IoT in Smart Cities and Homes, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1079

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Dear Colleagues,

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a unique domain where various technologies converge to deliver novel high-impact smart solutions across various sectors, including digital health, optimized transportation, predictive maintenance, energy efficiency and improved environmental sustainability. IoT is a key enabler for current advancements in complex, dynamic and evolving environments, such as achieving smart homes and large geographical smart city applications. The current advances in IoT capabilities have accelerated creativity and achieved technological solutions that were previously unobtainable. These novel IoT applications deliver high-impact solutions within society, through leveraging a range of key technologies, including smart sensing, long-range and low-power communications, edge computing devices, wearable technologies, cyber security, environmental sensors, big data analysis, machine learning, fog computing and data science and analysis.

This Special Issue in MDPI’s journal Applied Sciences calls for submissions of new ideas, experiments, high-impact advances and findings in IoT applications for smart cities and homes.

Dr. Ryan Gibson
Prof. Dr. Hadi Larijani
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Keywords

  • Internet of Things
  • intelligent systems
  • smart sensing
  • wearable devices
  • low-power communications
  • edge computing
  • fog computing
  • artificial intelligence
  • machine learning
  • deep learning
  • algorithmic implementation
  • optimization methods
  • data science

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Virtual Reality and Internet of Things Based Digital Twin for Smart City Cross-Domain Interoperability
by Guillermo del Campo, Edgar Saavedra, Luca Piovano, Francisco Luque and Asuncion Santamaria
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(7), 2747; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14072747 - 25 Mar 2024
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The fusion of Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Twins, and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies marks a pivotal advancement in urban development, offering new services to citizens and municipalities in urban environments. This integration promises enhanced urban planning, management, and engagement by providing a [...] Read more.
The fusion of Internet of Things (IoT), Digital Twins, and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies marks a pivotal advancement in urban development, offering new services to citizens and municipalities in urban environments. This integration promises enhanced urban planning, management, and engagement by providing a comprehensive, real-time digital reflection of the city, enriched with immersive experiences and interactive capabilities. It enables smarter decision-making, efficient resource management, and personalized citizen services, transforming the urban landscape into a more sustainable, livable, and responsive environment. The research presented herein focuses on the practical implementation of a DT concept for managing cross-domain smart city services, leveraging VR technology to create a virtual replica of the urban environment and IoT devices. Imperative for cross-domain city services is interoperability, which is crucial not only for the seamless operation of these advanced tools but also for unlocking the potential of cross-service applications. Through the deployment of our model at the IoTMADLab facilities, we showcase the integration of IoT devices within varied urban infrastructures. The outcomes demonstrate the efficacy of VR interfaces in simplifying complex interactions, offering pivotal insights into device functionality, and enabling informed decision-making processes. Full article
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