This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2010, held in Miami, Florida, USA, in December 2010. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected and cover a wide range of topics including sensor application programming paradigms, novel sensor applications, sensor network middleware, trust security and privacy, wireless sensor network management and monitoring, and sensor application development support systems.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2016, held in Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, in December 2016. The 15 revised full papers and 5 invited papers cover technologies for wireless sensor networks, smart city and industry 4.0 applications, and smart sensing.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2014, held in Coventry, UK, in October 2014. The 12 revised full papers presented were selected from 16 submissions and cover technologies for wireless sensor networks, including security protocols, middleware, analysis tools and frameworks.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International ICST Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2012, held in Lisbon, Portugal in June 2012. The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from over 18 submissions and four invited talks and cover a wide range of topics including middleware, frameworks, learning from sensor data streams, stock management, e-health, and Web Of Things.

The First International ICST Conference on Sensor Systems and Software (S-cube 2009) was held during 7–8 September in Pisa, Italy. This new international conference was dedicated to addressing the research challenges facing system dev- opment and software support for systems based on wireless sensor networks (WSNs) that have the potential to impact society in many ways. Currently, wireless sensor networks introduce innovative and interesting application scenarios that may support a large amount of different applications including environmental monitoring, disaster prevention, building automation, object tracking, nuclear reactor control, fire det- tion, agriculture, healthcare, and traffic monitoring. The widespread acceptance of these new services can be improved by the definition of frameworks and architectures that have the potential to radically simplify software development for wireless sensor network-based applications. The aim of these new architectures is to support flexible, scalable programming of applications based on adaptive middleware. As a con- quence, WSNs require novel programming paradigms and technologies. Moreover, the design of new complex systems, characterized by the interaction of different and heterogeneous resources, will allow the development of innovative applications that meet high-performance goals. Hence, WSNs require contributions from many fields such as embedded systems, distributed systems, data management, system security and applications. The conference places emphasis on layers well above the traditional MAC and routing and transport layer protocols.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International ICST Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2013, held in Lucca, Italy, 2013. The 8 revised full papers and 2 invited papers presented cover contributions on different technologies for wireless sensor networks, including security protocols, middleware, analysis tools and frameworks.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2022, which was held in Dalian, China, in December 7-9, 2022. The 16 revised full papers in this book were selected from 42 submissions and are organized in three thematic sessions on sensor technology for marine systems; resilience control systems; and applications.

This book focuses on the distinct but tightly inter-related areas of development for distributed sensing systems In this book, the authors discuss the technological developments lead by sensor technology, addressing viable new applications to inspire a technological evolution. Under the advanced and visionary approach of distributed intelligence, the authors focus on three distinct but tightly inter-related areas of developments for distributed sensing systems (DSS): firstly, the sensor technology embracing the conversion of the phenomena of interest into desirable form of signal such as electric, secondly, the interaction process between sensing points which requires immense intelligence loosely called networking, and finally, the adoption of useful maturing systems through potential applications for right impacts for a better life and a brighter economy. Furthermore, the book contains a number of case studies and typical applications illustrating the technical details, features and functions of the systems, as well as demonstrating their benefits and limitations. Key Features: Discusses the technological developments lead by sensor technology Addresses viable new applications Contains a number of case studies and typical applications illustrating the technical details, features and functions of the systems Demonstrates the benefits and limitations of distributed sensing Written by experts with vast experience in the field (both in academia and industry) This book will be an invaluable reference for postgraduates studying related courses (communication engineering, engineering management, computer systems, industrial process, automation, design, environmental, urban, surveillance), R&D engineers, system and application designers, researchers, industrial project managers and engineers, and technical and strategic managers planning new products.

In recent years, MEMS have revolutionized the semiconductor industry, with sensors being a particularly buoyant sector. Smart MEMS and Sensor Systems presents readers with the means to understand, evaluate, appreciate and participate in the development of the field, from a unique systems perspective.The combination of MEMS and integrated intelligence has been put forward as a disruptive technology. The full potential of this technology is only evident when it is used to construct very large pervasive sensing systems. The book explores the many different technologies needed to build such systems and integrates knowledge from three different domains: MEMS technology, sensor system electronics and pervasive computing science.Throughout the book a top-down design perspective is taken, be it for the development of a single smart sensor or that of adaptive ad-hoc networks of millions of sensors.For experts in any of the domains named above the book provides the context for their MEMS based design work and an understanding of the role the other domains play. For the generalist (either in engineering or computing) or the technology manager the underpinning knowledge is provided, which can inform specialist decision making./a

This book presents the principles, methods and techniques to characterize materials and technical systems. The book is organized with concise text-graphics compilations in three parts: The first part describes the fundamentals of measurement, testing and sensor technology, including a survey of sensor types for dimensional metrology, kinematics, dynamics, and temperature. It describes also microsensors and embedded sensors. The second part gives an overview of materials and explains the application of measurement, testing and sensor technology to characterize composition, microstructure, properties and performance of materials as well as deterioration mechanisms and reliability. The third part introduces the general systems theory for the characterization of technical systems, exemplified by mechatronic and tribological systems. It describes technical diagnostics for structural health monitoring and performance control.