The book aims to provide a broad overview of various topics of the Internet of Things (IoT) from the research and development priorities to enabling technologies, architecture, security, privacy, interoperability and industrial applications. It is intended to be a standalone book in a series that covers the Internet of Things activities of the IERC ? Internet of Things European Research Cluster from technology to international cooperation and the global state of play. The book builds on the ideas put forward by the European research Cluster on the Internet of Things Strategic Research Agenda and presents global views and state of the art results on the challenges facing the research, development and deployment of IoT at the global level.Today we see the integration of Industrial, Business and Consumer Internet which is bringing together the Internet of People, Internet of Things, Internet of Energy, Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Media, Services and Enterprises in forming the backbone of the digital economy, the digital society and the foundation for the future knowledge and innovation based economy in supporting solutions for the emerging challenges of public health, aging population, environmental protection and climate change, the conservation of energy and scarce materials, enhancements to safety and security and the continuation and growth of economic prosperity.Penetration of smartphones and advances in machine to machine and wireless communication technology will be the main drivers for IoT development. The IoT contribution is in the increased value of information created by the number of interconnections among things and the transformation of the processed information into knowledge shared into the Internet of Everything.

Souvik Pal, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Sister Nivedita University (Techno India Group), Kolkata, India. He has more than a decade of academic experience and is an author or co-editor of more than 18 books as well as more than 65 publications in indexed journals and conferences. He is an series editor for several book series and has been the organizing chair, keynote speaker, and proceedings editor of various conferences.

Ton Quang Cuong, PhD, is Dean, Faculty of Educational Technology, University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He has an extensive experience of over 16 years in teacher education, educational technology, and management skills. He assists the university in providing new models of teacher training in Vietnam, in developing research and service in educational management and leadership, and in collaborating with other institutions in Vietnam and overseas.

R. S. S. Nehru, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Education at Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India. He has been an invited lecturer at the University of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam. Dr. Nehru has published 14 books as main and co-author and more than 30 edited book chapters related to education and educational technologies as well as several research papers in national and international journals and conferences. He is an editorial board member for two international multidisciplinary journals and was invited to many conferences as chair, keynote speaker, co-chair, and resource person for national workshops on multidisciplinary research.