Integrating Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for Industry 4.0 Innovations

This book discusses the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and Blockchain and how they can work together to help reach the goals of Industry 4.0. The authors first discuss how AI and Blockchain can help increase performance in business. The authors go on to discuss how the technologies can integrate to provide a competitive edge for businesses through improvements in big data, which has allowed firms to organize huge datasets into structured components that computers can process quickly. The authors also cover security implications and how AI and Blockchain can act as a double-edged sword against cyber-attacks. Impacts in programming, calculations, robotization, robots, and equipment are also discussed. This book caters to an extensive cross-sectional and multi-disciplinary readership. Academics, researchers and their students in topics such as artificial intelligence, cyber-physical systems, ethics, robotics, safety engineering, and safety-critical systems should find the book of value.

Professor Dr. Sam Goundar is an International Academic having taught at twelve different universities in ten different countries. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (IJBC) - Inderscience Publishers, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Fog Computing (IJFC) - IGI Publishers, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Creative Computing (IJCrC) - Inderscience Publishers, Section Editor of the Journal of Education and Information Technologies (EAIT) – Springer. He is the Editor-in-Chief (Emeritus) of the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC) - IGI Publishers. He is the Associate Editor of Tsinghua Science and Technology - IEEE Xplore and Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Digital Banking & Financial Technology, Journal of Risk and Financial Management – MDPI. He is also on the Editorial Review Board of more than 20 high impact factor journals. Apart from Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies, e-Services, Digital Transformations, Fog Computing, Industrial Internet of Things, Enterprise Systems, Big Data, Mobile Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Educational Technologies, he also researches on Management Information Systems, Technology Acceptance Model, MOOCs, Gamification in Learning, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Network Intrusion Detection, Data Security Analysis, e-Sports, ICT in Climate Change, ICT Devices in the Classroom, Using Mobile Devices in Education, e-Government, and Disaster Management. He has published on all these topics.

Dr. R. Anandan completed his UG, PG and Doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering. He is currently working as Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India which is Pioneer Institution in Engineering. He has vast experience in corporate and all levels of Academic in Computer Science and Engineering his knowledge of interests not limited to Artificial intelligence Soft Computing, Machine Learning, High Performance Computing, Big data Analytics, Image Processing, 3D printing and knowledge Engineering. He associated as Member in many reputed International and National societies like International Association of Engineers (IAENG) Hong Kong, Computer Science Teacher Association (CSTA) New York, Universal Association of Computer and Electronics Engineers, USA, Association of Computer Sciences and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore, Institution of Engineers, India, Computer Society of India and Indian Society of Technical Education (I.S.T.E). He serves as Editorial Board Member / Technical Committee/ Reviewer of International Journal such Arab/UK/USA journals (Springer, Thomson Reuters, SCI, Elsevier). He has published more than 130 research papers in various International Journals such in Scopus, SCI and referred journal. He haspresented 75 papers at various International Conferences. He authored and Edited 16 books, some of his leading books are Software Engineering, Advanced Java Programming, Functions of Hardware and Internet, Bigdata and Hadoop Beginners Guide for OOPS Concepts in Java Programming, Web Technology, Statistics with R Programming, Information Security, Artificial Intelligence and A Closer look at Bigdata Analytics and published 20 Chapters in leading publications. He filed 10 patents of his work.