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IEEE ITCVT2020 Workshop Co-located with NOMS 2020 (Firm and Final deadline)
by Ons Bouachir 20 Jan '20

20 Jan '20

Call for Papers The Third Workshop on Intelligent Transportation and Connected Vehicles Technologies (ITCVT 2020) in conjunction with https://emergingtechnet.org/ITCVT2020/ IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS) 20-24 April 2020 - Budapest, Hungary https://noms2020.ieee-noms.org/ Following the theme of NOMS 2020 on Management in the Age of Softwarization and AI, and building on the success of the first two editions of this workshop, the main goal of ITCVT2020 is to present research and experience results in the areas of intelligent transportation and smart vehicular technology. Intelligent transportation systems integrated with self-managed vehicular and wireless network technologies will improve the quality and delivery performance of diversified vehicular services. Many challenges face intelligent transportation and connected vehicles technologies, which can be resolved using artificial intelligence and softwarization. Authors are invited to submit papers and discuss recent developments and challenges in ITCVT systems. This workshop focuses on innovative applications, tools and frameworks in all technology areas related to connected vehicles with the aid of softwarization and AI. *Topics of Interest* Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to the topic areas listed below: *Management of Smart Vehicular Systems* · Autonomous Vehicles and Automated Driving · Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems · Cooperative Driving and Traffic Management · Autonomous and Connected Aerial Networks · In-Vehicle Networks and Communications *AI for Vehicular Network and Service Management* · Connected Services and Mobility management · Management and Artificial Intelligence for CAV · Blockchain Systems for CAV · Congestion and awareness control in CAV · Advanced driver assistance systems *Energy-Efficient Vehicular Networks* · Green Vehicular Communication and Services · Power Management of Smart Electric Vehicles · Cooperative solutions for vehicular network power management *Security and Privacy of CAV* · Cyber-threat free CAV environment · Blockchain Systems for CAV · Security and Privacy of CAV *Paper Submission Guidelines* Authors are invited to submit original contributions written in English that have not been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. Technical papers must be formatted using the IEEE 2-column format and not exceed 6 pages (including title, abstract, figures, tables, and references). All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers should be submitted through JEMS: https://jems.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=3500 *Proceedings* Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore. *Program Co-Chairs* · Dr. Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics, Ottawa, Canada · Prof. Öznur Özkasap, Koç University, Turkey · Prof. Xiaochun Cheng, Middlesex University, UK. *Important Dates* Submission Date: 19 January *22 January (Firm deadline)* Notification to Authors: 9 February 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 1 March 2020

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FMEC 2020 CFP : The Fifth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing. Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020
by Yufei Sun 18 Jan '20

