Developments and Advances in Defense and Security

Álvaro Rocha holds the title of Honorary Professor and holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management and BCs in Computer Science. He is a professor of Information Systems at the University of Lisbon—ISEG and researcher at the ADVANCE—the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management. He is also vice-chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society Chapter and founder and editor-in-chief of two Scopus and SCIMago journals: JISEM—Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management; and RISTI—Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de InformaçãoProf. Dr. Ashok Vaseashta is the chief researcher and chairman for the International Clean Water Institute in Virginia, USA. In addition, he serves as a visiting professor at Transylvania University of Brasov, Riga Technical University, and chaired professor of Nanotechnology at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, academician at Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences and senior strategic research advisor for several organizations. Inspired by nature and guided by societal necessities, he strives for innovations to address global challenges of the twenty-first century, such as environment, safety, security, sustainability and resiliency using advanced technological solution platforms. He is a scholar, dedicated futurist and visionary leader who provides strategic leadership to promote and advance research initiatives and priorities using data-driven decisions. He received Ph.D. from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA in 1990 followed by Kobe post-doctoral fellowship.

• Chapter 1: Analysis of flight data prior to its graphical representation.- Chapter 2: Virtual assistant for production management and monitoring support.- Chapter 3: Addressing Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Critical Assessment of Legislation and Imple-mentation Tools in the Republic of Chile.- Chapter 4: Violence within prisons in Ecuador - the new, most recent cycle of high brutality and its potential solutions.- Chapter 5: Prison ships: A concept paper on an innovative alternative for high-risk prisoners in Ecuador.- Chapter 6: The "New Economic Warrior": An Analysis of the Use of Economic Intelligence and Cyber-Intelligence in National Security through Economic Warfare, Economic De-fence, and Defence Economics.- Chapter 7: Geoeconomic fragmentation and continuity for overcoming.- Chapter 8: The Colombian Armed Conflict - A Review Until 2020.- Chapter 9: Strategic Seas: Integrating Management Theory and Geopolitical Insights into Defense Strategies.- Chapter 10: PARALLEL DIGITAL TWINS FOR COMPLEX BUILDING SYSTEMS IN CYBERSPACE. etc.