IEEE Access Special Section Editorial: Industrial Sensor Networks With Advanced Data Management: Design And Security

Smart sensor systems have been widely applied in various applications, e.g., patient monitoring and disease analysis, equipment monitoring and fault prediction, pollution monitoring and source detection, and sea searching and tide monitoring. We are moving towards the era of worldwide industrial sensor networks, where a massive amount of heterogeneous sensory data will be generated every day and will require advanced data management. However, the development of industrial applications with sensor networks has to take into account the following challenges:
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Efficiently gathering, sharing, and integrating heterogeneous spatial and temporal data and then deriving valuable knowledge in a timely manner.