Computational Science and Its Applications - Iccsa 2025 Workshops
Computational Science and Its Applications - Iccsa 2025 Workshops
Computational Science and Its Applications - Iccsa 2025 Workshops
Computational Science and Its Applications - Iccsa 2025 Workshops
The vCISO Playbook
The vCISO Playbook: How Virtual CISOs Deliver Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity to Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) Protect Your Data with a vCISO Working for Your Business The authors of this Guide have focused on two principal audiences: Small and Midsized Businesses (SMBs) and Virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs). vCISOs in this context may also be referred to as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). By extension, we include in our audience trusted professional advisers to SMBs, such as attorneys, investment bankers, and financial consultants. Our combined experience in cybersecurity and small business matters spans over 50 years, and we have concentrated on the intersection of the needs of SMBs with the capabilities of vCISOs. We are versed in the growing necessity of SMBs in the supply chains of critical infrastructure to demonstrate that they have taken steps to assure their ability to prevent or recover from cyber-attacks. Note that we have included two Appendices with public source information on the DHS/CISA list of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors, as well as SMBs' participation in their supply chains. Appendix 3 sets out the features of Beta Centauri℠, our proprietary program to create an efficient working relationship between SMBs and vCISOs. In Appendix 4, we have included summaries of four articles published recently in Cyber Defense Magazine on the stages of successful relationships between SMBs and vCISOs. Typically, SMBs have experienced a fundamental conflict between the importance of managing the risk of cyber attacks and the cost of having a full time Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). To begin with, the basic techniques of cyber risk management can be overwhelming to owners and managers of SMBs; they are complex and tend to change quickly as new forms of attack and response develop. According to Bank of America's most recent Small Business Report, while 71% of small businesses report that they have digitally optimized their operations over the past 12 months, only 21% have added cybersecurity measures to their businesses. Of mid-sized businesses, 90% report that cybersecurity is a threat to their business, but only 63% are keeping software up to date, 60% are investing in digital security systems, and a paltry 50% are investing in employee security training [1]. Unfortunately, the myth persists that SMBs are too small to be targets for cyber criminals. On the contrary, they are often low-hanging fruit, with a combination of lax cybersecurity measures making them subject to existential threats by such attack modes as ransomware. According to a Microsoft report conducted by research firm Bredin, one-third of SMBs suffered a cyber attack during the past year (2024), with the average cost of each incident amounting to over $250,000.[2] The potential adverse impact of a ransomware attack or data breach can be devastating. It has been observed that it would have a similar effect on a company in the critical infrastructure supply chain as a provider of services requiring security clearances for employees. If a vital employee suffered an identity theft incident, they would be unable to access the government secure facility to carry out their work. [1] Bank of America. (2024). 2024 Business Owner Report. https: //business.bofa.com/en-us/content/2024-business-owner-report.html [2] https: //cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/final/en-us/microsoft-brand/documents/SMBCybersecurity-Report-Final.pdf
Artificial Intelligence Paradigms for Application Practice
This book proposes practical application paradigms for deep neural networks, aiming to establish best practices for their real-world implementation.Over the past decade, deep neural networks have made significant progress. However, effectively applying these networks to solve various practical problems remains challenging, which has limited the widespread application of artificial intelligence. This book is the first to comprehensively address implementation paradigms for deep neural networks in practice. The authors begin by reviewing the development of artificial neural networks and provide a systematic introduction to the tasks, principles, and architectures of deep neural networks. They identify the practical limitations of deep neural networks and propose guidelines and strategies for successful implementation. The book then examines 14 representative applications in urban planning, industrial production, and transportation. For each case, the authors present a landing paradigm that effectively addresses practical challenges, supported by illustrations, background information, related work, methods, experiments, and conclusions. The experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed implementation approaches.The book will benefit researchers, engineers, undergraduate and graduate students interested in artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, large models, stable diffusion models, video surveillance, smart city, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent transportation, and other related areas.
