EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication
and Computing
Series editor:
ImrichChlamtac,CreateNet,Trento,Italy
Editor’s Note
The impact of information technologies is creating a new world yet not fully
understood. The extent and speed of economic, life style and social changes already
perceived in everyday life is hard to estimate without understanding the technological
driving forces behind it. This series presents contributed volumes featuring the
latest research and development in the various information engineering technologies
that play a key role in this process.
The range of topics, focusing primarily on communications and computing
engineering include, but are not limited to, wireless networks; mobile communication;
design and learning; gaming; interaction; e-health and pervasive healthcare; energy
management; smart grids; internet of things; cognitive radio networks; computation;
cloud computing; ubiquitous connectivity, and in mode general smart living, smart
cities, Internet of Things and more. The series publishes a combination of expanded
papers selected from hosted and sponsored European Alliance for Innovation (EAI)
conferences that present cutting edge, global research as well as provide new
perspectives on traditional related engineering felds. This content, complemented
with open calls for contribution of book titles and individual chapters, together
maintain Springer’s and EAI’s high standards of academic excellence. The audience
for the books consists of researchers, industry professionals, advanced level students
as well as practitioners in related felds of activity include information and
communication specialists, security experts, economists, urban planners, doctors,
and in general representatives in all those walks of life affected ad contributing to
the information revolution.
About EAI
EAI is a grassroots member organization initiated through cooperation between
businesses, public, private and government organizations to address the global challenges
of Europe’s future competitiveness and link the European Research community with its
counterparts around the globe. EAI reaches out to hundreds of thousands of individual
subscribers on all continents and collaborates with an institutional member base
including Fortune 500 companies, government organizations, and educational
institutions, provide a free research and innovation platform.
Through its open free membership model EAI promotes a new research and
innovation culture based on collaboration, connectivity and recognition of excel-
lence by community.
More information about this series at springer/series/15427
Maro FinkaMatej JaoMilan Husár
Editors
The Role of Public Sector in
Local Economic and
Territorial Development
Innovation in Central, Eastern and South
Eastern Europe。