Water management is one of the crucial topics discussed in most of the international forums. Water harvesting and recycling are the major requirements to meet the global upcoming demand of the water crisis, which is prevalent. To achieve this, we need more emphasis on water management techniques that are applied across various categories of the applications. Keeping in mind the population density index, there is a dire need to implement intelligent water management mechanisms for effective distribution, conservation and to maintain the water quality standards for various purposes. The prescribed work discusses about few major areas of applications that are required for efficient water management. Those are recent trends in wastewater recycle, water distribution, rainwater harvesting and irrigation management using various Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. The data acquired for these applications are purely unique and also differs by type. Hence, there is a dire need to use a model or algorithm that can be applied to provide solutions across all these applications. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) techniques along with the Internet of things (IoT) framework can facilitate in designing a smart water management system for sustainable water usage from natural resources. This work surveys various water management techniques and the use of AI/DL along with the IoT network and case studies, sample statistical analysis to develop an efficient water management framework.

Agriculture can be regarded as the backbone of human civilization. As technology evolved, the synergy between agriculture and remote sensing has brought about a paradigm shift, thereby entirely revolutionizing the traditional agricultural practices. Nevertheless, the adoption of remote sensing technologies in agriculture face various challenges in terms of limited spatial and temporal coverage, high cloud cover, low data quality and so on. Industry 5.0 marks a new era in the industrial revolution, where humans and machines collaborate closely, leveraging their distinct capabilities, thereby enhancing the decision making capabilities, sustainability and resilience. This paper provides a comprehensive survey on remote sensing technologies and related aspects in dealing with the various agricultural practices in the Industry 5.0 (I5.0) era. We also elaborately discuss the various applications pertaining to I5.0- enabled remote sensing for agriculture. Finally, we discuss several challenges and issues related to the integration of I5.0 technologies in agricultural remote sensing. This comprehensive survey on remote sensing for agriculture in Industry 5.0 era offers valuable insights into the current state, challenges, and potential advancements in the integration of remote sensing technologies and Industry 5.0 principles in agriculture, thus paving the way for future research, development, and implementation strategies in this domain.

Industry 5.0 has become a reality now and it is a paradigm that integrates contemporary innovations and concepts. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a key component and asset of the industrial transformation which allows intelligent devices to perform functionalities such as self-examination, assessment, and evaluation autonomously. AI-based methodologies using ML and deep learning assist manufacturers and industrialists in forecasting service requirements and minimizing downtime. Recent research has discovered a remarkable change in the processes, systems, applications, and products in industries. Also, there is a significant challenge with the explainability of the decisions provided by the models using deep learning algorithms and their inadequate ability to be coupled with each other. Therefore, Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) is required without compromising the efficiency of the models developed using deep learning algorithms. XAI investigates and develops algorithms, techniques, and models that produce human-comprehensible explanations of AI-based systems and can increase transparency and performance. The explainability nature of XAI will help humans understand the model and the reason behind the predictions, thus improving the model’s transparency and the reliability of the outcomes. Furthermore, an Industry 5.0-enabled environment has a variety of data from varied sources, and this multi-source information must be fused to derive meaningful and optimal decisions. Therefore, all AI-integrated applications must derive actionable insights through information fusion. Hence, the adoption of XAI methodologies in Industry 5.0 can help humans make trustworthy decisions for critical applications requiring information fusion. In this paper, we present a state-of-the-art survey on adopting XAI in Industry 5.0. We discuss the adoption of XAI in various applications such as smart factories, smart Healthcare, E-Governance, smart transportation, Education 5.0, Agriculture 5.0, and Energy 5.0. Finally, some research issues and future directions of integrating XAI with Industry 5.0 are also discussed and highlighted to promote more study in the potential field.

Smart grids (SG) are electricity grids that communicate with each other, provide reliable information, and enable administrators to operate energy supplies across the country, ensuring optimized reliability and efficiency. The smart grid contains sensors that measure and transmit data to adjust the flow of electricity automatically based on supply/demand, and thus, responding to problems becomes quicker and easier. This also plays a crucial role in controlling carbon emissions, by avoiding energy losses during peak load hours and ensuring optimal energy management. The scope of big data analytics in smart grids is huge, as they collect information from raw data and derive intelligent information from the same. However, these benefits of the smart grid are dependent on the active and voluntary participation of the consumers in real-time. Consumers need to be motivated and conscious to avail themselves of the achievable benefits. Incentivizing the appropriate actor is an absolute necessity to encourage prosumers to generate renewable energy sources (RES) and motivate industries to establish plants that support sustainable and green-energy-based processes or products. The current study emphasizes similar aspects and presents a comprehensive survey of the start-of-the-art contributions pertinent to incentive mechanisms in smart grids, which can be used in smart grids to optimize the power distribution during peak times and also reduce carbon emissions. The various technologies, such as game theory, blockchain, and artificial intelligence, used in implementing incentive mechanisms in smart grids are discussed, followed by different incentive projects being implemented across the globe. The lessons learnt, challenges faced in such implementations, and open issues such as data quality, privacy, security, and pricing related to incentive mechanisms in SG are identified to guide the future scope of research in this sector.

The Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) has become widely popular in the past decade as it has huge prospects for the economy due to its applicability in various use cases such as environmental monitoring, disaster management, localization, defense, underwater exploration, and so on. However, each of these use cases poses specific challenges with respect to security, privacy, transparency, and traceability, which can be addressed by the integration of blockchain with the IoUT. Blockchain is a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) that consists of series of blocks chained up in chronological order in a distributed network. In this paper, we present a first-of-its-kind survey on the integration of blockchain with the IoUT. This paper initially discusses the blockchain technology and the IoUT and points out the benefits of integrating blockchain technology with IoUT systems. An overview of various applications, the respective challenges, and the possible future directions of blockchain-enabled IoUT systems is also presented in this survey, and finally, the work sheds light on the critical aspects of IoUT systems and will enable researchers to address the challenges using blockchain technology.

Deep learning has shown great promise in predicting Atrial Fibrillation using ECG signals and other vital signs. However, a major hurdle lies in the privacy concerns surrounding these datasets, which often contain sensitive patient information. Balancing accurate AFib prediction with robust user privacy remains a critical challenge to address. We suggest Federated Learning , a privacy-preserving machine learning technique, to address this privacy barrier. Our approach makes use of FL by presenting Fed-CL, a advanced method that combines Long Short-Term Memory networks and Convolutional Neural Networks to accurately predict AFib. In addition, the article explores the importance of analysing mean heart rate variability to differentiate between healthy and abnormal heart rhythms. This combined approach within the proposed system aims to equip healthcare professionals with timely alerts and valuable insights. Ultimately, the goal is to facilitate early detection of AFib risk and enable preventive care for susceptible individuals.