Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for IoT Sensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2025) | Viewed by 1118
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Interests: semiconductor technologies; semiconductor memories; blockchain; artificial intelligence; quantum computing
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Dear Colleagues,
If artificial intelligence (AI) is implemented to Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures, then it may be expected that AI can resolve many problems in IoT business and applications, wherein, for example, connected sensors (IoT devices) may collect data to be transferred to AI servers. However, once such applications widespread, cybersecurity issues will inevitably occur. If such sensors are compromised, AI will be input with untrusted data, and hence AI’s outputs would be questioned. It is well known that there are several security factors to develop the measure for such issues: verification, certification, monitoring of behaviors, logging, attestations, updates of software, etc. Since most of IoT devices are out of manual management, any processes in cybersecurity must be performed automatically and securely with predetermined trustworthiness. Distributed ledger technologies like Blockchain and hash chain can be a promising candidate to satisfy this demand if the log of all management processes is recorded with no alteration and is open to stakeholders, such that the management processes can become auditable any time.
Moreover, the reliability and accuracy of sensor data are also important. Advances in sensing technologies, including high-precision sensors and sensor fusion techniques, can enhance the trustiness of data collected by IoT devices. Sensor fusion, for example, combines data from multiple sensors to provide a more comprehensive and accurate view of the environment, reducing the risk of errors or manipulations.
To develop an IoT system under such a concept, we still have to overcome many technical problems from the viewpoint of algorithms, software, hardware, Integrated circuit technologies, system considerations, trustworthiness of data, etc.
Dr. Hiroshi Watanabe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- Internet of Things sensors
- blockchain
- verifications
- security
- attestations
- distributed ledger
- hash chain
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