Special Issue on "Internet of Things and Future Applications" - (Selected Topics from the CWI/CTIF Workshop on October 25-26, 2010 in Grimstad, Norway)

The second edition of the Center for Wireless Innovation (CWI), Norway and Center with TeleInfrastruktur (CTIF), Denmarkworkshop has been held in Grimstad, Norway fromOctober 25–26, 2010, focusing on the key topic for the “Internet of Things and Future Applications”. Internet of Things has recently received strong attention due to its potential to offer seamlessly personalized data applications to end users with a support of mobility, as well as allowing the creation of individual application content. The application areas for Internet of Things have a huge span, which is another attractive feature. The successful deployment of the technologies enabling Internet of Things, however, faces many challenges, that can be summarized into convergence with existing and future communication networks, interoperability of protocols and standards, and protection of personal and sensitive data. This Special Issue is offering you selected high-quality papers that propose research solutions to the above challenges. The first paper, “Reflections on Trust devices—An Informal Survey of Human Trust in an Internet-of-Things Context” by Geir M. Køien, examines aspects and issues related to trust in devices in an Internet-of-Things environment. When devices are intelligent, such as the Internet of Things devices, and can act in an autonomous manner based on the arisen context, confidentiality, personal privacy and trustworthiness of the communication needs to be maintained. The paper investigates and presents a multifaceted view of trust in software, hardware, devices and services. Further, the paper investigates some aspects of human trust and what may affect that trust. Security is a key challenge for enabling the successful adoption and deployment of Internet of Things. Users would expect that personal security and privacy levels are guaranteed.