Social First Brands
As platforms come and go, features fall in and out of fashion and consumer preferences change, brands need to understand how to build social media strategies that transcend trends and create genuine connection. In Social First Brands, expert Tom Miner explores how brands who put their social media front and center in their marketing efforts are reaping the benefits, building genuine communities with their customers and developing true brand loyalty. With many brands seeing social media solely as a way to mass promote their products, brands who really put social at the front and center are able to connect with consumers in authentic ways creating audience empathy and emotional resonance. By understanding how social media speaks to human behavior, brands who put social first are able to move beyond quick wins and hacks and create genuine connections and conversations between brand and customer delivering real value. From understanding the steps for creating a social media strategy that is bespoke, choosing and developing the right personality for your brand on social media or understanding how to create content that is consistent, this book covers everything you need to know to ensure your brand's socials generate loyal fans. With real-world examples from companies such as Crocs, Stanley, Funko and Ryanair, use this book to ensure your social media strategy creates real impact.
Computers and Their Applications
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, CATA 2025, which took place in San Francisco, CA, USA, during March 17-18, 2025. The 19 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Algorithms and AI;M machine learning and data mining; and security and networking.
Social First Brands
As platforms come and go, features fall in and out of fashion and consumer preferences change, brands need to understand how to build social media strategies that transcend trends and create genuine connection. In Social First Brands, expert Tom Miner explores how brands who put their social media front and center in their marketing efforts are reaping the benefits, building genuine communities with their customers and developing true brand loyalty. With many brands seeing social media solely as a way to mass promote their products, brands who really put social at the front and center are able to connect with consumers in authentic ways creating audience empathy and emotional resonance. By understanding how social media speaks to human behavior, brands who put social first are able to move beyond quick wins and hacks and create genuine connections and conversations between brand and customer delivering real value. From understanding the steps for creating a social media strategy that is bespoke, choosing and developing the right personality for your brand on social media or understanding how to create content that is consistent, this book covers everything you need to know to ensure your brand's socials generate loyal fans. With real-world examples from companies such as Crocs, Stanley, Funko and Ryanair, use this book to ensure your social media strategy creates real impact.
Prompting Made Simple
UNLOCK THE POWER OF WORDS IN THE AGE OF AIYou don't need to code, you just need to know how to ask the right questions.Prompting Made Simple is your essential guide to mastering the most valuable new skill of the 21st century: communicating with AI.Whether you're a CEO, entrepreneur, teacher, or just curious about AI, this book gives you the keys to unlock superhuman productivity, creativity, and decision-making, using the right words at the right time.Inside, you'll discover: Proven prompt frameworks to get exactly what you want from ChatGPT and other AIsReal-world examples for business, education, writing, coding, and moreTime-saving shortcuts and expert techniques for beginners and pros alikePitfalls to avoid, and how to future-proof your skills in the AI eraThink of ChatGPT like a genie. Your wish is its command, if you know how to ask.Written by bestselling author of AI Made Simple, and AI advisor Rajeev Kapur, Prompting Made Simple doesn't just teach you how to talk to AI, it teaches you how to think in the age of AI.Prompting Made Simple makes AI easy, useful, and fun. You'll learn how to: Write better emails, plan smarter vacations, and organize your lifeGet AI to brainstorm, tutor, troubleshoot, and write with youUse real-world prompts that work right out of the boxIt's like having a tech-savvy best friend on call 24/7 that is fast, practical, and sometimes laugh-out-loud surprising.If AI Made Simple opened the door, Prompting Made Simple hands you the keys.
6gn for Future Wireless Networks
This volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on 6GN for Future Wireless Networks, 6GN 2024, held in Chongqing, China, in October 19-20, 2024. The 18 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from50 submissions.They focus on the following topical sections such as Wireless Control and Network Optimization; Edge Computing and Resource Allocation; Intelligent Systems and Simulation; Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy.
