Computer Science & Information Management

Opportunities and Challenges in the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems Editors: Amit Kumar Tyagi N. Sreenath Not for sale at this time

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Due to the recent and rapid development in technology (i.e., from wired to wireless), communication among human and devices and machines has been moved and shifted to a new level. Some new technologies and concepts have been introduced (or being used) in current day-to-day life. The Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems are among them. The Internet of Things (IoTs) is about connecting "things" (objects and machines) to the internet and eventually to each other (also called internet connected things); while cyber-physical systems (CPS) is the integration of computation, networking, and physical process. Internet connected things (ICTs) allow integration of service with connecting physical objects like refrigerators, air conditioners (AC), health devices, etc. IoT make its data and services available and more open. In simple words, the Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the fundamental part of a CPS that is the connection and communication of entities through internet.

The Internet of Things is the technology enabling the interconnection of all types of devices through the internet to exchange data (to communicate and sense or interact), optimize processes, and monitoring devices in order to generate benefits for the industry/organizations, the economy of a nation, and the end user or consumer. It is composed of a network of sensors, actuators, and devices, forming new systems and services. An example is "smart" refrigerators that use sensors to find the amount and type of food in the refrigerator and can automatically order food through the internet. There is no direct actuation of the physical world (at least in a dynamical systems setting). The Internet of Things is the internetworking of physical devices, vehicles, buildings, and other items, i.e., embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data though the internet. Cyber-physical systems can be specified just for specific systems like physical and engineered systems while IoT can be related to multiple and biggest domains like embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, control systems, automation (including home and building automation).

Cyber-physical systems use sensors to connect all distributed intelligence in the environment to gain (receive) a deeper knowledge of the environment, which performs more accurate actions and tasks. In other terms, cyber-physical systems consists of computation, communication, and control components tightly combined with physical processes of different domains (i.e., mechanical, electrical, and chemical). For example, smart grids. In summary, all IoT (or ICTs) devices are cyber-physical systems, but CPSs are not necessarily connected to the internet, i.e., not necessary that all devices will be IoT devices.

Hence, these new generated terms and technologies require a lot of research and work to be done from research community for a better future (i.e., for humanity). But for that, we need to provide a detailed description about these technologies as well as possible opportunities with raised issues or challenges in the respective technologies. Hence, this book will cover several interested topics with essential terms like introduction, background information, requirements, issues, and challenges (faced in IoT and CPS with including research gaps), as well as future research directions for future researchers. This book will be very helpful to researchers who are working with respect to IoT/ CPS area.

Tentative Topics:

• Introduction to the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems and their history


• Overview of the role of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems in various applications like satellite imaging and climate change, industrial control systems, e-healthcare applications, etc.


• Study of security and privacy issues, vulnerabilities, and challenges in the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems (including national security concerns)


• Legal and illegal considerations of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems


• Key management and security middleware for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems network security and privacy in the IPv6-connected Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems


• Quantifying privacy in the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems


• Security and privacy issues and approaches in device-to-device (D2D) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications


• An introduction to reliable and trustworthy IoT networks and cyber-physical systems for applications like power systems, public transportation system, industrial control systems, smart cities, smart building, etc.


• Securing the future autonomous applications (like autonomous vehicle, etc.,) using a cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things


• Providing privacy preserved location services using advanced IoT and cyber-physical systems in public transport system


• Providing security-integrated quality-of-service by advanced cyber-physical systems for healthcare


• Securing and privacy preserved services in embedded systems: cyber-attacks, countermeasures, possible challenges and solutions


• An efficient intrusion detection, prevention, and response system (IDPRs) (with secure registration and remote attestation of IoT devices) for cyber-physical systems


• Distributed security monitoring systems with lightweight crypto: data privacy issues, security challenges, and applications

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