AI in Blockchain Assisted Cyber-Physical Systems
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 149
Special Issue Editors
Interests: network security; IoT security; blockchain
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Interests: AI; network security; blockchain
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cyber-physical systems (CPSs), such as smart cars, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are providing a new paradigm for industrial manufacturing, city management, transportation, entertainment, and so on. With the expansion of CPS scale, the distributed network architecture is being widely applied rather than the original centralized network due to its autonomy and reliability. The emergence of blockchain helps CPSs execute in a decentralized, secure, and trusted manner. However, the issue of how to efficiently and automatically manage the blockchain-assisted CPS has become a problem. Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated the ability to make intelligent decisions in multiple fields. It is becoming a hot topic to integrate AI into blockchain-assisted CPSs. Therefore, this Special Issue solicits innovative research on the integration of AI and blockchain-assisted CPSs, including but not limited to the following topics:
- AI-enhanced architecture for blockchain-assisted CPSs;
- The integration of federated AI and blockchain-assisted CPSs;
- The intelligent data management of blockchain in CPSs;
- The security and privacy of AI in blockchain-assisted CPSs;
- AI-enhanced consensus protocols for blockchain-assisted CPSs;
- The AI-assisted verification of smart contracts;
- Application cases in typical CPSs such as IIoT and UAVs.
Prof. Dr. Ning Xi
Dr. Dawei Wei
Dr. Yuanyu Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- blockchain
- cyber-physical systems
- security
- industrial Internet of Things
- UAV networks
