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Sustainable Places 2020 (SP 2020) Digital Event
by Sustainable Places 2020 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

[DEFAULT_HEADER][ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/6tsY8HZ9Y3K7NUngJF2VMsyAFfJbL946UO… ) [ ]( # ) Join us for the 8th edition of Sustainable Places! 27 - 30 October 2020 / Digital Event Europe’s #1 destination for dissemination of research, collaboration, networking and the creation of market opportunities. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SP 2020 comes to you locally ! Our list of collaborators is growing. With already 13 workshops and over 50 projects planning contributions, we start the digital countdown now ! We are also glad to introduce in this newsletter edition our new silver sponsors : IREC, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, and the 2 EU projects Tech4Win and SolarWin that will both contribute to a SP20 thematic session on BIPV – Building Integrated Photovoltaics (further details below). Call for Contributions is still open ! Our call for contributions remains opened until 13 September 2020. We look forward to receiving your contributions and to welcoming you to SP2020 Digital Event in October ! For registration and conference details visit https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/wqfWreTP8fhSIuPgxWxZ2vi9rQHyjF0jDM… Sincerely, The SP2020 Organisation Committee [ sustainableplaces(a)r2msolution.com ]( mailto:sustainableplaces@r2msolution.com ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SP2020 Digital Event Content [ ]( # ) Thematic Session update: “BIPV - Building Integrated Photovoltaics” [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Five EU funded projects of [ Tech4Win ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Ezjp51JATF8DPhcNc7g21B5Df6tQe_28y_… ), [ SOLAR WIN ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/XyWB1jabCncSQCvpVoamySBlzgxb0Bj88h… ), [ PVSITES ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/a8qiCHU9rH4ayaXf0ZO7W-OTpCKBG2ja3l… ), [ BIPVBOOST ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/RLTcPfKDk5F4T8tDVQsltxAZKfAkJPrOkx… ), [ Be-Smart ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Iw2DELT63n83a-fBB_OrFniprYROIicMZY… ) together with session chair [ IREC ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/_Ov9RbThvhxmXRKYm7TMyffzUDoq3eMPXS… ), are participating in the "BIPV - Building Integrated Photovoltaics" thematic session. This SP2020 session will feature presentations and roundtables involving several H2020 projects which are contributing to develop disruptive BIPV applications, to trigger the penetration of BIPV in the building sector, and to contribute to the creation of new opportunities and the diversification of the European PV manufacturing industry. All details on Thematic Sessions and Workshops contact info can be found on the [ SP2020 "Workshops and Events" webpage ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/FYK9Hp_qUJ8Y0NaVyOgw_WwDc0dIaKi6MD… ). [ ]( # ) Workshop update: "Renewable Heating and Cooling Solutions for Buildings and Industry" [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) This workshop will bring together fourteen H2020 EU-funded projects involving experts from the biomass, geothermal, solar thermal and heat pump sectors to discuss a common strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling for buildings and industry. [ SWS-Heating ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/vFTxH-rZUDAYXOcZomqCRxMP99SehKyNZ-… ), [ HYBUILD ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/DPYIUP7ZU9T2CTRRXh8dl6zI5tX5fulmDe… ), [ CREATE ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/fMhi4VA3WUPCMxrvvJgKKE-6MxEYtuZLU6… ), [ TRI-HP ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/yNZ72Xxjcs0lcnJObmQ19V-Pk-tIvO9WAQ… ), [ HYCOOL ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/SNIjJv1xsvqOoTIZen_mwzCPdetSndM-v8… ), [ SHIP2FAIR ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/mVh3LzBPAOPgGsqAWsU5uGClfWnQ3Ajc3Y… ), [ SUNHORIZON ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/6ZIXlIxuvWPphkePtAnBsOHxKgXH9NfAGb… ), [ Heat4Cool ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/FenE8UtVqfSs5jgkvF-IyFtTHOW0olQuAH… ), [ GEOFIT ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/nJW-zdLrHK3_WM7y__kw92dRYUtoCFA3QA… ), [ SCORES ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/RpFAQr4-jwX9GCrUKilIF6wSKXVA29A4_m… ), [ Innova microSolar ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/wLOvrYTuo_4uppQVdJABhmC-EtPJH6lWgj… ), [ SolBioRev ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/rRuSxY70lBZgpEJAil2NesufGxg7Y7LJAb… ), [ Hybrid BioVGE ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/D8gV9R5Ksapwj_AxWp6rztCbS96l9N9HQF… ), [ RES4BUILD ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/UQxU8x2mQDTqqQ1dOmBzu2tjFILM_7G3ba… ) participating projects will be accompanied by the European Commission representative. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Workshop update: "Digitalization Tools for Energy-Efficient Renovation" [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) This workshop will bring together a selection of H2020 EU-funded projects involving experts from the AECOO industry to discuss a common strategy in digitalization tools for energy-efficient renovation area. The aim is to pitch their progress, intermediate achievements and discuss the major technical and non- technical challenges they are currently facing. Not only a learning site, but an indispensable resource for filling the gap between theoretical digital opportunities and the realities of on-site construction, [ SPHERE ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/DYWyghm81EKbji3g1sTO0ajzK6RR6E0hyH… ), [ BIM4REN ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/4_FZX1Ub2KbA6HHCkCiZ27HN3qRliWL6zw… ), [ BIM4EEB ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/UspzDqaXIdG9Rv71Bbn1FKt73wQf7b1_1M… ), [ BIM-SPEED ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/ZNCHAFPd9ZIU2lm7O46wyZDTGsxkZOVIaD… ), [ DIGIPLACE ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/OUrN3cj_H6pHfEFX6kECe87OLqvrXdmHXj… ), [ BIMERR ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/rFCj-0AchX2uEiN7UOjpQgFnPCu4meiHVq… ) are participating projects within this workshop. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Workshop update: "Sustainable Energy Skills in the Construction Sector" [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) The objective of this new workshop is to increase the number of skilled building professionals and/or blue collar workers across the building design, operation and maintenance value chain (designers, architects, engineers, building managers, technicians, installers, blue collar workers including apprentices, and other building professionals), with a specific focus on the engagement of SMEs. Two EU funded projects of [ INSTRUCT ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/MtOLrPOfwmm8NL1YFzqhmAFJvMVvO5QAw_… ), [ BIMEET ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/CIW6CCLRbosnfQgVuqT302jf4aiEVcKc9X… ) together with [ ASM ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/-Nx5wzlt6Dhy6wmjN3ikBbgdnLijgv0DyE… ) and [ R2M Solution ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/bndr_Becl67jc9kd4SlNsesZNgmW8f9snr… ) chairs will participate in this workshop. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Workshop update: "De-risking Energy Efficiency Investments" [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Three H2020 projects [ EENVEST ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/DPWGfXDV-hujL_PvZB5rBbKRhLWA6PrHSg… ), [ TRIPLE-A ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/PUPnhJ4PLckfJoSP0Wwq4azTfmWLaYnFMl… ), [ QUEST ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/nliq1NkS4dHCcb6uAKsGNP6CN8yydbpBbn… ) are developing innovative solutions and are joining forces in this workshop at Sustainable Places 2020 to tackle challenges risen from the lack of statistical data on the energy and costs savings within energy efficiency investment projects, as well as on payment default rates, results in financial institutions attributing high risk premiums to energy efficiency investments. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Workshop update: "The BIM4EEB Project: a mid-term review of the BIM based tools for efficient renovation of buildings" [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) This workshop is the interim conference of project BIM4EEB, BIM based fast toolkit for Efficient rEnovation of residential Buildings and is aiming to present the state of the art of the different BIM4EEB tools being demonstrated during the project: BIMeSimulator, BIM4Occupants, Connecting BIM and BACS, BIMPlanner, BIMMS, BIM Management system. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Workshop update: "Integrated Storage systems for Residential buildings" [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) In this workshop, three Horizon 2020 EeB PPP projects [ MINISTOR ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/VH-OETpjUzmJ_MHCKfwAbs6Jfz4dNKfqUz… ), [ HEAT INSYDE ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/xFdaw6R1LleqNnPpFPogJqani1N7wE90Zi… ), [ HYBUILD ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/RD7C25t1mEQz6efxAkQN0w-xmHYycjCt3H… ) will present and benchmark their research on innovative integrated storage systems based on alternative methods, such as thermochemical materials for both existing and new residential buildings. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SP2020 is organized by: [ ]( # ) French alternative energy and atomic energy Commission National Institute of Solar Energy [ ]( # ) R2M Solution University Savoie Mont Blanc [ ]( # ) Graduate School Solar Academy Polytech Annecy Chambery [ ]( # ) SP2020 is sponsored by: [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SDIA (Green Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) The [ SDIA ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Tq4kxYgLLou92zXKQqF4vDo2El_9ArH12K… ) - Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance e.V. - is an inter-industry association enabling collaboration in sustainable, zero impact digital infrastructure that is accessible to the next-generation of innovators. The SDIA strives to bring together companies, individuals and governments to advocate and realize key initiatives such as heat-reuse, smarter power consumption and efficient use of resources. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) ENGIE Lab (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ENGIE Lab CRIGEN ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/0T53_hCijxvw2V4GK60PiTQuStr00-VXHM… ), part of the ENGIE Labs network, is ENGIE Group’s corporate center for R&D and high-level expertise devoted to new energy resources (hydrogen, biogas and gas liquefaction), new energy uses in towns and cities, the buildings and industries of tomorrow and emerging technologies (computer sciences and Al, drones and robots, nanotechnologies and sensors). [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) IREC (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ IREC ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/ULaTURKThpmpVMOBod0uSwG99JN2ePxnW-… ), the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - was created to contribute to the objective of creating a more sustainable future for energy usage and consumption, keeping in mind the economic competitivity and providing society with the maximum level of energy security. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SolarWin (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Receiving a grant by the EU Fast Track to Innovation program (FTI), [ SolarWin ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/r0eSTkdh0IRZPYF6md9K1qHo6aI7TJrh4w… ) is a project aiming to scale-up and validate next-generation transparent Photovoltaic (PV) windows for commercial use and mass-production by 2021. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Tech4Win (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ Tech4Win ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/7GuJibs--msTQt-PuDvL_KU2gPsw1E1Wjh… ) aims to develop a highly innovative transparent photovoltaic (PV) window based on the combination of an inorganic UV selective multifunctional coating (UV filter + UV selective solar) that is deposited on the first laminated glass of the window, and an organic IR selective solar cell that is implemented at the gap spacer of the window. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) BuildUp (Media Partner) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) The [ BUILD UP ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/IfZco4SjVbSnIT8UgtQxt8O33hDywvF-pd… ) initiative was established by the European Commission in 2009 to support EU Member States in implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The BUILD UP web portal is intended to reap the benefits of Europe's collective intelligence on energy reduction in buildings for all relevant audiences. It will bring together new practitioners and professional associations while motivating them to exchange best working practices and knowledge and to transfer tools and resources. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Sponsorship opportunities [ ]( # ) Sponsors may elect a general (green or silver) sponsorship. We welcome industrials to get involved in the support of this event and platform. All sponsors will be featured in SP2020 website, newsletters and conference dissemination material. Please contact us at [ sustainableplaces(a)r2msolution.com ]( mailto:sustainableplaces@r2msolution.com ) to learn about sponsorship opportunities. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Publication opportunities [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Buildings (peer-reviewed) Should contributors wish to be considered for a full-length (7-9 pages) journal submission, they should check the appropriate CfP application option. SP2019 Buildings issue Proceedings (not peer-reviewed) All contribution types (e.g. posters, workshops, presentations, etc.) can write a 4-6 page summary to be included in the SP2020 Proceedings edition. SP2019 Proceedings edition [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ Learn more about Sustainable Places at www.sustainableplaces.eu ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/dnmWAuY0AMsWjGKTlckd4l-JlMibVCN3-O… ) [ ]( # )[DEFAULT_FOOTER]

