Enabling Technologies for Sustainable Smart Cities

Mohammad A. Matin is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research focuses on wireless sensor networks, antenna engineering, UWB communication, cognitive radio, and EM modelling. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. He is the author and editor of 17 academic books and 21 book chapters. He serves as a member of the journal editorial boards for IEEE Communications Magazine and IET Wireless Sensor Systems. He is a member of the IEEE Communications Society. He holds an MSc Engineering degree in Digital Communication from Loughborough University, and a PhD degree in Wireless Communication from Newcastle University, UK.Sotirios K. Goudos is a professor at the School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, director of the ELEDIA@AUTH lab, and a member of the ELEDIA Research Center Network. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Open Access Journal and serves as associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, IEEE ACCESS, and IEEE Open Journal of the Communication Society. He is the section editor-in-chief in the Information and Communication Technologies Section of the Technologies open-access journal. He has authored the book Emerging Evolutionary Algorithms for Antennas and Wireless Communications (IET, 2021).Emmanouil M. Tentzeris is Ed and Pat Joy Endowed Chair Professor with the School of ECE at Georgia Tech, USA. His research focuses on novel inkjet/3D printed and flexible RF electronics, sensing, antennas, packaging, IoT, wearables, and sustainable energy harvesting. He has published 850+ papers in journals and at conferences, 7 books, and 26 book chapters. He is a regular co-chair and TPC chair for numerous conferences and workshops including the ACES Symposium, IEEE APS Symposium, and IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy. He is also an IEEE EPS distinguished lecturer and he has served as an IEEE Distinguished Microwave Lecturer and as an IEEE C-RFID distinguished lecturer. He holds an MS and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

• Chapter 1: Introduction to smart citiesChapter 2: Transformation of traditional home to smart homeChapter 3: Towards zero energy buildings: the smart-thermostat use caseChapter 4: Toward smart society innovations through federated learning: enabling privacy-preserving and decentralized intelligenceChapter 5: Multi-criteria evaluation of hydrogen electrolyzer technologies for electricity, heating, cooling, and sterilization in high-risk zones of hospitals in future African smart citiesChapter 6: Advancing education in smart cities: IoT technologies and systems for sustainable developmentChapter 7: Multi-source energy harvesting for autonomous IoT modules in smart citiesChapter 8: Data security for smart citiesChapter 9: Securing IoT technologies for smart cities - can chaos be the answer?Chapter 10: Conclusion and future perspectives toward sustainable smart cities