Introduction to Modern Cryptography
Introduction to Modern Cryptography is the most relied-upon source in the field. The book provides a mathematically rigorous yet accessible treatment of this fascinating subject. This is an updated edition of the most widely used introduction to cryptography textbook. The authors have kept this book as up-to-date and with the feedback from instructors and students alike, the presentation is refined, current, and accurate. The book's focus is on modern cryptography, which is distinguished from classical cryptography by its emphasis on definitions, precise assumptions, and rigorous proofs of security. A unique feature of this book is that it presents theoretical foundations with an eye toward understanding the latest cryptographic standards in wide use today. This revised edition includes all the updates made to the third edition, including: - Enhanced treatment of several modern aspects of private-key cryptography, including authenticated encryption and nonce-based encryption.- Coverage of widely used standards such as GMAC, Poly1305, GCM, CCM, and ChaCha20-Poly1305.- New sections covering the ChaCha20 stream cipher, sponge-based hash functions, and SHA-3.- Increased coverage of elliptic-curve cryptography, including a discussion of various curves used in practice.- A new chapter describing the impact of quantum computers on cryptography and providing examples of "post-quantum" encryption and signature schemes. Cryptography is now a part of our everyday lives. Whether ensuring the privacy of data sent over the Internet, making password cracking more difficult, or providing integrity for digitally signed documents cryptography is involved in many daily tasks.Containing worked examples and updated exercises, Introduction to Modern Cryptography can serve as a textbook for undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in cryptography, a reference for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners, or a general introduction suitable for self-study.
The CISO 3.0
This isn't just a book. It is a roadmap for the next generation of cybersecurity leadership. In an era where cyber threats are more sophisticated and the stakes are higher than ever, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) can no longer rely solely on technical expertise. They must evolve into strategic business leaders who can seamlessly integrate cybersecurity into the fabric of their organizations.This book challenges the traditional perception of CISOs as technical leaders, advocating for a strategic shift toward business alignment, quantitative risk management, and the embrace of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. It empowers CISOs to transcend their technical expertise and evolve into business-savvy leaders who are fully equipped to meet the rising expectations from boards, executives, and regulators. This book directly addresses the increasing demands from boards and regulators in the wake of recent high-profile cyber events, providing CISOs with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate this new landscape.This book isn't just about theory but also action. It delves into the practicalities of business-aligned cybersecurity through real-life stories and illustrative examples that showcase the triumphs and tribulations of CISOs in the field. This book offers unparalleled insights gleaned from the author's extensive experience in advising hundreds of successful programs, including in-depth discussions on risk quantification, cyber insurance strategies, and defining materiality for risks and incidents. This book fills the gap left by other resources, providing clear guidance on translating business alignment concepts into practice.If you're a cybersecurity professional aspiring to a CISO role or an existing CISO seeking to enhance your strategic leadership skills and business acumen, this book is your roadmap. It is designed to bridge the gap between the technical and business worlds and empower you to become a strategic leader who drives value and protects your organization's most critical assets.
High-Speed Large Capacity Optical Fiber Communications
This book systematically explores the synergistic integration of multidimensional modulation and coding technology, extend wavelength division multiplexing, space division multiplexing (SDM) and signal processing techniques to unlock unprecedented transmission capacities. From foundational principles to experimental validations, this book bridges theoretical concepts with practical implementations, offering a holistic view of scalable solutions for next-generation optical networks. Delving into both established and emerging paradigms, this book develops the key technology of improving the capacity of the transmission. It covers hybrid concatenated coding schemes, multi-carrier generation or multi-band transmission in achieving terabit-scale throughputs. This book also examines the role of self-homodyne coherent systems, SDM transmission system and the channel damage compensation algorithms, illustrates the real-world applicability of these technologies. The concluding chapter synthesizes key advancements and anticipates future challenges, positioning this book as an indispensable resource for researchers, engineers and graduate students seeking to advance the frontiers of high-speed, high-capacity optical communications.
