About the Book
Many industries are affected by the growing advancements and stability of the internet of things (IoT) technologies and tools. These include the agricultural fields. With such advancements, decision-enabling agricultural field data gets gathered and transmitted meticulously through numerous IoT sensors and devices deployed in agricultural fields and their surroundings. Further study on these technologies is required to ensure they are utilized appropriately within the field.
Applying Drone Technologies and Robotics for Agricultural Sustainability conveys the latest trends and transitions happening in the digital space in order to fulfill the varying needs and sentiments of the agriculture domain. Covering key topics such as deep learning, robots, sustainability, and smart farming, this premier reference source is ideal for industry professionals, farmers, computer scientists, policymakers, researchers, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
About the Author :
Pethuru Raj PhD is a chief architect at the Edge AI division of Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd. (JPL) Bangalore. Previously. worked in IBM Global Cloud Centre of Excellence (CoE), Wipro consulting services (WCS), and Robert Bosch Corporate Research (CR). I have gained over 23 years of IT industry experience and 9 years of research experience. Finished the CSIR-sponsored PhD degree at Anna University, Chennai and continued with the UGC-sponsored postdoctoral research in the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. After that, I was granted two international research fellowships (JSPS and JST) to work as a research scientist for 3.5 years in two leading Japanese universities. I am focusing on some of the emerging technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Efficient, Explainable and Edge AI, Prompt Engineering for Large Language Models (LLMs), Blockchain, Digital Twins, Cloud-native and Edge computing, Green and Generative AI, Reliability and Platform Engineering for Agile Software Engineering, 5G/6G, Quantum Computing, etc.Authored and edited more than 55 technology books, published more than 60 research papers, contributed more than 45 book chapters, submitted a couple of international patents, completed a few IT architecture certifications (TOGAF and ITIL), delivered keynote addresses in 25 international confluences, conducted numerous technical sessions across colleges, universities and institutes of eminence in India and abroad, participated as a panel member in IT industry symposiums, written several white papers for the IT companies, where I worked, articulated, built and deployed a few state-of-the-art IT products, solutions and services for the organisations' growth, etc. conducted more than 10 knowledge sharing sessions for demystifying several cutting-edge technologies and tools to software engineers and architects, etc.Technology Books: https://peterindia.vercel.app/booksGoogle Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=MgMlqAwAAAAJ&hl=en LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sweetypeter/ Kavita Saini (IEEE and ACM Member) is presently working as Professor, School of Computing Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Delhi NCR, India. She received her PhD degree from Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Banasthali. She has 18 years of teaching and research experience supervising Masters and PhD scholars in emerging technologies. She has published more than 80 research papers in national and international journals and conferences. She has published 18 authored books for UG and PG courses for a number of universities including MD University, Rothak, and Punjab Technical University, Jallandhar with National Publishers. Kavita Saini has edited more than 12 books with International Publishers including Elsevier, IET Publisher, IGI Global and CRC Press, NOVA Science Publisher and published 25 book chapters with International publishers. Under her guidance many M Tech and Ph D scholars are carrying out research work. She has also published various patents. Kavita Saini has also delivered technical talks on Blockchain: An Emerging Technology, Web to Deep Web and other emerging Areas and Handled many Special Sessions in International Conferences and Special Issues in International Journals. Her research interests include Smart and Sustainable Agricultural, Blockchain Technology, Industry 5.O, and Cloud and Edge Computing, Digital Twin and Web-Based Instructional Systems (WBIS) Vinicius Pacheco is an IT professional as well as an academic researcher. As a Brazilian federal public employee, he has over two decades of experience working at the IT department of several public offices, mainly in IT governance, cloud computing, unified communications, network management, and network security. He has also occupied the position of Chief Information Officer at two different federal organizations. As a researcher, he holds a Ph.D. in cloud security and has published several academic papers and book contributions, lately focusing on enabling privacy in the cloud computing paradigm.
