it’s not long since the advent of pervasive computing by mark weiser and one of its main usages is in healthcare systems. as this technology has been introduced only recently in this field and because we are dealing with peoples’ lives and their data, providing a high level of privacy and security is of great importance. various studies have been performed in which a certain method has been use...

Resources and services are accessible in pervasive computing environments from anywhere and at any time. Also, due to ever-changing nature of such environments, the identity of users is unknown. However, users must be able to access the required resources based on their contexts. These and other similar complexities necessitate dynamic and context-aware access control models for such environmen...

Imagine “astronauts working in a lunar habitat with Internet of Things devices.” In response to such simple prompt, within seconds generative AI rendered the image above, which enamored this issue's guest editors its fanciful, seemingly humorous depiction what appears be pair space-suited engineers engaged something like hackathon while sitting dust coffee cups nearby. Beyond being fun way kick...