Size reduction in mesoscopic and nano-scoping electronic and plasmonic devices makes classical quantum mechanics (QM) and electrodynamics (QED) in electronics inevitable. Electronics engineers are unfamiliar with the mathematical apparatus in QM and QED, which can be formidably abstract. This book explains QM and QED to engineers.

This book focuses on the potential of 6G to further expedite the achievement of net-zero. The authors cover the latest research efforts made in utilising 6G technology to solve real societal problems and to thought provoke researchers and scientists in proposing innovative ideas on how 6G can help with the fight against climate change.

This book covers cybersecurity, privacy and control methods and technologies integrated with blockchain and multimedia AI, including encryption and watermarking techniques, wearable-based IoT security methods, multimedia data forensics and video monitoring.

This edited book explores new and emerging technologies in the field of medical image processing using deep learning models, neural networks and machine learning architectures. Multimodal medical imaging and optimisation techniques are discussed in relation to the advances, challenges and benefits of computer-aided diagnoses.

A study guide for exam preparation and practice, specifically for use by learners undertaking the relevant C&G technical qualification. It provides sample questions and worked out model answers to enable a learner to understand the answers, and contribute towards the likelihood of exam success.

A study guide for exam preparation and practice, specifically for use by learners undertaking the relevant C&G technical qualification. It provides sample questions and worked out model answers to enable a learner to understand the answers, and contribute towards the likelihood of exam success.

This new On-Board Guide provides practical advice on the design, installation, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of electrical installations on small recreational and commercial craft.

The Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Installation - Code of Practice, 5th Edition, sets out the considerations and planning needed in advance of the installation of EV charging points as well as detailing the necessary physical and electrical requirements during the installation.

The Mathematical Quantum Physics for Engineers and Technologists volumes aim to explain the mathematical foundation of QP and QED to engineers using an engineer's mindset as the starting point, and following a new line of thinking based on clarity and obviousness.

This book presents cutting-edge research on the use of AI for biometrics and cybersecurity including Machine and Deep Learning architectures, emerging applications and ethical and legal concerns.

The comprehensive resource on measuring and improving the strength of power systems with distributed generation and loads. Covering the latest evaluation methods, best practice, case studies, and applications, the book enables researchers to advance the movement towards stable clean power systems.

Intelligent multimedia processing and computer vision have seen an upsurge in interest over the last few years. This book reviews cutting edge research in the areas of intelligent multimedia processing and computer vision techniques and applications with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches and novel solutions.

This book focuses on Explainable AI (XAI) concepts, tools, frameworks, techniques and applications. It introduces knowledge graphs (KG) to support the need for trust and transparency into the functioning of AI systems, and shows how Intelligent applications can be used to greater effect in finance and healthcare.

This edited book discusses the challenges in handling medical data to provide effective healthcare services in real-time and outlines the approaches and the impact of, AI, IOT, cloud, big data, and blockchain technologies for building intelligent Healthcare 4.0 systems.

Medical Imaging Informatics is an edited book that discusses how medical images can be processed using machine learning techniques and big data analysis methods. These tools help physicians to gain a full overview of a patient's data, which in turn assists with diagnosis, prognosis or intervention.

Harvesting biomechanical energy is a viable solution for sustainably-powering wearable electronics for continuous medical health monitoring, remote sensing, and motion tracking. This book discusses vibration-based piezoelectric, electromagnetic and hybrid energy harvesters, and addresses their modelling, fabrication and characterization.

This concise review covers the recent advances in development of environmentally friendly high voltage switching equipment, addressing both AC and DC interruption in modern power networks. Applications of DC at different voltage levels for various purposes are covered.

Personal knowledge graphs (PKGs) support the development of innovative digitalized personalized applications, which keep users updated, help them manage their day-to-day activities and facilitate informed decisions. This book systematically explores the global advanced research around PKGs from methodologies to tools and applications.

This edited book reviews the intertwining disciplines of nature-inspired optimization algorithms and bio-inspired soft-computing for real world applications, with the interaction between metaheuristics with complex systems. The authors present methods and techniques in IoT, image processing, smart manufacturing and healthcare.

This book introduces the fundamentals of deep learning for biomedical image analysis for applications including ophthalmology, cancer detection and heart disease. The book discusses multimedia data analysis algorithms and the principles of feature selection, optimisation and analysis.

This book is devoted to target detection in a class of radar systems referred to as passive multistatic radar. It is concerned with applications of new results in detection theory which improve performance of passive radar systems.

