Explainable AI (Prospects in Smart Technologies)

With the increasing use of Deep Learning systems across various industries, there is a growing need to make their decision-making processes more understandable and transparent. Regulatory requirements now demand clarity, and users and stakeholders want to know how AI systems work. This textbook addresses these needs by providing a detailed guide on integrating Explainable AI (XAI) into the Deep Learning Operations (DLOps) pipeline. By doing so, organizations can implement Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices effectively.

Explainable AI: Building Trustworthy Deep Learning Systems focuses on how to incorporate XAI methods, tools, and techniques to clarify Machine Learning decisions. It explores applications in fields such as healthcare, defense, human activity recognition, and object identification. The book offers practical advice on embedding XAI tools throughout the lifecycle of Deep Learning systems, covering topics such as Explainability and Interpretability, Deep Learning Operations (DLOps), and Machine Learning Operations (MLOps). It also includes real-world examples, challenges, and solutions.

Researchers working in the area of Trustworthy AI, Responsible AI, and Explainable AI can use this book as a primary source as it contains code implementations with metrics calculations in detail. Moreover, professionals in IT indsutries applying AI in software development such as DevOps and Deep Learning architecture development with XAI integrations in systems engineering and industrial engineering will find it a highly valuable development guide.

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Dr. D. Jeya Mala is currently a professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCOPE), Vellore
Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She has more than 24 years of teaching and research
experience and 4 years of industrial experience. As a member of the “National Work Group on Quantum
Computing” formed by the Telecommunications Department, Government of India, she contributed to
India’s proposal on Quantum Computing for Future Networks at the Geneva Meet, Switzerland. She served
as an expert evaluation committee member of AICTENEAT, Government of India, and MoE’s Innovation
Council, Government of India. To her research credit, she has one granted design patent, three published utility patents from IP, Government of India, one completed funded research project, 4 books, and more than 65 papers published in reputed refereed SCI- and Scopus-indexed journals, conferences, and book chapters. She is
currently working on a funded quantum-based collaborative research project with Deakin University, Australia. She is a listee of Who’s Who list of SEBASE repository of University College London, UK, for her research work in the area of searchbased software engineering and a proud recipient of several laurels and awards, and member of IEEE, ACM, etc. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, quantum computing, DL and ML, XAI, healthcare analytics, software engineering, cybersecurity, and blockchain.

Dr. Subramaniam Ganesan, a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA. He is a senior member of IEEE, former IEEE Computer
Society Distinguished Visiting Speaker, IEEE Region for 4 Technical Activities member, and fellow of ISPE.
He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from ISAM, the Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker
Award from SAE, the Best Paper Award from ISAM, the Best Teacher Award from ASEE, and similar accolades from Oakland University. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Embedded Systems & Computer Engineering, as well as the International Journal of Sensors & Applications. He has been the session organizer of the “Systems Engineering” panel at the SAE World Congress for the past 15 years. More details can be viewed on the home page at: www.secs.oakland.edu/~ganesan. His research interests are in real-time systems, parallel architectures, mobile computing, automotive embedded systems, and signal processing. He holds several patents in embedded systems.
systems.Computing, Automotive Embedded Systems, and Signal Processing.