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Fwd: [InternetTC] [CFP] DroNet 2024 - Tenth Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications - Co-located with ACM MobiSys 2024, Tokyo, Japan
by Lars Wolf 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] [CFP] DroNet 2024 - Tenth Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications - Co-located with ACM MobiSys 2024, Tokyo, Japan Datum: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 13:01:51 +0000 Von: Fakhreddine, Aymen <000002b6ade30719-dmarc-request(a)COMSOC-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG *DroNet 2024 - Tenth Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications* Wokshop Co-located with *ACM MobiSys 2024*, Tokyo, Japan <https://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2024/> ======================================================================================================= Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/view/dronet2024/ <https://sites.google.com/view/dronet2024/> Submission link: https://dronet24.hotcrp.com/ <https://dronet24.hotcrp.com/> ======================================================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS Robot aerial platforms, often called “drones”, offer exciting new opportunities for mobile computing. Autonomous cooperative systems, made of intelligent devices (such as drones), may deploy and optimize the network to improve its coverage, build routes and fix network partitions to ensure the best communication performance, reduce energy consumption, and dynamically respond to detected network problems. Innovative solutions are built upon these drone networking primitives to accomplish cost-effective and wide-ranging mission-critical applications, including search and rescue, surveillance, 3D-mapping, farmland and construction monitoring, delivery of light-weight objects and products, and video. DroNet welcomes contributions dealing with all facets of drones as mobile computing platforms, including system aspects, theoretical studies, algorithm and protocol design, as well as requirements, constraints, dependability, and regulations. We are particularly looking for papers reporting on experimental results of deployed systems, summaries of challenges or advancements, measurements, and innovative applications. We also look forward to contributions from interdisciplinary teams to present robotic work or applications focusing on the communication networks enabling the efficient control and context-awareness of teams of unmanned autonomous vehicles/systems with an emphasis on civilian and aerial applications, while related work on underwater/space/ground unmanned systems are also welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Novel applications of drones - Drone system design and deployment - Drone ad-hoc networks - Micro flying systems - Aerial communication protocol design - Drone operating systems - Programming systems - MAC and routing protocols for drone fleets - Theoretical analysis and models for drone networks - Solutions for sparse and dense fleets of drones - Spectrum and regulatory issues - Mission and context-aware solutions - Drone coordination - Mobility-aware 3D communication - Delay-tolerant networks and ferrying - Energy-efficient operation and harvesting - Integration of drones with backend systems - Drone-based sensor networks - Positioning and passive/active localization - Swarm movement, coordination, and behavior - Autonomous flight - Artificial intelligence techniques for drones - Vision and object tracking - Human drone interaction - Cooperative surveillance, smart cameras and sensors - Acceptance, security, and privacy aspects - Experimental results of aerial communication - Results from prototypes, test-beds and demonstrations ======================================================================================================= CO-CHAIRS *Aymen Fakhreddine* <https://sites.google.com/view/aymen-fakhreddine/> (University of Klagenfurt, Austria & TII, UAE) /aymen.fakhreddine(a)aau.at/ *Hiroyuki Yomo* <https://gakujo.kansai-u.ac.jp/profile/en/e1a4aae044f99432.html> (Kansai University, Japan) /yomo(a)kansai-u.ac.jp/ ======================================================================================================= STEERING COMMITTEE *Karin Anna Hummel* <https://www.karinannahummel.info/>**(Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) *Claudio E. Palazzi*<https://www.math.unipd.it/~cpalazzi/>(University of Padua, Italy) *Sofie Pollin* <https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00041938> (KU Leuven, Belgium) *Richard Han* <https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/richard-han> (Macquarie University, Australia) *Kaushik Chowdhury* <https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/chowdhury-kaushik/> (Northeastern University, USA) ======================================================================================================= IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: *April 12th, 2024* Decision notification: *April 19th, 2024* Camera-ready due: *May 1st, 2024* Workshop Date: *June 7th, 2024* * * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the itc list, click the following link: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=itc&A=1

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Fwd: EWSN 2024 Sustainability Competition - Call for Competitors
by Lars Wolf 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: EWSN 2024 Sustainability Competition - Call for Competitors Datum: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 03:57:29 -0700 Von: Carlo Alberto Boano <cboano(a)tugraz.at> An: wolf(a)ibr.cs.tu-bs.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EWSN 2024 Sustainability Competition (co-located with the EWSN conference – Abu Dhabi, UAE – December 10-13, 2024) https://ewsn24.tii.ae/competition.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** CALL FOR COMPETITORS *** (to display it in a browser or as PDF, visit https://tinyurl.com/mrx8exd3) The 21st International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) will host a sustainability competition that aims to quantitatively benchmark the performance of intermittently-powered embedded systems against the same baseline. The competition will take place remotely between June and October 2024 (there will also be an informal testing phase in April-May), and the winners will be announced and awarded at EWSN in Abu Dhabi in December 2024. Competition entries from both academia and industry are encouraged. Contestants will be tasked to develop a solution that maximizes the number of tasks executed while a battery-free system based on the MSP430FR5994 device is powered by an intermittent source of energy. The three top teams will receive generous cash awards sponsored by the Technology Innovation Institute: - First place: 6.000 EUR - Second place: 3.000 EUR - Third place: 1.500 EUR *** WHY THIS COMPETITION? *** Research on battery-free systems has been around