Service-oriented computing aims to make services available and easily accessible through
standardized models and protocols without having to worry about the underlying …

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are used for many applications such as environmental
monitoring, infrastructure security, healthcare applications, and traffic control. The design …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) is a new paradigm that includes a network of smart objects,
which are embedded sensors, communicating using the Internet. One of the areas that are …

Despite the popularity of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in a wide range of applications,
security problems associated with them have not been completely resolved. Middleware is …

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have become essential components for a variety of
environmental, surveillance, military, traffic control, and healthcare applications. These …

Humans show emotion through different channels such as facial expression, head poses,
gaze patterns, bodily gestures, and speech prosody, but also through physiological signals …

Packet-based Networks-on-Chip (NoC) have emerged as the most viable candidates for the
interconnect backbone of future Chip Multi-Processors (CMP). The flit size (or width) is one …

Sensors of all kinds are being integrated with mobile and portable devices (tablets,
smartphones). This opens up the possibility of context-aware applications to effectively be …

Mobile devices are multipurpose and multi-sensor equipments supporting applications able
to adapt their behavior according to changes in the user's context (device, location, time …

Conflicts between non-functional requirements (NFRs) mean that achieving one
requirement can impact another one. This can happen if a particular procedure (called" …