The Ciso 3.0
This isn't just a book. It is a roadmap for the next generation of cybersecurity leadership. In an era where cyber threats are more sophisticated and the stakes are higher than ever, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) can no longer rely solely on technical expertise. They must evolve into strategic business leaders who can seamlessly integrate cybersecurity into the fabric of their organizations.This book challenges the traditional perception of CISOs as technical leaders, advocating for a strategic shift toward business alignment, quantitative risk management, and the embrace of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. It empowers CISOs to transcend their technical expertise and evolve into business-savvy leaders who are fully equipped to meet the rising expectations from boards, executives, and regulators. This book directly addresses the increasing demands from boards and regulators in the wake of recent high-profile cyber events, providing CISOs with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate this new landscape.This book isn't just about theory but also action. It delves into the practicalities of business-aligned cybersecurity through real-life stories and illustrative examples that showcase the triumphs and tribulations of CISOs in the field. This book offers unparalleled insights gleaned from the author's extensive experience in advising hundreds of successful programs, including in-depth discussions on risk quantification, cyber insurance strategies, and defining materiality for risks and incidents. This book fills the gap left by other resources, providing clear guidance on translating business alignment concepts into practice.If you're a cybersecurity professional aspiring to a CISO role or an existing CISO seeking to enhance your strategic leadership skills and business acumen, this book is your roadmap. It is designed to bridge the gap between the technical and business worlds and empower you to become a strategic leader who drives value and protects your organization's most critical assets.
Securing the Digital Frontier
Cyber space is easily the most complex thing humans have ever created. With billions of people and devices all connected together, vulnerability and compromise are inevitable. The complexity continues to grow, and with it comes the emergent insecurity brought by an ever-developing frontier where digital devices and connected people meet. Security challenges present themselves increasingly often and with ever-greater impacts. This is not going to change anytime soon. Although the internet has transformed communication, business, and social life for the better, the construct of 'cyber space' is incredibly fragile and presents endless risk. Connecting every corner of our lives to those of billions across the world, the frontier is slender between the good and the bad, benefit and catastrophe, real and fake, security and insecurity. Cyber security advice can be confusing, contradictory, and sometimes utterly detached from reality. Too easily, people feel guilty for not knowing what to do, or failing to live up to expectations. People, particularly business leaders and policy makers, must daily make security-sensitive decisions, sometimes unknowingly, without being security experts. Securing the Digital Frontier doesn't offer easy answers, but instead explains sixteen dimensions of this dynamic problem and its current partial solutions. The strong technology of encryption has become commonplace, and is a huge benefit if deployed well: but how can you tell? Programming errors give rise to security problems, but why can we not eliminate them? Privacy is tied up with security, but can the two work against each other? Cyber space is international: how can domestic laws protect us? And what happens when those laws come into conflict with technologies like encryption? Why do you need a punctuation symbol and a capital letter in your password, anyway? Through a grasp of the big picture, through technical and human perspectives, we can begin to explore ways to unwind some of the complexity and find ways to contain the risk.
Applied Cryptography and Network Security
This three-volume set LNCS 15825-15827 constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2025, held in Munich, Germany, during June 23-26, 2025.The 55 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 241 submissions. The papers cover all technical aspects of applied cryptography, network and computer security and privacy, representing both academic research work as well as developments in industrial and technical frontiers.
Practical Deep Learning, 2nd Edition
Deep learning made simple. Dip into deep learning without drowning in theory with this fully updated edition of Practical Deep Learning from experienced author and AI expert Ronald T. Kneusel. After a brief review of basic math and coding principles, you'll dive into hands-on experiments and learn to build working models for everything from image analysis to creative writing, and gain a thorough understanding of how each technique works under the hood. Whether you're a developer looking to add AI to your toolkit or a student seeking practical machine learning skills, this book will teach you: How neural networks work and how they're trainedHow to use classical machine learning modelsHow to develop a deep learning model from scratchHow to evaluate models with industry-standard metricsHow to create your own generative AI modelsEach chapter emphasizes practical skill development and experimentation, building to a case study that incorporates everything you've learned to classify audio recordings. Examples of working code you can easily run and modify are provided, and all code is freely available on GitHub. With Practical Deep Learning, second edition, you'll gain the skills and confidence you need to build real AI systems that solve real problems. New to this edition: Material on computer vision, fine-tuning and transfer learning, localization, self-supervised learning, generative AI for novel image creation, and large language models for in-context learning, semantic search, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
Foundations and Practice of Security
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2024, held in Montr矇al, QC, Canada, during December 09-11, 2024. The 28 full and 11 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Critical issues of protecting systems against digital threats, considering financial, technological, and operational implications; Automating and enhancing security mechanisms in software systems and data management; Cybersecurity and AI when applied to emerging technologies; Cybersecurity and Ethics; Cybersecurity and privacy in connected and autonomous systems for IoT, smart environments, and criticalinfrastructure; New trends in advanced cryptographic protocols. Part II: Preserving privacy and maintaining trust for end users in a complex and numeric cyberspace; Intersecting security, privacy, and machine learning techniques to detect, mitigate, and prevent threats; New trends of machine leaning and AI applied to cybersecurity.
