With the increasing popularity of the Internet of Things and massive Machine Type
Communication technologies, the number of connected devices is rising. However, although …

Personal mobile devices such as smartwatches, smart jewelry, and smart clothes have
launched a new trend in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, namely the Internet of Wearable …

Streaming media constitutes a significant proportion of information and communication
technologies (ICT), whose electricity consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas …

The global paradigm shift towards edge computing has led to a growing demand for efficient
integrity verification. Hash functions are one-way algorithms which act as a zero-knowledge …

Modern video encoders like the AOM Video 1 (AV1) implement several complex tools to
allow the required high level of compression efficiency. The Fractional Motion Estimation …

Drawing on both leading and emerging scholars of environmental communication, the
Palgrave Studies in Media and Environmental Communication Series features books on the …

Logic synthesis tools face tough challenges when providing algorithms for synthesizing
circuits with increased inputs and complexity. Traditional approaches for logic synthesis …

This chapter focuses on strategies to extend and adapt traditional machine learning
algorithms for remote sensing and geospatial big data. Ten major strategies are discussed …

As we are fast approaching the beginning of a paradigm shift in the field of science, Data
driven science (the so called fourth science paradigm) is going to be the driving force in …

With the end of Dennard's scale, processor designers have been looking for new technical
alternatives so that approximate computing (AC) has managed to attract the attention of …