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<div><b>Wi-DroIT 2019 – 1st International Workshop on Wireless Drones over Internet of Things<br>
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<div>Santorini Island, Greece</div>
<div>May 29 - 31, 2019</div>
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<div>Submission link: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=widroit2019" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=widroit2019</a> <br>
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<div>Link: <a href="https://widroit2019.loria.fr/" target="_blank">https://widroit2019.loria.fr</a></div>
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<div>in conjunction with the:</div>
<div>15th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (<b>DCOSS 2019</b>)</div>
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<div>Workshop papers will get 8 pages in the IEEE proceedings, in the same volume with the DCOSS papers.</div>
<div>Few selected papers will be invited to the special issue "<b>UAV-Based Applications in the Internet of Things (IoT)</b>" of Sensors – Open Access Journal (Impact factor: 2.475)</div>
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<div><b>Important Dates</b></div>
<div>Paper Submission: <b>18th March</b></div>
<div>Acceptance Notification: 1st April</div>
<div>Camera Ready: 15th April</div>
<div>Early Registration: 10th April</div>
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<div><b>Scope</b></div>
<div>For this workshop, we search for papers that combine design of algorithms, optimization, and test-bed to develop the theoretical foundations for the drone systems operating in symbiosis with WSN in IoT applications. The numerous emergent applications nurtured
by IoT may require an interdisciplinary approach, involving techniques from algorithm foundations as well as different areas, like robotics, artificial intelligence, mathematical modeling. Applications in complex domains lead to situations where multiple optimization
objectives should be accounted in the proposed solutions. Decentralized and distributed, robust and secure algorithms are searched for drones systems that operate in rapidly-changing, uncertain, and potentially adversarial environments.</div>
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<div><b>Topics (Not limited to)</b></div>
<div>Autonomous WSN via Drones</div>
<div>Topology monitoring of WSN with Drones</div>
<div>Build Remote Sensing Networks in emergency context via Drones</div>
<div>Communication architectures and protocols of Drones over IoT</div>
<div>Modeling and analysis of Drone systems over IoT</div>
<div>Theoretical foundations for communication routing beyond line-of-sight of Drones</div>
<div>Communication and networking aspects of cyber-physical systems</div>
<div>Theoretical foundations for parcel delivery using Drones</div>
<div>Drones/UAVS for monitoring network properties (coverage, connectivity) in emergency</div>
<div>Drones for detecting or discovering events</div>
<div>Facility location problem and Resource Management for Drone systems</div>
<div>4G-5G networks and UAVs</div>
<div>UAV assisted networks</div>
<div>Drones for environment (crop/forest) monitoring</div>
<div>Constraints and multi-objective optimization problems in UAVs</div>
<div>Localization, navigation, and dynamic path planning of UAVs over IoT</div>
<div>Ground Localization with Drones</div>
<div>Cooperative control of multiple UAVs</div>
<div>UAV secure communication techniques</div>
<div>Optimal UAV deployment strategies</div>
<div>High-accuracy navigation techniques</div>
<div>Real-time surveillance techniques</div>
<div>Performance, scalability, energy, and reliability in Drones' systems</div>
<div>Anomaly detection, network monitoring and forecasting</div>
<div>Trust, security, and privacy</div>
<div>Experimental results, simulators and test beds for drone networks</div>
<div>Cooperative Rendezvous for secure drone to drone communications</div>
<div>Secure communication between the drone and the ground networks</div>
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<div><b>Program Chairs</b></div>
<div>Enrico Natalizio, University of Lorraine/LORIA, France; <a href="mailto:enrico.natalizio@loria.fr" target="_blank">enrico.natalizio@loria.fr</a></div>
<div>Cristina M. Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy; <a href="mailto:cristina.pinotti@unipg.it" target="_blank">cristina.pinotti@unipg.it</a></div>
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<div><b>Submission instructions</b></div>
<div>Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts reporting applied or technical research. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the same volume with the DCOSS 2019 conference proceedings. All papers will be reviewed by Technical
Program Committee members and selected papers will be organized for presentation at the workshop.</div>
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<div>All submissions will be exclusively electronic with a maximum length of eight (8) printed pages including title, authors, abstract, figures, diagrams, references and attachments. Articles must be prepared in English following the IEEE two-column Manuscript
Templates for Conference Proceedings (available here) and submitted in PDF format only.</div>
<div>Submission link: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=widroit2019" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=widroit2019</a></div>
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<div><b>Publicity Chair</b></div>
<div>Francesco Betti Sorbelli, University of Perugia, Italy; <a href="mailto:francesco.bettisorbelli@unipg.it" target="_blank">francesco.bettisorbelli@unipg.it</a></div>
<div>Tathagata Mukherjee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA; <a href="mailto:tathagata.mukherjee@uah.edu" target="_blank">tathagata.mukherjee@uah.edu</a></div>
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