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Applications of IoT and Cloud Computing: A COVID-19 Disaster Perspective

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New Frontiers in Cloud Computing and Internet of Things

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The utility of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing has become indispensable in various industrial sectors. This chapter provides a brief insight into the application of IoT and cloud computing in education, entertainment, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare and agriculture. Besides, it also discusses the future opportunities for such emerging technologies in these sectors. Further, there have been massive developments in the field of cloud computing which has played a crucial role in ensuring a proper learning environment and resources.

The entertainment industry has also seen changes similar to the ones in the education industry. The transportation and logistics industry was impacted heavily during the COVID-19 pandemic. With technologies breaking benchmarks time and again, technology will soon make a huge difference with respect to transportation. The need and ability to control various aspects of a manufacturing pipeline remotely and wirelessly has been a domain of interest for many researchers and scholars and the need is increasing day by day. The healthcare industry envisions transforming a hospital-centric approach into a complete healthcare experience at the comfort of your home using the latest technologies including IoT and cloud computing. This crisis due to the pandemic has forced farmers to look towards technology; therefore, IoT-based agricultural solutions have become popular all across the world. Finally, this chapter also discusses the future opportunities provided by these technologies in handling the day-to-day livelihood during such pandemic disasters.

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  1. School of Information Technology and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Kshitij Dhyani, Thejineaswar Guhan & Kathiravan Srinivasan

  2. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Prajjwal Gupta & Saransh Bhachawat

  3. Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy

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Dhyani, K., Guhan, T., Gupta, P., Bhachawat, S., Ganapathy, G.P., Srinivasan, K. (2022). Applications of IoT and Cloud Computing: A COVID-19 Disaster Perspective. In: Buyya, R., Garg, L., Fortino, G., Misra, S. (eds) New Frontiers in Cloud Computing and Internet of Things. Internet of Things. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05528-7_11

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