Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities

Dear Colleagues,

Smart cities currently represent one of the greatest efforts to supply smarter and more efficient services to the different city stakeholders (citizens, administrations, and companies), therefore aiming to improve the general quality of life to the ever-growing percentage of the population living in cities and urban areas. In this regard, thanks to the recent developments in ICT and digital devices, smart city infrastructures use technologies and tools based on the Internet of Things (IoT), responding to the requisites and challenges of building cities of the future. Important topics to be addressed are the interoperability among IoT devices, sensors, protocols, and all smart city entities; security and privacy aspects; the scalability of systems; the management of data flows and processes; and assessing how citizens interact with these technologies.

This Special Issue is focused on addressing and highlighting the latest research results on IoT applied to smart city environments. Scholars and researchers are invited to submit original papers presenting innovative solutions and advancements in IoT enabled smart city topics and applications, related (but not strictly limited) to domains such as smart mobility and transportation, energy and sustainability, environment, healthcare, security and resilience, and Industry 4.0.

Dr. Gianni Pantaleo
Prof. Dr. Pierfrancesco Bellini
Guest Editors

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