18 Jan '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Fifth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2020) http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2020/index.php Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) *FMEC 2020 CFP:* Cloud computing provides large range of services and virtually unlimited available resources for users. New applications, such as virtual reality and smart building control, have emerged due to the large number of resources and services brought by cloud computing. However, the delay-sensitive applications face the problem of large latency, especially when several smart devices and objects are getting involved in human’s life such as the case of smart cities or Internet of Things. Therefore, cloud computing is unable to meet the requirements of low latency, location awareness, and mobility support. To solve this problem, researchers have introduced a trusted and dependable solution through the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) to put the services and resources of the cloud closer to users, which facilitates the leveraging of available services and resources in the edge networks. By this, we are moving from the core (cloud data centers) to the edge of the network closer to the users. FMEC dependability is based on providing user centric service. The purpose of Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing is to run the heavy real-time applications at the network edge directly using the billions of connected mobile devices. Several features enable the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing to be a perfect paradigm to the aforementioned purpose, which are the dense geographical deployment of servers, supporting mobility and the closeness to users. As in every new technology, some challenges face the vision of the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing, which are the administrative policies and security concerns (i.e. secure data storage, secure computation, network security, data privacy, usage privacy, location privacy, etc). FMEC 2020 conference aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Edge Computing dominance. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating Mobile Edge Computing challenges. That is, the objective of FMEC 2020 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC). FMEC is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Mobile Cloud Computing Systems. * FMEC Security and Privacy Issues. * FMEC Pricing and billing models. * FMEC support for VANETS and MANETS * Cloudlet based computing * Dew based computing * Lightweight authentication mechanisms in FMEC architecture. * Access Control models in FMEC. * Identification of incentives for FMEC service providers. * The future perspective for FMEC: Challenges and Open Issues. * FMEC Quality of Service (QoS) improvements techniques. * FMEC architecture features and evolution. * FMEC Real-time communication interfaces and protocols. * FMEC Resource scheduling that enhances the reliability and scalability. * FMEC Resources monitoring mechanism and utilization measuring mechanism. * FMEC resources allocation and management. * Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction. * FMEC virtualization. * Data storage, processing, and management at FMEC platform. * Cyber hacking, next generation fire wall of FMEC. * Deployment strategies of FMEC Servers * Admission control for FMEC. * Social engineering, insider threats, advance spear phishing. * Incident Handling and Penetration Testing. * Forensics of Virtual and FMEC Environments. * Security protocols in FMEC. * Security and privacy of mobile cloud computing * Security, privacy and reliability issues of MCC and IoT * Security and privacy of IoT * Security and privacy management in MCC * MCC intrusion detection systems * Security of pricing and billing for mobile cloud computing services * Security of mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds * Security of mobile commerce and mobile Internet of Things * Security of mobile social networks * Security and privacy in smartphone devices * Security and privacy in social applications and networks * Security of Mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds * Security of Mobile commerce and mobile internet of things * Security of Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing * Security and privacy in sensor networks * Security and privacy in social applications and networks * Web service security * Security of 3G/4G systems, Wi-MAX, Ad-hoc * Security of Mobile social networks * Near field communication services * Service-oriented architectures, service portability, P2P * Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the FMEC Proceeding, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers up to 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers can be between 4 to 6 pages. *Important Dates* Submission Date: 25th January 2020 (Final and Firm Extension) *Notification to Authors: 21st February 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th March 2020* *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on FMEC 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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SCICE 2020 CFP:The International Workshop on Smart Community with IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing
by Gizem Varkonyi 18 Jan '20

18 Jan '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The International Workshop on Smart Community with IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing (SCICE 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/SCICE2020/index.php> in conjunction with The 5th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2020/index.php> Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) *SCICE 2020 CFP* The new stream of smart technologies like Smart health, smart cities, smart industries, smart agriculture, smart environment, smart transportation, smart homes, smart education, smart business, smart energy, smart grids, and so on are the components that aid the mankind to build smart community. However, they require, typically, design and development of innovative technologies, standards, and protocols apart from their architectures and frameworks. IoT has emerged as an extension to Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) with low-cost and Internet-enabled solution for connecting and accessible anything from anywhere. In addition, such smartness derived due to the artificial intelligence yields in production of tremendous amounts of data. The data increases as a baby-boomer requiring efficient tools to analyze and extract suitable inferences for services in order to extend smart living. Cloud, Edge and Big Data acquired enormous attention in the light of massive data storage and analytics. With the large cohorts of gazette shrewdness and hi-tech population, the infrastructure, service delivery becomes expensive and difficult to manage for cities and governments. Automating systems through utilization of IoT, Cloud, Edge, Big Data, and M2M tools and technologies demonstrate great opportunity to reduce operating costs significantly, utilize those savings more effectively, and provide better services to communities for smarter living. This workshop provides a platform to the researchers to publish their innovative ideas, extensive analysis of their comparative studies, critical review of existing research and position papers in the above areas to meet the smart living requirements. *The topics of interest include but are not limited to:* · Emerging concepts of IoT for smart community · Platform architectures for smart community · Data analytics for smart community · Privacy preserving data mining for smart community · Big data integrity and confidentiality for smart community · Data and knowledge as a service for smart community · Security and privacy applications for smart community · Real-time and stream processing techniques and algorithms for smart community · Real-life case studies for smart community · Proactive/predictive and advanced machine learning models for smart community · Simplified and distributed data processing techniques for smart community · Ubiquitous machine learning for smart community · Fog computing for smart community · Data warehouse for smart community · Soft computing techniques for smart community · Optimization for smart community · Resource utilization and Resource Management for smart community · Security and Trust for smart community · Application Development for smart community · Wireless Sensor Networks for smart community · Mobile Data Services for smart community · Cloud Computing for smart community *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SCICE and FMEC Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *Important Dates:* *Submission Date: 1st February, 2020 (Extended) * Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020 Please send any inquiry on SCICE 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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5GET 2020 CFP: The 4th International Symposium on 5G Emerging Technologies, Paris, France. April20-23, 2020
by Yufei Sun 17 Jan '20

