Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology

Handbook of Research on Blockchain Technology presents the latest information on the adaptation and implementation of Blockchain technologies in real world business, scientific, healthcare and biomedical applications. The book's editors present the rapid advancements in existing business models by applying Blockchain techniques. Novel architectural solutions in the deployment of Blockchain comprise the core aspects of this book. Several use cases with IoT, biomedical engineering, and smart cities are also incorporated. As Blockchain is a relatively new technology that exploits decentralized networks and is used in many sectors for reliable, cost-effective and rapid business transactions, this book is a welcomed addition on existing knowledge.

Financial services, retail, insurance, logistics, supply chain, public sectors and biomedical industries are now investing in Blockchain research and technologies for their business growth. Blockchain prevents double spending in financial transactions without the need of a trusted authority or central server. It is a decentralized ledger platform that facilitates verifiable transactions between parties in a secure and smart way.

• Presents the evolution of blockchain, from fundamental theories, to present forms
• Explains the concepts of blockchain related to cloud/edge computing, smart healthcare, smart cities and Internet of Things (IoT)
• Provides complete coverage of the various tools, platforms and techniques used in blockchain
• Explores smart contract tools and consensus algorithms
• Covers a variety of applications with real world case studies in areas such as biomedical engineering, supply chain management, and tracking of goods and delivery

Dr.K.Saravanan, is working as an Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering at College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai-25, Tamilnadu. He is also Deputy Director for Centre for University-Industry Collaboration (CUIC), Anna University, Chennai. He has done M.E Software Engineering and Ph.D in Computer Science engineering. His research interests include Cloud Computing, Software Engineering, Internet of Things, Smart cities. He has published papers in 17 international conferences and 39 international journals. He has also written 29 book chapters and edited 18 books with international publishers. He has done many consultancy works for Municipal Corporation and Smart City schemes with the tune of Rs.1 Crore. He is an active researcher and academician. Also, he is reviewer for many reputed journals in Elsevier, IEEE etc. He is Fellow of IEI and senior member of ACM and ISTE. Also, a member of many associations.

Valentina Emilia Balas is Full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software, Faculty of Engineering, at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania. She holds a PhD in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Her research spans intelligent systems, computational intelligence, applied informatics, and engineering applications. Dr. Balas serves as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms and International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering, and is a member of the editorial boards of several international journals. She is actively involved in the evaluation of national and international research projects and doctoral theses, and contributes to scholarly initiatives that support the advancement of intelligent and computational systems research.

E.Golden Julie is currently working as a Senior Assistant Professor in the department of computer science and Engineering, Anna university, Regional campus, Tirunelveli. She has received Ph.D degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai in the year 2017. She has more than 13 years of experience in teaching and has published more than 35 papers in various International Journals and presented more than 20 papers in both national and International Conferences. She has written 10 book chapters by Springer, IGI global Publication. Her research area includes Wireless Sensor Ad-hoc Networks, Soft computing, block chain, fuzzy logic, neural network, soft computing techniques, clustering and IoT. She is also an active life time member in Indian Society of Technical Education.

Dr. Y. Harold Robinson is currently working in the School of Information Technology and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore. He has received Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai in the year 2016. He is having more than 15 years of experience in teaching. He has published more than 100 papers in various International Journals and presented more than 45 papers in both national and International Conferences. He is acting as an editor for many research books. His research area includes Wireless Sensor Networks, Ad-hoc Networks ,Soft computing, blockchain, IoT and Image Processing.

Dr. Balaji S., Professor & Head, Department Of Computer Science And Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli, India