Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Sustainability : Challenges and Solutions in the Era of Industry 4.0

The book discusses comprehensive and cutting-edge research and development endeavors, as well as innovative solutions, in implementing AI and related technologies to meet and undertake current and future challenges towards ensuring environmental sustainability. It explores the future research directions in the era of Industry 4.0. In the beginning, an overview of the utilization of Al for environmental sustainability is provided. The remaining chapters of the book cover the technological and application aspects of Al for environmental sustainability with illustrative examples. Finally, challenges with respect to deploying Al to solving environmental problems and the future trends are covered.

Hui Lin Ong is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia.  She was a Deputy Dean of Centre for Graduate Studies, Universiti Malaysia Perlis from year 2011 to 2013.  She obtained her PhD in Advanced Materials, from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia in 2010.  Her research interests are on nanomaterials from agricultural waste and polymer based nanocomposites for packaging, membrane and energy storage applications.  Dr. Ong has successfully complicated ten research projects funded by Malaysian government, L’Oreal and UNESCO, Malaysia, Toray, Japan and Ministry of Education, Taiwan.  She received several innovation awards at national and international levels, which include Gold Medal at International Invention, Innovation Technology Exhibition, Malaysia, Special Award and Gold Medal at Malaysia Technology Expo, Malaysia, and Silver Medal at Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Switzerland.  Dr. Ong served as Visiting Professor in De La Salle University, Philippines during year 2014 - 2019.  She was also a Visiting Scholar at National Chiao Tung University (2017), National Tsing Hua University (2018) and National Kaohsiung University Science and Technology (2019), Taiwan.  She has been invited as speaker to share her research in industries, conferences and universities in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan and United States of America.  She published more than 50 papers in international journals and conferences.  Dr. Ong was named one of the three top young women scientists in Malaysia in 2011 and was awarded the For-Women-In-Science fellowship (FWIS) by L’Oreal and UNESCO Malaysia.  In 2019, she received an Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Research Leadership Award provided by Department of Education and Training, Australia.

Ruey-an Doong is a Chair Professor at the Institute of Analytical and Environmental Sciences, and the Dean for NTHU International College at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan.  He was also the former Dean of the College of Nuclear Science at National Tsing Hua University in 2011, and Distinguished Professor at National Chiao Tung University before re-joining NTHU.  Prof. Doong received his Ph.D. degree in environmental engineering from National Taiwan University, and now is internationally known for his research in environmental nanotechnology, energy materials, and biosensors and nanosensing devices.  Prof. Doong has published over 250 papers in reputable journals with 10000+ citations.  He is also serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals like Journal of Environmental Engineering and Management and Global Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.  He has received many awards and honors for his contribution in research and teaching in the field of environmental engineering and science.  In 2000, Prof. Doong was honored as a fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.  He is a recipient of the International Honorable Member Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists in 2016 for his worthy and sustained contributions to the advancement of environmental protection and his eminence in the field of environmental engineering and sciences.  He was also awarded several important and prestigious National Awards, including Outstanding Research Award of the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2008 and 2015, Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Award in Technology and Innovation (2017), and Outstanding Award provided by THS Foundation in 2018.  

Raouf Naguib was awarded his BSc from Cairo University in 1979 and his MSc (with Distinction) and PhD from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, in 1983 and 1986, respectively. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Prior to this he was Professor of Biomedical Computing and Head of the Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies Applied Research Group at Coventry University, UK, and subsequently the Director of BIOCORE Research & Consultancy International, UK. He has published over 400 journal and conference papers and reports in many aspects of health informatics, environmental health, social health, biomedical and digital signal processing, biomedical image processing and the applications of artificial intelligence and evolutionary computation in cancer research. He has also published a book on digital filtering, and co-edited a second book on the applications of artificial neural networks in cancer diagnosis, prognosis and patient management. He was awarded the Fulbright Cancer Fellowship in 1995-96 when he carried out research in the USA, at the University of Hawaii in Mãnoa, on the applications of artificial neural networks in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis. 

Prof Naguib is a member of several national and international research committees and boards, and has served on the Administrative Committee of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), representing Region 8, and the Society’s Distinguished Lecturers Committee and Infostructure Committee, as well as the UK EPSRC Peer Review College. He also represented the IEEE-EMBS on the IEEE-USA Committee on Communications and Information Policy. He currently serves on several international review panels, including the European Commission, Qatar National Research Fund, UAE National Research Foundation and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 

In 2003, Prof Naguib was appointed as Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada, and in 2005 he was appointed as Honorary Professor at De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.

Chee Peng Lim completed his PhD degree with the Department of Automatic Controland Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK, in 1997.  His research focuses on the design and development of computational intelligence-based systems for data analytics and decision support, with application in medical prognosis and diagnosis, fault detection and classification, and manufacturing process optimisation.  He has published over 450 technical articles in journals, conference proceedings and books, and received 8 best paper awards in international conferences.  He has also received many prestigious fellowships for international research collaboration, including Australia-India Senior Visiting Fellowship (Australian Academy of Science), Australia-Japan Emerging Research Leaders Exchange Program (Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering), Commonwealth Fellowship (University of Cambridge), Fulbright Fellowship (University of California, Berkeley), and Visiting Scientists Program of US Office of Naval Research Global (Harvard University and Stanford University).  In collaboration with co-workers, he has designed and developed innovative software systems that have won over a dozen of awards, which include Gold Medal at Invention and New Product Exposition (INPEX), Pittsburgh, USA, Gold Medal and Special Award at British Innovation Show, UK, Gold Medal at Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Switzerland, and Silver Prize at Open Source Software World Challenge, South Korea.  He is currently Professor of Complex Systems, Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation, Deakin University, Australia. 

Prof. Atulya k. Nagar holds the Foundation Chair as Professor of Mathematical Sciences and is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom. He is responsible for developing Sciences and Engineering and has been the Head of the School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering which he established at the University. He received a prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship for pursuing his doctorate (DPhil) in Applied Nonlinear Mathematics, which he earned from the University of York (UK) in 1996. He holds BSc (Hons), MSc, and MPhil (with distinction) in Mathematical Physics from the MDS University of Ajmer, India. Prior to joining Liverpool Hope, he was with the Brunel University, London. He is an internationally respected scholar working at the cutting edge of nonlinear mathematics, theoretical computer science, and systems engineering. He has edited volumes on Intelligent Systems, and Applied Mathematics. He is well published with over 450 publications in prestigious publishing outlets. He has an extensive background and experience of working in Universities in the UK and India. He has been an expert reviewer for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grants peer-review committees for Bioinformatics Panel; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for High Performance Computing Panel; andserved on the Peer-Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as a scientific expert member. Prof Nagar sits on the JISC Research Strategy group, and he is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its applications (FIMA) and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).