The current complexity of IoT systems and devices is a barrier to reach a healthy ecosystem,
mainly due to technological fragmentation and inherent heterogeneity. Meanwhile, the field …

Over the last decade, data processing shifted from cloud computing to the local processing
environment named Fog computing. Fog computing is an extension of cloud computing …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is made up of billions of physical devices connected to the
Internet via networks that perform tasks independently with less human intervention. Such …

The remarkable progress in algorithms for machine and deep learning have opened the
doors to new opportunities, and some dark possibilities. However, a bright future awaits …

The computers are social actors framework (CASA), derived from the media equation,
explains how people communicate with media and machines demonstrating social potential …

Thanks to their conversational capabilities, smart speaker-based voice assistants are
gaining attention for their potential to support the aging population, though the empirical …

Smart Home Personal Assistants (SPA) have a complex ecosystem that enables them to
carry out various tasks on behalf of the user with just voice commands. SPA capabilities are …

Voice assistants embodied in smart speakers (eg, Amazon Echo, Google Home) enable
voice-based interaction that does not necessarily rely on expertise with mobile or desktop …

Adversarial attacks against commercial black-box speech platforms, including cloud speech
APIs and voice control devices, have received little attention until recent years. Constructing …

Although voice assistants are increasingly being adopted by older adults, we lack empirical
research on how they interact with these devices for health information seeking. Also, prior …