Increasing energy demand along with the environmental effects of fossil fuels have created
serious environmental, economic, and social challenges. To respond to these, greenhouse …

Both criminals and law enforcement are increasingly making use of the opportunities that AI
may offer, opening a whole new chapter in the cat-and-mouse game of committing versus …

The commodification of digital identities is an emerging reality in the data-driven economy.
Personal data of individuals represent monetary value in the data-driven economy and are …

Online and social media platforms employ automated recognition methods to presume user
preferences, sensitive attributes such as race, gender, sexual orientation, and opinions …

Through the exponential growth in digital devices and computational capabilities, big data
technologies are putting pressure upon the boundaries of what can or cannot be considered …

Social media platforms employ inferential analytics methods to guess user preferences and
may include sensitive attributes such as race, gender, sexual orientation, and political …

Financial technology is rapidly changing and shaping financial services and markets. These
changes are considered making the future of finance a digital one. This Handbook analyses …

New technologies, purposes and applications to process individuals' personal data are
being developed on a massive scale. But we have not only entered the 'golden age of …

Nowadays, companies and governments collect data along every phase of a product/service
lifecycle. The data is acquired and stored in various and continuous ways, contributing to a …

The primary focus of this study is to analyze and predict the patterns of this essential feature
of the natural world. This study analyses and predicts the daily weather patterns of a specific …