High Performance Computing in Biomimetics: Modeling, Architecture and Applications
暫譯: 生物仿生學中的高效能計算：建模、架構與應用

本書全面概述了在各種仿生技術中高效能計算（HPC）實施的最新發展。書中介紹了多個主題，這些主題被細分為以下幾個部分：A) 仿生模型與力學；B) 運動與計算方法；C) 分散式計算及其演變；D) 分散式與平行計算架構；E) 高效能計算與仿生學；F) 大數據、管理與視覺化；G) 高效能計算在仿生學中的未來。本書展示了多樣的計算技術，以模擬和複製生物啟發的設計，旨在解決複雜的人類問題。本書的內容以簡單明瞭的風格呈現，適合專業人士、非專業人士、科學家及對高效能計算在仿生技術發展中的應用研究感興趣的學生使用。

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.

教授工程博士哈吉·卡馬魯·阿里芬·艾哈邁德目前是馬來西亞國立大學（UPM）普特拉科學園的主任及航空工程系的教授。他擁有馬來西亞科學大學的學士學位、克蘭菲爾德大學的氣動力學（航空動力學）碩士學位，以及貝爾法斯特女王大學的博士學位。2015年，他獲得馬來西亞工程師委員會（BEM）的專業工程師（PE）資格。2016年至2018年間，他被借調至沙烏地阿拉伯的沙烏地國王大學機械工程系。他曾擔任馬來西亞航空研究中心（AMRC）UPM的前主任及UPM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。他還教授與航空工程相關的科目，包括航空工程導論、氣動力學、氣體動力學和計算流體力學。

諾爾·阿西拉·瓦蒂·阿卜杜哈米德博士目前是馬來西亞國立大學數學研究所計算科學與數學物理實驗室的實驗室主任，同時也是計算機科學與資訊技術學院通信技術與網絡系的副教授。她於2008年在阿德萊德大學獲得計算機科學博士學位。2013年至2015年間，她曾擔任美國喬治華盛頓大學高性能計算實驗室的訪問學者。她於2015年獲得NVIDIA的CUDA教學中心獎，並在她的學院建立了CUDA實驗室。她在其研究領域發表或共同發表超過80篇期刊和會議論文，其研究工作獲得政府及部分產業的資助。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。

穆罕默德·賈瓦伊德博士目前在馬來西亞國立大學熱帶林業與森林產品研究所（INTROP）的生物複合材料技術實驗室擔任高級研究員（教授），同時也是馬來西亞日本國際技術學院（MJIIT）的特聘訪問教授。他在馬來西亞科學大學獲得博士學位，擁有超過20年的教學、研究和產業經驗。他的研究興趣包括混合增強/填充聚合物複合材料和先進材料。迄今為止，他已出版65本書籍、80章書籍、超過450篇經過同行評審的國際期刊論文，以及幾篇在2013年至2018年間被列為科學直接前25名熱門文章的綜述論文。他還是施普林格聚合物與複合材料系列的國際諮詢委員會成員，並擔任多本高影響力ISI期刊（200本期刊）的審稿人。他也是英國IOM的研究員和特許科學家。

塔布雷吉·汗博士是一位材料科學家，於2020年在馬來西亞國立大學獲得航空工程（材料專業）博士學位。他目前在沙烏地阿拉伯利雅德的蘇丹王子大學工程學院工程管理系擔任材料科學與工程領域的博士後研究員。他在知名期刊上發表了大量優質論文，擁有專利、書籍章節，並在混合複合材料、先進材料、結構健康監測與衝擊研究、損傷檢測與修復、信號處理與儀器、非破壞測試和破壞測試等領域擁有豐富的經驗。

巴爾比爾·辛格博士目前在印度馬尼帕爾高等教育學院的馬尼帕爾技術學院航空工程系擔任高級助理教授。他在馬來西亞國立大學工程學院航空工程系獲得航空工程博士學位。他擁有相當數量的出版物和資助。他的研究重點包括受昆蟲啟發的迷你機器人進行行星研究、各種尺度的先進航空材料（生物、天然或納米）、高性能計算與建模、非穩態氣動力學、太空垃圾清除與交通管理、太空系統工程以及清潔能源。