✴ The Internet of Things (IoT) is upon us. Sensors and embedded devices in automobiles, phones, watches, supermarkets, homes, roads and bridges, appliances and industrial and farm equipment, and wearable technology are already making new kinds of information available and changing the way information is produced, consumed, and experienced. IoT obviously represents a great opportunity for advances in information analysis. The connections between IoT and data storage and processing as well as mach