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IEEE BCCA - Deadline EXTENDED: June 25th- REDUCED REGISTRATION FEES and Virtual Presentations
by Müge Erel-Özçevik 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

*The Second IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2020)* *Nov. 02 – NOV 05, 2020 – ANTALYA, TURKEY* http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2020/index.html *COVID-19 Update:* The organizing team is closely monitoring the development of the COVID-19 situation. The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. Considering the current circumstances, *BCCA 2020* *will run as a virtual conference* *and the registration fees will be reduced.* As a revolutionary technology, Blockchain provides a practical solution to enable a secure and decentralized public ledger that a huge plethora of exciting new technology applications in several areas, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Manufacturing, Supply-Chain, etc. Blockchain technology has infiltrated all areas of our lives, from manufacturing to healthcare and beyond. Cybersecurity is an industry that has been significantly affected by this technology and maybe more so in the future. Blockchain Technology is defined as a decentralized system of distributed registers that are used to record data transactions on multiple computers. The reason this technology has gained popularity is that you can put any digital asset or transaction in the blocking chain, the industry does not matter. Blockchain technology can be used to prevent any data breach, identity theft, cyber-attacks or criminal acts in transactions. This ensures that data remains private and secure. The main goal of this workshop is to encourage both researchers and practitioners to share and exchange their experiences and recent studies between academia and industry in the Blockchain field. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: · State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology and cybersecurity · Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies · Recent development and emerging trends Blockchain for Cybersecurity and Privacy · New models, practical solutions and technological advances related to Blockchain · Theory of Blockchain in Cybersecurity · Blockchain-based security for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems · Blockchain-based security solutions of smart cities infrastructures · Authentication and authorization in Blockchain · Applications of blockchain technologies in digital forensic · Privacy aspects of blockchain technologies · Applications of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security · Implementation challenges facing blockchain technologies · Blockchain-based threat intelligence and threat analytics techniques · Blockchain-based open-source tools · Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies · Vulnerabilities of smart contracts · Open issues and trends in Blockchains *Full paper Important Dates:* Submission deadline: May 25th, 2020 June 25th, 2020 Notification of Acceptance: Aug 15th, 2020 Submission of camera-ready: Sept 10th, 2020 *Journal Special Issues:* Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to the following journal(s). Confirmed Special Issues: - Springer Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (IF: 2.397) - Springer Cluster Computing (IF: 1.85) - Springer Journal of Network and System Management (IF: 1.676) Papers will be selected based on their reviewers’ scores and appropriateness to the Journal’s theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a later stage. *Committee:* *General Co-Chair* Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia Öznur Özkasap, Koç University, Turkey *Program Co-Chairs* Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics Inc., Canada Rasheed Hussain, Innopolis, Russia Ali Dorri, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia *Keynotes:* Professor Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia *Tutorial: * Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics Inc., Canada

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ADHOCNETS 2020: The 12th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks
by Safa Otoum 14 Jun '20

