Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies: 14th EAI International Conference, BICT 2023, Okinawa, Japan, April 11-12, 2023, Proceedings ... and Telecommunications Engineering)

✍ Scribed by Yifan Chen (editor), Dezhong Yao (editor), Tadashi Nakano (editor)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 305
• Edition: 1st ed. 2023
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 14^th International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies, held in Okinawa, Japan, during April 11-12, 2023.

The 17 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers focus on the latest research that leverages the understanding of key principles, processes, and mechanisms in biological systems for development of novel information and communications technologies (bio-inspired ICT). BICT 2023 will also highlight innovative research and technologies being developed for biomedicine that are inspired by ICT (ICT-inspired biomedicine).

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Conference Organization
Contents
Electromagnetic-Induced Calcium Signal with Network Coding for Molecular Communications
1 Introduction
2 Electromagnetic-Induced Ca2+ Signaling Mechanism
2.1 Electromagnetic-Induced Membrane Potential Change Phase
2.2 Potential-Induced Ca2+ Oscillation Phase
3 Network Coding
3.1 Intercellular Communication Model
3.2 Intercellular Communication
4 Conclusion
References
Smart Farm Teaching Aids Based on STEM Concepts
1 Introduction
2 Related Works
3 The Proposed Scheme
3.1 Research Method
3.2 The Design of Teaching Aids
3.3 The Design of Sound Recognition Teaching Aids
4 Experiment Results
5 Conclusion
References
Reinforcement Learning for Multifocal Tumour Targeting
1 Introduction
2 Models of Vascular Network and BGFs
2.1 Tumour Vascular Network
2.2 Biological Gradient Fields
3 Multifocal Tumour Searching Model
3.1 Markov Decision Process
3.2 Q-Learning
4 Simulation and Results
4.1 Simulation Setup
4.2 Simulation Results
4.3 Parameter Optimization in Different Scenarios
5 Conclusion
References
Automatic Soil Testing Device for Agriculture
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
3 Testing and Results
3.1 Soil Moisture
3.2 Wireless Communication
4 Discussion and Future Directions
References
A Novel Visualization Method of Vessel Network for Tumour Targeting: A Vessel Matrix Approach
1 Introduction
2 The Vessel Matrix Model
3 Tumour Searching Method
3.1 Markov Decision Process
3.2 Value Allocating
3.3 Deep Q-Network
3.4 Target Network
3.5 Experience Replay
4 Simulation and Results
4.1 Simulation Setup
4.2 Different Scenarios
5 Conclusion
References
Heterogeneous Group of Fish Response to Escape Reaction
1 Introduction
2 Fish Individual and Collective Behavior
2.1 Mathematical Modeling of the Heterogeneous Group
2.2 Distribution of the Jumps to Recreate escape Reaction
2.3 Discrete Time Approximation
3 Analysis of Group Coordination
3.1 Measure of Group Coordination
3.2 Group Response to Small Perturbations
3.3 Closed Form Expression
4 Numerical Analysis
4.1 Time Trace of the Group Response to escape Reaction
4.2 Group Response to a Variation of the Jumps Parameters
4.3 Transition States Observed as the Jumps Are Increased
5 Discussions and Conclusions
References
Modeling and Simulation of a Bio-Inspired Nanorobotic Drug Delivery System
1 Introduction
2 NBP Algorithm Based on Bacterial Chemotaxis and Quorum Sensing
3 Calculation of Quorum Sensing Threshold
4 Drug Reception Model and Adjustable Release Rate
5 Simulations and Results
5.1 Simulation Setup
5.2 Simulation Results and Analysis
6 Conclusions
References
Cooperative Relaying in Multi-hop Mobile Molecular Communication via Diffusion
1 Introduction
2 System Model
3 Analysis of Cooperative Relaying in MMT Multi-hop Network
3.1 Two-Hop Network
3.2 Multi-hop Network
4 Analysis of Cooperative Relaying in SMT Multi-hop Network
4.1 Mobile MCvD Network for a Single Link
4.2 Multi-hop Network
5 Numerical Results
6 Conclusion
References
Covid-19 Versus Monkeypox-2022: The Silent Struggle of Global Pandemics
1 Introduction
2 Formulation of Probabilities
3 Construction of Confirmation Probability from Trigonometrical Bayes Theorem
3.1 Propagation of Confirmed Cases
3.2 Probability as Rate of Infection
4 Covid-19 Versus Mkpx-22
5 Conclusion
References
Monte Carlo Simulation of Arbitrium and the Probabilistic Behavior of Bacteriophages
1 Introduction
2 The Bayesian Interpretation
3 The Physics of Arbitrium
3.1 Approximations
4 The Cost for Indecisions
5 Monte Carlo Simulation
6 Conclusion
References
Instant Messaging Application for 5G Core Network
1 Introduction
2 Background and Related Work
3 Experiment Environment Setup
4 Instant Messaging Application Deployment
5 Conclusion and Future Works
References
Genetic Algorithm-Based Fair Order Assignment Optimization of Food Delivery Platform
1 Introduction
2 Related Works
2.1 Genetic Algorithm (GA)
2.2 Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP)
3 Problem Definition
4 Proposed Method
