Chronic diseases are becoming more widespread. Treatment and monitoring of these
diseases require going to hospitals frequently, which increases the burdens of hospitals and …

In the current worldwide ICT scenario, a constantly growing number of ever more powerful
devices (smartphones, sensors, household appliances, RFID devices, etc.) join the Internet …

Enabling the interoperability between applications requires agreement in the format and
meaning (syntax and semantics) of exchanged data including the ordering of message …

The concept of “smart city” has attracted considerable attention lately. Still, common
definitions are hard to find, and there is a lack of formal models to guide their design. This …

Monitoring activities detect changes in the environment and can be used for several
purpose. To develop new advanced services for smart environments, data gathered during …

The increasing number of everyday embedded devices that are interconnected over the
Internet leads to the need of new software solutions for managing them in an efficient …

The advent of both Cloud computing and Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way of
conceiving information and communication systems. Generally, we talk about IoT Cloud to …

Smart Cities offer a new approach for optimizing services, reducing costs, simplifying the
management of Future Cities, enabling new services for citizens. In the Future Internet …

Abstract Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) presents a great challenge of
System of Systems integration across organisational and political boundaries. One existing …

Monitoring activities over many different types of sensors are very challenging to support
advanced services for Internet of Things (IoT) and its future. However, one of the major …