Background and aims With no approved vaccines for treating COVID-19 as of August 2020,
many health systems and governments rely on contact tracing as one of the prevention and …

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 …

Mobile and wearable devices embedded with multiple sensors for health monitoring and
disease diagnosis are growing fields with the potential to provide efficient means for remote …

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has spread with increased fatalities around the world and
has become an international public health crisis. Public health authorities in many countries …

This paper presents an ethical framework for Big Data and Smart cities, focusing on
contemporary ethical and non-ethical issues in big data analytics applications in smart cities …

Background Contact tracing apps are an essential component of an effective COVID-19
testing strategy to counteract the spread of the pandemic and thereby avoid overburdening …

Background: The widespread death and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has
revealed deficiencies of existing institutions regarding the protection of human health and …

The COVID-19 pandemic created a noticeable challenge to the cryptographic community
with the development of contact tracing applications. The media reported a dispute between …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial global disturbance by affecting more than
42 million people (as of the end of October 2020). Since there is no medication or vaccine …

This chapter discusses the ideas that have emerged from infectious diseases like COVID‐
19. This chapter talks about solutions to avoid and manage the uncertainty of infectious …