5 Simulation Results
6 Conclusion
References
Preliminary Considerations on Non-invasive Home-Based Bone Fracture Healing Monitoring
1 Introduction
2 Anatomy of the Forearm
3 Fractures and the Treatment
4 Example of the Needed Measurement Accuracy
5 Possibilities and Challenges from Radio Technological Point of View
5.1 Several Transmitter/Receiver Pairs
5.2 Radar Approach
6 Conclusion and Future Work
References
Features of Audio Frequency Content of Respiration to Distinguish Inhalation from Exhalation
1 Introduction
2 Methods and Materials
2.1 Recording of Respiratory Activity
2.2 Frequency Domain Analysis
2.3 Feature Extraction
3 Results
4 Discussion and Future Directions
References
Sharing Health Records in Senegal Using Blockchain
1 Introduction
2 Presentation of the Blockchain
2.1 Characteristics of a Blockchain
2.2 Categories of Blockchain
2.3 The Consensus Method in the Blockchain
3 Related Work
4 Sharing Medical Records with Blockchain for Health in Senegal
5 Modeling the Health Record with the Blockchain in Senegal
6 Operation of the Health Record Management Mechanism with the Blockchain in Senegal
7 Implementation of the Health Record Management Mechanism with Blockchain in Senegal
8 Discussion
9 Conclusion
References
A Novel Durable Fat Tissue Phantom for Microwave Based Medical Monitoring Applications
1 Introduction
2 Propylene Glycol Based Fat Tissue Phantoms, Liquid and Solid
3 Fat Phantom Evaluations
3.1 S11 Parameter Comparison with Layer Models
3.2 Fat Phantom Stability over Time
4 Summary and Conclusions
References
ISI Mitigation with Molecular Degradation in Molecular Communication
1 Introduction
2 System Model
3 Maximum Likelihood Detection Method
4 Numerical and Simulation Results
5 Conclusion
References
Signal Transmission Through Human Body via Human Oxygen Saturation Detection
1 Introduction
2 Design of Through-Body Communication System
2.1 Blood Oxygen Saturation
2.2 Principle of Optical Detection
2.3 System Design
3 Mathematical Modeling of Communication System
4 Stimulation Results
5 Conclusion
References
Simple ISI-Avoiding and Rate-Increasing Modulation for Diffusion-Base Molecular Communications
1 Introduction
2 System Model
3 Proposed Modulation Method
3.1 Inter-Symbol Interference
3.2 Bit Error Rate Analysis
4 Numerical Results
5 Conclusion
References
Range Expansion in Neuro-Spike Synaptic Communication: Error Performance Analysis
1 Introduction
2 System Model
2.1 Preliminaries
3 Detection Analysis and Error Probability Computation
3.1 NSR Assisted Communication Between Pre-synaptic and Post-synaptic Neurons
4 Numerical Results
5 Conclusion
References
Wearable Vibration Device to Assist with Ambulation for the Visually Impaired
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Overview
2.2 Electrical
2.3 Mechanical
2.4 Software
2.5 Prototype Development
3 Testing and Results
3.1 Object Detection Testing for Variability
3.2 Obstacle Detection for Range and Field of View
3.3 Mapping of Distance and Vibrations
3.4 Discrimination of Vibration Pattern
4 Discussion and Future Directions
References
Development of Capacitive Sensors to Detect and Quantify Fluids in the Adult Diaper
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Capacitive Sensors
2.2 Fluids
2.3 Adult Diapers
2.4 Lab Measurement Equipment
2.5 Measurement Setup
3 Measurements Results
4 Conclusion
5 Acknowledment
References
Energy Cyber Attacks to Smart Healthcare Devices: A Testbed
1 Introduction
1.1 Motivation and Contribution
1.2 Organization of the Paper
2 Related Work
2.1 Fake Access Points Attacks
2.2 DDoS and EC-DDoS Attacks
3 Attack Scenarios and Assumptions
4 Proposed Testing Environment
4.1 Experiment Setup
4.2 Collecting Data
4.3 Setting up a Fake Access Point
4.4 Determining the Weak Side
5 Experimental Results and Analysis
5.1 Network Scan
5.2 Attack Rate and DDoS Attacks
5.3 Energy Measurement and EC-DDoS Attacks
5.4 Energy Consumption and F-APs Attacks
5.5 Results and Analysis
6 Conclusions and Future Work
References
Ensembles of Heuristics and Computational Optimisation in Highly Flexible Manufacturing System*-1pc
1 Introduction
2 Manufacturing Systems with Characteristics for Dynamic Production Environment
3 Optimimisation Approaches in S1MS
3.1 Gradient-Descent Approach
3.2 Nature-Inspired Approach
3.3 The Three Optimisation Approaches in S1MS
4 Simulation, Results and Discussions
5 Conclusion
References
A Intelligent Nanorobots Fish Swarm Strategy for Tumor Targeting
1 Introduction
2 Biological Gradient Fields
2.1 The Generation of BGFs
2.2 BGF in Vivo Computing
3 Vascular Network Around Tumor Micro-Environment
3.1 Growth Mechanism of Vascular Network Around Tumor Micro-Environment
3.2 Modeling of Vascular Network Periphery of the Tumor
4 Computing Method of Nano Fish Swarm Algorithm
4.1 Time Division Multiplexing Control Strategy
4.2 Nanorobot Fish Swarm Algorithm
5 Comparison and Performance Analysis of Algorithms
5.1 Simulation Parameter Setting
5.2 Simulation Results
6 Conclusion
References
Author Index