Real-life Applications of the Internet of Things : Challenges, Applications, and Advances

This new volume provides an overview of the Internet of Things along with its architectures, its vital technologies, and their uses in our daily life. The book explores the integration of IoT with other emerging technologies, such as blockchain and cloud. Topics in the volume cover the many powerful features and applications of IoT, such as for weather forecasting, in agriculture, in medical science, in surveillance systems, and much more.

The first section of the book covers many of the issues and challenges that arise from the Internet of Things (IoT), exploring security challenges, such as attack detection and prevention systems, as well as energy efficiency and resource management in IoT. The volume also introduces the use of IoT and smart technology in agricultural management, in healthcare diagnosis and monitoring, and in the financial industry. Chapters also focus on surveillance network technology, the technology shift from television to video streaming apps, using IoT–fog computing for smart healthcare, detection of anomalies in climate conditions, and even detection of illegal wood logging activity.

Monika Mangla, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India. She has two patents to her credit as well as over 20 years of teaching experience. She is associated with several SCI-indexed journals including the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Industrial Management & Data Systems, and others as a reviewer.

Ashok Kumar, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Chitkara University Research and Innovation Network Department, Punjab, India. He has over 15 years of teaching and research experience. He has filed three patents and has published several papers in international journals and conferences. He has been a guest editor of the International Journal of Cloud Computing.

Vaishali Mehta, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Information Technology at Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology, Haryana, India. She has over 17 years of teaching experience and has published books and research articles in national and international journals and conferences.

Megha Bhushan, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of Computing, DIT University, Dehradun, India. She has four years of research experience as a Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow under the University Grants Commission of India. She has filed four patents and published many research articles in international journals and conferences. She is also a reviewer and editorial board member of several international journals.

Sachi Nandan Mohanty, PhD, is working in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Vardhaman College of Engineering (Autonomous), Hyderabad, India. A Fellow of the Indian Society for Technical Education, The Institute of Engineering and Technology, the Computer Society of India, and a member of the Institute of Engineers and IEEE Computer Society, he is actively involved with several professional bodies/societies. He has published over 20 papers in SCI journals and also acts as a reviewer.