[AISWorld] CFP: SI on Novel Architectures and Approaches for Resolving Service Discovery, Communication, and Integration Issues in the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Michael Sheng]

Call for papers

Int. J. of Internet Protocol Technology
http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=3038.

Special Issue on: "Novel Architectures and Approaches for Resolving 
Service Discovery, Communication, and Integration Issues in the Internet 
of Things"

Guest Editors:
Prof. Arun Kumar Sangaiah, VIT University, India
Associate Prof. Michael Sheng, University of Adelaide, Australia

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a model of computing that deals with the 
usage of standard communication protocols to connect heterogeneous 
things in the world. Moreover, it enables devices of different 
functionality, technology and application to identify and effectively 
communicate with each other to achieve a goal. IoT expands the current 
internet with the objectives of connecting smart objects, detecting real 
time changes in the surrounding environment and taking appropriate actions.

Consequently, the technological evolution of IoT-related devices and 
communication protocols has a significant impact in the modern business 
world. Furthermore, the emergence of new sets of devices into the 
industry results in the generation of new types of data and imposes a 
strong need for gaining efficiency, harnessing intelligence from a wide 
range of equipment and increasing customer satisfaction. Also, IoT 
applications are gaining substantial influence in addressing the 
socio-economical and business needs of the environment.

The aim of this special issue is primarily to bring together the 
contributions of IoT researchers and disseminate the issues and proposed 
solutions in improving the communication, control and cost challenges 
that have a profound impact in business; resolving heterogeneity isses; 
addressing security threats; and formulating methods for service/device 
discovery.

The challenging issues in IoT span the disciplines of embedded systems, 
wireless sensor networks, data analysis and management, intelligence, 
radio access networks, telecommunication and cloud computing. To address 
these challenges we need novel analytical tools, processes and methods 
with appropriate fundamental mathematical connotations to shed light on 
the performance limits of IoT systems and to lead to the design, 
implementation development and optimisation of evolving IoT technologies.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

. Protocols and mechanisms for IoT/M2M (machine-machine) communication
. IoT interoperability
. Big data and IoT
. Architectures for building IoT networks
. Service-oriented architectures and IoT
. IoT management and business
. IoT software as a service (SaaS)/platform as a service (PaaS)
. Adaptable architectures for IoT systems
. Middleware for IoT
. Service/resource discovery
. Software-defined networking and IoT
. Safety, security and privacy in IoT/M2M
. Context awareness, reasoning and extraction
. Programming models for IoT
. Energy-efficient algorithms and approaches for large-scale IoT
. Quality of service (QoS) in IoT
. New applications and technologies for IoT

Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be 
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. 
Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely 
re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained 
from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. All papers must 
be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting 
articles page. If you have any queries concerning this special issue, 
please email the Guest Editors:

Prof. Arun Kumar Sangaiah: arunkumarsangaiah at gmail.com
Associate Prof. Michael Sheng: michael.sheng at adelaide.edu.au

Important Dates
  Submission of manuscripts: 1 October, 2015
  Notification to authors: 31 December, 2015
  Submission of revised papers: 15 February, 2016
  Final versions due: 1 April, 2016