Workshop 13-IoT

The Third International Workshop on Internet of Things, Machine to Machine and Smart Services Applications

(IoT 2014)

Call for Papers and Participation

As part of

The 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2014)

http://cts2014.cisedu.info

May 19-23, 2014

The Commons Hotel

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

In Cooperation with ACM, IEEE, and IFIP

Extended Submission Deadline: January 30, 2014

Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES

With the recent advancements in mobility, cloud computing, video and data centers, support of Internet of Things (IoT), Machine to Machine (M2M) as well as service and network management applications and algorithms become more important than ever. The number of devices connected to the internet has already surpassed 8 billions and is expected to reach 30 billion in 2015. IoT, Service and network management systems and M2M protocols are becoming more complex by interconnecting different technologies and architectures across various software platforms. No single technology or architecture will be able to smoothly glue together such complex systems into a single network of all networks. New applications will be supported on these complex systems through upper layer middleware software platforms. These services will no longer be independent static sources of content, rather will have intelligent software to adapt those sources to varying network conditions, technologies, and platforms. This will be achieved through another intelligent layer of cognitive middleware that is capable of interfacing these services to the underlying network technologies. New services must be capable of receiving information about the network and adaptively tune their transport parameters as well as bit-rates according to the underlying networking conditions/technologies. New Services and contents will need to understand networking traffic parameters, and react accordingly in order to maintain smooth traffic flows in the network and avoid skewness behaviors.

The scope of this workshop is to address the research and development efforts of the aforementioned various issues in the area of Internet of Things applications, Machine to Machine protocols and systems, intelligent service and network management in next generation networks. This includes services for collaboration among multiple entities and users in composite, integrated, and federated settings. In particular, we are interested in papers dealing with state-of-the-art design and analysis, implementation and experimental results of cognitive and intelligent software agents/services and applications as well as novel architectures for intelligent content delivery.

The IoT Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Service and Network Management Applications, Systems and Algorithms

  • Composite and Federated Services

  • Services Integration

  • Services Value Chain Collaboration (Inter- and Intra-Enterprise)

  • Design and Development Methodologies for user-centered IoT

  • Extended Business Collaboration Models

  • Collaboration Constructs and Exchange Protocols

  • Collaboration Resources and Services

  • Services Publishing and Discovery

  • Programmable Services Interfaces

  • Enterprise Modeling and Management

  • Services Performance Evaluation, Models and Optimization

  • Services Lifecycle (Planning, Implementation, Delivery, Operation, Management, ..)

  • Application Services and Standards

  • Smart Technologies and Services for Could Computing, Mobility, Video and Data Centers

  • Cloud Based Internet of Things

  • Fog Computing

  • Energy efficient Devices and Architectures

  • Energy Harvesting Network Design

  • Communication Protocol Suites for Energy Constrained Devices

  • Middleware for Heterogeneous Sensors, Devices and Protocols

  • Smart Software Agents and Clients

  • Smart Data Collection Systems

  • Smart Data Analysis and Validation Algorithms

  • Data management in the Internet of Things

  • Smart Services and Applications

  • Smart Wireless Access (e.g., 802.16 Wimax)

  • M2M Communication and Collaboration

  • Novel Architectures for Intelligent Content Delivery

  • Adaptive QoS Provisioning Issues

  • Traffic Management and Control

  • Experimental Test-beds and Results

  • Intelligent Algorithms

  • Multicast Support

  • Human-Device Interactions in IoT

  • Service-aware Congestion and Traffic Control Protocols

  • Security and Privacy Issues in Services

  • Case Studies

PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to Internet of Things, M2M, intelligent services and network management in next generation networks. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400 words. The full manuscript should be at most 8 pages using the two-column IEEE format. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://cts2014.cisedu.info/home/posters for the posters submission details) will also be accepted for submission. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.

Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript via the Workshop link at .... .

Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the Workshop link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, technical clarity and presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the workshop.

Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the CTS 2014 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed in major indexing services accordingly.

If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES

Extended Paper Submissions: ------------------------ January 30, 2014

Acceptance Notification: ------------------------------ February 17, 2014

Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: ------- March 07, 2014

Conference Dates: ------------------------------------- May 19 - 23, 2014

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Li Peng

Jiang Nan University, China

Phone: + 1322 291 6126

Email: penglimail2002@163.com

Li Bai

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA

Phone: +1215-204-6616

Email: lbai@temple.edu

International Program Committee*:

All submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in CTS 2014.

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(* Committee formation is pending and will be finalized shortly.)

For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://cts2014.cisedu.info/home or contact one of the Conference's organizers or Co-Chairs.