17 Jan '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 4th International Symposium on 5G Emerging Technologies (5GET 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/5GET2020/index.php> in conjunction with The 5th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2020/index.php> Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) *5GET 2019 CFP* A new generation in cellular mobile and wireless communications will be commercialized in 2020, which is referred to as the fifth generation (5G) systems. Wide range of applications and services are expected to be enabled by the introduction of the 5G. Most importantly, 5G will serve as the enabling architecture and standard for Internet of Things (IoT) systems, Low Power-Wide Area networks, high-speed cellular systems. This can serve wide range of wireless applications with needs of few bits per seconds and extended geographic areas coverage with delay-sensitive communications to communications with gigabits per seconds with very low latency and delay in terms of milliseconds. 5G is expected to utilize and exploit new technologies, techniques and protocols at the different communication layers including software-defined radio, massive antenna systems, Beamforming, MIMO systems, mmWave and optical communications, utilizing higher frequency bands, green networking and communications, small-scale cells, performance-energy efficient communications protocols, etc. 5GET 2020 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all aspects of 5G based systems and related technologies. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating 5G challenges. That is, the objective of 5GET 2020 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of 5G systems. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * 5G Architecture and design * PHY, MAC , routing novel communication protocols for 5G * 5G applications, services and Testbeds * Green networking in 5G * Social-aware 5G networks * IoT networking in 5G * Software Defined Radio and Dynamic Spectrum Access in 5G Networking * Spectrum utilization and sharing * Massive MIMO Communications * Dynamic Beamforming techniques * Free Space Optical communications * Heterogenous cells and communications * Millimeter wave communications * Coordinated and small-scale cell communications * Device-to-Device Communications and networking * Security and privacy for 5G *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the 5GET and FMEC Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *Important Dates:* Submission Date: 1st February, 2020 (Extended) Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020 Please send any inquiry on 5GET 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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SDN-NFV2020 CFP:The Fourth International workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization , Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020
by Gizem Varkonyi 17 Jan '20

17 Jan '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Fourth International workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/SDN-NFV2020/> in conjunction with The Seventh International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2020/> Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) *SDN-NFV 2020 CFP* The emerging networking techniques such as Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are promising a complete paradigm shift in how we manage our future networks. With their enormous benefits which include reducing the operational cost, better resources utilization and easier management requirements, the adoption of such technologies is gaining momentum. Supported by a well-defined basis such as network virtualization and the decoupling of the data and control planes, the integration of SDN and NFV with current systems might be a straightforward process. However, this might incur many challenges which require deep analysis to propose creative solutions. In the (SDN-NFV 2020) workshop, we are aiming to invite researchers from both the academia and the industry to present their state-of-the-art research efforts and findings and to open the doors for discussion about how to contribute of the advancement of this important research field. The Fourth International workshop on Software Defined Network and Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV) will be a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in the areas of SDN, NFV, 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) and Edge Computing. We are mainly interested in receiving state of the art work on different aspect of SDN and NFV management system, security and privacy, cloud computing and big data supported SDN and NFV, to mention but few. The topics of interest of the workshop include, but are not limited to: * Software Defined Network (SDN) Architectures and Design * Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Architectures and Design * SDN-NFV Integration * SDN-NFV Orchestration * SDN-NFV Based Control plane design * SDN-NFV Based Data plane design * SDN-NFV Performance Management * SDN-NFV support for Cloud based DataCenter * SDN-NFV support for 5G Networks * SDN-NFV support for Internet of Things (IoT) * SDN-NFV support for Big Data Computing * SDN-NFV support for large scale storage system * Hardware system design for SDN-NFV * SDN-NFV Security management * Radio Access Network virtualization * SDN-NFV in access networks * Edge and Fog Computing * Cloud Computing * Case studies *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SDN-NFV and SDS Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *Important Dates:* Submission Date: 1st February, 2020 (Extended) Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020 Please send any inquiry on SDN-NFV 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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CFP: The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2020)
by Blockchain IEEE 16 Jan '20

