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Preface
The security issues in many IoT implementations, although already present in the field
of information technology, offer a lot of unique challenges. It is a fundamental priority to
address these challenges and ensure that the IoT products and services are secure. Chapter
11 deals with the challenges involved in handling security issues on IoT data. IoT devices
are vulnerable to attacks as the systems have a very low level of protection and security.
In this chapter, several types of intrusions and threats in IoT are discussed. An innovative
framework to develop a secured system along with authentication is proposed. The collaborative learning approach has proven to be an ideal model in recognizing the pattern of
the intruder, and the system can provide a solution based on it.
Diseases occur because of the interaction of agent, host, and the environment that is
altogether called the “epidemiological triad.” There are numerous reasons for the failure
to prevent the complications of diseases. Physicians address only the biomedical part of
the disease and ignore the other important aspects due to lack of experience and time. This
need not remain so, provided the science of diseases and the art of healing by physicians
are embedded in wearable computational devices. Chapter 12 addresses the electronic
health record maintenance by coupling IoT devices with the system where the medical
practitioner can view the data on the table. It also emphasizes that IoT is a boon to the
medical field that saves doctors’ time in handling other necessary calls. Wearable devices
like fever watches when used on babies will reduce the risk of diseases by regular monitoring of the sensor data. The goal of this chapter is to make use of IoT to place health in the
hands of the patients, which is one of the key principles of primary health care.
Billions of devices are expected to be connected to the Internet in the near future. This
will provide interoperability among the things on the IoT which is one of the most fundamental requirements to support object addressing, tracking, and discovery, as well as
information representation, storage, and exchange. Defining ontology and using semantic descriptions for data will make it interoperable for users and stakeholders that share
and use the same ontology. Chapter 13 provides an overview of semantics in IoT-based
analytics. This chapter briefs on semantic technology and its specifications and deployment to develop an application on smart systems.
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) show the concepts of instabilities that are disturbing
social communication, interaction, and normal behavior in general. Every autistic child is
unique in a way. They face severe problems with emotional balance, communal interactions,
and communication skills. Such conditions necessitate a high degree of personalization to
communicate with the outer world. Today, medical science has not been able to trace the
exact reason for autism, but most therapists have proved that it is unpredictable behavior
of neurons in human brains. We require a unique set of tools and methodologies to train
autistic children. It requires enhancing the intensity of awareness about existing and narrowed competence among autism children to discover the way that unaffected children are
performing. In Chapter 14, classification of the opportunities and trends of IoT applications
and solutions for autistic children are presented. Also, from an IoT application perspective,
diversified smart technologies like wearable environmental sensors mobile apps, home
appliances, and others are discussed. The motivation of this chapter is to discuss the prospect of availability of an IoT support and in availing the services for enhancing the lives of
autistic children and their supporting families in the society. Also, it helps to teach and train
autistic children the basic skills and concepts in their day-to-day requirements.
IoT challenges for the future include ubiquitous data collection, potential for unexpected
use of consumer data, and heightened security risks. So, the current technology needs to be
improved to enhance privacy and build secure IoT devices by adopting a security-focused
approach, reducing the amount of data collected by IoT devices, increasing transparency,
Preface
The security issues in many IoT implementations, although already present in the field
of information technology, offer a lot of unique challenges. It is a fundamental priority to
address these challenges and ensure that the IoT products and services are secure. Chapter
11 deals with the challenges involved in handling security issues on IoT data. IoT devices
are vulnerable to attacks as the systems have a very low level of protection and security.
In this chapter, several types of intrusions and threats in IoT are discussed. An innovative
framework to develop a secured system along with authentication is proposed. The collaborative learning approach has proven to be an ideal model in recognizing the pattern of
the intruder, and the system can provide a solution based on it.
Diseases occur because of the interaction of agent, host, and the environment that is
altogether called the “epidemiological triad.” There are numerous reasons for the failure
to prevent the complications of diseases. Physicians address only the biomedical part of
the disease and ignore the other important aspects due to lack of experience and time. This
need not remain so, provided the science of diseases and the art of healing by physicians
are embedded in wearable computational devices. Chapter 12 addresses the electronic
health record maintenance by coupling IoT devices with the system where the medical
practitioner can view the data on the table. It also emphasizes that IoT is a boon to the
medical field that saves doctors’ time in handling other necessary calls. Wearable devices
like fever watches when used on babies will reduce the risk of diseases by regular monitoring of the sensor data. The goal of this chapter is to make use of IoT to place health in the
hands of the patients, which is one of the key principles of primary health care.
Billions of devices are expected to be connected to the Internet in the near future. This
will provide interoperability among the things on the IoT which is one of the most fundamental requirements to support object addressing, tracking, and discovery, as well as
information representation, storage, and exchange. Defining ontology and using semantic descriptions for data will make it interoperable for users and stakeholders that share
and use the same ontology. Chapter 13 provides an overview of semantics in IoT-based
analytics. This chapter briefs on semantic technology and its specifications and deployment to develop an application on smart systems.
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) show the concepts of instabilities that are disturbing
social communication, interaction, and normal behavior in general. Every autistic child is
unique in a way. They face severe problems with emotional balance, communal interactions,
and communication skills. Such conditions necessitate a high degree of personalization to
communicate with the outer world. Today, medical science has not been able to trace the
exact reason for autism, but most therapists have proved that it is unpredictable behavior
of neurons in human brains. We require a unique set of tools and methodologies to train
autistic children. It requires enhancing the intensity of awareness about existing and narrowed competence among autism children to discover the way that unaffected children are
performing. In Chapter 14, classification of the opportunities and trends of IoT applications
and solutions for autistic children are presented. Also, from an IoT application perspective,
diversified smart technologies like wearable environmental sensors mobile apps, home
appliances, and others are discussed. The motivation of this chapter is to discuss the prospect of availability of an IoT support and in availing the services for enhancing the lives of
autistic children and their supporting families in the society. Also, it helps to teach and train
autistic children the basic skills and concepts in their day-to-day requirements.
IoT challenges for the future include ubiquitous data collection, potential for unexpected
use of consumer data, and heightened security risks. So, the current technology needs to be
improved to enhance privacy and build secure IoT devices by adopting a security-focused
approach, reducing the amount of data collected by IoT devices, increasing transparency,