Prof. Dr. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and a Professor at the Shijiazhuang Tiedao University in Hebei, China. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan. He previously served as a Reader (Associate Professor) at the University of Derby, UK, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa. His many publications include the Springer titles Fog Computing, Smart Cities, Connected Environments for the Internet of Things, Software Project Management for Distributed Computing,Requirements Engineering for Service and Cloud Computing, Connectivity Frameworks for Smart Devices, Data Science and Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing: Challenges, Limitations and R&D Solutions, Continued Rise of the Cloud, Cloud Computing: Methods and Practical Approaches, Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm, and Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures.

Reviews the latest research, developments and practices with respect to ambient intelligence in the IoT environment

Presents case studies describing challenges, best practices and solutions

Provides a comprehensive reference for students, researchers and practitioners in the area of distributed computing

Includes corporate analyses, presenting a balanced view that discusses both current developments and future directions

Part I: Principles and Technologies.- Chapter 1. Ambient Intelligence in Smart City Environments: Topologies and Information Architectures.- Chapter 2. The State and Future of Ambient Intelligence in Industrial IoT Environments.- Chapter 3. Ambient Intelligence in Business Environments and the Internet of Things Transformation Guidelines.- Chapter 4. Runtime Adaptability of Ambient Intelligence Systems Based on Component-Oriented Approach.- Part II: Frameworks and Methodologies.- Chapter 5. Developing a WLAN-Based Intelligent Positioning System for Presence Detection with Limited Sensors.- Chapter 6. Need of Ambient Intelligence for Next Generation Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.- Chapter 7. Intelligent Control Systems for Carbon Monoxide Detection in IoT Environments.- Chapter 8. IoT Based Ambient Intelligence Microcontroller for Remote Temperature Monitoring.- Part III: Applications and Use Scenarios.- Chapter 9. Tax Services and Tax Service Providers' Changing Roles in the IoT and AmI Environment.- Chapter 10. Ambient Intelligence in Systems to Support the Wellbeing of Drivers.- Chapter 11. A Vision Based Posture Monitoring System for the Elderly, Using Intelligent Fall Detection Technique.- Chapter 12. 21st Century Smart Facilities Management: Ambient Networking in Intelligent Office Buildings.