for more than a decade, with plenty of results available on software frameworks, hardware platforms, and applications (please refer to 'The Internet of Batteryless Things', CACM, March 2024, https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3624718, for a recent overview of battery-free technologies). However, so far, there has been no large-scale evaluation of battery-free systems in a common sensing ecosystem. Therefore, together with you, we want to evaluate different approaches to designing efficient intermittently-powered sensing systems against the same baseline. EWSN 2024 will be the first place where such an evaluation will take place! *** COMPETITION FORMAT *** In order to compete, contestants must submit a one-page abstract listing all team members as well as their affiliations, and describing briefly the tentative approach/solution that will be followed to tackle the challenge. Selected teams will be invited to participate in the competition, and at least one member of each participating team must register and attend the event in person in Abu Dhabi (December 10–13, 2024). The competition encompasses the following stages, accompanied by a testing phase, as detailed next. - April 15 – May 31, 2024 (Informal testing phase). The E-Cube testbed facility on which the contestants' code will be run and evaluated is going to be available for testing to everyone interested in participating in the event. The testbed is hosted by TU Graz and can be accessed at https://iti-ecube.tugraz.at/, where also detailed tutorials about its use as well as the structure of the expected firmware will be available and updated continuously. We strongly recommend prospective participants to get familiar with the testbed facility early on and to get in touch with us! - June 1, 2024 (Competition entry deadline). After the informal testing phase, the teams that plan to participate in the event are expected to send a one-page abstract (listing all team members as well as their affiliations and describing briefly the tentative approach/solution that will be followed to tackle the challenge) via e-mail to all competition organizers listed below. Please use as subject: 'EWSN 2024 Sustainability Competition: Submission'. - June 8, 2024 (Notification of accepted teams). Selected teams will be notified and invited to participate in the competition. At least one member of each participating team is expected to register and attend the event in person in Abu Dhabi (December 10-13, 2024). Travel and lodging expenses are the responsibility of each team, but please note that several grants for female researchers and students will be available to cover their accommodation and/or conference registration costs (see https://ewsn24.tii.ae/grants.html). - June 15 – October 15, 2024 (Remote competition). During this phase, each team will develop and run its solutions on the E-Cube testbed facility, which will be accessible to all participating team members throughout the competition. Please note that each team will be assigned a unique ID (e.g., 'Team-04') in E-Cube to ensure the anonymity of results, as the performance of the various teams will be visible on a public leaderboard (knowledge of each other's performance is one of the salient aspects of the competition). Participants and their affiliations will be published on the competition webpage, but the mapping to team IDs will not be disclosed: only the identity of the top-performing teams will be revealed at EWSN 2024. Hence, we expect that contestants will abstain from publicly announcing their team ID via social media or other means. - October 15, 2024 (Submission of final firmware and competition abstract). All teams must submit their final firmware (only a .hex file is needed, no source code needs to be delivered) for evaluation, together with a two-page abstract summarizing their contribution to the competition. The competition abstracts will follow the same requirements as poster and demo abstracts and should be submitted via HotCRP together with the final firmware (a link will be provided at a later stage). Accepted competition abstracts will be part of the EWSN conference proceedings and appear in the ACM digital library unless teams explicitly mark their submission as confidential. - October 16 – December 9, 2024 (Evaluation of the final firmware). During this phase, all submitted firmware will be run on E-Cube by the competition organizers, using the same set of energy-availability traces that were provided throughout the remote competition phase, as well as new traces which were previously not available. Each team will score points based on the number of challenges solved via a proof-of-work algorithm (see competition objectives and evaluation procedure section below). - December 10–13, 2024 (EWSN 2024 Conference in Abu Dhabi). During the EWSN conference, all competing teams must present their solution at a dedicated poster session, during which they will have the possibility to engage in lively discussions with the other conference attendees. The winners of the competition will be announced and awarded during a plenary session and will be expected to present their solution as a 'lightning talk'. Details about the lightning talks and poster formats will be provided at a later stage. *** COMPETITION OBJECTIVES & EVALUATION PROCEDURE *** The winning team will be the one maximizing the number of challenges solved over a predefined time window, during which the competition organizers will emulate varying degrees of available energy. To solve a challenge, contestants have to utilize hashcash, a SHA1-based proof-of-work algorithm for which a reference implementation is provided by the organizers. For example, using a challenge ‘EWSN2024‘ and a difficulty of 16-bit, we first create a starting string with a well-known format, e.g., 1:16:240403:EWSN2024::WXhnFeDleN:1. The segments of the string separated by a colon are: version (always 1), bits (16 as per difficulty), date (6 digits, fixed for the competition), resource (the challenge word given), extension (empty), random (a user-chosen random string), and a counter. We now need to check if this string’s SHA1 hash has 16 (as per the chosen difficulty) leading zeros (most significant bits). Our string (with the counter of 1) has a SHA1 hash of 20db26cb6b1e17a2079fc3daf05fd01a7ed08cb5, which only has two leading zeros. Thus, we increment the counter to 2 and hash the updated string and keep incrementing the counter until we find a string that has a hash with the required leading zeros. In this example, after 96620 attempts, the string with counter 96620 1:16:240403:EWSN2024::WXhnFeDleN:96620 has a hash of 0000babe195c81d00ecec4cd8f0dc1572ebd46d4 with 16 leading zeros (0x0000) as required. The string 1:16:240403:EWSN2024::WXhnFeDleN:96620 is hence the solution to the challenge. At the start of an experiment, an external I2C FRAM memory will contain a list of challenges similar to the above example, to which contestants need to supply a solution despite the intermittent