Introduction to Cryptographic Definitions
Cryptographic definitions are often abstract and complex, making them challenging for beginners to understand and apply. This concise textbook/resource provides a structured introduction to cryptographic definitions, explaining the syntax definitions and security definitions of cryptographic primitives. It builds foundational knowledge by covering essential mathematical concepts and formal definitions in cryptology. Through a carefully designed learning curve, readers will grasp key elements, why they are defined this way, and how new definitions are developed. The book's presentation enables readers to validate and propose cryptographic definitions, offering a step-by-step guide to understanding them. Topics and features: - Covers all essential components of cryptographic definitions from sets and functions, making the subject accessible to beginners - Introduces intermediate concepts to smooth the transition from basic principles to formal definitions - Equips readers with the skills to validate and propose cryptographic definitions, linking theory with research - Minimizes unnecessary complexity while retaining depth, thereby ensuring a smooth learning experience Advanced undergraduate students, security engineers, and professionals interested in the formal foundations of cryptographic definitions will find the work an invaluable guide. The text is also an ideal reference for graduate students and early-stage researchers in cryptology and computer security.
Healing with Artificial Intelligence
Diagnosis through images, robot surgeons, digital twins, and the metaverse are some of the applications in which artificial intelligence (AI) is involved. It is an almost sci-fi world that touches us closely and toward which we can harbor both great hopes and great fears. Health, in fact, is a central theme, and understanding how this new technology can help us to heal, acquire well-being, and live better is certainly important. This book, thanks to the author's great experience, deals comprehensively and accessibly with the benefits and risks of using AI in the field of health. It will enable the reader to confidently approach a revolution that will change the way we treat ourselves.
Advanced Networking Technologies
Advanced networking methods and technologies are emerging as critical components in enabling novel applications. They are supported by recent technological advances in wireless communications along with the integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communication and artificial intelligence. The main goal of advanced networking is to achieve more efficient, stable and secure networks in internet and mobile communication systems. To fulfil the increasing network demand from applications, advanced networking technologies such as load balancing, fault tolerance technology, encryption technology, virtualization technology and cloud computing are used to improve network speed, optimize network performance, enhance network security, and provide a better user experience. This book covers innovative advances in networking technologies. The book is written in a tutorial style to benefit a broad advanced research audience in networking, communication, computer science, and security. The authors put a particular focus on cyber security for all advanced network concepts and technologies and have included useful case studies.
Principle of Architecture, Protocol, and Algorithms for Cog-Min
The Internet is the most important global infrastructure in the digital economy era. Its role has shifted from simple information exchange to support all kinds of novel scenarios and applications. Considering the diverse communication requirements, the development trend of the future network should support various addressing methods, such as IP address, identity, service, content, geographical location, and other potential communication modes. Therefore, a co-governed, secure, and evolvable novel network architecture is indispensable. This Open Access book focuses on Co-Governed Multi-Identifier Network (CoG-MIN), a promising future network architecture that provides an ecological solution for the sustainable evolution of packet networks. The design of CoG-MIN follows three main principles: blockchain-based global co-governed among top-level domains, endogenous network security, and sustainable evolution. CoG-MIN aims to promote peaceful, orderly, secure, and sustainable development for the global computer network. It will end the gridlock in which network systems need to be continuously upgraded due to the exponential scale expansion of addressing and routing on the current network layer. In other words, CoG-MIN enables a variety of networks to coexist and transition naturally. This will save countless establishment costs and take advantage of existing network equipment and devices. This book provides important reference materials about the mentioned topic for the research of computer network, network security, network communication, and other disciplines.
