Emerging Real-World Applications of Internet of Things

The Internet of things (IoT) is a network of connected physical objects or things that are working along with sensors, wireless transceiver modules, processors, and software required for connecting, processing, and exchanging data among the other devices over the Internet. These objects or things are devices ranging from simple handheld devices to complex industrial heavy machines. A thing in IoT can be any living or non-living object that can be provided capabilities to sense, process, and exchange data over a network. The IoT provides people with the ability to handle their household works to industrial tasks smartly and efficiently without the intervention of another human. The IoT provides smart devices for home automation as well as business solutions for delivering insights into everything from real-time monitoring of working systems to supply chain and logistics operations. The IoT has become one of the most prominent technological inventions of the 21st century.

Due to the versatility of IoT devices, there are numerous real-world applications of the IoT in various domains such as smart home, smart city, health care, agriculture, industry, and transportation. The IoT has emerged as a paradigm-shifting technology that is influencing various industries. Many companies, governments, and civic bodies are shifting to IoT applications to improve their works and to become more efficient. The world is slowly transforming toward a smart world with smart devices. As a consequence, it shows many new opportunities coming up in the near smart future for IoT professionals. Therefore, there is a need to keep track of advancements related to IoT applications and further investigate several research challenges related to the applicability of IoT in different domains to make it more adaptable for practical and industrial use. With this goal, this book provides the most recent and prominent applications of IoT in different domains as well as issues and challenges in developing IoT applications for various new domains.

物聯網（IoT）是一個由連接的物理物件或事物組成的網絡，這些物件或事物配備了感應器、無線收發模組、處理器和連接、處理和交換數據所需的軟件，可以在互聯網上與其他設備進行通信。這些物件或事物可以是從簡單的手持設備到複雜的工業重型機器的各種設備。在物聯網中，事物可以是任何能夠感知、處理和交換數據的生物或非生物物體。物聯網使人們能夠智能且高效地處理家庭工作和工業任務，無需他人干預。物聯網提供了家庭自動化的智能設備，以及用於實時監控工作系統、供應鏈和物流操作的商業解決方案。物聯網已成為21世紀最重要的技術發明之一。

由於物聯網設備的多功能性，物聯網在智能家居、智慧城市、醫療保健、農業、工業和交通等各個領域都有眾多實際應用。物聯網已成為一種具有重大影響的技術，正在影響著各個行業。許多公司、政府和公民團體正在轉向物聯網應用，以提高工作效率。世界正在逐漸轉向智能世界，智能設備也隨之出現。因此，對於物聯網專業人士來說，未來智能時代將帶來許多新機遇。因此，有必要跟踪與物聯網應用相關的進展，並進一步研究物聯網在不同領域應用的幾個研究挑戰，以使其更適應實際和工業用途。為了實現這一目標，本書提供了物聯網在不同領域的最新和重要應用，以及開發物聯網應用程序時面臨的問題和挑戰。

Dr. Anshul Verma received M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science & Engineering from ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, India in 2011 and 2016, respectively. He has done Post-doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in 2017. Currently, he is serving as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India. He has also served as faculty in Computer Science & Engineering at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur, India, from 2015 to 2017. His research interests include Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, Internet of Things, Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, Distributed Systems, and Formal Methods. He has participated as advisory board member, session chair, programme committee member in many conferences and he is serving as editorial board member in many journals. He is serving as the Editor of the Journal of Scientific Research, BHU, Varanasi, India.

Dr. Pradeepika Verma received her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India, in 2020. She has received M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India, in 2013. Currently, she is working as Post-Doctoral Fellow in Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. She is also working as Associate Professor in Department of Computer Science at K L Deemed to be University, Andhra Pradesh, India and is presently on study leave. Prior to this, she has worked as Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India and as Faculty member in Department of Computer Application at Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, India. Her current research interests include Internet of Things, Natural Language Processing, Optimization Approaches, and Information Retrieval.