16 Jan '20

The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2020) http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/ Rhode Island, Greece, August 2-6, 2020 Introduction As a promising technique to achieve decentralized consensus, blockchain has been successfully applied into digital currency, e.g., bitcoin, for serving as a public ledger for transactions. Its secure design for supporting a distributed computing system with high fault tolerance is attracting wide attention all over the world. Blockchain has a great potential to create new foundations for our socio-economic systems by efficiently establishing trust among people and machines, reducing cost, and increasing utilization of resources. On one hand, blockchain will play an important role for secure decentralization in such emerging fields as Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems, edge computing, social networking, crowdsourcing and next generation wireless communications, and even more other fields. On the other hand, its advance should be further evolved in terms of scalability, security, privacy, efficiency, flexibility, availability, real decentralization and high dependability. Following the great success of IEEE Blockchain 2019, held in Atlanta, USA, IEEE Blockchain 2018, held in Halifax, Canada, the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2020) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present latest advances and innovations in key theories, infrastructure, schemes, and significant applications for the blockchain, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future. Topics The emergence and popularity of blockchain techniques will significantly change the way of digital and networking systems’ operation and management. In the meantime, the application of blockchain will exhibit a variety of complicated problems and new requirements, which brings more open issues and challenges for research communities. IEEE Blockchain-2020 will be held in August 2020, Rhode Island, Greece. The goal of this conference is to promote community-wide discussion identifying the advanced applications, technologies and theories for blockchain. We seek submissions of papers that invent novel techniques, investigate new applications, introduce advanced methodologies, propose promising research directions and discuss approaches for unsolved issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology * Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanisms * Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger technology * Decentralization, scalability, and security tradeoff * Performance analysis and optimization * Simulation and performance evaluation techniques * Smart contract and chain code * Applications and services based on blockchain * Protocols and algorithms based on blockchain * Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT) * Blockchain in cyber physical systems * Blockchain in social networking * Blockchain in supply chain management * Blockchain in agriculture * Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles * Blockchain in crowdsourcing and crowdsensing * Blockchain in mobile cellular networks * Blockchain in edge and cloud computing * Blockchain in next generation communications and networks Submissions All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (TBD) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 8 pages in IEEE Computer Society proceedings format (or up to 10 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed by at least three reviewers. All submitted papers will be judged through double-blind reviews, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. As an author, you are required to preserve the anonymity of your submission, while at the same time allowing the reader to fully grasp the context of related past work, including your own. Papers that do not conform to our double-blind submission policies will be rejected without review. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. IEEE Blockchain 2020 reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the digital library and indexing services), if the paper is not presented at the conference. All accepted papers will be published in IEEE CPS proceedings (EI Indexed) and collected by IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Two outstanding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards. Journal Special Issues - Digital Communications and Networks Special Issue: TBD Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed Important Dates Workshop Proposal Due: January 05, 2020 Paper Submission Deadline: March 01, 2020 Author Notification: April 07, 2020 Final Manuscript Due: May 02, 2020 Organization Committee General Chairs Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Qinghua Zheng, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Program Chairs Vojislav B. Mišić, Ryerson University, Canada Chunhua Su, University of Aizu, Japan Yulei Wu, University of Exeter, UK Workshop and Symposia Co-chairs Bin Cao, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China (Organizer of Symposium on Blockchain and its Applications) Steering Committee Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Robert H. Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore Victor C. M. Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada Fenghua Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Wenjing Lou, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Vijay Varadharajan, University of Newcastle, Australia Chonggang Wang, InterDigital, USA Yang Xiang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Zheng Yan (Chair), Xidian University, China and Aalto University, Finland Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Qinghua Zheng, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Pierangela Samarati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs Xueqin Liang, Aalto University, Finland

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SDE 2020 CFP: The International Workshop on Software Defined Everything, Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020
by Gizem Varkonyi 16 Jan '20

