering field and has been teaching in the same area for more than 15 years. He also taught aerospace engineering related subjects namely introduction to aerospace engineering, aerodynamics, gas dynamics, and computational fluid dynamics.

Dr. Nor Asilah WatiAbdul Hamid is currently Lab Head of Laboratory of Computational Sciences and Mathematical Physics, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, where she is also Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Technology and Network, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology. She has received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Adelaide in 2008. She has been Visiting Scholar with the High Performance Computing Lab, the George Washington University, USA, from 2013 until 2015. She is Receiver of the CUDA Teaching Centre award from NVIDIA in 2015 and established the CUDA lab in her faculty. She has authored or co-authored more than 80 journals and conference proceedings in her area, and her work was funded by government and some by industry. Her research interests are in parallel and distributed high performance computing, cloud computing and data intensive computing.

Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as Senior Fellow (Professor) at Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, and also Distinguished Visiting Professor at Malaysian Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching, research, and industries. His area of research interests includes hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites and advanced materials. So far, he has published 65 books, 80 book chapters, more than 450 peer-reviewed international journal papers and several published review papers under top 25 hot articles in science direct during 2013-2018.He is also International Advisory Board member of Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. He is Reviewer of several high impact ISI journals (200 journals). He is also Fellow and Chartered Scientist of IOM, UK.

Dr. Tabrej Khan is amaterial scientist with Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (Specialization in materials) from University Putra Malaysia in 2020. He is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow in the field of material science and engineering at Department of Engineering Management, College of Engineering Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has a pool of good publications in reputed journals, patents, chapters in books and has lot of experience in the field of Hybrid Composites, Advanced Materials, Structural Health Monitoring and Impact Studies, Damage Detections and Repairs, Impact Studies, Signal Processing and Instrumentations, Non-destructive Testing, and Destructive Testing.

Dr. Balbir Singh is currently working as a senior assistant professor in Aerospace Engineering at the Department of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India. He has a doctoral degree in the field of Aerospace Engineering from Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has good number of publications and grants in his favour. His research focuses on insect inspired miniaturized robots for planetary studies, advanced aerospace materials (bio, natural, or nano) at all the scales, high performance computing and modelling, unsteady aerodynamics, space debris removal and traffic management, space systems engineering, and clean energy.

Prof. Ir. Dr. Hj. Kamarul Arifin Ahmad目前擔任馬來西亞博特拉科學園（Putra Science Park UPM）的主任，並在馬來亞大學（UPM）的航空工程系擔任教授。他畢業於馬來西亞理科大學（Universiti Sains Malaysia），獲得航空動力學（航空動力學）碩士學位，並在貝爾法斯特女王大學（Queens University of Belfast）獲得博士學位。2015年，他獲得馬來西亞工程師委員會（Board of Engineers Malaysia，BEM）頒發的專業工程師（PE）資格。2016年至2018年期間，他被派往沙特阿拉伯的沙特國王大學（King Saud University）機械工程系工作。他還曾擔任馬來西亞航空研究中心（AMRC）UPM的前任負責人，以及UPM的航空工程系主任。他在航空工程領域擁有豐富的經驗，並在該領域教學超過15年。他還教授航空工程相關科目，包括航空工程入門、空氣動力學、氣體動力學和計算流體力學。

Dr. Nor Asilah Wati Abdul Hamid目前擔任馬來亞大學數學研究所計算科學和數學物理實驗室的實驗室主任，同時也是計算機科學與信息技術學院通信技術和網絡系的副教授。她於2008年獲得阿德萊德大學（University of Adelaide）的計算機科學博士學位。她曾於2013年至2015年期間在美國喬治華盛頓大學（George Washington University）的高性能計算實驗室擔任訪問學者。她於2015年獲得NVIDIA頒發的CUDA教學中心獎，並在她的學院建立了CUDA實驗室。她在該領域發表或合著了80多篇期刊和會議論文，並且她的研究工作得到了政府和一些行業的資助。她的研究興趣包括並行和分佈式高性能計算、雲計算和數據密集型計算。

Dr. Mohammad Jawaid目前在馬來亞大學熱帶林業和林產研究所（INTROP）的生物復合材料技術實驗室擔任高級研究員（教授），並在馬來西亞日本國際技術學院（MJIIT）擔任傑出訪問教授。他在馬來西亞理科大學獲得博士學位。他在教學、研究和工業領域擁有超過20年的經驗。他的研究興趣包括混合增強/填充聚合物復合材料和先進材料。到目前為止，他已經出版了65本書籍、80篇書籍章節、450多篇同行評審的國際期刊論文，以及幾篇在2013年至2018年期間在Science Direct上發表的熱門文章。他還是Springer系列聚合物和復合材料的國際顧問委員會成員。他是200多個高影響力ISI期刊的審稿人。他還是英國IOM的會士和特許科學家。

Dr. Tabrej Khan是一位材料科學家，於2020年在馬來亞大學航空工程（材料專業）獲得博士學位。他目前在沙特阿拉伯利雅德王子大學（Prince Sultan University）工程管理系擔任博士後研究員，從事材料科學和工程領域的研究。他在聲譽良好的期刊、專利和書籍章節上發表了大量的研究成果，並在混合復合材料、先進材料、結構健康監測和衝擊研究、損傷檢測和修復、信號處理和儀器、非破壞性測試和破壞性測試等領域擁有豐富的經驗。

Dr. Balbir Singh目前在印度Manipal Academy of Higher Education的Manipal Institute of Technology的航空與汽車工程系擔任高級助理教授。他在航空工程領域獲得博士學位。