Flamingo-Optimization-Based Deep Convolutional Neural Network for IoT-Based Arrhythmia Classification.

Cardiac arrhythmia is a deadly disease that threatens the lives of millions of people, which shows the need for earlier detection and classification. An abnormal signal in the heart causing arrhythmia can be detected at an earlier stage when the health data from the patient are monitored using IoT technology. Arrhythmias may suddenly lead to death and the classification of arrhythmias is considered a complicated process. In this research, an effective classification model for the classification of heart disease is developed using flamingo optimization. Initially, the ECG signal from the heart is collected and then it is subjected to the preprocessing stage; to detect and control the electrical activity of the heart, the electrocardiogram (ECG) is used. The input signals collected using IoT nodes are collectively presented in the base station for the classification using flamingo-optimization-based deep convolutional networks, which effectively predict the disease. With the aid of communication technologies and the contribution of IoT, medical professionals can easily monitor the health condition of patients. The performance is analyzed in terms of accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity.

An Improved IoT-Based System for Detecting the Number of People and Their Distribution in a Classroom.

This paper presents an improved IoT-based system designed to help teachers handle lessons in the classroom in line with COVID-19 restrictions. The system counts the number of people in the classroom as well as their distribution within the classroom. The proposed IoT system consists of three parts: a Gate node, IoT nodes, and server. The Gate node, installed at the door, can provide information about the number of persons entering or leaving the room using door crossing detection. The Arduino-based module NodeMCU was used as an IoT node and sets of ultrasonic distance sensors were used to obtain information about seat occupancy. The system server runs locally on a Raspberry Pi and the teacher can connect to it using a web application from the computer in the classroom or a smartphone. The teacher is able to set up and change the settings of the system through its GUI. A simple algorithm was designed to check the distance between occupied seats and evaluate the accordance with imposed restrictions. This system can provide high privacy, unlike camera-based systems.

SNPL: One Scheme of Securing Nodes in IoT Perception Layer.

The trustworthiness of data is vital data analysis in the age of big data. In cyber-physical systems, most data is collected by sensors. With the increase of sensors as Internet of Things (IoT) nodes in the network, the security risk of data tampering, unauthorized access, false identify, and others are overgrowing because of vulnerable nodes, which leads to the great economic and social loss. This paper proposes a security scheme, Securing Nodes in IoT Perception Layer (SNPL), for protecting nodes in the perception layer. The SNPL is constructed by novel lightweight algorithms to ensure security and satisfy performance requirements, as well as safety technologies to provide security isolation for sensitive operations. A series of experiments with different types and numbers of nodes are presented. Experimental results and performance analysis show that SNPL is efficient and effective at protecting IoT from faulty or malicious nodes. Some potential practical application scenarios are also discussed to motivate the implementation of the proposed scheme in the real world.

Where There Is Fire There Is SMOKE: A Scalable Edge Computing Framework for Early Fire Detection.

A Cyber-Physical Social System (CPSS) tightly integrates computer systems with the physical world and human activities. In this article, a three-level CPSS for early fire detection is presented to assist public authorities to promptly identify and act on emergency situations. At the bottom level, the system's architecture involves IoT nodes enabled with sensing and forest monitoring capabilities. Additionally, in this level, the crowd sensing paradigm is exploited to aggregate environmental information collected by end user devices present in the area of interest. Since the IoT nodes suffer from limited computational energy resources, an Edge Computing Infrastructure, at the middle level, facilitates the offloaded data processing regarding possible fire incidents. At the top level, a decision-making service deployed on Cloud nodes integrates data from various sources, including users' information on social media, and evaluates the situation criticality. In our work, a dynamic resource scaling mechanism for the Edge Computing Infrastructure is designed to address the demanding Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of this IoT-enabled time and mission critical application. The experimental results indicate that the vertical and horizontal scaling on the Edge Computing layer is beneficial for both the performance and the energy consumption of the IoT nodes.

Artificial Bee Colony Reinforced Extended Kalman Filter Localization Algorithm in Internet of Things with Big Data Blending Technique for Finding the Accurate Position of Reference Nodes.

In recent years, the growth of internet of things (IoT) is immense, and the observations of their evolution need to be carried out effectively. The development of the IoT has been broadly adopted in the construction of intelligent environments. There are various challenging IoT issues such as routing messages, addressing, Localizing nodes, data blending, etc. Formerly learning eloquent information from big data systems to construct a data-gathering setup in an IoT environment is challenging. Among many viable data sources, the IoT is a rich big data source: Various IoT nodes produce a massive quantity of data. Localization is one of the crucial problems that make a significant impact inside the IoT system. It needs to be engaged with proper and effective procedures to collect all sorts of data without noise. Numerous localization procedures and schemes have been initiated by deploying the IoT sensor with wireless sensor networks for both interior and outside environments. To accomplish higher localization accuracy, with less cost for the large volume of data, it is considered a hectic task in the IoT sensor environment. By viewing the nature of the IoT, the merging of different technologies such as the internet, WiFi, etc., can aid diverse ways to acquire information about various objects' locations. Location-based service is an exceptional service of the IoT, whereas localization accuracy is a significant issue. The data generated from the sensor are available in both static and dynamic forms. In this article, a sophisticated accuracy localization scheme for big data is proposed with an optimization approach that can effectively produce proper and effective outcomes for IoT environments. The theme of the article is to develop an enriched Swarm Intelligence algorithm based on Artificial Bee Colony by using the EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) data blend technique for improving Localization in IoT for the unsuspecting environment. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated by using communication consumption and Localization accuracy and its comparative advantage.