<div dir="ltr"> -----------------------Call for Papers (Deadline Extended)----------------------------<br><br>The 2nd International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud-2014)<br>27-29 August 2014, Barcelona, Spain<br>
<br><a href="http://scim.brad.ac.uk/~iawan/FiCloud-2014/">http://scim.brad.ac.uk/~iawan/FiCloud-2014/</a><br><br>[Technically co-sponsored by the Technical Committee on the Internet of the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS TCI)]<br>
<br>The
Internet of Things (IoT) vision is to provide a dynamic and global
network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self
configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the
future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in
order to enable the interaction <br>and integration of virtual as well
as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars,
refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly
integrated into the information network and interaction can be made
through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant
future, IoT will be <br>forcing its way into every aspect of our lives
and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and
nature, green energy, food, medicine, <br>automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, and so on.<br>IoT
is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited
capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less
reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand
deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms
of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main
complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the
unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly,
cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner.<br>The
theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in
scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It
provides a forum for bringing <br>together researchers and practitioners
from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present
their research work and share research and development <br>ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing.<br><br>Conference Tracks:<br>- Network Design and Architecture<br>- Software Architecture and Middleware<br>- Mobile Services<br>
- IoT and Cloud Data Management<br>- Context Awareness in Cloud and IoT<br>- Security, Privacy and Reliability<br>- Performance Evaluation and Modelling<br>- Standards in Cloud and IoT<br>- Networking and Communication Protocols<br>
- Machine to Machine communication protocols<br>- Smart Environment<br>- Industry Track<br>- General Track-Future IoT and Cloud Computing<br><br>Publication:<br>All
papers accepted for this conference will be published in the conference
proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service
(CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE
Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also
submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services;<br>Authors
of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of
their papers for special issues in international journals.<br><br>Important Dates:<br>Submission Deadline: 5 April 2014 (Extended)<br>Authors Notification: 30 May 2014<br>Final Manuscript Due: 20 June 2014<br><br><br>Organizing Committee:<br>
General Chairs:<br>Xavier Franch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain<br>Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada<br><br>Program Chairs:<br>Antonio Pescape, University of Napoli, Federico II, Italy<br>Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK<br>
Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK<br><br>Local Organising Chair:<br>Carme Quer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain<br><br>International Advisory Committee:<br>Athman Bouguettaya, RMIT University, Australia<br>
Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College London, UK<br>Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK<br>Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA<br>A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria<br>Chonggang Wang, InterDigital Communications, USA<br>
<br>Track Chairs:<br>Track 1: Network Design and Architecture<br>Chair: Payam M. Barnaghi, University of Surrey, UK<br><br>Track 2: Software Architecture and Middleware<br>Chair: Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania<br>
<br>Track 3: Mobile Services<br>Chair: Danish Aziz, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Germany<br><br>Track 4: IoT and Cloud Data Management<br>Chair: Sylvain Kubler, Aalto University, Finland<br><br>Track 5: Context Awareness in Cloud and IoT<br>
Co-Chair: Qiang Duan, The Pennsylvania State University, USA<br>Co-Chair: Honggang Wang, The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA<br><br>Track 6: Security, Privacy and Reliability<br>Chair: Jules F. Pagna Disso, EADS Innovations Works, UK<br>
<br>Track 7: Performance Evaluation and Modelling<br>Chair: Alessio Botta, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy<br><br>Track 8: Standards and Social Issues<br>Chair: Ivona Brandic, Technical University Wien, Austria<br>
<br>Track 9: Networking and Communication Protocols<br>Chair: Charalabos Skianis, University of Aegean, Greece<br><br>Track 10: Machine to Machine communication protocols<br>Chair: Vamsi Krishna Paruchuri, University of Central Arkansas, USA<br>
<br>Track 11: Smart Environment<br>Chair: Elisabetta Farella, Universita di Bologna, Italy<br><br>Track 12:Green Cloud and IoT<br>Chair: José Luis Vázquez-Poletti, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain<br><br>Track 13: Industry Track<br>
Chair: Noel Portugal, Oracle Corporation, USA<br><br>Track 14: General - Future IoT and Cloud Computing<br>Chair: Farookh Hussain, University of Technology Sydney, Australia<br><br>Workshop Coordinator:<br>Ruben Casado, Treelogic, Spain<br>
<br>Journal Special Issue Coordinator:<br>Mohamed Bakhouya, Aalto University, Finland<br><br>Publicity Chair:<br>Satish Narayana Srirama, University of Tartu, Estonia<br><br>Website Administrator:<br>Hatem Musbah Ibrahim, University of Bradford, UK</div>