Applications of Blockchain and Computational Intelligence in Environmental Sustainability

The book explores the complex correlation between blockchain technology and sustainability, demonstrating the potential of cutting-edge computational intelligence methods to address critical environmental and societal challenges. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the most recent developments in research, innovative approaches to design, and real-world implementations, establishing a strategic plan for the incorporation of blockchain technology into environmentally friendly solutions.

Features:

• Focuses on the intersection of blockchain technology, computational intelligence, and sustainability.
• Covers international regulatory landscapes and ethical considerations.
• Emphasizes real-world applications such as supply chain management systems and smart energy networks.
• Offers concrete examples of how these technologies contribute to sustainability.
• Provides insight into how new technologies are transforming health informatics.

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in computer engineering and environmental sustainability.

Dr. Hamed Taherdoost is an award-winning leader in research and development, recognized for his significant contributions across industry and academia. He is the founder of Hamta Business Corporation, an Associate Professor and Chair of RSAC at University Canada West, and Director of R&D at Q Minded. With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Taherdoost has worked in global companies based in Cyprus, the UK, Malta, Iran, Malaysia, and Canada, and has been instrumental in various industry projects across healthcare, transportation, residential, oil and gas, and IT sectors. Additionally, he has served as a technical and technology consultant for numerous companies, providing expert guidance and mentorship.

In academia, Dr. Hamed Taherdoost has held teaching roles across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America since 2009. Actively engaged in academic publishing and advisory roles, he serves on the editorial boards of prestigious journals from leading publishers. His academic leadership extends to organizing and chairing numerous workshops and conferences, as well as contributing to scientific and technical committees for over 300 international conferences worldwide.

Dr. Taherdoost has a prolific publishing record, with over 300 scientific articles in top-tier journals and conference proceedings. His work is widely recognized, with a strong citation impact reflecting in a high h-index, and his contributions span book chapters, edited volumes, and authored books focusing on technology and research methodology. His research accomplishments have earned him a place among the top 10 SSRN Business Authors from 2022 to 2024, as well as repeated listings on the Stanford-Elsevier compilation of the world’s top 2% scientists from 2021 to 2024.

He currently serves as Editor for the Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) Book Series Mastering Academic Excellence: Research, Teaching, Learning, and Publishing, and is Editor of several prominent journals, including the International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IGI), EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, Journal of Blockchain (MDPI), and International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling, and Management (Inderscience). Dr. Taherdoost is also an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. Dr. Taherdoost is a GUS Fellow at the GUS Institute Global University Systems and holds senior memberships in IEEE and Working Group Member of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) TC 11.

Dr. Mohsen Saeedi is a Professor of Sustainability at the University of Canada West. With over 20 years of experience in academia, Dr. Saeedi specializes in sustainability, environmental management, and technology, having contributed to both research and curriculum development in Canada and Iran. He has served in prominent roles, including Dean of the School of Civil Engineering at the Iran University of Science and Technology. Dr. Saeedi’s research spans sustainable development and environmental pollution, environmental management, and management systems, with numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. He also serves as an associate editor for international sustainability-focused journals. As an editor of this book, Dr. Saeedi brings his expertise to the intersection of blockchain technology and sustainable practices.

Dr. Aydin Shishegaran is Lecturer at IU International University of Applied Sciences and another institute in Germany. He got his first Ph.D. in 2022 from Iran University Science and Technology and his second PhD accepted in 2024 at Bauhaus University Weimar. Since, he has published over pre-reviewed papers in high-ranked journals and have 798 citations and has also reviewed 265 manuscripts for high ranked-journals. He is editor in journal of mechatronics and artificial intelligence in engineering since 2020. Furthermore, in 2021, he is a guest editor in Sustainability in MDPI. In 2020, he published a new MCDA method for sustainable evaluation. In 2023, 2023, and 2024, he published four new ML methods in high-ranked journal, which one of them is the most cited paper in computers and structures.