16 Jan '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] *The International Workshop on Software Defined Everything (SDE2020) <http://www.emergingtechnet.org/SDE2020/> * in conjunction with The Seventh International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2020/> Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) *SDE 2020 CFP* Software Defined Infrastructures consists of fully virtualised compute, networking, storage and other resources are abstracted away from the underlying physical infrastructure through software, such as Software Defined Data Centre. This allows policy-based infrastructure provisioning and enables IT automation. Software-defined infrastructure is not tied to specific hardware and can operate without or with little human involvement. This paradigm fully integrated and automated IT functions and resources. Software Defined Data Centre combines can be a result of a combination of all software defined technologies, such as SDN, SDStore, SDCompute, SDSec etc, otherwise called Software Defined Everything. Cloud computing is one major factor driving the growth of software defined everything. The International workshop for Software Defined Everything (SDE2020) is calls for contributors to present and discuss the most recent research results, innovations, trends, and concerns in the fields the new emerging opportunity of Software Defined Everything. The topics of the workshop include but not limited to: · Trends in SDE, theories, applications and trends · SDE Markets · Security in SDE · Software defined data centre · Software defined infrastructures · Software defined IOT/Edge · Software Defined – Centralized Vs Decentralized infrastructure · Software-Defined WAN · Softwarization methodologies for SDE · SDE on demand · SDE as a service · Business models for SDE · Adaptive Software for SDE · SDE and Vendor-lock-in · SDE Business Agility · Business case for SDE · SDE and compliance *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SDE and SDS Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. In addition, submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *Important Dates:* Submission Date: 1st February, 2020 (Extended) Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020 Please send any inquiry on SDE2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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BAT 2020 CFP: The Second International Workshop on Blockchain Applications and Theory , Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020
by Yufei Sun 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Second International Workshop on Blockchain Applications and Theory (BAT 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/BAT2020/index.php> in conjunction with The Seventh International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2020/> Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) *BAT 2020 CFP* A blockchain is a distributed ledger for recording transactions and/or data in a meaningful order, maintained by many connected nodes without a trusted central authority. Blockchain has a great potential to create new foundations for most distributed systems by efficiently establishing trust among nodes, especially in emerging networks. Such a fundamental technology to enable decentralization play an important role in a wide spectrum of topics such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), edge computing, cloud computing, fog, mobile computing, social networking, wireless communication, vehicular network, and even more other fields. At the same time, there is a lack of fundamental study on the limitation of blockchain such as scalability, security, privacy, efficiency, availability and dependability. Hence, the development and deployment of blockchain-based systems and applications will likely exhibit new requirements and complicated challenges, which brings more open issues and exciting directions for research communities. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in cloud computing, distributed systems, cryptography, security, and networking, from academia and industry, who are interested in the applications and theory of blockchains and related protocols. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology * Distributed data store for blockchain * Distributed transaction for blockchain * Distributed consensus and fault tolerance mechanism * Blockchain in cloud computing * Blockchain in mobile and edge computing * Deployment and feasibility study in emerging networks such as VANET, connected vehicles * Blockchain in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) * Blockchain and Financial Networks * Blockchain in vehicular network * Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT) * Blockchain in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) * Blockchain in social networking * Blockchain in supply chain management * Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles * Blockchain in mobile cellular networks * Blockchain and governance/policy/regulation * Game theory and blockchain * Real-world blockchain-based system analysis and optimization * Experience papers with blockchain * Security, privacy and trust of blockchain * Decentralization, scalability, and security tradeoff * Simulation and performance evaluation techniques * Secure smart contract and chain code *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the BAT and SDS Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *Important Dates:* Submission Date: 1st February, 2020 (Extended) Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020 Please send any inquiry on BAT 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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CFP IoTNAT 2020: The sixth International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies
by Gizem Varkonyi 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The sixth International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies (IoTNAT 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTNAT2020/index.php> in conjunction with The 5th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2020) <http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2020/index.php> Paris, France. April 20-23, 2020 (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section) *IoTNAT 2020 CFP* The Internet of Things (IoT) technology offers unprecedented opportunities to interconnect human beings as well as Machine-to-Machine (M2M), whereby sensors and networks allow all ‘things’ to communicate directly with each other to share vital information allowing us to have an instrumented universe where accurate data is readily available to inform optimal decision making. The IoT is about to enable a range of new capabilities and services far beyond today’s offerings. It will fundamentally change how people go about their lives. According to Gartner, the number of objects connected to the Internet is set to reach 20 billion by 2020. Cisco estimates the number will be close to 26 billion objects by 2020. Others believe the actual number will be even higher with the assumption that any object with a simple micro controller and on-off switch will be connected to the Internet in the near feature. The scale of the IoT is set to have a major economic, social and environmental impacts; the intersection of which forms the future sustainable growth. The IEEE International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies (IoTNAT 2020) Symposium will be held in conjunction with The 5th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2020). The IoTNAT 2020 Symposium aims at soliciting original ideas on the broad area of IoT including challenges and opportunities, concepts and applications and future trends. The Symposium aims to facilitate discussions among academics and IoT practitioners and make positive contributions to the field. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts. Submitted papers should be in accordance with IEEE format, and will be reviewed by at least two expert reviewers in terms of relevance, originality, contribution, correctness, and presentation. *The topics of interest include but are not limited to:* Emerging concepts of IoT Design methodologies for IoT Novel services and applications of IoT to facilitate environmental responsibility Green by Internet of Things IoT and Social benefits/impact IoT Economics Emerging Internet of Things business models and process changes Communication systems and network architectures for the IoT IoT and Data Management Security and privacy of IoT Reliability of IoT Disaster recovery in IoT Applications of Internet of things Emerging applications and interaction paradigms for everyday citizens Big data and IoT Self-organizing IoT Cloud Computing and IoT IoT and sustainable Growth *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SCE and FMEC Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *Important Dates:* Submission Date: 1st February, 2020 (Extended) Notification to Authors: 28th February, 2020 Camera Ready Submission: 10th March, 2020 Please send any inquiry on IoTNAT 2020 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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Call for Workshop and Special Session Proposals of IEEE Blockchain 2020
by Blockchain IEEE 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

