Internet of Things and Big Data Applications: Recent Advances and Challenges
暫譯: 物聯網與大數據應用：近期進展與挑戰

本書提供了物聯網（IoT）和大數據研究的未來方向。由於感測器和無線技術的快速進步，與物聯網相關的應用正吸引越來越多的關注。隨著越來越多的設備連接，它們成為智慧應用的潛在組件。因此，這些應用在健康、農業、能源、安全和零售等各個領域引起了全球新的興趣。本書的主要目標是將物聯網和大數據的多面性反映在單一來源中。因此，每一章都針對一個特定領域，該領域目前正受到軟計算技術擴散的顯著影響。

​Valentina E. Balas, Ph. D, is currently Full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is author of more than 270 research papers in refereed journals and International Conferences. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Soft Computing, Smart Sensors, Information Fusion, Modeling and Simulation. She is the Editor-in Chief to International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms (IJAIP) and to International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering (IJCSysE), member in Editorial Board member of several national and international journals and is evaluator expert for national and international projects. She served as General Chair of the International Workshop Soft Computing and Applications in seven editions 2005-2016 held in Romania and Hungary. Dr. Balas participated in many international conferences as Organizer, Session Chair and member in International Program Committee. Now she is working in a national project with EU funding support: BioCell-NanoART = Novel Bio-inspired Cellular Nano-Architectures - For Digital Integrated Circuits, 2M Euro from National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation. She is a member of EUSFLAT, ACM and a Senior Member IEEE, member in TC - Fuzzy Systems (IEEE CIS), member in TC - Emergent Technologies (IEEE CIS), member in TC - Soft Computing (IEEE SMCS). Dr. Balas was Vice-president (Awards) of IFSA International Fuzzy Systems Association Council (2013-2015) and is a Joint Secretary of the Governing Council of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics (FIM), - A Multidisciplinary Academic Body, India.

Vijender Kumar Solanki, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Computer Science & Engineering, CMR Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Hyderabad, TS, India. He has more than 10 years of academic experience in network security, IoT, Big Data, Smart City and IT. Prior to his current role, he was associated with Apeejay Institute of Technology, Greater Noida, UP, KSRCE (Autonomous) Institution, Tamilnadu, India & Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziabad, UP, India. He has attended an orientation program at UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala & Refresher course at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, UP, India.He has authored or co-authored more than 20 research articles that are published in journals, books and conference proceedings. He has edited or co-edited 2 books in the area of Information Technology. He teaches graduate & post graduate level courses in IT at ITS. He received Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India in 2017 and ME, MCA from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India in 2007 and 2004, respectively and a bachelor's degree in Science from JLN Government College, Faridabad Haryana, India in 2001.He is Editor inInternational Journal of Machine Learning and Networked Collaborative Engineering (IJMLNCE)ISSN 2581-3242, Associate Editor in International Journal of Information Retrieval Research (IJIRR), IGI-GLOBAL, USA, ISSN: 2155-6377 - E-ISSN: 2155-6385 . He is guest editor with IGI-Global, USA, InderScience& Many more publishers.

Dr. Raghvendra Kumar is working as Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department at GIET University, India. He received B. Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, India, and Postdoc Fellow from Institute of Information Technology, Virtual Reality and Multimedia, Vietnam. He serves as Series Editor Internet of Everything (IOE): Security and Privacy Paradigm, Green Engineering and Technology: Concepts and Applications, publishes by CRC press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA, and Bio-Medical Engineering: Techniques and Applications, Publishes by Apple Academic Press, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA. He also serves as acquisition editor for Computer Science by Apple Academic Press, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, USA. He has published number of research papers in international journal (SCI/SCIE/ESCI/Scopus) and conferences including IEEE and Springer as well as serve as organizing chair (RICE-2019, 2020), volume Editor (RICE-2018), Keynote speaker, session chair, Co-chair, publicity chair, publication chair, advisory board, Technical program Committee members in many international and national conferences and serve as guest editors in many special issues from reputed journals (Indexed By: Scopus, ESCI, SCI). He also published 13 chapters in edited book published by IGI Global, Springer and Elsevier. His researches areas are Computer Networks, Data Mining, cloud computing and Secure Multiparty Computations, Theory of Computer Science and Design of Algorithms. He authored and Edited 23 computer science books in field of Internet of Things, Data Mining, Biomedical Engineering, Big Data, Robotics, and IGI Global Publication, USA, IOS Press Netherland, Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, USA. He is Managing Editor in International Journal of Machine Learning and Networked Collaborative Engineering (IJMLNCE) ISSN 2581-3242.