14 Jun '20

The 12th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks (ADHOCNETS 2020) *November 17-18, 2020 (will be held virtually)* https://adhocnets.org/ *Paper submission deadline: **July 06, 2020 (extended)* EAI is actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation to ensure the safety, comfort and quality of experience for attendees and a successful course of the event. EAI is committed to holding the conference in 2020 and Accepted Authors who are unable to attend the event in person will be given an option to present their submission online. In case the situation prevents the event from taking place in its original location, it will be held fully in an interactive, live online setting. *Scope: * The annual International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks (AdHocNets) focuses on ad hoc networking technologies and their applications. An ad hoc network is a wireless system, in which mobile or static nodes are connected using wireless links and cooperate to self-organize into a network without the requirement for any infrastructure such as access points or base stations. In recent years, ad hoc networks have been attracting increased attention from the research and engineering communities. The distributed and multi-hop nature of ad hoc networking as well as the highly dynamic topology of an ad hoc network due to node mobility has introduced many formidable challenges such as scalability, quality of service, reliability and security, and energy-constrained operations for the network. Ad hoc networking covers a variety of network paradigms including mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless sensor networks (WSNs), vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), airborne networks, underwater networks, underground networks, personal area networks, and home networks, etc. It promises a wide range of applications in civilian, commercial, and military areas. The aim of the annual AdHocNets conference is to provide a forum that brings together researchers and engineers from academia, government laboratories as well as industry to meet, network, exchange ideas and present their recent research work, and discuss future directions on all aspects of ad hoc networks. Following the success of ADHOCNETS’09-19, the 12th edition of the event, ADHOCNETS 2020, will be held in virtually from Paris Saclay. The conference will consist of keynote speeches, invited talks, and technical sessions. *Topics:* The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Papers should address technical challenges in any type of ad-hoc networks. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) - Vehicle ad hoc networks (VANET) - Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks - Wireless sensor networks - Airborne networks - Underwater networks - Underground networks - Personal area networks - Body area networks - Home networks - Internet of Things (IoT) - Network architectural and protocol design - MAC, routing, and transport protocols - Resource allocation and management - Network control and management - Power control and management - Topology control and management - Quality of service (QoS) provisioning - Service discovery - Ranging and node localization - Time synchronization - Data aggregation - Network scalability and capacity - Reliability and fault tolerance - Security and privacy - Low-power wide-area IoT networking - Massive machine connections for IoT - Middleware for ad hoc networks - Cross-layer design for ad hoc networks - Software-defined networking for ad hoc networks - Network function virtualization for ad hoc networks - Edge/fog/cloud computing for ad hoc networks - Machine learning (or AI) for ad hoc networks - Performance modeling and analysis for ad hoc networks - Tools to design, implement, and evaluate ad hoc network protocols *Submission:* http://adhocnets2020.eai-conferences.org/submission/ *Publication: * All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by *Springer* and made available through *SpringerLink Digital Library*. ADHOCNETS proceedings are *indexed* in leading indexing services, including Ei Compendex, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL). *Special Issues:* Authors of selected best accepted and presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to: - Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal (IF: 2.390) <https://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11036> All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of: - EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cognitive Communications <https://eudl.eu/journal/cogcom> - EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications <http://eudl.eu/journal/mca> - *Additional publication opportunities:* - EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series <https://eai.eu/#!/publish/eai-springer-book-series> *IMPORTANT DATES:* Submission deadline: *July 06, 2020 (Extended)* Acceptance notification: August 17, 2020 Camera-ready paper: September 14, 2020 Conference dates: November 17-18, 2020 *CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* *General Chair* Jalel Ben-Othman, University of Paris Saclay- Centralesupélec and Paris 13 University, France *TPC Co-Chairs* Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics Inc., Ottawa, Canada Abdellatif Kobbane, ENSIAS Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco Feng Yan, Southeast University, China *Workshop Chair* Ismail Berrada, University Mohammed VI, Morocco *Publicity Co-Chairs* Hynbum Kim, University of North Carolina at wellmington, USA Khalil Ibahimi, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco Satheesh Kumar Marimuthu, National Engineering College, K R Nagar, Kovilpatti Safa Otoum, University of Ottawa, Canada *Publication Chair* Luca Foscini, University of Bologna, Italy Mohamed Elkamili, Higher School of Technology, Hassan II, Morocco *Tutorial chairs* Lynda Mokdad, University of Paris Est, France *Local Arrangement Chair* Sahar Hoteit, University of Paris Saclay, Centralesupélec, France *Web chairs* Ouns Bouachir Zayed University, Dubai, UAE Amine Abouaomar, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University, Morocco

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[CFP] Authorship Identification of SOurce COde (AI-SOCO) Task @ FIRE2020
by Gizem Varkonyi 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