energy supply. At the end of an experiment, the computed solutions are automatically collected by E-Cube, the number of correct solutions is tallied against any incorrect solutions, and points awarded accordingly. Additional technical details, a reference solution, as well as the evaluation procedure will be posted on the competition’s website. *** ELIGIBILITY *** Both academia and industry submissions are encouraged. Please note that there is no limit to the number of participating teams from a single organization and the number of members in each team. Teams can be diverse in terms of age, experience, gender, and academic/industrial background. There is also no requirement on the originality of the competing solutions: the demonstration of good use of well-known or previously-published intermittent-computing/battery-free solutions is strongly encouraged. No source code needs to be submitted as part of this competition (the submission of a .hex file is sufficient), but we encourage contestants to do so, if possible, in the spirit of open and collaborative research. There is also no restriction on the operating system, or codebase used to program the devices. *** DISCLAIMER *** The EWSN 2024 sustainability competition will take place if at least six teams respond to this preliminary call. *** IMPORTANT DATES *** - Informal testing phase: April 15 – May 31, 2024 - Competition entry deadline: June 1, 2024 (11:59 PM AoE) - Notification of accepted teams: June 8, 2024 - Remote competition: June 15 – October 15, 2024 - Submission of final firmware and competition abstract: October 15, 2024 (11:59 PM AoE) - EWSN 2024 conference: December 10–13, 2024 -- Poster presentations from each competing team: December 11, 2024 -- Plenary session with award ceremony and lightning talks: December 12, 2024 *** COMPETITION ORGANIZERS *** - Nivedita Arora, Northwestern University, USA - Przemysław Pawełczak, TU Delft, The Netherlands - Markus Schuß, TU Graz, Austria ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of the call -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [InternetTC] FMEC 2024 CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): The 9th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024
by Lars Wolf 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Emerging Tech <emergtechpub(a)GMAIL.COM> Gesendet: 8. April 2024 01:58:02 MESZ An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [InternetTC] FMEC 2024 CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): The 9th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024 [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 9th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2024 ) https://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2024/index.php Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024 Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Sweden Section *FMEC 2024 CFP:* Cloud computing provides a 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 2024 conference aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Edge Computing dominance. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigate Mobile Edge Computing challenges. That is, the objective of FMEC 2024 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 2024 is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Sweden Section. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to the following: - Fog and Mobile Edge Computing in unmanned aerial vehicle communications and applications - Fog and Mobile Edge Computing in mission-critical systems - Intelligent Transportation Systems - Edge-cloud computing architectures, frameworks and platforms - Edge-cloud networking and communication - Quality of Service (QoS) improvement techniques - Network virtualization for Edge-to-cloud systems - FMEC and IoT Data Communication Protocols - Industrial Fog and Mobile Edge Computing Applications - Mobile Cloud Computing Systems and Applications - FMEC in Environmental Sustainability - Trustworthy AI for Edge and Fog Computing - Security and Privacy in Fog and Mobile Edge Computing - Decentralized Data Management and Streaming Systems in FMEC - Data storage, processing, and management at FMEC platform - Federated learning and distributed machine learning in the fog and on the edge - 5G and fog/edge computing - Middleware and runtime systems for fog/edge infrastructures - Energy-efficient fog/edge computing - Edge/fog-to-cloud APIs and protocols - Mobility, connectivity, heterogeneity support for edge/fog services - Load balancing/scheduling in fog/edge computing - Crowdsourcing and establishing trust on data sources - Decision support systems for Edge-cloud computing - AI-based or data-driven orchestration of workflows in Edge computing - Automatic reasoning, scheduling and deployment of workflows and services in Edge computing - Distributed management of Edge computing - Mechanisms and data structures for the governance of Edge computing - Interfaces, orchestration and optimization of the Networking-Computing continuum - In-network computing for the edge-cloud continuum - Novel programming models for Edge computing - Dynamic Edge/Fog environments - Automatic deployment and continuous dynamic composition of Edge services - Semantic annotation of Edge/Fog services - AI in Autonomous Urbanism *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 email 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: 1 June 2024 * Notification to Authors: 12 July 2024 Camera Ready Submission: 1 August 2024 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on FMEC to Sadi Alawadi at: Sadi.alawadi(a)bth.se ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Technical Committee http://committees.comsoc.org/itc/ To subscribe or unsubscribe: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=itc&A=1

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Fwd: [InternetTC] IOTSMS 2024 CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): : The 11th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] IOTSMS 2024 CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): : The 11th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024 Datum: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 23:15:35 +0300 Von: Emerging Tech <emergtechpub(a)GMAIL.COM> An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG [Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 11th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2024) https://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2024/index.php <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/CyMJCq71jxf5MmwZfZFrIL?domain=emergingtec…> Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024 Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Sweden Section _IOTSMS 2024 CFP_ The Internet of Things (IoT) technology offers unprecedented opportunities to interconnect human beings as well as Machine-to-Machine (M2M), whereby networks across the edge-cloud continuum allow all things to communicate and share vital information, allowing us to have an instrumented universe where accurate data is readily available to inform optimal decision making. Indeed, the IoT has opened up for the development of novel types of services and applications in various application domains. It has changed how people go about their lives. The number of heterogeneous objects connected to the Internet is growing very fast. Ericsson estimates the number will be close to 38 billion objects by 2029. Others believe the actual number will be even higher with the assumption that any object with a simple microcontroller and on-off switch will be connected to the Internet in the near future. The scale of the IoT is set to have major economic, social, and environmental impacts; the intersection of which forms the future sustainable growth. The international conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management, and Security (IoTSMS) 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. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Emerging concepts of IoT Systems * Architectures of IoT systems * Machine-to-Machine Communication and IoT * Modelling 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 * IoT for sustainable digitalization * 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 * Trustworthy IoT systems * 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 * Smart IoT systems * Dynamic IoT systems * Simulations in IoT environments _Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings_ Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format (IEEE Templates <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/0FRWCr810kCvBLJEfz4LG3?domain=ieee.org>). 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. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the IoTSMS Proceeding and to be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must not exceed 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. _Important Dates_ Submission Date: 1 June 2024 Notification to Authors: 15 July 2024 Camera Ready Submission: 1 August 2024 _Contact:_ If you have any questions about IoTSMS, please send an email to Fahed Alkhabbas at:fahed.alkhabbas@mau.se <mailto:fahed.alkhabbas@mau.se> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the itc list, click the following link: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=itc&A=1

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Fwd: [InternetTC] CFP: 4th IFIP Networking Workshop on Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networking (TENSOR 2024)
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] CFP: 4th IFIP Networking Workshop on Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networking (TENSOR 2024) Datum: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 13:16:40 +0000 Von: Panagiotis Papadimitriou <papadimitriou(a)UOM.EDU.GR> An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG Apologies for cross-postings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th International Workshop on Time-Sensitive and Deterministic Networking (TENSOR 2024) (in conjunction with IEEE/IFIP Networking 2024) Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2024 https://networking.ifip.org/2024/index.php/workshops/tensor <https://networking.ifip.org/2024/index.php/workshops/tensor> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Scope and Topics of Interest *** Time-sensitive deterministic communications constitute an emerging topic with significant interest from industry and various application domains, such as industrial networks, automotive communications, mobile and wireless networks, as well as service provider networks. Time-sensitive deterministic communications are expected to provide a solid underpinning that will support modern applications connectivity in multiple and distinct use cases and operational environments. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from academia and industry in order to investigate challenging aspects in the area of time-sensitive deterministic communications, as well as identify future research directions for ultra-low latency communications. Open issues and key innovations will be discussed for both network performance and network management related aspects of deterministic communications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Emerging standards and advances on IEEE TSN (802.1Qbv, 802.1Qbu, 802.1Qci etc.) - Layer 3 Deterministic IP Networking - TSN in Industrial Automation, Automotive, Aerospace, Service Provider Networks and TSN convergence with other technologies, such as Wi-Fi and 5G (Network Service KPIs translation, etc.) - Enabling 5G Time-Sensitive-Communications - Hardware/Software co-design for TSN - Software/Systems and open-source solutions - Testbed experimentation for TSN and deterministic communications - TSN testing methodologies - Deterministic communications for the cloud - Low-latency communication for converged IoT-cloud environments - Programmable data planes for TSN - Orchestration and Management of Software-Defined Deterministic Networks - Highly reliable deterministic communications. - Queueing Control, scheduling, admission control policies - Artificial intelligence for deterministic networks - New key techniques for time-sensitive networking - Network Telemetry and Monitoring for IEEE TSN and/or IETF Detnet - Ultra-reliable low-latency communications for 5G - SDN applications for high-precision, high-performance networking - Wireless deterministic connectivity (WiFi6, emerging WSN, etc.) - Internetworking of IEEE TSN networks with mobile/wireless technologies - Emerging Standards for Wired and Wireless Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) - Security aspects of deterministic networking and real time systems - Segment routing for DetNet - Time-sensitive networking system implementation experience - Time-synchronization and robustness for low-latency TSN - Network calculus for delay bounds Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for review elsewhere will be considered for publication in the proceedings. Papers will appear in the conference proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE Xplore and the IFIP Digital Library. *** Submission Instructions *** Papers should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE format (double-column, 10pt font) and should be submitted through EDAS in PDF, using the following link: https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31469&track=123078 <https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31469&track=123078> *** Important Dates *** Submission deadline: April 14, 2024 (Extended deadline, firm) Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2024 Camera ready deadline: May 2, 2024 *** Organizing Team *** Luis M. Contreras, Telefónica, Spain Kostas Katsalis, NTT Docomo, Germany Panagiotis Papadimitriou, University of Macedonia, Greece Paul Pop, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark *** TPC Co-Chairs *** Kostas Katsalis, NTT Docomo, Germany Panagiotis Papadimitriou, University of Macedonia, Greece *** TPC Members *** Carlos Bernardos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Mohamed Boucadair, Orange, France Jose Costa-Requena, Cumucore, Finland Silviu Craciunas, TTTECH, Austria Ping Du, University of Tokyo, Japan Paola Iovanna, Ericsson, Italy Peng Liu, China Mobile, China Lefteris Mamatas, University of Macedonia, Greece Alain Mourad, InterDigital, UK Antonio de la Oliva, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Chrysa Papagianni, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands George Papathanail, University of Macedonia, Greece Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Sophia Petridou, University of Macedonia, Greece Antonio Skarmeta, University of Murcia, Spain Salvatore Spadaro, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Jim Zou, ADVA, Germany Luxi Zhao, Beihang University, China --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the itc list, click the following link: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=itc&A=1

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Fwd: [CFP] - Posters/Demos at IEEE SMARTCOMP 2024
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [CFP] - Posters/Demos at IEEE SMARTCOMP 2024 Datum: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 12:18:14 +0200 Von: Francesco Betti Sorbelli <francesco.betti.sorbelli(a)gmail.com> An: Multiple recipients <LISTSERV(a)CS-LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Dear Researchers/Authors, You are invited to submit your research findings to the 10th International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP) 2024 - Poster/Demo session. June 29-July 2, 2024 - Osaka, Japan Website: https://smartcomp.w.waseda.jp/call-for-posters-demos <https://smartcomp.w.waseda.jp/call-for-posters-demos> Submission link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31643 <https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31643> SMARTCOMP 2024 is the 10th edition of the premier conference on Smart Computing. Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain based on the synergistic influence of advances in sensor-based technologies, the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems (CPS), edge computing, big data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing, and artificial intelligence. Applications of smart computing can be found in different societal domains including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, industrial systems, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and system advancements in cloud computing, mobile/pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking, and social computing are taking smart computing to a new dimension and improving our ways of living. The Posters session will provide a forum to discuss novel ideas and emerging results, present innovative applications and tools, and bring about novel research questions, approaches, and directions. The Demo session will particularly provide a forum to discuss preliminary works, platform design and implementation, verification and validation, empirical case studies, and other work that has the potential to advance the state of the art in CPS. *Topics* Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): - Future Smart Computing Paradigms - Models of Smart Environments - Algorithms for Smart Computing - AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing - Security, Privacy, and Trust issues in Smart Computing - Fairness and Socio-technical issues of Smart Computing - Cyber-physical System Platforms for Smart Environments - Middleware Platforms for Smart Environments - Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Environments - Cloud, Edge and Fog Computing Platforms for Smart Systems - Data Architectures and Analytics for Smart Computing - Smart Computing for Smart and Connected Communities - Smart green computing - Social computing and smart systems - Wearable computing and IoT for Smart Systems - Architectures and Software for Smart Computing - Novel communication paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) in smart computing - Quantum Computing in Smart Systems - Interdisciplinary approaches to Smart Computing - Applications of Smart Computing include: - Smart healthcare and digital epidemiology - Smart agriculture - Smart infrastructures - Smart cities - Smart energy, transportation, water distribution systems - Smart factories - Smart workspace *Submission Guidelines* Posters and Demo papers should be no more than 3 pages in length, including figures, tables, and references and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE conference template. Make sure to use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class. While the submission format is the same, the goals for Posters and Demo are different: - Posters: we welcome short papers discussing early or ongoing research activities for Posters. Novel approaches and preliminary results are especially appreciated. - Demo papers: they should naturally focus explicitly on the component that will be demonstrated to the audience and how the attendees will be able to interact. They should also contain an overview of the background research leading up to the Demo. All submitted Posters and Demos will be subject to peer reviews by SMARTCOMP Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the conference to present the work. Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that), through EDAS. Select Posters or Demo Track at the following link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31643 <https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31643>. *Important Dates* - Paper submission: April 15, 2024 - Acceptance notification: May 1, 2024 - Camera ready: May 10, 2024 *Posters/Demos Co-Chairs* - Yuki Matsuda (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) - Francesco Betti Sorbelli (University of Perugia, Italy) -- Francesco Betti Sorbelli ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: CFP: 49th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) - Paper Submission: 19 April 2024
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP: 49th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN) - Paper Submission: 19 April 2024 Datum: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:04:45 +0200 Von: publicity--- via IEEE_LCN_Info <ieee_lcn_info(a)lists.iai.uni-bonn.de> Antwort an: publicity(a)ieeelcn.org An: ieee_lcn_info(a)lists.iai.uni-bonn.de ================ Call For Papers ===================== 49th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks Caen, Normandy, France October 8-10, 2024 www.ieeelcn.org ====================================================== *** Important dates *** Paper registration: April 12, 2024 Paper submission: April 19, 2024 Notifications: June 28, 2024 Camera ready: July 25, 2024 The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on the leading edge of theoretical and practical aspects of computer networking. LCN is a highly interactive conference that enables an effective exchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. For the past 48 years, major developments from AI-enabled high-speed networking to application-focused IoT networks and trending areas like quantum networking have been reported at this conference. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Adaptive networking applications - AI-enabled networking - Big Data Networking - Cloud computing and networking - Cognitive radio networks - Cross-layer optimization - Cyber-physical systems - Data center networking - Decentralized Systems and Blockchain Networks - Delay-tolerant networks - E-Health networking - Embedded networks - Green networking - Information-centric networking - Internet of Things - Local area networks - Machine-to-machine communications for smart environments - Mobile and ubiquitous networking - Mobility and Location-dependent services - Multimedia and real-time communication - Network coding - Network management, reliability and QoS - Network Security and privacy - Network traffic characterization and measurements - Opportunistic networking - Optical and high-speed access networks - Overlay and peer-to-peer networks - Performance evaluation of networks - Personal and wearable networks - Quantum communication and networking - Routing and transport protocols - Satellite communication and networks - Smart Cities - Smart Grid communications - Social networks - Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization - Test beds for network experiments - Underwater sensor networks - Vehicular networks - Wireless ad hoc & sensor networks Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. There are a number of tracks that are designed to improve interactions of experts over different stages in research development. * Full Regular papers (maximum 8 pages plus references, 10 pt font in IEEE format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. * Short papers (maximum 6 pages plus references, 10 pt font in IEEE format) are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results on hot topics in a poster session. * Doctoral track papers (maximum 6 pages plus references, 10 pt font in IEEE format) provide a supportive setting for Ph.D. students (who must be the first author) to discuss their problem statement, methods, results, obtain feedback from established researchers and establish contacts for entering the job market. The doctoral track involves a mentoring program. * Special Tracks papers (maximum 6 pages plus references, 10 pt font in IEEE format) focusing on nascent and promising areas in networking research, which shall involve experts in those areas seeking to foster collaborative development. Full, short, special tracks, and doctoral papers are published in the IEEE LCN proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All published papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. IEEE reserves the right to remove papers from IEEE Xplore that are not presented at the conference. *** Keynote talks *** Keynote 1: David Gesbert, EURECOM (October 9th) Title: Learning and sensing in the sky with UAV-aided 6G Networks *** Paper submission *** Papers must be registered on EDAS and submitted in PDF format. Detailed submission instructions are available at the conference website. Direct your questions to Program Chairs: Florian Tschorsch and Kanchana Thilakarathna (program(a)ieeelcn.org). A limited number of student grants and N2 Women Young Researcher Fellowship awards are considered by the conference each year. *** Remote Presentation Option *** LCN considers in-person meetings indispensable for collaborations, personal exchanges, discussions, and networking opportunities. Recognizing the evolving landscape of academic conferences and the need for flexibility, LCN 2024 introduces a Remote Presentation Option. Upon acceptance/registration, authors have the option to select physical or remote presentation modes. When opting for remote presentation, a fee of 500 USD is required in addition to the author registration. This fee covers supplementary costs associated with providing a remote option. The additional fee for remote presentations may be waived when all authors are from countries marked with an asterisk on the following list of IEEE eMembership. Countries: https://www.ieee.org/membership/join/emember-countries.html Remote presentation is restricted to full, short, and doctoral papers. Further implementation details will be communicated as part of the author and presenter instructions. The overarching goal of LCN 2024 is to enhance the accessibility and inclusivity of LCN, catering to a diverse global audience while preserving the value of physical participation. _______________________________________________ This mailing list will only be used for announcements of the IEEE LCN conference, see http://www.ieeelcn.org/ Please do not send any other e-mails to this list! This mailing list is a moderated list to avoid spam. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please follow the "Mailman" instructions from the URL below! _______________________________________________ IEEE_LCN_Info mailing list IEEE_LCN_Info(a)lists.iai.uni-bonn.de https://lists.iai.uni-bonn.de/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ieee_lcn_info

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Fwd: [InternetTC] [CFP] IEEE IoT World Forum 2024 (Ottawa, November 9 to13) - Deadline Extended April 22, 2024
by Lars Wolf 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] [CFP] IEEE IoT World Forum 2024 (Ottawa, November 9 to13) - Deadline Extended April 22, 2024 Datum: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 10:03:29 +0000 Von: Lina Mohjazi <l.mohjazi(a)IEEE.ORG> An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG * Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies.* __ __ __ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------____ __ __ The 10th anniversary of the World Forum on the Internet of Things (WF-IoT2024) marks a significant milestone for this distinguished IEEE IoT conference and gathering. Recognized as a premier event in the IoT landscape, WF-IoT serves as a vital platform for both academic and industry professionals passionate about Internet of Things (IoT) advancements. WF-IoT seeks __ submissions and proposals for original technical papers and presentations that address the Internet of Things (IoT), its theoretical and technological building blocks, the applications that drive the growth and evolution of IoT, operational considerations, experimentation, experiences from deployments, and the impacts of IoT on consumers, the research community, the public __ sector, as well as commercial and industrial sectors. This anniversary edition promises to uphold the tradition of fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and exploration of the latest trends and innovations within the dynamic realm of the Internet of Things. The theme for WF-IoT2024 is “Unleashing the power of IoT with AI”, encouraging the submissions of content focused on aspects of IoT that cover most