[agents] IEEE PerCom 2021: Call For Papers

[Elisabetta Biondi]

==========================================================
CALL FOR PAPERS
******************************************************************
The 19th International Conference on Pervasive Computing and
Communications (PerCom 2021), March 22-26, 2021
in Kassel, Germany
http://www.percom.org
******************************************************************

In 2021, IEEE PerCom will visit Kassel, situated at the geographic center of
Germany and a dynamic industrial and cultural city. It is known for its UNESCO
World Heritage site "Bergpark Wilhemshohe" and famous for a leading exhibition
of contemporary art "documenta".

PerCom is the premier annual scholarly venue in pervasive computing and
communications. Pervasive computing has found its way into many commercial
systems due to tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and
topics such as wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor
systems, ambient intelligence, and smart devices.


SCOPE

PerCom 2021 solicits research contributions in all areas pertinent to
pervasive computing and communications, especially those that cross
traditional research boundaries. In particular, we target:
  * Advances in pervasive systems and infrastructures: middleware systems and
    services; data engineering for pervasive computing; clouds, fog and edge
    computing; integrations of smartphones in pervasive experiences; applications
    of device-to-device coordination
  * Theories, models, and algorithms: context modeling and reasoning; adaptive
    computing; activity and emotion recognition; programming paradigms; applied
    machine learning; deep machine learning; federated learning; casual
    learning; cognitive computing; complex networks; spatio-temporal modeling
    techniques
  * Domain-specific challenges and novel applications: urban/mobile
    crowdsensing & intelligence; PerCom for healthcare and well-being;
    cyber-physical PerCom; smart homes and virtual assistants; innovative PerCom
    applications (e.g., sports analytics, crime prevention, pervasive
    nowcasting).
  * Intersections of PerCom with: opportunistic networks; IoT and sensor
    systems; RFID systems; pervasive data science, cyber physical systems.
  * New techniques for user-level concerns: participatory and social sensing;
    trust, security, and privacy; user interface, interaction, and persuasion;
    online and offline social networking and pervasive computing.
  * Technological innovations: architectures, protocols, and technologies for
    pervasive communications; energy-harvesting, self-powered, or battery-less
    systems; mobile and wearable systems; smart devices and environments;
    positioning and tracking technologies; wireless crowd-recharging;
    device-free human sensing.

Contributions can be analytical, empirical, technological, methodological, or
a combination. Papers reporting strong systems engineering contributions
backed by solid and appropriate evaluations are strongly encouraged. The
impact of the contributions should be demonstrated in the context of pervasive
computing and communications applications.

Special note: PerCom 2021 will follow a double-blind review process. As a
result, authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions.

IMPORTANT DATES:
* Paper registration in EDAS: September 28, 2020
* Submission via EDAS: October 4, 2020
* Notification: December 22, 2020
* Camera Ready: February 5, 2021

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General Chairs
  Klaus David, University of Kassel, Germany
  Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia
Technical Program Chair
  Amy L. Murphy, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy
Program Vice Chairs
  Chiara Boldrini, IIT-CNR, Italy
  Paul Castro, IBM Watson, USA
  Mahbub Hassan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Workshop Chairs
  Peizhao Hu,
  Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
  Stephan Sigg, Aalto University, Finland

CONTACT INFORMATION:
percom2021 at gmail.com
http://www.percom.org