Guest Editorial: Special Issue on “Selected papers from ISAIC 2021”

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) technology is the third revolution in the information technology industry. It can connect ubiquitous terminal sensors and smart devices to the network according to specific protocols, so as to realize efficient and intelligent positioning, monitoring, control and scheduling functions. The core of the IoT is to apply the network to the information hull and control between things and things, and between people and things, so as to realize the efficient integration of human society and physical systems. The typical architecture of IoT can be divided into three layers: sensing layer, transmission layer and application layer. The sensing layer recognizes the real world and collects data through a large number of sensors. The transmission layer performs reliable transmission between the sensing layer and the application layer through the mobile communication network. The application layer processes the collected data through advanced algorithms to provide intelligent and efficient solutions to real-world problems. With the blessing of IoT technology, people have significantly improved the management level of transportation, medical care, security and cities.
The reliable operation and large-scale deployment of the IoT are inseparable from the support of several key technologies: sensor technology that converts analog signals into digital signals that computers can process, embedded technology that applies integrated circuits to IoT terminals, and and intelligent computing technology that acts as the “brain” of IoT. The IoT has been closely related to intelligent computing since it was proposed. Data transmission and processing between various terminals and servers of the Internet of Things are currently highly dependent on human intervention and operation. However, the goal of IoT is to achieve a highly automated and intelligent integration between people and things, so it is of great significance for intelligent computing to empower the IoT, which allows the IoT to respond more intelligently to changes in the external environment through continuous learning, thus reducing the time and cost of manual management.
This Special Issue presents cutting-edge research results for researchers, engineers and policy makers in the field of IoT, focusing on the application of intelligent computing in IoT. This Special Issue selects 4 high-quality excellent papers from “Intelligent computing with internet of things learning” (ISAIC 2021), each of which has been substantially expanded and has a 40% difference from the conference version.