Secure and lightweight communication in heterogeneous IoT environments

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast growing and rapidly evolving field. Everyday objects from smart home appliances (e.g. toasters and refrigerators) to health monitoring products (e.g. pacemakers and blood pressure monitors), to minuscule sensors and actuators, are being redesigned to be able to transfer data over a network. The connection of billions of these new objects to the Internet will cause a dramatic increase in the amount of shared...