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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(51, 51, 255)"><span style="margin:0px"> </span>[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]</span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(51, 51, 255)"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">*******************************<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="mark6akv4syjp" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">IUCC</span>-2021 CFP *****************************<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(51, 51, 255)"> </span></span></p>
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<b><span style="margin:0px">The 20th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (<span data-markjs="true" class="mark6akv4syjp" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">IUCC</span>-2021) </span></b></p>
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<a href="https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/iucc2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/<span data-markjs="true" class="mark6akv4syjp" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">iucc</span>2021/</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span> </span> </span></p>
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<b><span style="margin:0px">London, UK, 20-22 December 2021</span></b><span style="margin:0px"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">INTRODUCTION<br>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">Ubiquitous Computing and Communications is a revolutionary paradigm that aims to provide pervasive and reliable computing solutions and communication services anytime and anywhere. This emerging technology is built upon
the rapid research and development advances in a wide range of key areas including wireless and sensor networks, mobile and distributed computing, embedded systems, agent technologies, autonomic communication, and information security. Ubiquitous Computing
and Communications has drawn significant interests from both academia and industry and continues to attract tremendous research efforts due to its promising new business opportunity in information technology and engineering. The conference offers an important
international platform and brings together the scientists, engineers, researchers, and students from academy and industry all over the world to share their latest work, exchange experiences and discuss the state-of-the-art challenges of ubiquitous computing
and communications.<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="mark6akv4syjp" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">IUCC</span>-2021 is soliciting original and previously unpublished papers addressing research challenges
and advances towards the design, implementation and evaluation of ubiquitous computing and communications technologies, systems and applications. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"><span data-markjs="true" class="mark6akv4syjp" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">IUCC</span>-2021 is planned to be hosted in London, UK. However, if the COVID-19 situation and associated
travel restrictions remain, the conference will be held virtually. All accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore and will be indexed by Engineering Index (EI). The authors of selected best papers will be invited post conference to extend their
contributions for special issues of prestigious journals to be planned in conjunction with the conference. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">SCOPE AND TOP</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">I</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">CS </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Track 1: Ubiquitous Computing </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Track 2: Ubiquitous Communications </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Track 3: Ubiquitous System, Services and Applications </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Track 4: Ubiquitous Media and Signal Processing </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">IMPORTANT DATES<br>
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<li><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">Paper Submission Deadline:<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>8 October 2021 </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">Authors Notification:<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>8 November 2021 </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">Camera-Ready Paper Due:<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>1 December 2021 </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">Early Registration Due:<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>1 December 2021 </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif">Conference Date:<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>20-22 December 2021 </span></li></ul>
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<span style="margin:0px">PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE<br>
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<span style="margin:0px">All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission website ( </span><a href="https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/iucc2021-submission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/<span data-markjs="true" class="mark6akv4syjp" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">iucc</span>2021-submission/</span></a><span style="margin:0px"><span> </span>)
with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts
style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts). </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the conference. </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Distinguished papers selected from the conferences, after further extensions, will be recommended for submission and publication in the Special Issues of the following prestigious journals: </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">- ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">- IEEE Internet of Things </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">-<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnse" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">IEEE
Transactions on Network Science and Engineering</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">- Computer Communications (Elsevier) </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">- Soft Computing (Springer) </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt">- Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Hindawi)</span></p>
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