Meet the editors

Ishwar Singh is an adjunct professor in the School of Engineering Practice and Technology (SEPT), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. Previously, he was the founding associate director of the four-year BTech programs, a joint venture between McMaster University and Mohawk College, Ontario, Canada, and the chair of the process automation program. He coordinated the design, development, and implementation of process automation, au-

tomotive and vehicle technology, and biotechnology programs. He also contributed to the establishment of the energy engineering technology degree BTech program as well as online conversion of the software program. More recently, he has been involved in the establishment of the SEPT Learning Factory for Industry 4.0 Education, Training & Applied Research, and MEng programs.

Zhen Gao is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Practice and Technology (SEPT), McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, where he is the program lead of the MEng in Systems & Technology. He has published more than 100 papers in highly reputed journals and international conferences, one book, and four book chapters in areas of advanced automation and robotics, sensors and actuators, and artificial neural networks. Dr. Gao

has been serving as the associate editor for the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. He is the editor-in-chief of the *International Journal of Intelligent Machines and Robotics*. His current research interests include advanced robotics, brain-computer interfacing, artificial intelligence/ deep learning, and their applications in manufacturing and healthcare.

Dr. Carmine Massarelli is an environmental technologist at the Italian National Council of Research, Water Research Institute. He is an expert in the development of smart technologies for water management and environmental monitoring, characterization and monitoring of contaminated and degraded sites, and integration of spatial data such as standard methodologies, interoperability, and spectral data infrastructures. He is also an expert in

Geographic Information Systems, database administration, programming and IT-related roles, maintenance and creation of geographic data (accuracy and quality), use of scripting, and building cartographic output applying the principles of cartography using open-source IT systems for the processing, analysis, and integration of remote sensing data with airborne and satellite sensors for thematic purposes.

Contents

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 63**

**Chapter 6 93**

**Chapter 7 107**

**Chapter 8 119**

Radiofrequency Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Node:

Improved Multi Target Tracking in MIMO Radar System Using

The Role of Ubiquitous Computing in the Transformation

A Thermal and Energy Aware Framework with Physiological Safety Considerations for Internet of Things in Healthcare

Environmental Management and Data for the SDGs

*by Sivagami Ponnalagarsamy, V. Geetha, M. Pushpavalli* 

Design Guidelines and Current Circuits Performance *by Alex Mouapi, Nadir Hakem and Nahi Kandil*

New Hybrid Monte Carlo–PDAF Algorithm *by Khaireddine Zarai and Adnan Cherif*

Vehicle Collision Avoidance System Using Li-Fi *by P.M. Benson Mansingh, G. Sekar and T. Joby Titus*

of the Healthcare System

and Medical Applications *by Amitabh Mishra*

*by Luiz Cruz Villares*

A Panglossian Dilemma *by Christer Johannes Bengs*

*and P. Abirami*

*by Ana Lídia Corrêa da Silva Moreira*

Impact of IoT on Renewable Energy
