Topics of Interest

Papers are solicited in a variety of topics related to IoT, ad hoc, wireless and sensor networks, green technologies, social networks, network protocols and algorithms, including but not limited to: 

-Cloud and fog computing 

-Internet of Things

-Smart cities 

-Sensor network applications and protocols

-Vehicular networks

-Security and privacy

-Participatory and urban sensing

-Underwater wireless networks

-Heterogeneous networks

-Green networking

-Cooperative schemes

-Network localization

-Networking virtualization

-Services based, and enabled by Ad Hoc networks 

-Routing algorithms and protocols

-MAC protocols, scheduling, power control, and resource allocation

-Transport layer protocols for multi-hop networks

-Middleware for Ad Hoc networks

-Application driven architectures and protocols

-Cognitive radio networks

-Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks

-Implementations, testbeds, and prototypes

-Technology related issues (IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IEEE 802.16, etc.)

-Self organization and network reconfiguration

-Resource and service discovery

-Security and privacy

-Delay tolerant networks

-Exploitation of social and mobility patterns for opportunistic networking

-Mobile social networks

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

Extended versions of selected papers will be reviewed for possible publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems.