Prizes: Total of $2500 USD, 2 Titan RTX GPUs and up to 10 Jetson Nano GPUs to be distributed (details below)
The 26th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2021 in Athens, Greece
March 3rd, 2021 
Daniela Lopez de Luise Submission Due Date: May 15, 2021
Conference Dates: September 5-8, 2021
Conference Venue: Athens, Greece
Submission Website: https://iscc2021.edas.info/N28231
Conference Website: https://iscc2021.unipi.gr
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Welcome to the 26th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC). The first IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) was held in 1995 in response to the growing interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC takes place annually, usually in the Mediterranean region, in locations such as Egypt, Greece, France, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Italy, and Brazil. In 2021, the Symposium is going to be held in Athens, Greece.
ISCC sessions will include presentations on new research results and tutorials. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the computer and communications areas that the Call for Papers considers. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2021 Conference Proceedings, which will be subject to independent peer-review procedures for quality, and may be eligible for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. Merit, relevance, and originality will guide paper acceptance. Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards will be presented.
ISCC 2021, in its 26th edition, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2021 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications.
You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a Panel/Invited Session or a Tutorial, related to the following topics of interest:
* 5th Generation Networks (5G)
* Resource Allocation
* Network Slicing
* Topology Management
* 5G Core Network and Service Based Architecture
* C-RAN and backhaul
* SDN and NFV for 5G
* Network Stability, Control and Optimization
* Standardization Activities by IEEE, 3GPP and ETSI
* Artificial Intelligence (AI)
* Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications
* Game Theory
* Machine Learning
* Bio-inspired Computing in Communications
* Data Science and Data Engineering
* Distributed Knowledge and Processing
* Trusted AI
* Cloud and Edge Computing
* Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
* Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking
* Fog Computing
* Distributed Systems Architecture and Management
* Internet of Things (IoT)
* LPWAN (LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE-M, Wi-SUN)
* 6TiSCH, 6LoWPAN, Roll
* Rest API, CoAP, CBOR, OSCORE
* Smart Spaces
* Cyber Physical Systems
* Telecare Medical Information System
* Optical Networks
* Optical Network Protocols and Architectures
* Energy-efficient/green Optical Communications and Networks
* Visible Light Communications (Indoor, Outdoor and Localization)
* Optical Wireless Communication Applications for Future Networks
* Vehicular Networks
* Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
* IEEE 802.11p ITS-G5
* Millimeter Waves
* V2X, V2I, V2N, V2V, V2P, V2D, V2G
* Inter and intra vehicle communication and protocols
* Wireless Networks
* Cognitive Radio Networking
* Wireless, Cellular, and Mobile Communications
* Modeling and Simulation
* Signal Processing for Communications
* Services and Protocols
* Advances in Internet Protocols
* Green Networking
* Real Time Communication Services
* Routing and Multicast
* Network Design, Optimization and Management
* Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience
* Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery
* Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures
* Standards Evolution
* Digital Satellite Communications Service
* Localization Protocols
* Communications Services and Management
* Crowdsourcing applications
* Peer-to-Peer Computing
* Software Defined
* Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization
* Software Defined Smart Objects
* Software Defined Data Centers
* Software Defined Radio
* Overlay and Programmable Networks
* Security and Privacy
* Data Privacy
* Attacks and Defenses
* Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
* Hardware Security
* Intrusion Detection
* Moving Target Defense (MTD)
* Blockchain
* Application domain / Framework / Architecture
* e-Health and Bioinformatics
* Smart Grid
* Smart City
* Industry 4.0
* Smart Building
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Submission Guidelines
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Papers must be submitted electronically as a PDF file through the conference management system, at: https://iscc2021.edas.info/N28231
Please note:
(1) All papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance, originality, significance, and clarity. All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Papers that do not comply with the Submission Guidelines will be rejected without review.
(2) All papers should be submitted electronically in PDF and be no longer than 7 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted. Download manuscript templates for IEEE conference proceedings: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
(3) Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards will be presented.
(4) Accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding page(s) will be charged an additional fee.
(5) At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Only registered and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2021 Proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore.
The ISCC Proceedings have been indexed in the past by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the ISCC conference one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas.
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Important Dates
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* Paper submission deadline: May 15, 2021
* Notification of paper acceptance: July 15, 2021
* Submission of camera-ready papers: TBA
* Conference Dates: September 5-8, 2021
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Organizing Committee
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* General Co-Chairs:
* Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy
* TPC Co-Chairs:
* Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia
* Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA
* Theofanis Raptis, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
* Workshops and Tutorial Co-Chairs:
* Nathalie Mitton, Inria Lille-Nord Europe, France
* Michael Kounavis, Intel, USA
* Fabrice Theoleyre, CNRS, Paris, France
* Keynote Co-Chairs:
* Konstandinos Samdanis, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany
* Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy
* Periklis Chatzimisios, International Hellenic University, Greece
* Poster and Demo Chair:
* Dinitris Zorbas, Nazarbayev University, Kazakstan
* Publicity Co-Chairs:
* Min Yu, Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
* Luis Henrique Maciel Kosmalski Costa, EFRJ, Brasil
* Rodrigue Domga Komguem, University of Yaoundé in Cameroon, Capital of Cameroon
* Ye Zhu, Deakin University, Australia
* Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy
* Publication Co-Chairs:
* Dimitrios Kallergis, University of West Attica, Greece
* Adel Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA
* Finance and Registration Co-Chairs:
* Theodoros Karvounidis, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA
* Local Co-Chairs:
* Rosa Mavropodi, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Zacharenia Garofalaki, University of Piraeus and University of West Attica, Greece
* Webmaster:
* Rosa Mavropodi, University of Piraeus, Greece
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Steering Committee
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* Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA
* Antonio Corradi, University of Bologna, Italy
* Mario Dantas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil
* Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Adel S. Elmaghraby, University of Louisville, USA
* Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, USA
* Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA
* Susana Sargento, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, University of Aveiro, Portugal
* Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy
Deadline extension – SHARP workshop and challenge @CVPR2021
March 3rd, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise
We cordially invite you to participate to the 2nd SHApe Recovery from Partial textured 3D scans (SHARP 2021) Workshop and Challenge, which will be held virtually in conjunction with CVPR (25 June 2021). The goal of this workshop is to promote concepts that exploit both shape and texture in the processing of 3D scans in general, with a special attention to the specific task of recovery from partial and noisy data. This workshop will host a paper submission track and a competition.
Call for participation to the competition:
Registration deadline extended: 22 February 2021 -> 1 March 2021
SHARP 2021 Competition focuses on the reconstruction of a full 3D textured mesh from a partial 3D scan. We introduce three challenges:
- Challenge 1: Reconstruction of full 3D textured meshes from partial 3D human scans.
- Challenge 2: Reconstruction of full 3D textured meshes from partial 3D generic object scans.
- Challenge 3: Recovery of feature edges of 3D object scans.
In order to participate to SHARP challenges, participants have to submit a short accompanying paper describing their proposed solutions. Details on the submission of the accompanying papers will be communicated soon. A working implementation of the method is optional, but encouraged.
- An overall 9k€ will be awarded as cash prizes to the winners by our sponsor Artec 3D!
Call for papers:
Original contributions that relate to and serve the goal of data-driven textured 3D shape processing and are encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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Submitted papers should be 4 to 8 pages length (excluding references). All accepted papers will be included in the CVPR 2021 conference proceedings. The papers will be peer-reviewed and they must comply with the CVPR 2021 proceedings style and format.
Organizers:
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Important dates:
Paper submission track:
Paper submission deadline: 7 March 2021
Final decisions to authors: 1 April 2021
Camera-Ready submission deadline: 10 April 2021
Challenges:
Registration deadline: 22 February 2021
IEEE TGCN – Special Issue on Edge Intelligence for Sustainable Smart Environments
March 3rd, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking
Special Issue on Edge Intelligence for Sustainable Smart Environments
CALL FOR PAPERS
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Edge Computing is emerging due to the great availability of computational resources, mobile devices, sensors and actuators that are pervasively deployed and today amount to more than 7 billion interfaces with the network. It enables the pushing of computation to the edge of the network, away from data centers and close to people and data sources. Edge Intelligence derives from the convergence of Edge Computing with the smart exploitation of artificial intelligence methodologies and cognitive technologies, involving sensing/actuation, learning and reasoning on distributed data and Internet of Things devices.
