Dear Colleagues,

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) announces
a forth coming special section on "The Architectures, Protocols, and Applications for
the Future Internet” to be published in May 2021 as a special section of Transactions
on Information and Systems. The objective of this special section is to publish and
overview recent progress in the interdisciplinary area of the Internet technologies
and their various applications for diversified future.

1. Scope
(1) Internet architecture and protocols:
Wireless, mobile, ubiquitous and/or ad-hoc networking, Autonomous and/or distributed
routing, Network Protocol, Robust, adaptive and QoS aware traffic control, Datacenter
networking, Network virtualization, SDN (Software Defined Networking), NFV(Network
Function Virtualization), Sensor networking, ITS (Intelligent Transport System),
ID/location separation, Content-centric networking, Delay tolerant networking

(2) Network computing and applications:
Distributed computing, GRID computing, Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing, Social Networking,
Network infrastructure for big data, IoT (Internet of Things), Cyber physical system,
M2M (Machine to Machine) networking, Smart grid, Network and applications for
ecology, Cooperation between applications and networking, Network infrastructure for
telework, Network technology for distributed knowledge processing

(3) Novel Internet operation and management:
Analysis method and amelioration technology for customer satisfaction, QoS/QoE
management, tele-presence, Digital rights management (DRM), Architecture and/or
protocols for content distribution network (CDN), Integration of communication and
broadcasting

(4) Internet security and social role of Internet technology:
Secure protocols, Firewall technology, Packet filtering technology, Intrusion
detection, Packet tracing technology, Authentication/Authorization (including PKI),
Network security from social aspect, Analysis and proposal of Internet usage for
education, medical treatment, welfare, commerce and dealing with disasters, Education
for information ethics

2. Manuscript for Special Section
- A manuscript should be prepared according to the guideline given in “The Information
for Authors” (https://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_iss.html). We encourage the
authors to use the IEICE Style File (https://www.ieice.org/ftp/index-e.html).
- The standard length is within 8 printed pages for a PAPER, 2 printed pages for a
LETTER with the format determined by the IEICE Style File. The maximum length of a
LETTER at the time of initial submission is 4 pages. Please note that if the length
exceeds the standard pages, the publication fee will suddenly increase.
- The time period for re-submission after the first review notification (60 days for the
regular section) may be shortened.

3. Submission Instructions
- This special section will accept only manuscripts by electronic submission.
Prospective authors are requested to follow carefully the submission process described
below.
- Authors must agree to the "Copyright Transfer and Page Charge Agreement" via
electronic submission.
- Submit the manuscript and the "Copyright Transfer and Page Charge Agreement" using
the IEICE Web site (https://review.ieice.org/regist/regist_baseinfo_e.aspx).
- Choose “[Special-NT] The Architectures, Protocols, and Applications for the Future
Interne” as“Journal/Section” in the submission page. Do not choose “[Regular-ED]
Information and Systems” or other special sections.

4. Submission Deadline August 21, 2020

5. Contact Point
Shinji Sugawara
Dept. Information and Communication Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino 275-0016 Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-47-478-0393 E-mail: ia-ed2020-sec@mail.ieice.org

6. Editorial Board for this Special Section
Guest Editor-in-Chief:
Shinji Sugawara (Chiba Institute of Tech.)
Guest Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Katsuyoshi Iida (Hokkaido Univ.), Kazuya Tsukamoto (Kyushu Institute of Tech.)
Guest Associate Editors:
Toyokazu Akiyama (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.), Keisuke Ishibashi (ICU), Yoshihiro Ito (Nagoya
Institute of Tech.) Kenji Ohira (Osaka Univ.), Pingguo Huang (Seijoh Univ.),
Masahiro Jibiki (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology),
Yuzo Taenaka (Nara Institute of Sci. and Tech.), Toshiro Nunome (Nagoya Institute of
Tech.), Tomoki Yoshihisa (Osaka Univ)