<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><br>[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]<br><br>IEEE SmartCity 2021 CFP (December 17-19, 2021, Haikou, China) <br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>The 19th IEEE International Conference on Smart City (Smart City 2021) <br><a href="http://www.ieee-cybermatics.org/2021/smartcity/">http://www.ieee-cybermatics.org/2021/smartcity/</a><br>December 17-19, 2021, Haikou, China<br><br><br>INTRODUCTION<br>----------------------------------<br>Smart cities (also smarter cities) use digital technologies to enhance performance and wellbeing, to reduce costs and resource consumption, and to engage more effectively and actively with its citizens. Developing a smart city to better support growing urban population is a global and complex challenge and involves interdisciplinary fields. Key "smart" sectors include transportation, smart building, energy, health care, and water systems.<br><br>As a highly successful International Conferences on Smart City, IEEE SmartCity is aiming to be a premier international conference in smart city. The SmartCity-2021 is the 19th edition of a forum to bring together computer scientists, industrial engineers and researchers to discuss and exchange experimental or theoretical results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the area of smart city.<br><br>SPECIAL ISSUES<br>----------------------------------<br>IEEE SmartCity 2021 is sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). All accepted papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore and Engineering Index (EI). Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 10+ SCI & EI indexed prestigious journals (confirmed).<br>1. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems<br>SI on Graph-based Machine Learning for Intelligent Transportation Systems<br><a href="https://ad051eeb-2ac9-4983-9271-c88f64105e50.filesusr.com/ugd/eaf218_db671bf4e4eb4a41ac1cf6da14a77750.pdf">https://ad051eeb-2ac9-4983-9271-c88f64105e50.filesusr.com/ugd/eaf218_db671bf4e4eb4a41ac1cf6da14a77750.pdf</a><br>2. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems<br>SI on Data Science for Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems<br><a href="https://ad051eeb-2ac9-4983-9271-c88f64105e50.filesusr.com/ugd/eaf218_de7a6f420a2b4c6d894e4de63e495624.pdf">https://ad051eeb-2ac9-4983-9271-c88f64105e50.filesusr.com/ugd/eaf218_de7a6f420a2b4c6d894e4de63e495624.pdf</a><br>3. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering<br>SI on The Nexus Between Edge Computing and AI for 6G Networks<br><a href="https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnse/cfp/nexus-between-edge-computing-and-ai-6g-networks">https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnse/cfp/nexus-between-edge-computing-and-ai-6g-networks</a><br>3. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics<br>SI:  Deep Learning-Empowered Big Data Analytics in Biomedical Applications and Digital Healthcare<br><a href="https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tb/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-deep-learning-empowered-big-data-analytics-in-biomedical-applications-and-digital-healthcare">https://www.computer.org/digital-library/journals/tb/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-deep-learning-empowered-big-data-analytics-in-biomedical-applications-and-digital-healthcare</a><br>5. Security and Communication Networks<br>SI on Protocols, Technologies, and Infrastructures for Secure Mobile Video Communications<br><a href="https://www.hindawi.com/journals/scn/si/926306/">https://www.hindawi.com/journals/scn/si/926306/</a><br>6. MDPI Sensors<br>SI on Recent Advances in Algorithm and Distributed Computing for the Internet of Things<br><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Algorithm_Distributed_Computing_IOT">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Algorithm_Distributed_Computing_IOT</a><br>7. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks<br>SI: Privacy-Preserving Solutions in the Internet of Things<br><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/page/dsn/collections/special-issues/privacy-preserving-solutions-in-the-internet-of-things">https://journals.sagepub.com/page/dsn/collections/special-issues/privacy-preserving-solutions-in-the-internet-of-things</a><br>8. IET Communications<br>SI on Intelligent Metasurfaces for Smart Connectivity<br><a href="https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_COM_CFP_IMSC.pdf">https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_COM_CFP_IMSC.pdf</a><br>9. Building and Environment<br>SI: AI and IoT Applications of Smart Buildings and Smart Environment Design, Construction and Maintenance<br><a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/building-and-environment/call-for-papers/ai-and-iot-applications-of-smart-buildings-and-smart-environment-design-construction-and-maintenance">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/building-and-environment/call-for-papers/ai-and-iot-applications-of-smart-buildings-and-smart-environment-design-construction-and-maintenance</a><br>10. Journal of Systems Architecture  <br>SI: Cloud-Edge-End Architecture for Internet of Things Applications  <br><a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-cloud-edge-end-architecture-for-internet-of-things-applications-vsi-cloud-edge-end-iot">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-cloud-edge-end-architecture-for-internet-of-things-applications-vsi-cloud-edge-end-iot</a><br>11. Information<br>SI: "Crossing "Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom" Models-Challenges, Solutions, and Recommendations"<br><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/DIKW_RA_2021">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/DIKW_RA_2021</a><br><br>* More special issues will be added later.<br><br>IMPORTANT DATES<br>----------------------------------<br>Workshop/SS Proposal Due:        Aug. 01,  2021<br>Regular Paper Submission Due:    Sep. 15,  2021<br>Authors Notification:            Oct. 15,  2021<br>Camera-ready Submission:         Nov. 15,  2021<br><br>SCOPE AND TRACKSs<br>----------------------------------<br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: <br>    Track 1: Smart City Systems<br>           - Smart Buildings<br>             - Smart Transportation<br>                - Smart Environment and Economy<br>               - Energy-Efficient Smart Grid Systems<br>         - Smart Grid System Management<br>                - Citizen Engagement and Smart Governance<br>     Track 2: Enabling Technologies for Smart City<br>         - ICT for Smart City<br>          - IoT for Smart Cities <br>               - Future Internet Architecture and Protocols<br>          - Machine-to-Machine Communications<br>   Track 3: Big Data and Data Mining For City<br>            - Big Data for Enterprise and Government<br>              - Cloud Computing Techniques for Big Data<br>             - Big Data for Vertical Industries <br>           - Machine Learning and Data Mining<br>            - Big Data for Urban Informatics<br>              - Cyber security and privacy for City Data<br>    Track 4: Smart City Services<br>          - Business Ontologies and Models for Smart City<br>               - Digital Goods and Services for Smart City<br>           - E-Marketing and Smart Economy<br>               - Online Auctions and Technologies<br>            - Virtual Organizations and Teleworking<br>                       <br>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES<br>----------------------------------<br>All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission website <a href="https://edas.info/N28863">https://edas.info/N28863</a> with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts).<br><br>Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html">https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a><br><br>Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the conference.<br><br><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span>Xiaokang Zhou (周 暁康), Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor<br>Faculty of Data Science,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Shiga University<br>1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522-8522, Japan<br>Email: <a href="mailto:zhou@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp" target="_blank">zhou@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp</a><br>Phone: +81-749-27-1290</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>