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The 7th International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI 2019)
November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China

http://isci-conf.org/iSCI2019/

Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2019 (Firm Deadline)

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Keynote Speeches Section*

You are welcome to attend 10+ Keynote Speeches offerred by world-renowned professors and industry leaders, which will be shared by the co-located conferences (iSCI 2019 and DependSys 2019) and associated symposiums, workshops and special sessions (TrustData, AEIT, IWCSS, Blockchain, NOPE, INSERT-IoT, BDSC-IoT, FogCom, ITSC, EAIC, CNC, etc).

Keynote Speaker 1: Prof. Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA (Fellow of APS (Physics) and Fellow of ACM (Computing))

https://sice.indiana.edu/contact/profile/?profile_id=203

Keynote Speaker 2: Prof. Jie Wu, Temple University, USA (IEEE Fellow)

https://cis.temple.edu/~wu/

Keynote Speaker 3: Prof. Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (IEEE Fellow)

https://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~csjcao/

Keynote Speaker 4: Prof. Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan (IEEE Fellow)

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~sykuo/

Keynote Speaker 5: Prof. Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (IEEE Fellow)

http://www.cs.sjtu.edu.cn/~guo-my/

Keynote Speaker 6: Prof. Weijia Jia, University of Macau and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/en/staff/jiawj.html

Keynote Speaker 7: Prof. Wanlei Zhou, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia

https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/wanlei.zhou

Keynote Speaker 8: Prof. Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, UK (IET Fellow)

https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/persons/richard-hill

Keynote Speaker 9: Prof. Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA

https://www.fordham.edu/info/25112/cis_faculty_and_administration/7484/frank_hsu

Keynote Speaker 10: Prof. Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), USA

https://business.utsa.edu/faculty/kim-kwang-raymond-choo/

* More Keynote Speeches will be added later.

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Special Issues Section**

Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 19+ SCI & ESCI & EI indexed special issues. Special issues will be shared by co-located conferences (iSCI 2019 and DependSys 2019) and associated symposiums, workshops and special sessions (TrustData, AEIT, IWCSS, Blockchain, NOPE, INSERT-IoT, BDSC-IoT, FogCom, ITSC, EAIC, CNC, etc):

(1) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII) (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.43)
Special Issue on Trustworthiness in Industrial IoT Systems and Applications
http://www.ieee-ies.org/images/files/tii/ss/2019/Trustworthiness_in_Industrial_IoT_Systems_and_Applications_2019-5-22.pdf

(2) IEEE Internet of Things Journal (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.863)
Special Issue on Trust-Oriented Designs of Internet-of-Things for Smart Cities
http://ieee-iotj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SI_Proposal_Trust_IOT_190508.pdf

(3) IEEE Access (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.557)
Special Issue on Deep Learning: Security and Forensics Research Advances and Challenges
https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/deep-learning-security-and-forensics-research-advances-and-challenges/

(4) IEEE Access (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.557)
Special Issue on Communication and Fog/Edge Computing Towards Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICVs)
https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/communication-and-fog-edge-computing-towards-intelligent-connected-vehicles-icvs

(5) ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM) (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.019)
Special Issue on Trusted Multimedia for Smart Digital Environments
https://tomm.acm.org/Trusted%20Multimedia%20for%20Smart%20Digital%20Environments.pdf

(6) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.639)
Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence: The Security & Privacy Opportunities and Challenges for Emerging Applications
Guest Editors: Qin Liu, Guojun Wang, Jiankun Hu, and Jie Wu
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/
(The webpage hosting this special issue will be available soon.)

(7) Computer Communications (COMCOM) - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.613)
Special Issue on Software-Defined Disaster Area UAV Communication Networks for Extreme Surveillance
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-communications/call-for-papers/uav-communication-networks

(8) Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT) - Wiley (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.61)
Special Issue on Intelligent Resource Management in Cloud Computing and Networking
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21613915

(9) Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, IOS Press (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.114)
Special Issue on Recent Advance in Security and Privacy for Smart Society RASPSS19
http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/issues/2019.html#RASPSS19

(10) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Vehicular Sensor Networks: Applications, Advances and Challenges
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Vehicular_Sensor_Networks

(11) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Fog/Edge Computing-Based Smart Sensing System
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/FCSCS

(12) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Smart Agricultural Applications with Internet of Things
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Agricultural_IoT

(13) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Threat Identification and Defence for Internet-of-Things
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Threat_Identification

