7 articles in this issue
Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh, Mahmood Almoathen, Hadi Larijani and Krystyna Curtis
Among the many technologies competing for the Internet of Things (IoT), one of the most promising and fast-growing technologies in this landscape is the Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN). Coverage of LoRa, one of the main IoT LPWAN technologies, has pre... see more
Csaba Veres
“Cognitive Computing” has become somewhat of a rallying call in the technology world, with the promise of new smart services offered by industry giants like IBM and Microsoft. The associated technological advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have thro... see more
Kyoung-Don Kang, Liehuo Chen, Hyungdae Yi, Bin Wang and Mo Sha
In data-intensive real-time applications, e.g., cognitive assistance and mobile health (mHealth), the amount of sensor data is exploding. In these applications, it is desirable to extract value-added information, e.g., mental or physical health conditions... see more
Sonali Kudva and Xinyue Ye
Media convergence has changed relationships between existing technologies, industries, markets, and audiences. Smart cities are seen as the logical outcome of media convergence. Big Data form the basis and the output of smart technologies. In the last twe... see more
John Hogland and Nathaniel Anderson
Spatial modeling is an integral component of most geographic information systems (GISs). However, conventional GIS modeling techniques can require substantial processing time and storage space and have limited statistical and machine learning functionalit... see more
Min Chen, Jun Yang, Yixue Hao, Shiwen Mao and Kai Hwang
Developments and new advances in medical technology and the improvement of people’s living standards have helped to make many people healthier. However, there are still large design deficiencies due to the imbalanced distribution of medical resources, esp... see more
Min Chen