This chapter gives an overview of the data management issues and solutions in wireless
sensor networks (WSNs) and big data systems. From the development of WSNs, the …

The tremendous advancement in information and communication technology (ICT) has led
to the rise of a hot topic:" big data." Big data is defined as large data sets that are complex …

Background: Devices connected to the internet are increasing day by day, and the era of
Internet of Things (IoT) is anticipated. However, handling big data generated by the IoT …

Big data through cloud computing is an excellent way to offload significant amounts of
computation and data from both data centers and terminal devices, due to its flexibility …

Before discovering meaningful knowledge from big data systems, it is first necessary to build
a data-gathering infrastructure. Among many feasible data sources, wireless sensor …

The emergence of new data handling technologies and analytics enabled the organization
of big data in processes as an innovative aspect in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Big …

Data collection is one of the main operations performed in Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs). Even if several interesting approaches on data collection have been proposed …

The emergence of heterogeneous wireless sensor networks in recent years has helped to
address the limitations of conventional WSNs resources and has opened new research …

Pervasive sensor systems offer unbounded possibilities for monitoring and tracking objects,
machines, and spaces. To maximize the benefit from a sensor system, sensor data requires …

IT is my great pleasure to present this inaugural issue of the IEEE Transactions on Big Data
(IEEE TBDATA). Big Data is a new field that encompasses multiple disciplines and impacts a …