Anonymization is a practical solution for preserving user's privacy in data publishing. Data
owners such as hospitals, banks, social network (SN) service providers, and insurance …

Smart cities are expected to improve the quality of daily life, promote sustainable
development, and improve the functionality of urban systems. Now that many smart systems …

A large proportion of dryland trees and shrubs (hereafter referred to collectively as trees)
grow in isolation, without canopy closure. These non-forest trees have a crucial role in …

Fog/edge computing has been proposed to be integrated with Internet of Things (IoT) to
enable computing services devices deployed at network edge, aiming to improve the user's …

Big data has fundamentally changed the way organizations manage, analyze and leverage
data in any industry. One of the most promising fields where big data can be applied to make …

Big data is a term used for very large data sets that have more varied and complex structure.
These characteristics usually correlate with additional difficulties in storing, analyzing and …

The collection and analysis of data are continuously growing due to the pervasiveness of
computing devices. The analysis of such information is fostering businesses and …

The intelligent transportation system (ITS) concept was introduced to increase road safety,
manage traffic efficiently, and preserve our green environment. Nowadays, ITS applications …

In recent years, big data have become a hot research topic. The increasing amount of big
data also increases the chance of breaching the privacy of individuals. Since big data …

One of the biggest concerns of big data is privacy. However, the study on big data privacy is
still at a very early stage. We believe the forthcoming solutions and theories of big data …