Blockchain of Things: Research Challenges and Applications
暫譯: 物聯網區塊鏈：研究挑戰與應用

近年來，物聯網（IoT）已經重塑整個科技產業，轉變為具備智能決策能力的智慧產業。然而，連接設備的安全性、隱私性和互操作性仍然是物聯網產業面臨的挑戰。區塊鏈技術的能力可以幫助解決這些挑戰。區塊鏈與物聯網的融合被稱為物聯網的區塊鏈（Blockchain of things, BCoT），這是一項重大的技術突破，提供基本服務以及額外的功能、好處和實現，旨在建立安全、無縫和自主的計算環境。區塊鏈與物聯網的結合在互操作性、可靠性、可擴展性、隱私性和安全性等方面提供了改善和高效的優勢。

本書的主要目標是為學術界、研究人員和實務工作者提供一個共同的平台，以理解區塊鏈及其與物聯網整合的最新技術/技術發展。所有方面，如理論和實踐貢獻、模擬工作、回顧和案例研究，將提供給讀者，為他們提供全面的指導，以通過開發新方法來擴展物聯網的區塊鏈的最新技術。本書：

- 涵蓋對於使用區塊鏈來增強物聯網系統的全面和深入理解。
- 討論物聯網的區塊鏈在架構、關鍵技術、安全性、隱私性、服務模型和框架方面的最新進展。
- 涵蓋專為物聯網架構設計的區塊鏈共識算法。
- 說明基於區塊鏈與物聯網在各種應用領域內在整合的關鍵案例研究。

Sangita S. Chaudhari obtained her Master of Engineering (Computer Engineering) from Mumbai University, Maharashtra, India, in 2008 and Ph. D. in GIS and Remote Sensing from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India in 2016. Currently, she is working as professor and Head in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology Nerul, Navi Mumbai. She has published several papers in the International/National Journals/Conferences and book chapters. Her research interests include image processing, information security, Blockchain Technology, GIS, and Remote sensing.

Gautam Borkar received his bachelor's degree from National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India and completed his PhD and Master's from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati. Presently, he is working as Professor in Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Mumbai. His current research interests include network security, trust management, Blockchain and security in wireless sensor networks. He had published several papers in International Journals.

Dhanajay Dakhane is currently working as a Professor, in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Nerul. He has completed his Bachelor, Master and PhD Degree in Computer Science & Engineering from SGB University Amravati. His research interest includes Covert Channels & its counter measures, Secret & Multi party Computations. His research works are published in International and National journals. He has around 90+ citations to his research work out of which one is i-06 indexed and four are h-indexed.

Sachin Jain is working as Assistant Professor at Computer Science Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. He has completed his bachelor's in computer technology and master's in computer science & engineering from RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, MS, India and PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from SGB Amravati University, Amravati, MS, India. Dr. Sachin Jain has more than 18 years of teaching experience and his key research areas are Wireless Sensor Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Image Processing. He is a member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Computer Society of India (CSI), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). He has actively participated in designing various courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has guided more than 50 undergraduate projects and more than 10 postgraduate research projects. He has published more than 20 research papers in international conferences and journals. He has around 30 citations to his research work out of which one is i-10 indexed and four are h-indexed. He has worked/been working as a reviewer for many international conferences and IEEE transactions on Cybernetics.

Abhi Deshmukh has extensive experience in Product Engineering, Sales & Business Management across multiple domains like Analytics, AI/Machine Learning, Enterprise Marketing Management, Cloud & SaaS solutions, IT Service Management, Workflow automation, BSS/OSS, Usage Chargeback, Revenue Settlement & Billing, Computer Telephony Integration, Embedded, real-time applications and network protocol stack development. Abhi CTO at iHub Anubhuti-IIITD Foundation, New Delhi, India. He led a Technology Innovation Hub (TiH) at IIIT-Delhi established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM Enhanced survey information synthesis ICPS) - https: //www.nmicps.in. My primary focus is to develop technologies in the areas of Cognitive Computing, Computer Vision, Conversational AI, Computational Lingusitics (NLP), Climate, MedTech, Healthcare and Social Sensing. I also lead efforts for startup incubation, investments and grants for research projects. He has been granted 3 US patents and has 1 patent pending with United States Patent Office. Abhi holds a Bachelor's degree (BE - Computer Science and Engg) from the Amravati University, (India), a Masters (MS) degree in Software Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY.

