Nicopolitidis Petros - Smart cities and homes key enabling technologies

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To my family

Mohammad S. Obaidat

To the memory of my mother Stamatia

Petros Nicopolitidis

A. Ahmad , Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of IT, Wah Campus, Wah, Pakistan

.U. Akgl , Computer Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Ayazaga, Istanbul, Turkey

O. Altintas , Toyota InfoTechnology Center, Tokyo, Japan

A. Anpalagan , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

M.N. Avcil , Department of Computer Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

A. Belghith , Department of Telecommunications, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

M. Berlingerio , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

A. Botea , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

E. Bouillet , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

S. Braghin , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

N. Buchina , Department of Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

F. Calabrese , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

B. Canberk , Computer Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, Ayazaga, Istanbul, Turkey

M. Cello , Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN)University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

N. Cercone , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

B. Chen , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

P.J.L. Cuijpers , Department of Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

C. Degano , Research and Development Business UnitGruppo SIGLA S.r.l., Genoa, Italy

F. Dressler , Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany

D. Gavalas

Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece

Computer Technology Institute & Press Diophantus, Patras, Greece

Y. Gkoufas , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

T. Guelzim , Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, United States

F. Hagenauer , Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany

S. Hu , Department of Electrical and Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA

Y. Hu , Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

M. Iqbal , Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of IT, Wah Campus, Wah, Pakistan

Y. Jin , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

E. Kammoun , Department of Telecommunications, ENETCom, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

B. Kantarci , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, NY, United States

C. Konstantopoulos

Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

Computer Technology Institute & Press Diophantus, Patras, Greece

C.A. Kyriakopoulos , Department of Informatics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

A. Lasek , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

M. Laumanns , IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland

X. Li , Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

Y. Liu , Department of Electrical and Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA

J.J. Lukkien , Department of Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

M. Marchese , Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN)University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

J. Matthews , Department of Computer Science, Clarkson University, NY, United States

K.N. Muhammad , Department of Computer Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

M. Naeem

Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of IT, Wah Campus, Wah, Pakistan

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

R. Nair , IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland

P. Nicopolitidis , Department of Informatics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

T. Nonner , IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland

M.S. Obaidat , Department of Computer and Information, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States

N. Omheni , Department of Telecommunications, ENETCOM, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia