Intelligent Building Systems: IoT, Data Governance, and Ethical Challenges
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 22 August 2026 | Viewed by 270
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cybersecurity; privacy preservation; internet of things (IoT); smart homes; smart buildings; ethics; intrusion detection; vulnerability analysis
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Interests: IoT security; privacy preservation; smart homes; smart buildings; data fusion; risk assessment; intrusion detection; signal processing and data analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are entering a transformative era in the evolution of intelligent buildings, where the convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), advanced data governance and analytics, and ethical considerations is redefining how modern spaces are designed, secured, and experienced. This Special Issue, entitled "Intelligent Building Systems: IoT, Data Governance, and Ethical Challenges", aims to highlight cutting-edge research at the intersection of smart environments, cybersecurity, and responsible data-driven innovation in smart buildings.
As smart buildings become increasingly interconnected and autonomous, the need for trustworthy, secure, and privacy-preserving technologies has grown significantly. IoT-enabled smart building systems now play a key role in automating building operations, detecting anomalies, assessing risks, and enhancing occupant well-being. Consequently, these advancements introduce challenges related to efficient building utilization, data protection, ethical consideration and vulnerability mitigation. This Special Issue seeks to explore these developments, emphasizing both technical innovation and the societal implications of intelligent built environments.
We invite high-quality submissions, including original research, experimental studies, case analyses, and review articles, that offer novel insights into IoT-driven intelligent building systems and their associated security, privacy, governance, and ethical dimensions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- IoT-enabled smart buildings and smart homes: architectures, applications, and deployment considerations.
- Security and privacy in IoT: intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and secure communication.
- Data governance, ethical AI, and responsible innovation in intelligent building systems.
- Anomaly detection and predictive analytics for smart environments.
- Machine learning and deep learning for efficient building utilization, threat detection, user behavior modeling, and system optimization.
- Cybersecurity frameworks for smart building automation and control systems.
- Privacy-preserving data analysis: federated learning, differential privacy, and secure data fusion for smart buildings.
- Risk assessment methodologies for IoT-based building infrastructures.
- Edge and fog computing for secure and efficient smart building operations.
- Ethical challenges: surveillance, transparency, user autonomy, and technology-facilitated abuses in smart buildings.
- Signal processing and sensor data analytics for intelligent building management.
- Human–machine interactions and trust in automated building systems.
Dr. Andreas Jacobsson
Dr. Kayode Sakariyah Adewole
Dr. Akin Erdal
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- intelligent building systems
- internet of things (IoT)
- privacy preservation
- cybersecurity
- anomaly detection in smart buildings
- data governance
- ethical AI applications
- intrusion detection in smart buildings
- risk assessment
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