Valentina E. Balas 博士目前是羅馬尼亞阿拉德「奧雷爾·弗拉伊庫」大學工程學院自動化與應用軟體系的全職教授。她擁有蒂米什瓦拉理工大學的應用電子學與電信博士學位。Balas 博士是超過 270 篇經過審核的期刊和國際會議研究論文的作者。她的研究興趣包括智能系統、模糊控制、軟計算、智能感測器、信息融合、建模與模擬。她是《國際先進智能範式期刊》（IJAIP）和《國際計算系統工程期刊》（IJCSysE）的主編，並且是多本國內外期刊的編輯委員會成員，還擔任國內外項目的評估專家。她曾擔任 2005 至 2016 年在羅馬尼亞和匈牙利舉行的國際研討會「軟計算與應用」的總主席。Balas 博士參加了許多國際會議，擔任組織者、會議主席及國際程序委員會成員。她目前正在一個獲得歐盟資助的國家項目中工作：BioCell-NanoART = 新型生物啟發的細胞納米架構 - 用於數位集成電路，該項目由國家科學研究與創新機構提供 200 萬歐元的資金。她是 EUSFLAT、ACM 的成員，並且是 IEEE 的高級會員，還是 IEEE CIS 的模糊系統技術委員會（TC）、新興技術技術委員會（TC）和軟計算技術委員會（TC）的成員。Balas 博士曾擔任 IFSA 國際模糊系統協會理事會的副主席（獎項）（2013-2015），並且是印度跨學科數學論壇（FIM）理事會的聯合秘書。

Vijender Kumar Solanki 博士是印度海得拉巴 CMR 技術學院（自主）計算機科學與工程系的副教授。他在網路安全、物聯網、大數據、智慧城市和資訊技術方面擁有超過 10 年的學術經驗。在擔任目前職位之前，他曾在印度大諾伊達的 Apeejay 技術學院、泰米爾納德邦的 KSRCE（自主）機構及印度烏塔爾邦的科技與科學學院工作。他曾參加喀拉拉邦喀利卡特大學 UGC 學術人員學院的定向計畫及印度信息技術學院的進修課程。他已發表或共同發表超過 20 篇研究文章，這些文章發表在期刊、書籍和會議論文集中。他編輯或共同編輯了 2 本資訊技術領域的書籍。他在 ITS 教授研究生及碩士生的資訊技術課程。他於 2017 年在印度金奈的安娜大學獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位，並於 2007 年和 2004 年分別獲得印度哈里亞納邦羅塔克的馬哈里希·達亞南大學的碩士學位（ME）和計算機應用碩士學位（MCA），以及於 2001 年在印度哈里亞納邦法里達巴德的 JLN 政府學院獲得科學學士學位。他是《國際機器學習與網絡協作工程期刊》（IJMLNCE，ISSN 2581-3242）的編輯，並擔任《國際信息檢索研究期刊》（IJIRR，IGI-GLOBAL，美國，ISSN: 2155-6377 - E-ISSN: 2155-6385）的副編輯。他還是 IGI-Global、美國 InderScience 及其他多家出版商的客座編輯。

Raghvendra Kumar 博士在印度 GIET 大學的計算機科學與工程系擔任副教授。他在印度獲得計算機科學與工程的學士、碩士和博士學位，並在越南的資訊技術、虛擬現實與多媒體研究所獲得博士後研究員資格。他擔任《萬物互聯（IOE）：安全與隱私範式》、《綠色工程與技術：概念與應用》（由 CRC Press、Taylor & Francis Group 出版）和《生物醫學工程：技術與應用》（由 Apple Academic Press、CRC Press、Taylor & Francis Group 出版）的系列編輯。他還擔任 Apple Academic Press、CRC Press、Taylor & Francis Group 的計算機科學採購編輯。他在國際期刊（SCI/SCIE/ESCI/Scopus）和會議上發表了多篇研究論文，包括 IEEE 和 Springer，並在許多國際和國內會議中擔任組織主席（RICE-2019、2020）、卷編輯（RICE-2018）、主題演講者、會議主席、共同主席、宣傳主席、出版主席、顧問委員會成員及技術程序委員會成員。他還在多個知名期刊的特刊中擔任客座編輯（索引：Scopus、ESCI、SCI）。他在 IGI Global、Springer 和 Elsevier 出版的編輯書中發表了 13 篇章節。他的研究領域包括計算機網路、數據挖掘、雲計算和安全多方計算、計算機科學理論及演算法設計。他在物聯網、數據挖掘、生物醫學工程、大數據、機器人等領域編著和編輯了 23 本計算機科學書籍，並由 IGI Global、USA、IOS Press 荷蘭、Springer、Elsevier、CRC Press 出版。他是《國際機器學習與網絡協作工程期刊》（IJMLNCE，ISSN 2581-3242）的主編。