“…They permeate our daily lives; people use popular smart devices and services such as Alexa, Amazon, Google Maps, and smart wearable gadgets even without realizing, sometimes, how they have been built. ML and AI applications are revolutionizing the productivity and workflow of several fields throughout the world, such as healthcare, 1,2 education, 3,4 transportation and road safety, 5–7 farming and agriculture, 8,9 smart energy and manufacturing, 10,11 clean environment and waste management, 12,13 crime detection and policing, 14,15 finance, 16,17 pandemic management such as COVID-19, 18,19 water quality and management, 20,21 and many more. The data-driven and AI-enabled solutions have significantly increased the capacity to interpret enormous volumes of data created in today’s sensor-enabled environment.…”