Authentication, authorization, and digital identity management are core features required by
secure digital systems. In this, authorization is a key component for regulating the detailed …

Recent advances on ubiquitous computing and communication technologies are enabling a
seamless integration of smart devices in the Internet infrastructure, promoting a new …

Das neue unionale Datenschutzrecht ist, entgegen mancher Befürchtung, kein law of
everything. Vielmehr müssen unterschiedliche Rechtsmaterien ineinandergreifen, um eine …

In this chapter, the smart metering applications are classified with respect to the
stakeholders that are mainly interested in their deployment and can have the highest profit …

The evolution of wireless communications and pervasive computing is transforming current
physical spaces into real smart environments. These emerging scenarios are expected to be …

Over the last years, we have witnessed increasing interconnection between the physical and
digital world. The so called Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming more and more a reality in …

The conscious, efficient, and economical consumption of energy is being identified recently
as crucial topic for industry, politics, and research. Limited earth resources that are still used …

The transformation of electrical grids into smart-grid is seen as one of the major
technological challenges of our times and at the same time as one of the key domains for …

Ever-growing population of people and new electronic gadgets demand huge electricity.
Existing power grids mostly use non-renewable energy sources for electricity generation …

Smart grids are one of the most advanced technologies that can intelligently integrate
generators, consumers and energy storage. TESTBED2 is a large interdisciplinary …