This book concerns sensor data fusion, target tracking, and state estimation in distributed sensor system applications by means of centralized or decentralized fusion methods. This includes multi sensor fusion, target tracking, distributed Kalman Filter, and track-to-track fusion.

This edited book covers advances, trends and future opportunities in the security framework of social media-computing. The authors focus on how to protect social media platforms, and present methods for making social media computing more reliable and effective to achieve trusted IoT-based social computing with Blockchain technology.

A comprehensive and critical view on electrode processing and manufacturing for lithium-ion batteries; this book outlines the fabrication process from powder to cell formation, covers electrode processing and cell fabrication, technologies, processing cost, and scaling up from lab to pilot scale.

The book proposes solutions to revamp traditional security architecture by addressing critical security challenges in commercialized 5G and envisioned 6G wireless communication systems. New insights into real-world scenarios for the deployment, applications and management of robust, secure, and efficient security schemes are discussed.

Offering a comprehensive and structured overview of deploying energy storage for renewables in urban areas, this book covers grid resilience, EV usage and charging infrastructure, standards and grid codes, monitoring and power quality, hosting capacity, intelligent electricity markets, and integrated operation.

An authoritative overview of the technology for tidal energy generation as reliable clean power source, this book presents the principles, conversion drivetrain design options, control, resilience and fault-tolerant control, monitoring as well as the specific issue of biofouling.

A concise work on photovoltaics research, development and operation in desert regions to tap their enormous solar potential. Chapters cover energy yield under desert conditions, cells and bifacial modules, soiling, a case study from Australia, conclusions and future outlooks.

Design thinking represents a novel methodology for developing projects. Instead of focusing on the project itself, the main driver is the end user. The book takes the trainee engineer through the various stages of design thinking and provides case studies and tools for them to use to practice.

This book covers computer-integrated equipment manufacturing, which allows high levels of adaptability and rapid equipment design changes to enable smart manufacturing processes. Benefits of the integration of lean manufacturing, smart sensors, 5G technology, IoTs, virtual reality, 3D printing, robotics and automation, are discussed.

Written by an international team of experts from a wide range of research areas, this book highlights the emerging role of cognitive sensors in a growing number of real time applications including smart health, smart cities, smart transportation, smart energy and smart agriculture.

This book covers important advances in the area of human-robot collaboration, aiming at future industrial applications. It will be useful to advanced students, researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs working on human-robot collaboration research and technologies, and related fields.

This book provides an exhaustive overview of techniques, challenges and applications that are enabled when a passive radar is operated from a moving platform.

This 2nd edition is an updated, revised and expanded version of the original 2007 text. The figures are now colour and new material has been added to address recent advances in the field. The authors are well known in the antenna measurement world and this remains a unique book covering planar near-field measurements.

Power converters are vital for clean power, and so is their control. This book covers recent advances in converter control, comparing control methods for different converters. Chapters present control of DC-DC and AC-DC converters, for example using sliding mode and robust control.

This book provides an overview of multimedia technologies used in finance and banking, including ML and DL techniques for financial data analysis, fraud and cyber operation countermeasures, concrete applications of NPR for financial data, self-supervised, unsupervised & semi-supervised learning methods and real-world case studies.

Using machine and deep learning techniques the authors introduce pre-processing methods applied to satellite images to identify land cover features, detect object, classify crops, recognize targets, and monitor and support earth resources. Readers will need a basic understanding of computing, remote sensing and image interpretation.

Health informatics uses information technology to organise and analyse health data to improve healthcare outcomes. This book covers current and future applications of health informatics topics including robotics, sensing, and blockchain and discusses electronic access (and connectivity) to medical records for patients and clinicians.

This book presents the state-of-the art in hardware security of digital signal processing (DSP) and machine learning coprocessors using physical biometrics and molecular signature biometrics, for an audience of academic researchers, industry researchers and developers, and advanced students with an interest in the field.

This work conveys the use of time synchronized measurements of voltages or currents for planning and operation of electricity grids. Such so-called synchrophasors are key to managing complex grids with rising shares of intermittent renewables and varying loads from EV.

The aim of this Code of Practice is to provide good practice guidance to enable individuals and their organisations to have a level of knowledge and understanding to manage the risks associated with an electrical system.

The aim of this Code of Practice is to provide good practice guidance to enable individuals and their organisations to have a level of knowledge and understanding to manage the risks associated with an electrical system.