This article outlines the relevance of facial recognition applications in the context of monitoring and surveillance of private and public areas. It discusses the integration of AI-based tools and applications, including facial recognition-based tools, with technologies and techniques that enable data mining, data processing, and data analysis. It also mentions the importance of successive point-of-interest (POI) recommendation in augmented Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for security applications. Lastly, it highlights the importance of smart cities as a test-bed for monitoring and surveillance systems.
