The Internet of Things (IoT) is defined as a paradigm in which objects equipped with
sensors, actuators, and processors communicate with each other to serve a meaningful …

Advancements in medical science and technology, medicine and public health coupled with
increased consciousness about nutrition and environmental and personal hygiene have …

The increasing demand for electricity and the emergence of smart grids have presented new
opportunities for home energy management systems (HEMS) in demand response markets …

It sounds like mission impossible to connect everything on the earth together via internet, but
Internet of Things (IoT) will dramatically change our life in the foreseeable future, by making …

Smart homes have become increasingly popular for IoT products and services with a lot of
promises for improving the quality of life of individuals. Nevertheless, the heterogeneous …

Many real-world applications that focus on addressing needs of a human, require
information about the activities being performed by the human in real-time. While advances …

Abstract Building Energy Management is identified as a key part of the move towards
localised energy generation and control. The significant discrepancy between building …

People spend more than 90% of their life time in buildings, which makes occupant behavior
one of the leading influences of energy consumption in buildings. Occupancy and occupant …

Human activity detection within smart homes is one of the basis of unobtrusive wellness
monitoring of a rapidly aging population in developed countries. Most works in this area use …

Advancement in the fields of electronic communication, data processing, and internet
technologies enable easy access to and interaction with a variety of physical devices …