This conference aims at bringing together leading researchers from both academia and industry to identify the fundamental challenges and future prospects of IoT, Embedded Systems and Communications, show case their work, and obtain feedback. It serves as a forum for the sensing network research communities working on embedded computing and communications to discuss open issues, novel solutions, and the future development. We encourage contributions describing innovative work in the realms of Internet of things & Big Data Analytics, Computer Systems, Communications and Security issues and all related disciplines.

The conference seeks original contributions that address the following topics, but not limited to:

Track I: IoT, Smart Cities & Big Data Analytics

• Internet of Things
• IoT Application and Services
• IoT Mobility, localization, tracking & security
• Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
• Wireless Body Area Network and Wireless Health
• Health and medical wireless applications
• E-health applications and services
• Smart grids
• Smart City Technology and Applications
• Smart city theory, modeling and simulation
• Smart Transportation and Infrastructure
• Smart home and smart buildings
• Smart Energy & Energy-efficient networks
• Biomedical and Healthcare Informatics
• Interaction between Vehicles and the Environment
• Intelligent vehicle-to-infrastructure integration
• Transportation Infrastructure Sensing
• Big Data Mining and Analytics
• Big Data Processing and Querying
• Intelligent infrastructure

Track II: High Speed Communications Systems

• Cognitive radio: trends and technology
• Adaptive and Cooperative communications
• Radar Communications
• Wireless Communications
• Next-Generation Networking and Internet
• OFDM communications
• 4G, 5G trends and developments
• Multi-Antenna and MIMO Systems
• Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation
• Antenna Design, Modeling & measurements
• Microwave Communications Systems
• Network Quality, Reliability and Performance Evaluation
• Power line communication
• Quality and Reliability Implications of Network Evolution
• Cross-layer design for mobile and wireless networks
• Optical free space analogue and digital communications
• Design, Control and Management of Optical Networks
• New Architectures for Optical Routers and Switches
• Optical Access Networks
• Hybrid Optical-Wireless Networks
• Next Generation Optical Networking
• Satellite and Space Communications
• Satellite-based solutions for aeronautical, maritime Applications
• Satellite-aided navigation systems, positioning and timing
• Satellite-based sensors network
• Next generation mobile, broadband and broadcast satellite systems
• Multiple Access techniques for satellite communications
• Quality Aspects of Emerging Technologies and Services
• Compressed sensing for satellite applications
• Multimedia Networking
• Integration between satellite, MANET, VANET and WSN
• Multimedia Services and Applications over Emerging Networks

Track III: Embedded Systems and Real Time Computing

• Real-Time & Multi-Core Embedded Systems
• Computer architectures
• Embedded Systems and Design Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems
• Programming Languages and Run-Time Systems
• Green computing
• Systems on chip
• High-performance computing
• Mobile computing
• Performance evaluation
• Parallel architectures and computational models
• Grid computing
• OS and middleware for mobile computing
• Hardware and software co-design
• Cloud management
• Operating Systems and Scheduling
• Embedded Software and Compilers
• Power/Thermal Aware Design Issues
• Fault Tolerance and Security
• Fuzzy systems and fuzzy logic

Track IV: Information Security

• Computer and communication security
• Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security
• Multimedia security ,Operating system security, Peer-to-peer security
• Applied cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Digital Signatures
• Virtualization, VoIP & Web security
• Security modeling, tools & simulation
• Mobile and wireless security
• Information systems security
• Security of personal area networks
• Security of Wi-Fi and WiMAX systems
• Security in Media Processing and Communications
• Biometric security
• Cryptography and cryptanalysis
• Quantum cryptography
• Intrusion detection systems
• Authentication and access control
• Cyber Physical Systems
• Privacy and data protection
• User & location privacy