[Apologies for multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authorship Identification of SOurce COde (AI-SOCO) Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ai-soco-2020/ To be organized at FIRE 2020 (http://fire.irsi.res.in/fire/2020/home) 10 - 13 December Virtual Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- Task Description: -------------------------- General authorship identification is essential to the detection of undesirable deception of others' content misuse or exposing the owners of some anonymous hurtful content. This is done by revealing the author of that content. Authorship Identification of SOurce COde (AI-SOCO) focuses on uncovering the author who wrote some piece of code. This facilitates solving issues related to cheating in academic, work and open source environments. Also, it can be helpful in detecting the authors of malware softwares over the world. The dataset is composed of source codes collected from the open submissions in the Codeforces online judge. Codeforces is an online judge for hosting competitive programming contests such that each contest consists of multiple problems to be solved by the participants. A Codeforces participant can solve a problem by writing a solution for it using any of the available programming languages on the website, and then submitting the solution through the website. The solution's result can be correct (accepted) or incorrect (wrong answer, time limit exceeded, etc.). In our dataset, we selected 1000 users and collected 100 source codes from each one. So, the total number of source codes is 100,000. All collected source codes are correct and written using the C++ programming language. For each user, all collected source codes are from unique problems. Given the pre-defined set of source codes and their writers, the task participants should build systems that are able to detect the writer given any new, unseen before source codes from the previously defined writers list. Full task description can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/ai-soco-2020/ ------------ Timeline ------------ 8th June - Open track websites 8th June – Training and development data release 31st July – Test data release 7th September – Run submission deadline 20th September – Results declared 31st October – Working notes and overview papers due (tentative) 10th-13th December - FIRE 2020 ---------------- Organizers ---------------- Ali Fadel, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Husam Musleh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Ibraheem Tuffaha, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Yaser Jararweh, Duquesne University, USA Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK Paolo Rosso, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain For regular updates subscribe to our mailing list: ai-soco-fire(a)googlegroups.com Regards, Organizers of the Authorship Identification of SOurce COde (AI-SOCO) Task

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CFP: The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2020)
by Blockchain IEEE 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2020) http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/ Rhodes Island, Greece, November 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 November 2020, Rhodes 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 and Cryptocurrency * 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 (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27350&track=101894) 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. Workshops and Special Sessions Special Session on Blockchain Network and Its Applications Workshop on Recent Advances of Blockchain Technologies for Cybersecurity Workshop on Blockchain Technology and its Potential Applications 2nd International Workshop on Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Blockchain Journal Special Issues - Information Fusion (IF: 10.716) Special Issue: Data Fusion for Trust Evaluation Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed - Information Fusion (IF: 10.716) Special Issue: Fusion from Big Data to Smart Data Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed - MDPI Electronics (IF: 1.764) Special Issue "Blockchain-based Technology for Mobile Application" - IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 9.515) Special Issue: TBD Publisher: IEEE, SCI indexed - Digital Communications and Networks Special Issue: TBD Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed - Security and Communication Networks (IF: 1.376) Special Issue: Trustworthy Networking for Beyond 5G Networks Publisher: SCI indexed (hindawi.com/journals/scn/si/908361/<http://www.hindawi.com/journals/scn/si/908361/>) - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica Special Issue: Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges Publisher: IEEE - Future Generation Computer Systems (IF: 5.768) Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Defence and Smart Policing Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed Important Dates Workshop Proposal Due: May 15, 2020 Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020 Author Notification: July 31, 2020 Final Manuscript Due: September 02, 2020 Conference Date: November 02-06, 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 Yu Chen, San Jose State University, USA Sokratis Katsikas, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity Co-Chairs Xueqin Liang, Aalto University, Finland Mariusz Nowostawski, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 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

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IoTSMS 2020 CFP: The 7th International Conference on Internet of Things:Systems, Management and Security, Paris, France. December 14-16, 2020.
by Yufei Sun 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 7th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS 2020) http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2020/ Paris, France. December 14-16, 2020. (Pending Technical Co-Sponsorship by IEEE) *IoTSMS 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 Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS 2020) aims at soliciting original ideas on the broad area of IoT including challenges and opportunities, concepts and applications and future trends. The IoTSMS 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. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Emerging concepts of IoT Systems * Architectures of IoT systems * Machine-to-Machine Communication and IoT * Modeling of IoT applications * SDN and NFV support for IoT applications and Systems * Fog and Edge support for IoT Applications * 5G support for IoT Applications * IoT for Smart Cities * Energy management in 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 and Business Models * 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 *IMPORTANT DATES:* Submission Date: 20 July 2020 Notification to Authors: 10 October 2020 Camera Ready and Registration: 1 November 2020 *SUBMISSION* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the IoTSMS Proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE for inclusion. Papers can be up to 8 pages 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). The proceedings will be submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. 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. *JOURNAL-SPECIAL-ISSUE* Selected authors of high quality papers will be invited to submit extended versions to indexed and highly ranked journals, including Cluster Computing. Please send any inquiry 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 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain-2020) http://www.blockchain-ieee.org/ Rhodes Island, Greece, November 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 November 2020, Rhodes 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 and Cryptocurrency * 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 (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27350&track=101894) 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. Workshops and Special Sessions Special Session on Blockchain Network and Its Applications Workshop on Recent Advances of Blockchain Technologies for Cybersecurity Workshop on Blockchain Technology and its Potential Applications 2nd International Workshop on Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Blockchain Journal Special Issues - Information Fusion (IF: 10.716) Special Issue: Data Fusion for Trust Evaluation Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed - Information Fusion (IF: 10.716) Special Issue: Fusion from Big Data to Smart Data Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed - MDPI Electronics (IF: 1.764) Special Issue "Blockchain-based Technology for Mobile Application" - IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 9.515) Special Issue: TBD Publisher: IEEE, SCI indexed - Digital Communications and Networks Special Issue: TBD Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed - Security and Communication Networks (IF: 1.376) Special Issue: Trustworthy Networking for Beyond 5G Networks Publisher: SCI indexed (hindawi.com/journals/scn/si/908361/<http://www.hindawi.com/journals/scn/si/908361/>) - IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica Special Issue: Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges Publisher: IEEE - Future Generation Computer Systems (IF: 5.768) Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Defence and Smart Policing Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed Important Dates Workshop Proposal Due: May 15, 2020 Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020 Author Notification: July 31, 2020 Final Manuscript Due: September 02, 2020 Conference Date: November 02-06, 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 Yu Chen, San Jose State University, USA Sokratis Katsikas, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity Co-Chairs Xueqin Liang, Aalto University, Finland Mariusz Nowostawski, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway 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

