This book explores opportunities and challenges in the field of IoE security and privacy under the umbrella of distributed ledger technologies and blockchain technology including distributed consensus mechanisms, crypto-sensors, encryption algorithms, and fault tolerance mechanisms for devices and systems.
Arun Solanki is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India where he has been working since 2009. He has served as the Time Table Coordinator and as a member of the Examination, Admission, Sports Council, Digital Information Cell, and other university teams. He received his M.Tech. degree in Computer Engineering from YMCA University, Faridabad, Haryana, India. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Gautam Buddha University in 2014. He has supervised more than 6o M.Tech. dissertations under his guidance. His research interests span expert system, machine learning, and search engines. He has published many research articles in SCl/Scopus indexed international journals/conferences. He has participated in many international conferences. He has been a technical and advisory committee member of many conferences. He has organized several Faculty Development Programs (FDPs), conferences, workshops, and seminars. He has chaired many sessions at international conferences. Arun Solanki works as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT). He has been working as Guest Editor for special issues in Recent Patents on Computer Science, Bentham Science Publishers. Arun Solanki is the editor of many books with reputed publishers. He is working as a reviewer for many other reputed publishers of journals.
Anuj Kumar Singh is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Adani University, Ahmedabad, India. He has more than 18 years of teaching experience in technical education. He holds a Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow. He passed his M.Tech degree with First Distinction from Panjab University, Chandigarh and his B.Tech degree with First Honors from U.P.T.U Lucknow in Computer Science and Engineering. In addition, he has also achieved the national qualification UGC NET. Having published more than 35 research papers in journals and conferences including SCIE and Scopus, he has also authored one book and edited three. He has also filed five design patents. He has also supervised more than ten dissertations at PG level. His areas of specialization include intelligent systems, cryptography, network and information security, blockchain technology, and algorithm design.
Sudeep Tanwar (Senior Member, IEEE) is currently Professor with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India. He is also a Visiting Professor at Jan Wyzykowski University, Polkowice, Poland, and the University of Pitesti in Pitesti, Romania. He received his B. Tech in 2002 from Kurukshetra University, India, his M. Tech (Honor’s) in 2009 from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India, and his Ph.D. in 2016 with specialization in Wireless Sensor Network. He has authored two books and edited 13 books and more than 250 technical articles in top journals and for top conferences. He initiated the research field of blockchain technology adoption in various verticals, in 2017. His H- index is 44. He actively serves his research communities in various roles. His research interests include blockchain technology, wireless sensor networks, fog computing, smart grid, and the IoT. He is a Final Voting Member of the IEEE ComSoc Tactile Internet Committee, in 2020. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Member of CSI, IAENG, ISTE, and CSTA, and a member of the Technical Committee on Tactile Internet of IEEE Communication Society. He has been awarded the Best Research Paper Awards. He has served many international conferences as a member of the Organizing Committee, such as the Publication Chair for FTNCT-2020, ICCIC 2020, and WiMob 2019, a member of the Advisory Board for ICACCT-2021 and ICACI 2020, a Workshop Co-Chair for CIS 2021, and a General Chair for IC4S 2019, 2020, and ICCSDF 2020. He also serves on the editorial boards of Computer Communications, International Journal of Communication System, and Security and Privacy and is leading the ST Research Laboratory, where group members are working on the latest cutting-edge technologies.
