Fundamentals of Fog Computing and the Internet of Things for Smart Healthcare
- 1st Edition - October 17, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Joseph Bamidele Awotunde, Akash Kumar Bhoi, Paolo Barsocchi, Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque
- Language: English
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Fundamentals of Fog Computing and the Internet of Things for Smart Healthcare explores the intersection of two transformative technologies, fog computing and the IoT, sheddi… Read more
Fundamentals of Fog Computing and the Internet of Things for Smart Healthcare explores the intersection of two transformative technologies, fog computing and the IoT, shedding light on how they are revolutionizing healthcare. The book serves as an essential guide for researchers and graduate students, explaining the underlying concepts, operational benefits, and potential challenges of these technologies. By delving into how fog computing enhances real-time data processing, the book's authors provide invaluable insights into the practical applications of these advancements in the healthcare industry.
Additionally, together with its companion book, Advances in Fog computing and the Internet of Things for Smart Healthcare, the series provides a comprehensive understanding of how these technologies are enabling more efficient, personalized, and accessible healthcare services. By facilitating smart applications and services across various industries, fog computing optimizes performance, latency, privacy, and overall system efficiency, ultimately contributing to the development of more effective and responsive IoT ecosystems.
Additionally, together with its companion book, Advances in Fog computing and the Internet of Things for Smart Healthcare, the series provides a comprehensive understanding of how these technologies are enabling more efficient, personalized, and accessible healthcare services. By facilitating smart applications and services across various industries, fog computing optimizes performance, latency, privacy, and overall system efficiency, ultimately contributing to the development of more effective and responsive IoT ecosystems.
- Discusses the fundamentals of fog computing, IoT technology, and their applications in healthcare, offering both technical and non-technical readers a clear understanding of the concepts
- Offers in-depth insights into the technical architecture, networking protocols, security considerations, and data management strategies, thus catering to IT professionals and researchers
- Explores how fog computing and IoT can be integrated to optimize resource allocation, patient care, and operational efficiency
Professionals, researchers, educators, and graduate students working at the intersection of technology, healthcare, and innovation, individuals with interest in fog computing, IoT technology, and healthcare systems
- Introductory chapter
- Overview of fog computing and iot-based technology in smart healthcare systems
- Determine the potential benefits and challenges of implementing fog computing and IoT in healthcare
- Empowering healthcare through fog computing and IoT integration: Challenges, opportunities, and future directions
- Artificial intelligence-enabled security systems for 6g wireless networks: Algorithms, strategies, and application
- Methods for characterization and evaluation of fog computing and IoT-based technology
- Introduction to advances in fog computing and the IoT for smart healthcare
- Regulatory frameworks, services, policy, and operations of fog computing and IoT-based technology
- Ensuring privacy in smart healthcare: A comprehensive examination of privacy protection measures for fog computing and IoT integration
- Fog computing and IoT-Based technology security and privacy in smart healthcare systems
- Artificial intelligence enabled schemes for fog computing and IoT-based technology
- Privacy protection for fog computing and IoT-based technology in smart healthcare systems
- Cryptography-based fog computing and iot-based technology in smart healthcare systems
- Centralized fog computing security platform for IoT and cloud in healthcare system
- Ethical considerations in using wearable devices for health monitoring
- Challenges and considerations in implementing internet of things and fog computing for healthcare
- Advancing healthcare with artificial intelligence (AI)-driven fog computing and internet of things (IoT) integration: An enhanced approach for improved medical services
- Real-world applications of fog computing and iot implementations in healthcare: Advancing patient care and transforming the industry
- Challenges and opportunities for smart healthcare systems
- Enhancing efficiency in SSNs: A comprehensive study on fog computing and internet of things (IoT) integration for throughput and latency optimization
- Securing healthcare records: Fortifying electronic health records through blockchain, fog computing, and internet of things (IoT) integration
- Artificial intelligence-enabled frameworks for fog computing and the internet of things
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 17, 2025
- Language: English
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Joseph Bamidele Awotunde
Dr. Joseph Bamidele Awotunde is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. His area of research interest cut across Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Social Computing, Bioinformatics, and Biometrics. He has to his credit over one hundred and fifty publications in reputable outlets like Elsevier, Springer, Hindawi among others covering journals, edited conference proceedings and chapters in books. He was part of the team that won the Artificial Intelligence for Females in Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (AI4FS) Grant sponsored by Royal Academy of Engineering (Higher Education Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa (HEP SSA) 22/24). He is an Associate Editor of the PLOS ONE, and IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering. He is also a member of many professional bodies within and outside Nigeria such as International Association of Engineers and Computer Scientist (MIAENG), Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (MCPN), and Nigeria Computer Society (MNCS). Internet Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, NigeriaAB
Akash Kumar Bhoi
Dr. Akash Kumar Bhoi, holds degrees in B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D., and has been contributing to the field of computer science and engineering. He assumed the role of Assistant Professor (Research) at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), India, in 2012. In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr. Bhoi extended his expertise during a research tenure as a Research Associate at the Wireless Networks (WN) Research Laboratory, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council (ISTI-CRN) in Pisa, Italy, from January 20, 2021, to January 19, 2022. Dr. Bhoi further serves as the University Ph.D. Course Coordinator for "Research & Publication Ethics (RPE)." He is an active member of professional organizations such as IEEE, ISEIS, and IAENG, and holds associate membership with IEI and UACEE. He plays a significant role as an editorial board member and reviewer for esteemed Indian and international journals and regularly contributes as a reviewer. His research expertise encompasses a wide array of domains, including Biomedical Technologies, the Internet of Things, Computational Intelligence, Antenna technology, and Renewable Energy. Dr. Bhoi has a notable publication record, with multiple papers featured in national and international journals and conferences. Dr. Bhoi has played a pivotal role in the organization of international conferences and workshops, offering his expertise as a key contributor. Currently, he is involved in editing several books in collaboration with international publishers
Affiliations and expertise
Directorate of Research, Gangtok, Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim, IndiaPB
Paolo Barsocchi
Paolo Barsocchi is a researcher at the Information Science and Technologies Institute (ISTI) of the National Research Council (CNR) at Pisa, Italy. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in information engineering from the University of Pisa in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Since 2017 he is Head of the Wireless Networks Research Laboratory. He is currently involved in several European projects, national and regional projects. The overall amount of attracted and managed funds both at European and national level is about €3M. He has been nominated as a regional competence reference person for advanced manufacturing solutions in Industry 4.0 in 2017, and as a contact person in the Cluster-PON call in 2017 for the CNR Department DIITET, which ISTI belongs to. His research interests are in the areas of internet of things (IoT), wireless sensor networks, cyberphysical systems, machine learning and data analysis techniques, smart environments, ambient assisted living, activity recognition and indoor localization.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, Information Science and Technologies Institute (ISTI), National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, ItalyVd
Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque
Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque [M’17, SM’19] is a collaborator Professor and senior researcher at the Graduate Program on Teleinformatics Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil, and at the Graduate Program on Telecommunication Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará, Fortaleza/CE, Brazil.
He has a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB, 2010), an MSc in Teleinformatics Engineering from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC, 2007), and he graduated in Mechatronics Engineering at the Federal Center of Technological Education of Ceará (CEFETCE, 2006). He is a specialist, mainly, in Image Data Science, IoT, Machine/Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition, Robotic.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Senior Researcher, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Graduate Program on Teleinformatics Engineering, Fortaleza/CE, Brazil