of our planet and the near-space environment. The World Forum will be held in-person. __ __ __ All accepted Peer-Reviewed Technical Papers will be included in the proceedings (in IEEE Xplore). A complete list of topics and____ directions can be found on the IEEE World Forum on the Internet of Things *Website*: https://wfiot2024.iot.ieee.org/ <https://wfiot2024.iot.ieee.org/> ____ __ __ *** *IMPORTANT DATES* ***____ * Full Paper Submission Date: *22 April 2024*____ * Notification of Acceptance Date: *15 July 2024*____ * Final Paper Submission Date: *1 August 2024*____ * Submission Link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31878 <https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31878> ____ ____ __ __ *** *SPECIAL SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND INDUSTRY FORUMS* ***____ As part of the Technical Program, the World Forum is also seeking proposals for (1) Special Sessions consisting of peer-reviewed papers focused on research topics of importance to IoT; (2) Workshops, consisting of peer-reviewed papers, discussions, keynotes and summary results about advanced topics relevant to IoT. Workshop summary results will be edited and published __ as part of the WF-IoT2024 Proceedings; and (3) Industry Forums consisting of presentations, executive forums and panel discussions aimed at research topics important to industrial IoT issues. The proposals are due by 20 April 2024. Once accepted, proposers for Special Sessions and Workshops will issue an individual call for papers for selected topics. __ __ __ * *Paper submissions for Special Sessions and Workshops are due* 15 May 2024____ ____ ____ *** *ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THE WF-IOT2024 PROGRAM* *** ____ WF-IoT2024 will also feature the following:____ * Plenary sessions____ * Tutorials on Research and Industrial Hot Topics____ * Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum____ * Young and Professionals (YP) Forum____ * Masters/PhD Forum and Student Paper Contest (MP)____ * Entrepreneurial Forum____ ____ T*he deadline for speaker nominations and content for the WIE, YP, and Entrepreneurial Program is* 1 June 2024____ __ __ Best regards, Lina /*Lina Mohjazi, PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, SMIEEE*/ /*Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Glasgow, UK*/ /*Associate Editor, IEEE Communications Letters*/ /Check our new new book "*Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces (IRS) for Prospective 6G Wireless Networks* <https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Intelligent+Reconfigurable+Surfaces+%28IRS%29+f…>" Wiley-IEEE Press/ /LinkedIn: Lina Mohjazi <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lina-mohjazi-03317437/>/ /Google Scholar: Lina Mohjazi <https://scholar.google.ae/citations?user=sv8FNxgAAAAJ&hl=en>/ /Homepage: Lina Mohjazi <https://sites.google.com/view/homepage-of-dr-lina-mohjazi/home?authuser=0> / --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the itc list, click the following link: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=itc&A=1

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Fwd: [InternetTC] CFP: IEEE MobiSec 2024 (co-located with IEEE ICDCS 2024), Jersey City, NJ, USA, July 2024 (*EXTENDED* submission due: 04/15/2024)
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] CFP: IEEE MobiSec 2024 (co-located with IEEE ICDCS 2024), Jersey City, NJ, USA, July 2024 (*EXTENDED* submission due: 04/15/2024) Datum: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 14:31:59 +0000 Von: Wenjia Li <wli20(a)NYIT.EDU> An: itc(a)COMSOC.ORG Dear Colleagues, Sorry if you receive this message multiple times. We really appreciate if you would consider submitting your work to the 8th IEEE International Workshop on the Security, Privacy, and Digital Forensics of Mobile Systems and Networks (IEEE MobiSec 2024), which will be co-located with IEEE ICDCS 2024. Please note that the *EXTENDED* submission due date is *April 15, 2024*. If you have any question regarding the MobiSec 2024 workshop, please contact the workshop chairs. Thank you. Sincerely Yours, Wenjia Li, Ph.D., SMIEEE Workshop organizer and TPC chair, IEEE MobiSec 2024 Associate Professor, Computer Science New York Institute of Technology New York City, USA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Eighth IEEE International Workshop on the Security, Privacy, and Digital Forensics of Mobile Systems and Networks (IEEE MobiSec 2024) co-located with IEEE ICDCS 2024 Jersey City, NJ, USA July 2024 https://bit.ly/mobisec2024 <https://bit.ly/mobisec2024> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for Papers To many people, smartphones have been an indispensable part of daily life and work. With personal financial and medical information and job-related data being processed on smartphones and related mobile systems and networks, it is critically important that the development and advancement of secure mobile operating systems, secure mobile applications, secure smartphone devices and cellular networks keep up with the ever‐ growing smartphone usage. For this reason, this research area has been a very important sector in the network and telecommunication industry and a focus of funded research projects in many research institutes. The scope of MobiSec 2023 encompasses the security, privacy, and digital forensics of mobile systems and networks, including but not limited to Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile operating systems, smartphones and applications for these platforms and devices, as well as cellular networks. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following subject categories: + Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile security and privacy + Digital forensics on mobile operating systems, applications, and smartphones + Secure mobile application development + Smartphone device/hardware security + Mobile application security and digital forensics + Mobile user authentication and authorization + Multi‐factor mobile authentication + Mobile user privacy + Mobile vulnerability detection and remediation + Intrusion detection and recovery on mobile OS, applications, smartphones, and cellular networks + Social network security and privacy + Secure cloud for mobile environment + Mobile device management + 4G and 5G security SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS The Mobisec 2024 Workshop seeks for original papers which are not currently under review or published in any other conference or journal. Paper length should not exceed six-page standard IEEE conference two-column format (including all text, figures, and references) and submitted as PDF files through the Easychair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobisec2024 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobisec2024> Important Dates *_(*EXTENDED*) Submission Due: April 15, 2024_* Author Notification: May 3, 2024 Camera-ready Due: May 10, 2024 Honorary General Chair * Dr. Wenjing Lou, Virginia Tech, USA Workshop Organizers and Technical Program Chairs * Dr. Wenjia Li (Point of Contact), New York Institute of Technology, USA * Dr. Lei Chen, Georgia Southern University, USA * Dr. Yun Lin, Harbin Engineering University, China Technical Program Vice Chairs * Dr. Yiming Ji, Georgia Southern University, USA * Dr. Mauro Conti, The University of Padua, Italy * Dr. Feng Zeng, Central South University, China * Dr. Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland * Dr. Yupeng Hu, Hunan University, China Publication Chairs: * Dr. Narasimha Shashidhar, Sam Houston State University, USA * Dr. Umit Karabiyik, Purdue University, USA * Dr. Yuansheng Luo, Changsha University of Science & Technology, China Publicity Chairs: * Dr. Weitian Tong, Eastern Michigan University, USA * Dr. Nhien-An Le Khac, University College Dublin, Ireland * Dr. Yejun He, Shenzhen University, China * Dr. Yehua Wei, Hunan Normal University, China Web Chair: * Dr. Atef Mohamed, Georgia Southern University, USA * Dr. Weinan Gao, Northeastern University, China * Dr. Di Zhang, University of Jyväskylä, Finland --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the itc list, click the following link: https://comsoc-listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=itc&A=1

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Fwd: 1st CFP: Special track on BLOCKCHAIN AND DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIAL GOOD (BANDIT) @ ACM GoodIT 2024
by Lars Wolf 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: 1st CFP: Special track on BLOCKCHAIN AND DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIAL GOOD (BANDIT) @ ACM GoodIT 2024 Datum: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 11:41:51 +0200 Von: Michienzi Andrea <andrea.michienzi(a)DI.UNIPI.IT> Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" <KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE> Organisation: Università di Pisa - Department of Computer Science An: KUVS-L(a)LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE CFP: Special track on BLOCKCHAIN AND DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIAL GOOD (BANDIT) @ ACM GoodIT 2024 https://sites.google.com/unipi.it/bandit2024/home 4-6 September 2024, Bremen, Germany Accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library. Special issues associated with the conference are being organized. Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to those journals. ## MOTIVATION AND RATIONALE Social good has a big impact on society. Indeed, the term “social good” refers to something which benefits the general public, and at the same time, it is something which reflects and respects their wishes, being ‘from’ the people. The social good can be envisioned as global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals through collaboration to create a positive societal impact. Much interest has been produced in the last years, and new proposals and technologies have been considered. Among them, Blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, and decentralized technologies in general, such as IPFS, have been considered to improve all the aspects of the social good. Blockchain and decentralized technologies have had a big impact on the world. In particular, Blockchain technology has been applied to several fields, such as e-health, IoT, media, etc. The big question around the definition of this track is: “How does the blockchain have a big impact on the social good? And how can decentralization improve the ICT industries?”. The track manages the possible application of decentralized technologies in research fields included in the global scope of the social good. These address sectors such as agriculture, supply chain traceability, energy, health, property rights and digital identities, ranging from a global to a local scope. More recently in the realm of civic participation, civil society initiatives and social economies, blockchains are being tested to implement collaborative models: social finance and local currency schemes, peer-to-peer production and exchanges, decentralized organizations management and decision-making, purpose-driven tokens that incentivize pro-social behaviors, etc. Examples of applications involving considerable experimentation and innovation are complementary and community currency systems. These systems aim to support humanitarian aid initiatives, self-organizing local community development and basic income projects. These involve novel tokenization mechanisms based on smart contracts that necessitate further investigation and discussion. While the revolutionary potential of blockchains has been largely tested (in the financial domain in particular), its possible applications in social domains and to address sustainability challenges have been explored far less. This special track aims to explore and debate the main concepts and implications of blockchain technology, how it can be a driver of innovation and its positive effects on our societies, industry, legal systems and economic/financial systems. Also, the risks and uncertainties that blockchain arrows are welcome to be debated in this section, as regards: conflicts arising from the introduction, in mutable social interactions, of logics based on tokenization, automation, and trustlessness; energy consumption and environmental impacts; technical accessibility and digital skill divides. This special track will provide both academic and industry researchers with a forum to discuss the impact, future, and limitations of blockchain technology regarding its effect across specific industries, economics, finance, law, civil society initiatives, social economies, the not-for-profit sector, etc. ## TOPICS * Blockchain and decentralized architectures and algorithms * Protocols for management and access using blockchain * Consensus and mining algorithms suited for Social Good * NFT and Web3 for Social Good * Security and privacy in Blockchains and decentralized platforms * Blockchain application in civic participation initiatives in local communities * Blockchain application in social and collaborative economies in local communities * Blockchain-based local currencies for financial inclusion * Tokenomics and collaborative incentives models for local communities * Decentralized Autonomous Organizations for smart communities * Voting and opinion formation systems * Blockchain applications for environmental sustainability * Blockchain applications for public administration * Blockchain applications in IoT * Blockchain applications in healthcare * Blockchain applications in business * Blockchain applications in supply-chain management and certification * Blockchain applications in the industry * Blockchain applications in mobile communications and wireless networks * Decentralized Technology for Social Media * Blockchain in Social Networking * AI for blockchain ## IMPORTANT DATES * Papers submission: 17th May 2024 * Notification of acceptance: 8th July 2024 * Camera-ready paper due: 19th July 2024

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