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Topic 1

Impacts of Green Cloud Computing on Environmental Protection

People involved : Computer engineers, cloud computing specialists, computer end users, companies etc.

Research question : What role does green cloud computing play in reducing the carbon footprint in the technology industry?

Research articles:

Thakur, S., & Chaurasia, A. (2016, January). Towards Green Cloud Computing: Impact of carbon footprint on environment. In  2016 6th international conference-cloud system and big data engineering (Confluence) (pp. 209-213). IEEE.

Patel, Y. S., Mehrotra, N., & Soner, S. (2015, February). Green cloud computing: A review on Green IT areas for cloud computing environment. In  2015 International Conference on Futuristic Trends on Computational Analysis and Knowledge Management (ABLAZE) (pp. 327-332). IEEE.

Wibowo, S., & Wells, M. (2016). Green cloud computing and economics of the cloud: Moving towards sustainable future.  GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC),  5(1).

Topic 2

Block chain technologies and crypto currency as financial assets

People involved : Internet bankers, investment brokers, crypto investors, computer programmers and coders

Research question: How will crypto currencies based on block chain technologies impact the future of finance, and what security challenges does the technology pose as a financial asset?

Research articles:

Corbet, S., Lucey, B., Urquhart, A., & Yarovaya, L. (2019). Cryptocurrencies as a financial asset: A systematic analysis.  International Review of Financial Analysis,  62, 182-199.

Praitheeshan, P., Pan, L., Yu, J., Liu, J., & Doss, R. (2019). Security analysis methods on ethereum smart contract vulnerabilities: a survey.  arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.08605.

Trozze, A., Kamps, J., Akartuna, E. A., Hetzel, F. J., Kleinberg, B., Davies, T., & Johnson, S. D. (2022). Cryptocurrencies and future financial crime.  Crime Science,  11, 1-35.

Topic 3

Artificial Intelligence in Social Media and its role in Digital Marketing

People involved : Online businesses, social media users, digital marketers, social media influencers, advertisers

Research question : What is the impact of future capabilities of AI-based software for social media marketing on potential consumer expectations?

Research article :

Capatina, A., Kachour, M., Lichy, J., Micu, A., Micu, A. E., & Codignola, F. (2020). Matching the future capabilities of an artificial intelligence-based software for social media marketing with potential users’ expectations.  Technological Forecasting and Social Change,  151, 119794.

Ducange, P., Pecori, R., & Mezzina, P. (2018). A glimpse on big data analytics in the framework of marketing strategies.  Soft Computing,  22(1), 325-342.

Gkikas, D. C., & Theodoridis, P. K. (2019). Artificial intelligence (AI) impact on digital marketing research. In  Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism: 7th ICSIMAT, Athenian Riviera, Greece, 2018 (pp. 1251-1259). Springer International Publishing.

Topic 4

Biometric Data Integrity and its Impact on Biometric Security Technologies

People involved : Security firms, data centers and databases scientists, individuals using smart devices, hackers and data security engineers

Research question : What role does biometrics play in promoting online security and protecting data from breach?

Research articles:

Ahmed, C. M., Ochoa, M., Zhou, J., Mathur, A. P., Qadeer, R., Murguia, C., & Ruths, J. (2018, May). Noiseprint: Attack detection using sensor and process noise fingerprint in cyber physical systems. In  Proceedings of the 2018 on Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (pp. 483-497).

Ross, A., Banerjee, S., & Chowdhury, A. (2020). Security in smart cities: A brief review of digital forensic schemes for biometric data.  Pattern Recognition Letters,  138, 346-354.

Wang, T., Bhuiyan, M. Z. A., Wang, G., Qi, L., Wu, J., & Hayajneh, T. (2019). Preserving balance between privacy and data integrity in edge-assisted Internet of Things.  IEEE Internet of Things Journal,  7(4), 2679-2689.