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14th IEEE HONET-ICT International Conference

October 09-11, 2017

Irbid, Jordan

“Smart Cities: Improving Quality of Life-Using ICT & IoT”

Hosted and co-Organized by:

Jordan University of Science & Technology (JUST), Irbid An-Najah National University (ANNU), Nablus

and University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA

CallforPapers

GENERAL INFORMATION

The14thInternationalConferenceHONET-ICT‘2017hasamajorthemeas“SmartCities:ImprovingQualityofLife-UsingICT&IoT”–coveringvariousareasinInformationandCommunicationTechnologies(ICT)fromPhysicalLayers'perspective,ICT-Services,Systems,ande-Applicationstoperspectivefromjudiciary,civilservice,urbanplanning,socialservices,architecture,healthcare,utilities,agricultureandeducation.Thisyear’sthematicfocusonSmartCitiesandVillages(SC&V)withholisticapproachwillbringtogetherresearchers,practitioners,andleadersfromcityplanning,transportation,energy,judiciary,civicservices,medicineandhealthcare,education,water&sewer,agriculture&foodsupplychain,aswellasenvironment&securityareasandsoon.

Keepingtoitstraditions.itwouldencompassvariousenablingtechnologiesincluding,butnotlimitedto,IoT,5G,CloudComputingandComputerNetworks.Moreover,thePhotonics,GreenEnergy,andSmartMicrogridstrackswillcoverefficientenergyproduction/savingtechnologiesandharvestingrenewableresources.TherapidlyemergingareaofBig-datawillincludedatatransport,storage,cloudcomputinganddata-analyticsaspertainstovarioussectorsofindustryandsocietyfromeducationtoe-healthcare,e.g.,ICTforHealthcare.TheexpandedscopefortheHONET-ICTInternationalConferencewillcoverR&Dtopicsrangingfromnewmaterialsandphotonicsdevicetechnologiestointelligentsystemsconsistingofcommunicationnetworks,cyber-security,e-applicationsandsocialnetworks.

GlobalICTnetworksenablethehigh-speedinternetbyutilizingvariousphotonic-andRFwireless

physicallayerstechnologiesandnetworksspanningmillionsoffiber-opticlinksoverthevastlandscape

Vision: To bring together professionals and practitioners from academia, industry, and government from around the world, with an objective to share knowledge and experience in the field of Energy, Photonics and Information and Communication Technologies with emerging technologies for global partnerships and collaborations, aiding economic growth to support peace and prosperity in the world.

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andnumeroussatelliteshoveringovertheearth.SuchtechnologybaseistheworkhorseforICTfromthearchitectural,security,signaltransportandapplicationperspectives.Photonic,Optoelectronic,andWirelessmodesofcommunicationcomplementeachotherandenablevariouscommunicationtechnologiesthatarenowthelife-linesofourincreasinglyinterconnectedworld.

The14thInternationalConferencewillbehostedbyJUSTandANNUinJordanincollaborationwithUNCCharlotte,USA.The3-dayconferencewillincludevarioussymposiaservingsocial,scientific,technical,andcommercialsectorsfromdifferentregionswithabroadglobalparticipation.Itispoisedtocovermultipletracksinvariousthematicareasi.e.,SmartCitiesandSmartVillages,IoT,e-applications(e-Healthcare,e-Educationetc.),GreenEnergy,andBig-data&CloudComputing.INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

AllpapersubmissionswillbehandledelectronicallythroughEDAS.AuthorsshouldstrictlyfollowtheguidelinesandtemplateavailableatthewebsiteandpreparePDF-compliantversionoftheirpapersnotexceedingfive(5)double-columnpages.ExtendedabstractsandPosterSummariescouldbeupto2pageswithdoublecolumnformat.Paperformat/templatewithfontsizesandtheguidelines,andcopyrightformareavailableontheHONET-ICThomepage.Thefirstpageofthepapermustcontainaninformativetitle,abstract,andname(s)ofauthor(s)withrespectiveaffiliations,postaladdress(es),phone/faxnumbers,andemailaddress(es).Thecorrespondingauthormustbeclearlyidentified.Additionally,fivekeywordsrelevanttotheresearchpaperorthematicareasmustalsobelisted(aspertemplate).Allsubmissionswillbepeer-reviewed,andtheacceptedandpresentedpaperswillbepublishedonIEEEXploreDigitalLibrary.AllHONETpapersmustbesubmittedat https://edas.info/23295.Thedeadlineslistedthereinare11:59pmUSEasternDaylightTime,GMT+4.Fordetailedauthorinstructionspleasevisitwww.honet-ict.org.

PLANNED SESSIONS

AuthorsareinvitedtosubmitR&Dandconceptpaperspresentingoriginalresearchworkrelatedtothepracticeandtheoryrelatedtothescopeof“HONET-ICT”.RelatedproposalsforworkshopsandTutorialswillbeconsidered.Allsubmissionsmustdescribeoriginalandpertinentresearch,development,andfuturevision.Thetopicsofinterestinclude,butarenotlimitedtotheoneshownontheright.

Thesetopicsshouldbediscussedintermsofresearchfindings,concepts,state-of-the-art,standards,implementations,developments,fieldtrials/experiments,educationalgoals,andnewapplications.Submittedorsubstantiallysimilarpapersmustnotbeunderreviewcurrentlyforanyotherpublication.

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SmartCities/Villages(SC&V)[Non-technicalaswellastechnicalcontributionsinvitedforthistrack]- Roleofcivilservicesprofessionalsandurban/villageplannersindefiningtheblue

prints/requirements/featuresofSC&V - Networking,Energy&Environmentalfriendlyinfrastructurestargetingservicesthatenhance

thequalityoflife - TraditionalandAutonomousTransportationinsmartcities - Efficientwaterresourcesplanningandusage - PrecisionAgriculture,visionanalyticsinisolatingdiseases,pestsandotherhazards - HealthcareandEducationalServices - Judicialservices(suchasvirtualcourtrooms),tele-medicine - EnhancingtheSocialserviceswithever-evolvingtechnologieswhilemaintainingthelocal

cultureComputerandCommunicationNetworks

IMPORTANT DATES

FullPaperDue31-May-2017

AcceptanceNotification10-Jul-2017

CameraReadyDue21-Jul-2017

RegistrationDeadline18-Aug-2017

ProgramAvailable25-Aug-2017

- WirelessNetworks- PhotonicNetworks- 5GCommunicationandbeyond- SoftwareDefinedNetworks(SDN)- NetworkSecurityandForensicAnalysis

CloudComputing- BigDataAnalytics- NetworkFunctionVirtualization(NFV)- DatacenterStorage

EnablingTechnologies- ICTforHealthcareApplications- LEDs,LasersandSolarCellsandPanels- MicroGridAnalyticsandManagement- SmartGridandSmartCities

Receivedpaperswillbepeerreviewedusing“IEEEstandardsandcriteria.”Authorsshouldnote

thatonlytheacceptedandpresentedpaperswillbeeligibleforfinalproceedings.Papersacceptedbutnotpresented(andregistered)willbeomittedfrompublicationonIEEEXplore.TPCreservestherighttorejectanypaperatanystagethatisfoundtobeplagiarized. Papersubmissions:https://edas.info/23295