(14) MDPI Electronics (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.110)
Special Issue on New Advances of Vehicular ad hoc Networks (VANETs)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/VANET

(15) MDPI Symmetry (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.256)
Special Issue on Symmetry and Asymmetry Applications for Internet of Things Security and Privacy
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/special_issues/Symmetry-Asymmetry-Applications-Internet-Things-Security-Privacy

(16) MDPI Information (ESCI & EI Indexed)
Special Issue on Botnets
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/botnets

(17) MDPI Information (ESCI & EI Indexed)
Special Issue on Emerging Security and Privacy Issues in IoT-based Smart Networks
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/IoT-based_Smart_Networks

(18) International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - INDERSCIENCE (ESCI & EI Indexed)
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJCSE

(19) Journal of High Speed Networks (JHSN), IOS Press (ESCI & EI Indexed)
Special Issue on Smart and Secure Integration of Heterogeneous 5G-enabled Industrial IoT Applications
Guest Editors: Arcangelo Castiglione, Florin Pop, Marek Ogiela, and Gianni D Angelo
https://www.iospress.nl/journal/journal-of-high-speed-networks/
(The webpage hosting this special issue will be available soon.)

** More special issues will be added later.

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Co-located Conferences and associated Symposiums/Workshops/Special Sessions Section***

(1) The 7th International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/iSCI2019/

(2) The 5th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications (DependSys 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.dependsys.org/DependSys2019/

(3) The 10th International Workshop on Trust, Security and Privacy for Big Data (TrustData 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.spaccs.org/trustdata2019/

(4) The 9th International Workshop on Assistive Engineering and Information Technology (AEIT 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/AEIT2019/

(5) The 3rd International Workshop on Cyberspace Security (IWCSS 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/IWCSS2019/

(6) The 2nd International Workshop on Blockchain and its Applications (Blockchain 2018), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/Blockchain2019/

(7) The 7th International Workshop on Network Optimization and Performance Evaluation (NOPE 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.spaccs.org/NOPE2019/

(8) The 2019 International Symposium on Emerging Technologies in the Era of 5G-based Internet of Things (INSERT-IoT 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
https://computing.derby.ac.uk/c/insert-2019/

(9) The 2019 International Workshop on Big Data and Secure Communications in IoT (BDSC-IoT 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://home.sejong.ac.kr/~nkenyereyele/6.html

(10) The 2019 International Workshop on Fog Computing Technologies and Applications (FogCom 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://blockchain.whu.edu.cn/fc2019/

(11) The 2019 International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation and Smart City (ITSC 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://www.ritechs.org/ITSC2019/index.html

(12) The 2019 International Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Cyberspace (EAIC 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://wyy.gzhu.edu.cn/EAIC.html

(13) The 2019 International Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Computer Networks and Communications (CNC 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://www.dependsys.org/CNC2019/

*** More Symposiums/Workshops/Special Sessions will be added later.

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Smart City and Informatization

The 7th International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI 2019) aims to provide a unique platform for multi-disciplinary researchers and teams, industry solution vendors, and government agencies to exchange innovative ideas, challenges, research results and solutions, as well as project experience reports and successful stories.

iSCI 2019 topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Track 1: Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Sensing
- Security Model and Architecture
- Smart Sensing in IoT
- Trustworthy Data Collection in IoT
- Information Security in IoT
- Ubiquitous Safety in IoT

Track 2: Urban Computing and Big Data
- Data Collection and Data Mining for Smart City
- Expression and Visualization of Urban Data
- Urban Monitoring and Optimization
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- Urban Traffic Flow Prediction

Track 3: Sustainable Industry 4.0
- Enterprise Manufacturing and Management Informatization
- Green Industry and Sustainable Manufacturing
- Resource Allocation Efficiency Promotion Technologies
- Integration of Information and Industrialization
- Energy Informatics

Track 4: Smart Society Informatization Technologies
- E-Government for Smart City
- E-Health for Smart City
- E-Education for Smart City
- E-Social Services for Smart City
- Social Mobility Analysis and Social Life Informatization

Track 5: Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing for Smart City
- Cloud Computing for Smart City
- Collaborative Cloud and Edge Computing for Smart City
- Collaborative Cloud and Fog Computing for Smart City
- Future Computing with Multiple Clouds
- Security and Privacy across Clouds

Track 6: Applications for Smart City Informatization
- Structural Health Monitoring in Smart City
- Smart Grids and Energy
- Smart Water and Food Systems
- Applications for Smart Community and Smart Pension
- Applications for Smart Environment and Smart Economy

IMPORTANT DATES
Special Sessions Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2019 (Extended)
Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2019 (Firm Deadline)
Author Notification: August 15, 2019
Camera-Ready Paper Due: September 15, 2019
Conference Dates: November 12-15, 2019

PAPER SUBMISSION
All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isci2019) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages in Springer LNCS format (or up to 20 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed by at least three reviewers. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work.

