-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] FRUGALTHINGS 2020: 1th Workshop on Experiences with the Design and Implementation of Frugal Smart Objects Datum: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:19:28 -0400 Von: Pietro Manzoni pmanzoni@DISCA.UPV.ES Antwort an: Pietro Manzoni pmanzoni@DISCA.UPV.ES An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG

# CALL FOR PAPERS

## FRUGALTHINGS 2020: 1th Workshop on Experiences with the Design and Implementation of Frugal Smart Objects

[http://www.grc.upv.es/frugalthings2020/%5D(http://www.grc.upv.es/frugalthing...)

**In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2020 - The 26th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, 21-25 Sep, London, United Kingdom.**

### MOTIVATION AND RATIONALE This research-oriented workshop is related to the broader topic of technology issues for developing regions and it focuses on the adoption of frugal innovations. Frugal innovations aim to minimize the cost and complexity of novel solutions and are particularly oriented toward low-income population groups in any part of the world. Ideally, these solutions have to be scalable, durable and environmentally sustainable, while using state-of-the-art technologies and know-how. The FRUGALTHINGS workshop focuses on frugal innovations and the application of its goals for the design, implementation, deployment, operation, and evaluation of novel approaches and systems for smart objects in the emerging cooperative environments. We are therefore seeking original, previously unpublished papers empirically addressing key issues and challenges in the frugal innovation arena. ### TOPICS * App concepts and technologies for different mobile platforms * Applications of Fog/Edge Computing * Communication between mobile devices and cars * Communication for drone coordination * Human-drone interaction * Content Distribution * Data collection, organization and dissemination methods * Data replication protocols in network partitions * Delay-tolerant networks and ferrying approaches * Deployment and field testing * Experimental results of aerial communication testbeds * Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications * Human-object interaction * Innovative services and applications for mobile devices in vehicles * Location- and track-based services * Middleware for Fog/Edge infrastructures * Fog/Edge Computing applications * Mobile service architectures and frameworks * Applications for social good * Mobility and handover management * New application scenarios for vehicular communications * Pervasive and ubiquitous services in cloud and IoT * Platforms and frameworks for mobile devices * Privacy issues and solutions * Protocol design, testing, and verification * Rural areas connectivity solutions * Security issues, architectures and solutions * Sensors & Data Collection * Solutions for sparse and dense fleets of drones/UAVs * Swarm movement, coordination, and behavior * Wireless in-vehicle networks

### IMPORTANT DATES - Workshop Paper Submissions Deadline: May 15th, 2020 - Workshop Paper Notification: July 1st, 2020 - Camera-ready Workshop Papers Due: July. 31st, 2020

**Submission web page:** [http://www.grc.upv.es/frugalthings2020/authors/%5D(http://www.grc.upv.es/fru...)

### ORGANIZING COMMITTEE **GENERAL CHAIRS**

* Claudio Palazzi, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy * Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

**TPC CHAIRS**

* Catia Prandi, University of Bologna, Italy * Dejan Vukobratovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia * Giovanni Pau, University of Bologna, Italy

**KEYNOTE CHAIR**

* Armir Bujari, University of Bologna, Italy

**PUBLICITY CHAIR**

* Navid Shaghaghi, Santa Clara University, California, USA **WEB CHAIR**

* Chiara Ceccarini, University of Bologna, Italy

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