Multimedia Sensor Networks

Huadong Ma is the Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Telecommunications Software and Multimedia, and Executive Dean of the Institute of Network Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. He was the Chief Scientist of the project “Basic Research on the Architecture of Internet of Things,” supported by China’s National 973 Program, from 2010 to 2013. He has published more than 280 papers and five books in his areas of expertise, which include the Internet of Things, sensor networks, multimedia systems and networking. He is an Editorial Board Member of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, and Springer Multimedia Tools and Applications. He received the best paper award at the IEEE ICPADS (2010); the best student paper award at the IEEE ICME (2016); and the Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education of China (2017), as well as the Second Class Prize for the National Teaching Achievement Award of China (2018). In addition, he is a CCF Fellow and Outstanding Council Member.  Liang Liu is a Professor at the Beijing Key Lab of Intelligent Telecommunications Software and Multimedia, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. He has published more than 100 papers in his areas of expertise, which include the Internet of Things and multimedia sensor networks. He is a recipient of the National Funds for Excellent Young Scientists (2017), the First Class Prize for the CCF Natural Science Award; and the First Class Prize for the Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education of China (both: 2017), as well as the Second Class Prize for the National Teaching Achievement Award of China (2018). Hong Luo received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer application from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Beijing, China, in 1993 and 2007, respectively. She is currentlya Professor with the School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China. She is also a Research Member with the Beijing Key Laboratory of Intelligent Telecommunication Software and Multimedia. Her research interests include Internet of Things, edge computing, smart environments,  and sensory data analysis and service.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Multimedia Sensor Networks.- Chapter 2. Directional Sensing Models and Coverage Control.- Chapter 3. Data Fusion based Transmission in Multimedia Sensor Networks.- Chapter 4. In-Network Processing for Multimedia Sensor Networks.- Chapter 5. Multimedia Sensor Network Supported IoT Service.- Chapter 6. Prospect of Future Research.