A new generation of smart environments, empowered with Edge Intelligence capabilities, can assist the effective management of a modern society, by combining the development of advanced services able to satisfy user needs and preferences dynamically, with undelayable aspects like better exploitation of renewable energy sources, energy optimization, environment sustainability, people’s safety, quality of life and comfort. Edge Intelligence helps service provisioning, computation and communications to become efficient, green and sustainable in different ways, among which: (i) Edge Intelligence can contribute to optimize data center usage and reduce the amount of data needing to traverse the network, leading to a reduction of energy consumption and carbon emissions; (ii) applications enriched by Edge Intelligence can satisfy user needs through a more sustainable use of environmental resources; (iii) based on predictions performed by Edge Intelligence algorithms, data and computation can be brought closer to the sites where green energy is available.
Edge Intelligence offers an unprecedented opportunity to offer cutting edge services to individuals and organizations and, at the same time, to contrast the continuous growth in the exchange of data and use of communication and network infrastructures. The energy consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions related to ICT technologies are estimated to amount, respectively, to 3% and 4% of the total, and these figures are being further increased by the Covid 19 pandemic. This Special Issue aims to be a valuable venue for novel and original research works in the field of Edge Intelligence and its exploitation for the design and development of sustainable and smart environments like smart cities and cognitive buildings.
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TOPICS
– green communication and networking for edge intelligence
– edge intelligence in energy-efficient internet of things
– edge and fog computing for green smart environments
– mobile edge computing for green smart environments
– energy-efficient computation, communication, and caching at the edge
– energy-efficient coordination and orchestration of the intelligence at the edge
– edge intelligence for energy-efficient resource management
– edge intelligence supported by green clouds and data centers
– sustainable continuum computing between the edge and the cloud
– simulation and analysis techniques for sustainable edge intelligence
– green and energy-efficient internet of things
– energy optimization for edge intelligence
– artificial intelligence and machine learning for sustainable smart systems
– green artificial intelligence for edge systems
– energy harvesting, storage, and recycling in sustainable smart systems
– deployment, management and maintenance of sustainable edge intelligent systems
– edge intelligence for green and energy-efficient smart cities
– edge intelligence for green and energy-efficient smart buildings
– edge intelligence exploiting green mobile computing and 5G
– cyber security, data privacy and integrity in green edge systems
– securing the integrity of devices for sustainable edge systems
– use of blockchains in sustainable edge systems
– trusted and verifiable services for sustainable intelligent systems at the edge
– energy-efficient cognitive radio for satellite and terrestrial networking
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors need to follow the manuscript format and an allowable number of pages described at the IEEE TGCN Information for Authors page:
To submit a manuscript for consideration for the Special Issue, please visit the journal submission website at Manuscript Central
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgcn
IMPORTANT DATES:
Manuscript submission: 15 May 2021
First Review Results: 15 July 2021
Second Review Results: 31 August 2021
Publication: December 2021 (tentative)
Guest Editors:
Franco Cicirelli, ICAR-CNR, National Research Council of Italy, franco.cicirelli@icar.cnr.it
Min Jia, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, jiamin@hit.edu.cn
Sabita Maharjan, University of Oslo, Norway, sabita@ifi.uio.no
Carlo Mastroianni, ICAR-CNR, National Research Council of Italy, carlo.mastroianni@icar.cnr.it
Ian Taylor, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA and Cardiff University, UK, ian.j.taylor@nd.edu
ISCMI 2022
March 3rd, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise Buenos Aires – ARGENTINA
ISCMI 2022
Organized by: IEEE CIS Argentina, IEEE Argentina, and IICCI
In memory of life and work of Prof. Lofti Zadeh
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Daneila López De Luise (Senior Research Director CI2S Labs, National Academy of Sciences in Buenos Aires – Argentina)
contact: sub@iscmi.us
Index: El Compendex, Scopus and some major databases
