Advances in Blockchain Technology for Cyber Physical Systems

by Yassine Maleh (Editor), Lo'ai Tawalbeh (Editor), Saad Motahhir (Editor), Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid (Editor)

Overview

The Cyber-Physical System (CPS) relates to many other popularized technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT, IIoT), Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Industry 4.0, which describe a vision of connected creations that deeply unite the physical and information domains. As a revolutionary technology, Blockchain (BC) provides a practical solution to enable a secure and decentralized public ledger that a huge plethora of exciting new technology applications in several areas, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Manufacturing, Supply-Chain, etc. Blockchain technology has infiltrated all areas of our lives, from manufacturing to healthcare and beyond. In this context, this book helps discover the various potential applications that could be fruitful for cyber-physical system applications. It provides a sampling of recent advances and ideas on research progress and the practical usage of blockchain technologies in addressing cyber-physical systems challenges and issues. It provides a sampling of recent advances and views on research progress and the practical usage of blockchain technologies in addressing cyber-physical systems challenges and issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030936488
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	04/02/2022
Series:	Internet of Things
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Yassine Maleh is a cybersecurity professor and practitioner with industry and academic experience. He is a Ph.D. degree in Computer Sciences. Since 2019, He is working as a professor of cybersecurity at Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco. He worked for the National Port agency (ANP) in Morocco as a Senior Security Analyst from 2012 to 2019. He is the founding chair of IEEE Consultant Network Morocco and founding president of the African Research Center of Information Technology & Cybersecurity. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of the International Association of Engineers, and the Machine Intelligence Research Labs. Dr. Maleh has made contributions in the fields of information security and privacy, Internet of Things security, and wireless and constrained networks security. His research interests include information security and privacy, Internet of Things, networks security, information system, and IT governance. He has published over 70 papers (book chapters, international journals, conferences/workshops), 12 edited books, and 3 authored books. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP), and the International Journal of Smart Security Technologies (IJSST). He serves as an associate editor for IEEE Access (2019 Impact Factor 4.098), the International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics, and the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy. He was also a guest editor of a special issue on ‘Recent Advances on Cyber Security and Privacy for Cloud-of-Things’ of the International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics, Volume 10, Issue 3, July-September 2019. He has served and continues to serve on executive and technical program committees and as a reviewer of numerous international conferences and journals such as Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, IEEE Network Magazine, IEEE Sensor Journal, ICT Express, and Springer Cluster Computing. He was the publicity chair of BCCA 2019 and the general chair of the MLBDACP 19 symposium and ICI2C’21 Conference.

Lo’ai Tawalbeh completed his PhD degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Oregon State University in 2004, and MSc in 2002 from the same university with GPA 4/4. Dr. Tawalbeh is currently an Associate professor at the department of Computing and Cyber Security at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Before that he was a visiting researcher at University of California-Santa Barbra. Since 2005 he taught/developed more than 25 courses in different disciplines of computer engineering and science with focus on cyber security for the undergraduate/graduate programs at: NewYork Institute of Technology (NYIT), DePaul’s University, and Jordan University of Science and Technology. Dr. Tawalbeh won many research grants and awards with over than 2 million USD. He has over 80 research publications in refereed international Journals and conferences.

Saad Motahhir (Eng., Ph.D., IEEE Senior Member) has previous expertise acting in industry as Embedded System Engineer at Zodiac Aerospace morocco from 2014 to 2019, and more recently became a professor at ENSA, SMBA university, Fez, Morocco since 2019. He received the engineer degree in embedded system from ENSA Fez in 2014. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from SMBA University in 2018. He has published a good number of papers in journals and conferences in the last few years, most of which are related to photovoltaic (PV) solar energy and Embedded Systems. He published number of patents in Morocco patent office. He edited a springer book and acted as a guest editor of different special issues and topical collections. He is reviewer and in the editorial board of different journals. He was associated with more than 30 international conferences as a Program Committee/Advisory Board/Review Board member.

Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid is Full Professor atthe University of Montreal. He is the founding director of Network Research Lab and Montreal Blockchain Lab. He is research fellow at CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Hafid published over 240 journal and conference papers; he also holds three US patents. He supervised to graduation over 50 graduate and postgraduate students. Prior to joining U. of Montreal, he spent several years, as senior research scientist, at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), NJ, US working in the context of major research projects on the management of next generation networks. Dr. Hafid was also Assistant Professor at Western University (WU), Canada, Research director of Advance Communication Engineering Center (venture established by WU, Bell Canada and Bay Networks), Canada, researcher at CRIM, Canada, visiting scientist at GMD-Fokus, Germany and visiting professor at University of Evry, France. Dr. Hafid consulted for a number of telecommunication companies and startups in North America; he also gave talks/keynotes in a number of international conferences. He co-founded Tipot Technologies Inc. (Research & Development Platform for IoT). Dr. Hafid has extensive academic and industrial research experience in the area of the management and design of next generation networks. His current research interests include IoT, Fog/edge computing, blockchain, and intelligent transport systems

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Blockchain For Cyberphysical Systems.- Blockchain for Smart Transport application.- Design Laboratory Exercises for Blockchain Technology.- Blockchain for Industrial Internet of Things.- Blockchain for CPS Security.- Blockchain-based Technology for Industrial Control System.- Blockchain for Internet of Vehicles security.- When Healthcare Services Meet Blockchain Technology.- Searching for IoT Resources in Intelligent Transportation Cyber-Space (T-CPS) using Blockchain.- Blockchain-Based IoT Forensics.- Blockchain and Deep Learning Technologies in Smart Cities Surveillance using UAVs.- Blockchain to secure cyber infrastructure solution for future energy systems.- Conclusion.