Dr. Yousef FARHAOUI, is an Associate Professor at Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of sciences and Techniques, Morocco. He is also serving as Chair of IDMS Team, Director of STI laboratory, Local Publishing and Research Coordinator, Cambridge International Academics in the United Kingdom. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Security from Ibn Zohr University of Science. His research interests include Internet of Things, e-learning, computer security, big data analytics, and business intelligence. Farhaoui has three books in computer science. He is a coordinator and member of the organizing committee and also a member of the scientific committee of several international congresses, and is a member of various international associations. He has authored 6 Books and many Book Chapters with Reputed Publishers such as Springer and IGI. He has served as a Reviewer for IEEE, IET, Springer, Inderscience and Elsevier Journals. He is also the Guest Editor of many Journals with Wiley, Springer, Inderscience, etc. He has been the General Chair, Session Chair, and Panelist in Several Conferences. He is Senior Member of IEEE, IET, ACM and EAI Research Group.
Dr. Zhihan Lv is currently an Associate Professor at Uppsala University in Sweden. From 2017 to 2021, he has been an Associate Professor at Qingdao University in Qingdao of China. From 2012 to 2016, he has held an Adjunct Assistant Professor position at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science in Shenzhen of China. He was granted PhD. degree in Computer applied technology from Ocean university of China in Qingdao of China, supervised by Prof. Ge Chen. Before that, he has enjoyed sixteen months full-time research experience at French National Centre for Scientific Research(CNRS)-UPR9080 in Paris of France, supervised by Dr. Marc Baaden, meanwhile, he was a visiting Ph.D. student at University of Paris. After then, he has fulfilled two-year postdoc research experience at Umea university in Umea and a short invited teaching experience at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm of Sweden, supervised by Prof. Haibo Li. From 2014 to 2015, he had been a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher in European Union's Seventh Framework Lanpercept, at clinical section Fundación FIVAN in Valencia of Spain. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Research Associate at Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics(VECG) group at University College London(UCL) in London of UK, supervised by Prof. Anthony Steed. In 2018, he joined Event Lab at University of Barcelona in Barcelona of Spain, supervised by Prof. Mel Slater. He is IEEE Senior Member, BCS Fellow and ACM Distinguished Speaker.

Dr. Anshul Verma於2011年和2016年分別獲得印度ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior的計算機科學與工程碩士和博士學位。他於2017年在印度卡拉格普爾的印度理工學院進行博士後研究。目前，他擔任印度瓦拉納西的班納拉斯印度教大學科學學院計算機科學系的助理教授。他還曾在2015年至2017年期間擔任印度莫蒂拉爾·內赫魯國家技術學院（MNNIT）阿拉哈巴德和印度國家技術學院（NIT）賈姆舍普爾的計算機科學與工程學院的教職。他的研究興趣包括移動自組網絡、物聯網、分散系統和形式方法。他曾擔任多個會議的顧問委員會成員、分會主席和節目委員會成員，並擔任多個期刊的編輯委員會成員。他目前擔任瓦拉納西班納拉斯印度教大學科學研究期刊的編輯。

Dr. Pradeepika Verma於2020年從印度工業技術學院（ISM）丹巴德分校獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。她於2013年從拉賈斯坦邦巴納斯塔利大學獲得計算機科學與工程碩士學位。目前，她在印度瓦拉納西的印度理工學院（BHU）計算機科學與工程系擔任博士後研究員。她還在印度安得拉邦的K L大學計算機科學系擔任副教授，目前正在休學。在此之前，她曾在印度坎普爾的普蘭維爾辛格技術學院計算機科學與工程系擔任助理教授，並在印度盧克瑪維爾的工程與技術學院計算機應用系擔任教職。她目前的研究興趣包括物聯網、自然語言處理、優化方法和信息檢索。

Dr. Yousef FARHAOUI是摩洛哥穆萊伊斯梅爾大學理學院的副教授。他還擔任IDMS團隊主席、STI實驗室主任、劍橋國際學術機構在英國的本地出版和研究協調員。他在科學伊本·祖爾大學獲得計算機安全博士學位。他的研究興趣包括物聯網、電子學習、計算機安全、大數據分析和商業智能。Farhaoui在計算機科學領域有三本書。他是多個國際大會的組織委員會協調員和成員，也是多個國際協會的成員。他在Springer和IGI等知名出版商出版了6本書和許多章節。他曾擔任IEEE、IET、Springer、Inderscience和Elsevier期刊的審稿人。他還是Wiley、Springer、Inderscience等期刊的客座編輯。他曾擔任多個會議的總主席、分會主席和座談會成員。他是IEEE、IET、ACM和EAI研究小組的高級會員。

Dr. Zhihan Lv目前是瑞典烏普薩拉大學的副教授。從2017年到2021年，他在中國青島大學擔任副教授。從2012年到2016年，他在中國深圳中科院深圳先進技術研究院擔任副助理教授。他在中國青島的中國海洋大學獲得計算機應用技術博士學位，由陳戈教授指導。在此之前，他在法國巴黎的法國國家科學研究中心（CNRS）-UPR9080進行了十六個月的全職研究，由Marc Baaden博士指導，同時他還是巴黎大學的訪問博士生。之後，他在瑞典皇家理工學院進行了博士後研究。他的研究興趣包括計算機應用技術、計算機圖形學、虛擬現實和增強現實。