IoT Based-Smart Life

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

IoT (Internet of Things) is the technology that fundamentally connects objects and entities of the physical world to platforms and mechanisms operating in the virtual world. Objects and entities as well as devices and machines that are used in our daily life are being connected to the Internet, talking to and assisting each other augmenting human actions and intelligence. Computing powers built into devices and things with emerging platform technologies are deeply transforming our way of life, thus “Smart Life” emerges. IoT is revolutionizing every aspects of our life. People are working smart at smart homes and smart workplaces in smart cities while moving around in smart vehicles carrying smart devices. Many opportunities as well as challenges lie in developing and applying IoT to and for Smart Life of the future.

This Special Issue on “IoT-Based Smart Life” seeks contributions on how to nurture and cultivate IoT technologies and applications for the Smart Life of the future. Papers are welcomed that deal with the technological innovations and applications as well as behavioral, social, and economic impacts of these innovations and applications. Case studies, empirical studies and qualitative studies are welcomed as well as design and development focused studies. Potential topics may include but are not limited to:

IoT Applications, Services and Real Implementations

Smart cities, smart public places, and smart environments
Smart home
IoT-based building automation
Smart agriculture and water management
Smart factories and industry 4.0
e-health, assisted living and e-wellness
Intelligent transport
IoT-based supply chains
Smart grid and energy management
Wearables development and management
Cyberphysical systems
Context awareness, situation awareness, ambient intelligence
Collaborative applications and systems
Service experiences and analysis
Industrial IoT service creation and management
Crowd-sensing and human centric sensing
IoT data analytics
IoT and AI
Collective intelligence and cyberphysical collaboration
Horizontal application development for IoT
Design principles and best practices for IoT application development

Economical and Societal Impacts of IoT and User Experiences

Human in IoT
Social aspects and services
Value chain analysis and evolution aspects
New human–device interactions for IoT
Do-it-yourself IoT
Social models and networks
IoT and arts
Green IoT
Sustainable design and technologies
Urban dynamics and crowdsourcing services
Metrics, measurements, and evaluation of IoT sustainability and return on investment

IoT Technologies, Pilots, Testbeds and Experimentations

Sensor and actuator networks
Wearables, body sensor networks, smart portable devices
Design space exploration for IoT systems
Sensors data management, IoT mining and analytics
Mobility, localization, and management
Localization technologies
Edge computing, fog computing, and IoT
Industrial IoT and factory of things
Large scale pilots on IoT
IoT testbeds and testing tools
Closing the gap between research and implementation
Experimental prototypes, testbed, and field trial experiences
Multiobjective IoT system modeling and analysis
IoT interconnections analysis—QoS, scalability, performance, interference
Real case deployment scenarios and results
IoT deployment on agriculture, retails, cities, etc.
Gaps analysis for real deployment
Standardization and regulations

Prof. Dr. Jungwoo Lee
Guest Editor