Image Encryption Based on 5-Neighbor Programmable Cellular Automata

With the rapid development and spread of non-face-to-face digital technologies and services due to the spread of COVID-19, real-time non-face-to-face online meetings, education, telemedicine, online collaboration, telecommuting, various non-face-to-face tasks in the financial sector, and the sharing economy are frequent. As a result, network traffic increases and the demand for real-time security of multimedia is increasing. Security of information, including image content, is an essential part of today's communication technology and is very important for safe transmission. In this paper, we design a 5-neighbor programmable cellular automata (FNPCA) based ROI (region of interest) image encryption system that can effectively reduce computational cost and maintain an appropriate level of security. © 2022 IEEE.

Promoting economic and environmental resilience in the post-COVID-19 era through the city and regional on-road fuel sustainability development

How to control the global temperature rise within 1.5 °C in the post-COVID-19 era has attracted attention. Road transport accounts for nearly a quarter of global CO2 emissions, and the related sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions also trigger air pollution issues in population-intensive cities and areas. Many cities and states have announced a timetable for phasing out urban-based fossil fuel vehicles. By combining a Markov-chain model with a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model, the impacts of on-road energy structural change led by phasing out fossil fuel vehicles in the road transportation sector are evaluated. The impact of automobile emissions (both CO2 and SO2) on the environment is evaluated, taking into consideration of variation between cities, regions, and countries. Two other major driving forces in addition to CO2 emissions reduction in promoting fossil fuel vehicles' transition toward net-zero carbon are identified and analyzed with multiple different indicators. Under the framework of the DSGE model, climate policy instruments' effects on economic development, energy consumption, and their link to economic and environmental resilience are evaluated under exogenous shocks as well.