[agents] CFP: International Conference on Future Internet and Internet of Things Applications (FIoTA 2016)

[Alessandro Farinelli]

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                                                 CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on Future Internet and Internet of Things Applications
                                    May 25-28, 2016 | PUEBLA, Mexico
                                                 http://futureiotapps.org
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** SCOPE
The rapid advancement of ubiquitous computation and mobile networks
together are enabling technology advancements in the area of sensing,
predicting and controlling of our physical spaces. Such technology
advancements are nowadays deployed in a web based information creation
and sharing platform to give form to what is now known as the Internet
of Things. This conference is targeting academics from fields like AI,
operations research, networks, multiagent systems and related.
Theoretical and applied work is welcome.
The conference will also host an industrial applications track, where
also blue-sky ideas are welcome.

** HIGHLIGHTS
- The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a
leading community-based organization devoted to the advancement of
innovation in the field of ICT.
- Starting 2016 and throughout 2017, CONACYT and the EU-H2020 will
launch IoT related calls targeted to Mexico-EU counterparts. This
conference will serve as an important meeting point to foster joint
project proposals.
- Accepted papers will be published in the FIoTA Conference
Proceedings and by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of ICST
(LNICST) and will be submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing
services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI
Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as ICST's own EU
Digital Library (EUDL).
- Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the EAI
Endorsed Transactions on Future Internet. Authors of selected papers
will have an opportunity to submit an extended version of their
article for a fast track publication in ACM/Springer WINET.

** TOPICS
- Big data applications for IoT
- Inference in sensor networks
- IoT for robotics
- IoT and smart cities/smart grids
- Agent technologies and IoT
- IoT architectures
- IoT for ambient assisted leaving
- Advanced data capture and network
- Security of data
- Enabling technologies
- Application and services
- Societal Impacts
- Deployment of IoT systems

** KEYNOTE: Prof. Latif Ladid (Founder & President, IPv6 FORUM; Chair,
5G World Alliance; Chair, IEEE COMSOC IoT subCommittee; Chair, IEEE
COMSOC 5G, Chair, ETSI IPv6 ISG (icl. 5G); Co-Chair, IEEE COMSOC
SDN-NFV subCommittee; Emeritus Trustee, Internet Society)


** IMPORTANT DEADLINES
• Initial Submission: 15 December, 2015
• Notification: 25 February, 2016
• Camera-Ready: 25 March, 2016

** PAPER SUBMISSION
- Full paper length: 6 - 12 pages
- Short paper length: 2 - 4 pages
- Submissions are to be sent through the EasyChair platform:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fiota16 following the LNICST
style guidelines
- Submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three expert reviewers.
- Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and
relevance. Submitted papers must be original work, and may not be
under consideration for another conference or journal.
- Submission of the paper implies agreement of the author(s) to attend
the conference and present the paper if accepted.

** PUBLICATIONS
Accepted papers will be published in the FIoTA Conference Proceedings
and by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST). The
proceedings will be available both in book form and via the
SpringerLink digital library, which is one of the largest digital
libraries online and covers a variety of scientific disciplines.
The proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing
services: DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI
Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus, as well as ICST's own EU
Digital Library (EUDL).

Chairs:
Enrique Munoz de Cote, INAOE, Mexico
Alessandro Farinelli, University of Verona, Italy

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Dr. Alessandro Farinelli
Computer Science Department
University of Verona
Ca' Vignal 2, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
Phone: +39 045 802 7072
Fax: +39 045 802 7068
E-mail: alessandro.farinelli at univr.it
Web Page http://profs.sci.univr.it/~farinelli/