The physical environment is becoming more and more saturated with computing and
communication entities that interact among themselves, as well as with users: virtually …

Network-enabled sensing and actuation devices are key enablers to connect real-world
objects to the cyber world. The Internet of Things (IoT) consists of the network-enabled …

We consider underwater multi-modal wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) suitable for
applications on submarine surveillance and monitoring, where nodes offload data to a …

By using increasingly popular smartphones, participatory sensing systems can collect
comprehensive sensory data to retrieve context-aware information for different applications …

Current advances in technology, sensor collection, data storage, and data distribution have
afforded more complex, distributed, and operational information fusion systems (IFSs). IFSs …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm aimed at connecting everyday objects to
the internet. IoT applications include smart cities, healthcare, agriculture, as well as the …

The increasing use of sensor-derived information from planned, ad-hoc, and/or
opportunistically deployed sensor networks provides enhanced visibility to everyday …

Considering physical sensors with certain sensing capabilities in an Internet-of-Things (IoTs)
sensory environment, in this paper, we propose an efficient energy management framework …

An increasing number of cities are confronted with challenges resulting from the rapid
urbanization and new demands that a rapidly growing digital economy imposes on current …

Mechanisms are provided for generating a composite Ser vice. A request to generate the
composite service is received that identifies a geospatial region of interest for the com posite …