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SNAMS-2020 CFP: The Seventh International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security, Paris, France. December 14-16, 2020.
by Yufei Sun 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Seventh International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS-2020) http://emergingtechnet.org/SNAMS2020/index.php Paris, France. December 14-16, 2020. (Pending Technical Co-Sponsorship by IEEE) *SNAMS 2020 CFP:* Social network analysis is concerned with the study of relationships between social entities. The recent advances in internet technologies and social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, have created outstanding opportunities for individuals to connect, communicate or comment on issues or events of their interests. Social networks are dynamic and evolving in nature; they also involve a huge number of users. Frequently, the information related to a certain concept is distributed among several servers. This brings numerous challenges to researchers, particularity in the data mining and machine learning fields. The purpose of International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security(SNAMS-2020) is to provide a forum for researchers to present and discuss their work which is related to social network analysis. The SNAMS 2020 is col-located with the The 7th IEEE International Symposium on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS). SNAMS 2020 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all aspects of Social Networks. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating SNAMS challenges. That is, the objective of SNAMS 2020 is to provide the opportunity for students, scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Social Networks. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: *SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE* Systems and algorithms for social search Infrastructure support for social networks and systems Dynamics and evolution patterns of large and complex networks Social properties in systems design Learnings from operational social networks Data Collection Big Data and Social Paradigms *ALGORITHMS AND MODELS* Deep Learning and Knowledge Discovery. Measurement and analysis of social and crowdsourcing systems Benchmarking, modeling, performance and workload characterization Modeling Social Networks and behavior Management of social network data Streaming algorithms for social data Knowledge and innovation networks Methods for social and media analysis Models for network data Network analysis in human and social sciences Information propagation and assimilation in social networks Data mining and machine learning in social systems *APPLICATIONS* Novel social applications and systems Transient OSNs (e.g. Snapchat) Special purpose OSNs (e.g., Instagram, Vine) Communities in social networks Collaboration networks New models of advertising and monetization in social networks Mobile advertising on OSNs Network visualization Social networks and online education Sentiment analysis on OSNs Multilingual social networks Social networks as agents of societal change *PRIVACY & SECURITY* Privacy and security in social systems Trust and reputations in social systems Detection, analysis, prevention of spam, phishing, and misbehavior in social systems *IMPORTANT DATES:* Submission Date: 20 July 2020 Notification to Authors: 10 October 2020 Camera Ready and Registration: 1 November 2020 *SUBMISSION* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SNAMS Proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE for inclusion. Papers can be up to 8 pages 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). The proceedings will be submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. 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. Papers should be submitted electronically by the deadline to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=snams2020 Please send any inquiry to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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Sustainable Places 2020 goes Digital
by Sustainable Places 2020 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

