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Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Wireless Sensors Networks

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2019) | Viewed by 17224

Special Issue Editors

1. BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
2. Air Institute, IoT Digital Innovation Hub, 37188 Salamanca, Spain
3. Department of Electronics, Information and Communication, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka 535-8585, Japan
Interests: artificial intelligence; smart cities; smart grids
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BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Interests: artificial intelligence; blockchain; deep learning; satellite systems; robot vision; cognitive robotics; sensor fusion; data fusion; mobile robotics; wireless networks; robotics; security; Internet of Things
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Blockchain is a decentralized transaction and data management technology that has been recently developed and successfully used first for Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Blockchain provides security, anonymity, and data integrity without any third party organization in the control of the transactions, and therefore it creates interesting research areas, especially from the perspective of technical challenges and limitations. Most of the literature about this technology focusses on revealing and improving the limitations of blockchain from privacy and security perspectives.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms may be the complement that blockchain models need to be used in more applications, such as Industry 4.0, Internet of things, domotic systems, Securtech, crypto chips, and so on. Blockchain is a distributed database solution that maintains a continuously growing list of data records that are confirmed by the nodes participating in it. The data is recorded in a public ledger, including the information of every transaction ever completed. It is a decentralized solution where AI and ML algorithms may play different roles in order to guaranty security in an efficient way. Even though blockchain seems to be a suitable solution for conducting transactions using cryptocurrencies, it has some technical challenges that need to be addressed. A high integrity of transactions and privacy of nodes are needed to prevent attacks, and AI may provide a solution, especially when it is used in wireless sensors. Wireless crypto chips may be a solution for many logistics problems, and ML algorithms may be used on them too. 

This Special Issue calls for innovative work that explores new frontiers and challenges in the field of applying AI algorithms to blockchain wireless sensor networks. As mentioned previously, this work could include new machine learning models, distributed AI proposals, hybrid AI systems, and so on, as well as case studies or reviews of the state-of-the-art, in all cases related to blockchain and wireless sensors.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Artificial intelligence models and blockchain for sensor networks
  • Blockchain in intelligent networks
  • Clustering and classification algorithms for blockchain for sensor networks
  • Crypto chips and artificial intelligence
  • Reinforcement learning and blockchain for sensor networks
  • Intelligent systems for fraud detection and forensics in blockchain environments
  • Intelligent applications of blockchain and wireless sensors
  • Multi agent systems and blockchain for wireless sensor networks
  • Regulatory and legal aspects
  • Smart contacts blockchain applications

Prof. Dr. Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez
Dr. Javier Prieto Tejedor
Guest Editors

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A Machine Learning-Based Method for Automated Blockchain Transaction Signing Including Personalized Anomaly Detection
by Blaž Podgorelec, Muhamed Turkanović and Sašo Karakatič
Sensors 2020, 20(1), 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20010147 - 25 Dec 2019
Cited by 39 | Viewed by 8001
Abstract
The basis of blockchain-related data, stored in distributed ledgers, are digitally signed transactions. Data can be stored on the blockchain ledger only after a digital signing process is performed by a user with a blockchain-based digital identity. However, this process is time-consuming and [...] Read more.
The basis of blockchain-related data, stored in distributed ledgers, are digitally signed transactions. Data can be stored on the blockchain ledger only after a digital signing process is performed by a user with a blockchain-based digital identity. However, this process is time-consuming and not user-friendly, which is one of the reasons blockchain technology is not fully accepted. In this paper, we propose a machine learning-based method, which introduces automated signing of blockchain transactions, while including also a personalized identification of anomalous transactions. In order to evaluate the proposed method, an experiment and analysis were performed on data from the Ethereum public main network. The analysis shows promising results and paves the road for a possible future integration of such a method in dedicated digital signing software for blockchain transactions. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Wireless Sensors Networks)
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SmartFire: Intelligent Platform for Monitoring Fire Extinguishers and Their Building Environment
by Roberto Garcia-Martin, Alfonso González-Briones and Juan M. Corchado
Sensors 2019, 19(10), 2390; https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102390 - 25 May 2019
Cited by 9 | Viewed by 7791
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Due to fire protection regulations, a minimum number of fire extinguishers must be available depending on the surface area of each building, industrial establishment or workplace. There is also a set of rules that establish where the fire extinguisher should be placed: always [...] Read more.
Due to fire protection regulations, a minimum number of fire extinguishers must be available depending on the surface area of each building, industrial establishment or workplace. There is also a set of rules that establish where the fire extinguisher should be placed: always close to the points that are most likely to be affected by a fire and where they are visible and accessible for use. Fire extinguishers are pressure devices, which means that they require maintenance operations that ensure they will function properly in the case of a fire. The purpose of manual and periodic fire extinguisher checks is to verify that their labeling, installation and condition comply with the standards. Security seals, inscriptions, hose and other seals are thoroughly checked. The state of charge (weight and pressure) of the extinguisher, the bottle of propellant gas (if available), and the state of all mechanical parts (nozzle, valves, hose, etc.) are also checked. To ensure greater safety and reduce the economic costs associated with maintaining fire extinguishers, it is necessary to develop a system that allows monitoring of their status. One of the advantages of monitoring fire extinguishers is that it will be possible to understand what external factors affect them (for example, temperature or humidity) and how they do so. For this reason, this article presents a system of soft agents that monitors the state of the extinguishers, collects a history of the state of the extinguisher and environmental factors and sends notifications if any parameter is not within the range of normal values.The results rendered by the SmartFire prototype indicate that its accuracy in calculating pressure changes is equivalent to that of a specific data acquisition system (DAS). The comparative study of the two curves (SmartFire and DAS) shows that the average error between the two curves is negligible: 8% in low pressure measurements (up to 3 bar) and 0.3% in high pressure (above 3 bar). Full article
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