NFC is a world standard since 2004 which is now within every smartphone on the market. Such a standard enables us to do mobile transactions (mobile payment) in a secure way along with many other information- based tap’n play operations. This book has a double role for computer scientists (from bachelor students in CS to IT professionals).

Anne-Marie Lesas is an R&D engineer and a consultant in digital information systems. She teaches programming of contactless applications at the University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis in France.

Serge Miranda is full-time Professor in computer science at the University of Nice - Sophia-Antipolis in France and director of MBDS master degree and innovation laboratory (www.mbds-fr.orgt) which has been prototyping NFC projects since 2004.