The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Topic Area 1: IoT and AI

Track Chair: Dr. Ismail Arai, Associate Professor at Information Initiative Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

• AI and ML in IoT
• IoT Architecture with embedded AI
• On device machine learning algorithms
• AI for IoT edge computing
• Low-power AI for IoT
• Distributed AI for IoT
• Use of IoT/AL to fight COVID-19
• IoT with SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
• Smart Cities
• Context-driven intelligence
• Edge-based data analytics
• Big Data and Information Integrity in IoT
• Communication and networking technologies for IoT/AI
• Digital Twins in IoT applications
• Indoor localization

Topic Area 2: Security and Privacy of IoT, and Blockchain

Track Chair: Dr. Ahmad Salman, Assistant Professor, James Madison University, Virginia

• AI for IoT security and privacy
• Artificial Intelligence-based security and data protection
• AI for IoT edge computing
• Cross-layer Attacks in IoT
• Communication Security in IoT using ML
• Information Integrity in IoT
• IoT security and privacy standardization
• IoT privacy and security concerns tests, certification, and labeling
• IoT security of smart sustainable cities
• Cryptography, key management, authentication and authorization for IoT
• Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security
• Biometric security
• Access control, Anonymity, and Audit in IoT
• User-privacy protection in IoT
• Security, privacy and trust for virtualization and SDN in 5G wireless networks
• Blockchain-empowered Beyond 5G networks
• Blockchain-based privacy and security in resilient 5G wireless communications
• Blockchain-based IoT networks: security approaches
• Blockchain for 6G-Enabled Network-Based Applications
• Blockchain for Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks
• Blockchain and artificial intelligence
• Blockchain in mobile cellular networks
• Blockchain in edge and cloud computing
• Security, privacy and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger technology

Topic Area 3: IoT Electronics and Signal Processing

Track Chair: Dr. Marco Picone, Assistant Professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

• Architectures of IoT services
• IoT platforms and data management
• Smart homes, arenas, structures, cities and grids fundamentals and issues
• Smart Healthcare
• Smart supply chain, logistics and farming
• Smart manufacturing
• Smart transportation
• Tools and technologies for IoT services
• Business models for IoT applications
• IoT system modeling and analysis—performance
• Real case deployment scenarios and results
• IoT deployment on agriculture, retails, smart sustainable cities, etc.
• IoT and future internet architectures
• Testbeds and experiments for Internet of Things smart sustainable cities
• Smart Energy
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• Oil & Gas sector
• IoT Interoperability and Heterogeneity Management
• Cyber-Physical System Design and Management
• Edge and Cloud Computing to support distributed application scenarios