PAPER PUBLICATION
iSCI 2019 reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the digital library and indexing services), if the paper is not presented at the conference. All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed). Two outstanding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards.

General Chairs
Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China
Zhong Fan, Keele University, UK
Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA

Program Chairs
Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada
Xuejia Lai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain

Program Vice Chairs

Track 1: Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Sensing
Wenjun Jiang, Hunan University, China
Parag Kulkarni, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Md. Abdur Razzaque, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Track 2: Urban Computing and Big Data
Sancheng Peng, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
Konstantinos Kolias, University of Idaho, USA
Rukhsana Afroz Ruby, Shenzhen University, China

Track 3: Sustainable Industry 4.0
Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Shigeng Zhang, Central South University, China
Sikder M. Kamruzzaman, Ryerson University, Canada

Track 4: Smart Society Informatization Technologies
Fabio Narducci, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy
Yang Liu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Changqing Luo, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Track 5: Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing for Smart City
Jianhua He, Aston University, UK
Wei Chang, Saint Joseph's University, USA
SK Hafizul Islam, Indian Institute of Information Technology Kalyani, India

Track 6: Applications for Smart City Informatization
Xuxun Liu, South China University of Technology, China
Vijoy Kumar, University College of Engineering Tindivanam, India
Shaohua Wan, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China

Workshop Chairs
Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, UK
Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala, India

Local Organizing Committee Chair
Jianer Chen, Guangzhou University, China

Publicity Chairs
Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden
Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
Wenbin Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Publication Chairs
Tao Peng, Guangzhou University, China
Fang Qi, Central South University, China

Journal Special Issue Chairs
Georgios Kambourakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Qin Liu, Hunan University, China
Tian Wang, Huaqiao University, China

Registration Chairs
Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China
Pin Liu, Central South University, China

Conference Secretariat
Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China

Webmasters
Qifan Wang, Central South University, China
Jianxu Wang, Guangzhou University, China

Steering Committee
Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China (Chair)
Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia (Chair)
Michael Batty, University College London, UK
Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jianer Chen, Guangzhou University, China
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Zhong Fan, Keele University, UK
Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden
Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA
Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Song Guo, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK
Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, UK
Jiwu Huang, Shenzhen University, China
Weijia Jia, University of Macau, China
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Kin K. Leung, Imperial College London, UK
Jie Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Japan
Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain
Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
Maziar Nekovee, University of Sussex, UK
Vincenzo Piuri, The University of Milan, Italy
Depei Qian, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
Sherman Shen, University of Waterloo, Canada
Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Theo Tryfonas, University of Bristol, UK
Vijay Varadharajan, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Roy Want, Google Inc, USA
Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Jie Wu, Temple University, USA
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Jun Zhang, South China University of Technology, China
Qinghua Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Wanlei Zhou, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

CALL FOR PROPOSALS for SYMPOSIUMS, WORKSHOPS and SPECIAL SESSIONS
The iSCI 2019 Symposiums/Workshops/Special Sessions provide vibrant opportunities for academic researchers and industry practitioners to share their research experiences, original research achievements and practical development products on specific new challenges and emerging issues. The themes of the iSCI 2019 Symposiums, Workshops and Special Sessions should be related to the scopes of the iSCI 2019 main conference, reflecting to advances in all aspects of security, privacy and anonymity of computing systems, communication networks and storage services.
For submission guidelines see http://isci-conf.org/iSCI2019/


Contact

Please email inquiries concerning iSCI 2019 to Conference Organizers: iSCI2019@googlegroups.com

Prof. Guojun Wang, General Chair of iSCI 2019
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Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor
Director of Institute of Computer Networks,
Vice Dean of School of Computer Science,
Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,
P. R. China, 510006
Tel/Fax: +86-20-39366920, Mobile: +86-13360581866
Email: csgjwang@gzhu.edu.cn; csgjwang@gmail.com
http://ieee-trustcom.org/faculty/~csgjwang/publications.html
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