**Sangita S. Chaudhari** 於2008年獲得印度馬哈拉施特拉邦孟買大學的工程碩士學位（計算機工程），並於2016年獲得印度孟買印度理工學院的地理資訊系統（GIS）和遙感博士學位。目前，她在印度孟買的Ramrao Adik技術學院計算機科學與工程系擔任教授及系主任。她在國際/國內期刊/會議及書籍章節上發表了多篇論文。她的研究興趣包括影像處理、資訊安全、區塊鏈技術、地理資訊系統及遙感。

**Gautam Borkar** 於印度旁遮普邦的國立技術學院獲得學士學位，並在印度阿姆拉瓦提的Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University完成博士及碩士學位。目前，他在孟買的Ramrao Adik技術學院擔任教授。他目前的研究興趣包括網路安全、信任管理、區塊鏈及無線感測網路的安全。他在國際期刊上發表了多篇論文。

**Dhanajay Dakhane** 目前在Ramrao Adik技術學院的計算機科學與工程系擔任教授。他在SGB大學阿姆拉瓦提獲得計算機科學與工程的學士、碩士及博士學位。他的研究興趣包括隱蔽通道及其對策、秘密及多方計算。他的研究成果已發表於國際及國內期刊，並且他的研究工作有超過90次引用，其中一篇為i-06索引，四篇為h-指數。

**Sachin Jain** 目前在美國奧克拉荷馬州的奧克拉荷馬州立大學計算機科學系擔任助理教授。他在印度Nagpur的RTM Nagpur大學獲得計算技術學士學位及計算機科學與工程碩士學位，並在SGB Amravati大學獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。Sachin Jain博士擁有超過18年的教學經驗，他的主要研究領域包括無線感測網路、人工智慧、機器學習、物聯網及影像處理。他是國際工程師協會（IAENG）、印度計算機學會（CSI）及印度技術教育學會（ISTE）的成員。他積極參與本科及研究生課程的設計，指導了超過50個本科專案及10個以上的研究生研究專案。他在國際會議及期刊上發表了超過20篇研究論文，並且他的研究工作有約30次引用，其中一篇為i-10索引，四篇為h-指數。他曾擔任多個國際會議及IEEE Cybernetics期刊的審稿人。

**Abhi Deshmukh** 在產品工程、銷售及商業管理方面擁有豐富的經驗，涵蓋分析、人工智慧/機器學習、企業行銷管理、雲端及SaaS解決方案、IT服務管理、工作流程自動化、BSS/OSS、使用費用回收、收入結算及計費、計算機電話整合、嵌入式、即時應用及網路協議堆疊開發等多個領域。Abhi是印度新德里的iHub Anubhuti-IIITD基金會的首席技術官。他在IIIT-Delhi領導了一個技術創新中心（TiH），該中心由印度政府科學與技術部（DST）在國家跨學科網路物理系統任務（NM Enhanced survey information synthesis ICPS）下建立 - https://www.nmicps.in。我的主要重點是開發認知計算、計算機視覺、對話式人工智慧、計算語言學（NLP）、氣候、醫療科技、健康照護及社會感知等領域的技術。我還負責啟動孵化、投資及研究專案的補助。他已獲得3項美國專利，並有1項專利正在美國專利局待審。Abhi擁有印度阿姆拉瓦提大學的計算機科學與工程學士學位（BE），以及美國紐約州特洛伊的倫斯勒理工學院（RPI）軟體工程碩士學位（MS）。