Dr. Sauro Longhi is Full Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, Polytechnical University of Marche, Italy. He has published more than 350 papers in international journals and conferences, is editor of three international journals in the field of robotics and control systems, and is co-editor of a book on ambient assisted living.Dr. Andrea Monteriù is Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, Polytechnical University of Marche, Italy. He has published more than 90 papers in international journals and conferences, and is the author/co-editor of three books in assistive technologies.Dr. Alessandro Freddi is Assistant Professor at Università degli Studi eCampus, Como, Italy, where he teaches "Instrumentation for Automation", and is member of the SMART Engineering Solutions & Technologies (SMARTEST) research centre. He published more than 50 papers in international journals and conferences.

• Chapter 1: Personal monitoring and health data acquisition in smart homesChapter 2: Contactless monitoring of respiratory activity using electromagnetic waves for ambient assisted living framework: feasibility study and prototype realizationChapter 3: Technology-based assistance of people with dementia: state of the art, open challenges, and future developmentsChapter 4: Wearable sensors for gesture analysis in smart healthcare applicationsChapter 5: Design and prototyping of an innovative home automation system for the monitoring of elderly peopleChapter 6: Multi-sensor platform for circadian rhythm analysisChapter 7: Smart multi-sensor solutions for ADL detectionChapter 8: Comprehensive human monitoring based on heterogeneous sensor networkChapter 9: Ambient intelligence for health: advances in vital signs and gait monitoring systems within mHealth environmentsChapter 10: Smartphone-based blood pressure monitoring for falls risk assessment: techniques and technologies