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CALL FOR PAPERS

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SoftCOM 2020 - 28th International Conference on Software,
Telecommunications and Computer Networks

Symposium on Smart Environments & Internet of Things
IEEE ComSoc Technical Co-Sponsorship


September 17 - 19, 2020, Hvar, Croatia

http://softcom2020.fesb.hr

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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission (Extended Final Deadline): June 10, 2020
Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2020
Camera-ready manuscript: July 20, 2020

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Symposium on “Smart Environments & Internet of Things” will be held
in the frame of the 28th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and
Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2020), technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc),
in hotel Amfora in attractive ambience of Hvar on September 17-19, 2020.

Recent advances in areas like pervasive computing, machine learning, wireless and
sensor networking enable various smart environment applications in everyday life.
The main goal of this symposium is to present and discuss recent advances in the area
of the Internet of Things, in particular on technologies, architectures, algorithms and
protocols for smart environments with emphasis on real smart environment applications that
are becoming research topics more and more interesting for both academia and industry.



We cordially invite speakers who wish to present original papers on the
following subjects, but not limited to:

·RFID and NFC
·Wireless Sensor Networks
·Energy consumption minimization
·6LoWPAN, CoAP, MQTT and ETSI M2M
·Middleware and Architecture for the IoT
·Smart devices and intelligent products
·Ubiquitous/Pervasive computing
·Localization technologies
·Location-aware Services
·Speech and speaker recognition
·Text-to-Speech (TTS)
·Virtual and augmented reality environments
·Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
·Low power sensing and ambient energy harvesting
·Wearable technologies
·Big Data and Data Analytics
·Robotics
·Embedded Systems
·IoT solutions for safety
·RFID and IoT tecnologies in Biomedicine
·Safety and emergency systems based on IoT technologies
·Security, video and signal based Surveillance in IoT
·Mobile applications and rapid prototyping in the IoT
·Fog Computing in IoT
·Case studies, field trials, and industrial Applications
-Manufacturing, Logistic and Supply Chain
-Micro-payments by NFC
-Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
-Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS)
-Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
-Food traceability and Cold Chain
-Animal Tracking systems
-Building Automation, Smart Home, Smart Cities and Smart GRID




Papers should conform to the IEEE format and will be handled and processed
electronically via EDAS Conference Management System.

https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=27325&track=101770

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.

Authors of selected best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of
their manuscripts for publication in a special issue of
the Journal of Communications Software and Systems (JCOMSS).


Symposium Co-Chairs:

Luigi Patrono (luigi.patrono@unisalento.it)
University of Salento, Italy

Mladen Russo (mrusso@ieee.org)
University of Split, Croatia

Maja Stella (mstella@ieee.org)
University of Split, Croatia


Conference contact:
softcom@fesb.hr