[DEFAULT_HEADER][ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/k2QIzmo0XfIQeaN3rI-JnCvzCV-W2DJVzf… ) [ ]( # ) SP2020 goes digital ! Join us for the 8th edition of Sustainable Places 27 - 30 October 2020 | DIGITAL EVENT [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Postponed, and now we move online On Monday last week, we launched a survey on our database of earlier SP participants. We received over 150 responses, and it turns out that 75% of you are in favor of a virtual online event for this 2020 edition of Sustainable Places. Given this, we have now taken the decision to hold a virtual event. We realize that some attend SP specifically for the networking component, but we also received strong feedback to continue with the event (as opposed to cancellation) to facilitate project clustering and dissemination especially since many other events have been cancelled. Hence, we are committed to doing just that and we also have some innovative ideas to allow for networking sessions even if digital. To date at this early stage, we already have 13 workshops and over 50 projects making contributions to SP. That is a great start and now we can plan forward with confidence. Benefits and key highlights of SP2020 online An online event brings a lot of opportunities for new ways of knowledge sharing and networking. These are the key changes to remember : 1) Different Rate Structure: Speakers and Panelists: Early 150€ (before 30 June) – Normal 185€. Access to the full online series of events. These are likely 75% of our typical attendees presenting technical papers, showing project posters, organizing and participating in clustering workshops. Non-presenting Attendees: 50€. This rate is available to those that want to discover and participate in the event but are not presenting scientific contributions. 2) Facilitated workshops with technical platforms: We'll make the digital platform environment available. You'll have access to a recording that you can replay on the SP2020 website and embed into your own website after the event. 3) Less parallel sessions: We've extended the conference over 27-30 October 2020 to allow smoother technical organization and less parallel sessions. We do not anticipate anyone being at their computer all day. We instead anticipate that people will be able to map their own experience over the 4 days event. 4) All registered contributors get one entry as co-author for an Open Access non peer-reviewed technical paper (4-6 pages) to be published in the SP20 special issue of MDPI Proceedings. A select number of extended papers (up to 5) can be considered for publishing in Buildings free of charge. 5) A virtual Poster room is available for all registrants 6) A public plenary session chaired by the European Commission in which selected chairs will be invited to pitch an executive summary of their sessions and workshops. Call for Contributions is still open Our call for contributions remains opened until 13 September 2020. We look forward to receiving your contributions and to welcoming you to our digital SP2020 in October ! For registration and conference details visit https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/EAJZetvuTL9GJ4CnTC-Ytmyhguu14GwJx8… Sincerely, The SP2020 Organisation Committee [ sustainableplaces(a)r2msolution.com ]( mailto:sustainableplaces@r2msolution.com?subject=email%20response ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SP2020 is organized by: [ ]( # ) French alternative energy and atomic energy Commission National Institute of Solar Energy [ ]( # ) R2M Solution University Savoie Mont Blanc [ ]( # ) Graduate School Solar Academy Polytech Annecy Chambery [ ]( # ) SP2020 is sponsored by: [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SDIA (Green Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) The [ SDIA ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/6ta4Q87VJr0Sa1o1iHuhWP0KOr2qaFHKYn… ) - Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance e.V. - is an inter-industry association enabling collaboration in sustainable, zero impact digital infrastructure that is accessible to the next-generation of innovators. The SDIA strives to bring together companies, individuals and governments to advocate and realize key initiatives such as heat-reuse, smarter power consumption and efficient use of resources. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) ENGIE Lab (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ENGIE Lab CRIGEN ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/E1jHveN7KKW4usZv6mHxULV4iia6Xku5AP… ), part of the ENGIE Labs network, is ENGIE Group’s corporate center for R&D and high-level expertise devoted to new energy resources (hydrogen, biogas and gas liquefaction), new energy uses in towns and cities, the buildings and industries of tomorrow and emerging technologies (computer sciences and Al, drones and robots, nanotechnologies and sensors). [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) IREC (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ IREC ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/EShcGcEETAqy7E-qoQTeymlB9ZGsHK4-o_… ) - the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - was created to contribute to the objective of creating a more sustainable future for energy usage and consumption, keeping in mind the economic competitivity and providing society with the maximum level of energy security. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) SolarWin (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Receiving a grant by the EU Fast Track to Innovation program (FTI), [ SolarWin ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/9_0BSwd_8qIy_zaWwg1s5oD9ot0uhcxWl8… ) is a project aiming to scale-up and validate next-generation transparent Photovoltaic (PV) windows for commercial use and mass-production by 2021.Receiving a grant by the EU Fast Track to Innovation program (FTI), SolarWin is a project aiming to scale-up and validate next-generation transparent Photovoltaic (PV) windows for commercial use and mass-production by 2021. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Tech4Win (Silver Sponsor) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ Tech4Win ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/K8JtgxkTZ5lP-6soMYkTr2w8WGZ7dc7nNI… ) aims to develop a highly innovative transparent photovoltaic (PV) window based on the combination of an inorganic UV selective multifunctional coating (UV filter + UV selective solar) that is deposited on the first laminated glass of the window, and an organic IR selective solar cell that is implemented at the gap spacer of the window. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) BUILD UP (Media Partner) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) The [ BUILD UP ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/6YA6BR_kihSXsHA0G8r5V3UsZutFE7WsDg… ) initiative was established by the European Commission in 2009 to support EU Member States in implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The BUILD UP web portal is intended to reap the benefits of Europe's collective intelligence on energy reduction in buildings for all relevant audiences. It will bring together new practitioners and professional associations while motivating them to exchange best working practices and knowledge and to transfer tools and resources. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Sponsorship opportunities [ ]( # ) Sponsors may elect a general (green or silver) sponsorship. We welcome industrials to get involved in the support of this event and platform. All sponsors will be featured in SP2020 website, newsletters and conference dissemination material. Please contact us at [ sustainableplaces(a)r2msolution.com ]( mailto:sustainableplaces@r2msolution.com?subject=SP2020%20Sponsorship ) to learn about sponsorship opportunities. [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Publication opportunities [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) Buildings (peer-reviewed) Should contributors wish to be considered for a full-length (7-9 pages) journal submission, they should check the appropriate CfP application option. SP2019 Buildings issue Proceedings (not peer-reviewed) All contribution types (e.g. posters, workshops, presentations, etc.) can write a 4-6 page summary to be included in the SP2020 Proceedings edition. SP2019 Proceedings edition [ ]( # ) [ ]( # ) [ Learn more about Sustainable Places at www.sustainableplaces.eu ]( https://2tuoh.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/sVu7LQBJ8rib_KVMUAmhjAS7OJsXLILbo9… ) [ ]( # )[DEFAULT_FOOTER]

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CFP: ICSNC 2020, Special track: AI-5GaaS
by Müge Erel-Özçevik 31 May '20