Call for Workshop and Special Session Proposals The IEEE Blockchain 2020 workshops and special sessions provide vibrant opportunities for academic researchers and industry practitioners to share their research experiences, original research achievements and practical development products on specific new challenges and emerging issues related to Blockchain. The themes of the Blockchain 2020 workshops and special sessions should be related to the scopes of the main conference, reflecting to advances in all aspects of blockchain. The organizers of the workshops and special sessions shall have responsibility of soliciting call for papers, forming program committee to review and select papers as well as planning workshop/session program. The registration fees for workshops and special sessions will be determined by and paid to the main conference other than the workshops or sessions. The main conference will provide workshop/session facilities including the working notes printing, meeting rooms, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, proceedings, etc. The proceedings of the IEEE Blockchain 2020 workshops and special sessions will be published by in IEEE CPS proceedings (EI Indexed) and collected by IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Prospective Workshop Organizers should send a proposal containing the following information to IEEE Blockchain 2020 Workshop Chairs via email by Jan. 05, 2020: - Title of the workshop/session (Full name and Abbreviation) - Objectives, scope, and contribution to the main conference (up to 1 page) - Short bio of the key organizers and their experience on conference/workshop organization - Procedures for selecting papers, plans for advertising call for papers, and intentions for organizing journal special issues if possible - The expected number of participants - A tentative list of program committee members - The workshop website URL address if available Approved workshops should strictly follow the Important Dates of the main conference, particularly the Author Notification Date and the Camera-ready Paper Due Date. The submission deadline could be later than that of the main conference. But, a workshop should have sufficient time, say 5-7 weeks, for generating peer reviews. Generally, each paper should receive 2 or 3 peer reviews. In order to encourage the workshop/session organizers, the main conference will also provide the following benefits to the workshop/session organizers: (1) If a workshop will have at least 10 full registrations for accepted papers (excluding those borderline papers transferred from the main conference), then one of the main organizers can choose either to waive one of his or her papers for registrations or to get the travel grant to attend the conference. (2) If a workshop/session will have at least 20 full registrations for accepted papers (excluding those borderline papers transferred from the main conference), then the main organizers can also invite one keynote speaker for the workshop and the conference will provide free registration and travel grant for the keynote speaker. Look forward to your stimulating proposals and contributions to IEEE Blockchain 2020! IEEE Blockchain 2020 Workshop Chairs: Yu Chen, San Jose State University, USA (yu.chen(a)sjsu.edu) And also Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China and Aalto University, Finland (zheng.yan(a)aalto.fi)

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