Healing with Artificial Intelligence
Diagnosis through images, robot surgeons, digital twins, and the metaverse are some of the applications in which artificial intelligence (AI) is involved. It is an almost sci-fi world that touches us closely and toward which we can harbor both great hopes and great fears. Health, in fact, is a central theme, and understanding how this new technology can help us to heal, acquire well-being, and live better is certainly important. This book, thanks to the author's great experience, deals comprehensively and accessibly with the benefits and risks of using AI in the field of health. It will enable the reader to confidently approach a revolution that will change the way we treat ourselves.
Online Hate Speech
This book informs readers on how to understand, detect, and mitigate hate speech in online social media. The authors first cover the definition of hate speech and how its prevalence can be measured on online social media platforms using text and graph-based methods. The book then describes the process of detecting hate speech and presents a comprehensive account of the AI models that are currently being used. Further, the authors discuss the associated challenges that must be overcome while using these models. The book concludes with an overview of the mitigation techniques for hate speech, including blocking or suspension of the accounts (hard technique) and counterspeech (soft technique), and a discussion of the effects of these techniques on social media platforms.
ISO/IEC 27001 meets the NIS2 EU Directive - A Practical Guide to Achieving Conformity
A structured, erudite, and practical guide for aligning ISO/IEC 27001:2022 with the legal obligations of the NIS2 Directive. Written for CISOs, compliance managers, IT architects, and auditors, this book translates regulatory expectations into actionable frameworks. It offers clear mappings, practical guidance, and strategic insight-supporting both conformity and maturity. Ideal for public institutions and private enterprises navigating Europe's evolving cybersecurity landscape.
ISO/IEC 27001 Meets the SOX 404 Risk Assessment - A Cross-Domain Risk Reference
A practical reference for bridging ISO/IEC 27001 and SOX 404. This book offers a clear, structured mapping between information security controls and financial reporting requirements. Designed for professionals navigating both domains, it includes crosswalk tables, annex summaries, and a glossary to support dual compliance. The third in a trilogy alongside the CRA and NIS2 volumes, it serves as a compact yet comprehensive compass for CISO, audit, and GRC teams working across governance frameworks.
Reengineering Cyber Security Process
In today's rapidly evolving information technology landscape, cyber-attacks on company assets and IT systems are becoming increasingly frequent and varied. This book focuses on such security breaches, originating from diverse sources. The book explores the complexities of security attacks and the growing number of vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of implementing high-quality information security practices within organizations. It introduces "Reengineering Cyber Security Process: Quality Management", a practical methodology for analyzing various information security components within an organization to develop a comprehensive quality information security management program. This book is valuable for a wide range of professionals in the information security community, including CIOs, CEOs, CISOs, managers, IT staff, professional cybersecurity staff, and end-users. It includes relevant examples and applications, offering a fresh perspective on Cyber Security Quality Management.
Advances in the Internet of Things
Many reports estimated that in 2024, the number of IoT devices exceeded 18 billion worldwide, with predictions suggesting that it could reach nearly 40 billion by 2033. Despite primarily being consumer devices, a growing number of them will find uses in industrial and enterprise applications. This shows the significance of IoT and how it shapes the future. However, to realize its full potential, we need to address its challenges and highlight its advancements, applications, and related trends.Security and privacy represent some of the key challenges that IoT adopters face.The severity of these issues is exacerbated by the growing number of IoT devices, the expansion of Industry 4.0 (and the emergence of Industry 5.0), and the significant increase in cybersecurity attacks. Considering that ensuring security and privacy are crucial for the successful adoption of IoT, this book dedicates several chapters to these areas. The book also presents some novel models that improve IoT environments. Similarly, it presents several practical implementations that utilize IoT to demonstrate some of its real-world applications. Furthermore, it presents several emerging technologies that enable the realization of advanced IoT environments. We see that most IoT advances are taking place in three main areas: the integration of artificial intelligence/machine learning, network technologies, and hardware designs. Therefore, the book dedicates several chapters to these areas. Most chapters touch on the artificial intelligence/machine learning part, which emphasizes the significance of these technologies in today's and next-generation applications.The main objective of this book is to capture the state-of-the-art in IoT and cover some of its challenges, solutions, and emerging technologies. The peer-reviewed book serves as a reference for researchers, academics, practitioners, and graduate-level students.