31 May '20

*Call for Contributions* *Note: Onsite and Online Options * In order to accommodate a large number of situations, we are offering the option for either physical presence or virtual participation. We would be delighted if all authors manage to attend in person, but are aware that special circumstances are best handled by having flexible options. *Submission:* * 1. Inform the Chairs:* with the Title of your Contribution *2. Submission URL: * https://www.iariasubmit.org/conferences/submit/newcontribution.php?event=IC… Please select Track Preference as *AI-5GaaS * *Special track * *AI-5GaaS: Artificial Intelligence based 5G as a Service * *Chairs and Coordinators * Assist. Prof. Dr. Muge Erel-Ozcevik, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey *erelmu(a)itu.edu.tr <erelmu(a)itu.edu.tr>, muge.ozcevik(a)cbu.edu.tr <muge.ozcevik(a)cbu.edu.tr>* Assist. Prof. Dr. Gokhan Secinti, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey *secinti(a)itu.edu.tr <secinti(a)itu.edu.tr> * *along with * *ICSNC 2020**, *The Fifteenth International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications October 18, 2020 to October 22, 2020 - Porto, Portugal https://www.iaria.org/conferences2020/ICSNC20.html Unprecedented expansion of cloud services offering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) paves the way for the virtualization of entire 5G-capable hardware and software stacks; thus, leading the emergence of 5G as a service (5GaaS). It enables on-demand service deployment, while mitigating the risks of physical installation, lowering operational and capital expenditures (OPEX/CAPEX), aggregating the service providers and customers' requirements on the same platform. On the other hand, Content Delivery Networks (CDN) play a key role in the management of 5GaaS subscribers and their contents, where the applications define unique 5G requirements raised by novel trafic types, such as: enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra-Reliable Low Latency (URLLC), and massive Machine Transmission Communication (mMTC). Various bandwidth and latency requirements of these service types force CDN to benefit from the technologies such as Edge/Fog computation in order to sustain ever- complicating network management, revolutionizing the heterogeneous orchestration of the entire infrastructure spanning from server deployment, to network access. Under this expanding heterogeneity, the most feasible way to meet 5G requirements is to design an intelligent network management on 5G physical infrastructure. According to service providers, dynamic configuration and intelligent self-management for CDN can be only handled by Software Defined Networks (SDN). They believe that SDN proposes inexpensive network feature insertion thanks to a global view on the network and programming the network devices dynamically without any intervention on the physical plane. It enables flexible, scalable, and self-manageable virtual network slices to the customers according to Service Level Agreements (SLA). Both global management and network programmability features of SDN enable us to design and integrate novel techniques on 5G networks such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the recent years, AI is one of the most rapidly growing fields, finding new application domains with new and unique challenges everyday. This drastically changes the way the researchers/engineers used to approach to optimization processes. AI is broadly categorized into three main subsets such as Machine Learning (ML), Meta-Heuristics, and Fuzzy Inference Systems. Utilizing these tools, the following candidate applications for 5GaaS may only describe the tip of the iceberg. A technique executing ML uses the statistics collected from 5G physical plane periodically and performs supervised and/or unsupervised learning such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Support Vector Machines (SVM), Decision Trees (DT), K-means clustering, Hidden Markov Model (HMM), etc. A technique executing Meta-Heuristics algorithms solves hard optimization problems that cannot be executed within a reasonable time such as Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Simulated Annealing (SA), etc. A technique depending on Fuzzy logic has an advantage in representing customer experience and their explanation abilities. To this end, AI-5GaaS aims to improve the experience of customers and their service providers in 5G networks by serving AI-based techniques as a service to handle reduced OPEX/CAPEX. Therefore, this special issue aims to bring together talented researchers in the field and state-of-art designs and techniques to shape the future of 5G. *Potential topics include, but are not limited to:* 1. Meta-heuristics for AI based 5G networks; 2. Fuzzy inference systems for AI based 5G networks; 3. Cloud-Fog-Edge computing mechanisms; 4. AI-based mobility management; 5. SDN/NFV for autonomous network management; 6. CDN solutions for next generation networks; 7. Application areas for 5GaaS; 8. Security and Privacy issues for 5GaaS; 9. Testbeds, applications, case studies for 5GaaS; 10. APIS, new protocols and programming languages for 5GaaS *Important Datelines * Inform the Chairs (see Contacts below): as soon as you decide to contribute Submission: August 24 Notification: September 13 Registration: September 23 Camera-ready: September 23 *Contribution Types:* - Regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library] - Short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library] - Posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library] - Posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org] - Presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org] - Demos: two pages [posted on www.iaria.org] *Paper Format * - See: http://www.iaria.org/format.html - Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html *Publications * - Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org/ - Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html - Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org/ *Paper Submission * https://www.iariasubmit.org/conferences/submit/newcontribution.php?event=IC… Please select Track Preference as *AI-5GaaS * *Registration * - Each accepted paper needs at least one full registration, before the camera-ready manuscript can be included in the proceedings. - Registration fees are available at http://www.iaria.org/registration.html *Contacts * *Chairs* Muge Erel-Ozcevik: erelmu(a)itu.edu.tr, muge.ozcevik(a)cbu.edu.tr Gokhan Secinti: secinti(a)itu.edu.tr ICSNC Logistics: steve(a)iaria.org

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