The 2017 Global IoT Summit (GIoTS) seeks contributions on how to nurture and cultivate IoT technologies and applications for the benefit of society.

Original papers are solicited in, but are not limited to, the following topics:

IoT Enabling Technologies

– 5G Networks and IoT
– IoT Security and Trust
– IoT and Personal Data Protection
– IoT Large Scale Pilots and Portability
– IoT Interoperability and Multi-Platform Integration
– Software Defined Network (SDN) and IoT
– Sensor and Actuator Networks
– IoT Protocols and Standards (IPv6, 6LoWPAN, RPL, 6TiSCH, WoT, oneM2M, etc.)
– Ultra-low power IoT Technologies and Embedded Systems Architectures
– Wearables, Body Sensor Networks, Smart Portable Devices
– Design Space Exploration Techniques for IoT Devices and Systems
– Heterogeneous Networks, Web of Things, Web of Everything
– Named Data Networking for IoT
– Internet of Nano Things
– Sensors Data Management, IoT Mining and Analytics
– Adaptive Systems and Models at Runtime
– Distributed Storage, Data Fusion
– Routing and Control Protocols
– Resource Management, Access Control
– Mobility, Localization and Management Aspects
– Identity Management and Object Recognition
– Localization Technologies
– Edge Computing, Fog Computing and IoT
– Machine to Machine (M2M)/Devices-to-Devices communications and IoT
– Industrial IoT and Factory of Things and Internet of Things

IoT Applications, Services and Real Implementations

– Smart Cities, Smart Public Places 
– Smart Home, and IoT-based Building Automation
– Smart Agriculture and Water Management
– Smart factories and Industry 4.0
– e-Health, Assisted Living and e-Wellness 
– Automotive, Intelligent Transport
– IoT-based Supply Chains
– Smart Grid, Energy Management
– Wearables
– Cyber-physical systems, Context Awareness, Situation Awareness, Ambient Intelligence
– Collaborative Applications and Systems
– Service Experiences and Analysis
– Consumer Electronics, Assisted Living, Rural Services and Production
– Industrial IoT Service Creation and Management Aspects
– Crowd-sensing, human centric sensing
– Big data and IoT Data Analytics
– Internet Applications Naming and Identifiers
– Semantic Technologies, Collective Intelligence
– Cognitive and Reasoning about Things and Smart Objects
– Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) and IoT
– Horizontal application development for IoT
– Design principals and best practices for IoT application development

IoT Multimedia IoT Societal Impacts

– Human Role in the IoT, Social Aspects and Services
– Value Chain Analysis and Evolution Aspects
– New Human-Device Interactions for IoT, Do-It-Yourself
– Social Models and Networks
– Green IoT: Sustainable Design and Technologies
– Urban Dynamics and crowdsourcing services
– Metrics, Measurements, and Evaluation of IoT Sustainability and ROi

Security and Privacy for Internet of Things

– IoT Privacy and Security Concerns
– Identification and Authentication Issues
– Wireless Sensor Network for IoT Security
– Intrusion Detection in IoT
– Cryptography, Key Management, Authentication and Authorization for IoT
– Physical/MAC/Network Attacks in Internet of Things
– Cross-layer Attacks in IoT 
– Security with QoS Optimization in IoT
– Privacy based Channel Access in IoT 
– IoT Forensic Science
– Big Data and Information Integrity in IoT
– Communication Security in IoT
– Security Standards in IoT

IoT Experimental Results and Deployment Scenarios

– Closing the Gap between Research and Implementation
– Experimental prototypes, Test-Bed and Field Trial Experiences
– Multi-Objective IoT System Modeling and Analysis—Performance, Energy, Reliability, Robustness
– IoT Interconnections Analysis—QoS, Scalability, Performance, Interference
– Real case deployment scenarios and results
– IoT Deployment at Government and ISPs
– IoT Deployment on Agriculture, Retails, Smart Cities, etc.
– IoT Interconnections among ISPs Analysis—QoS, Scalability, Performance, Interference
– Gaps Analysis for Real Deployment
– IoT and Future Internet Architectures
– Standardization and Regulation

Paper Submissions and Publications

The Global Internet of Things Summit (GIoTS 2017) solicits submissions.

Submission Guidelines

– Full papers describing original research. Suggested size is four pages; papers up to six pages will be accepted. Papers will be fully peer reviewed. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.
– All papers must conform, at time of submission, to the IEEE Formatting Guidelines. Please use either this Word Template or this LaTeX package. Make sure that you use US letter page format.
– IEEE takes the protection of intellectual property seriously. Accordingly, all submissions will be screened for plagiarism using CrossCheck. By submitting your work you agree to allow IEEE to screen your work. For more information please visit: www.crossref.org

Important Dates for Paper Submissions

– Manuscripts Due: February 07, 2017
– Acceptance Notification: March 31, 2017
– Camera-Ready Submission: April 30, 2017

Papers must be submitted electronically: edas.info/N22968

Contact for Papers

– TPC Chair: Prof. Antonio Skarmeta, University of Murcia, Spain skarmeta@um.es
– TPC Co-Chairs: Prof. Marimuthu Swami Palaniswami, University of Mebourn, Australia palani@unimelb.edu.au; Prof. Mirko Presser, Alexandra Institute, Denmark mirko.presser@alexandra.dk
– General Chair: Sébastien Ziegler, IoT Forum, Switzerland sziegler@mandint.org

Special Session and Workshop Proposal Submissions

GIoTS 2017 will be hosting a series of special sessions and workshops and invites the submission of special session and workshop proposals. They should emphasize on current topics relevant to the IoT community on the latest research, engineering, standards and business issues and should include a mix of regular and invited presentations. Special Sessions should complement the regular program with new and emerging topics of interest.

Each Special Session/Workshop must include the following and should be maximum five pages:

– Title
– Length of the workshop (half/full day)
– Names, contacts and a short bio (200 words) of the workshop organizers
– Brief description of the workshop including abstract, scope and timeliness.
– Planned format of the workshop including no. of referred papers, hot topic sessions, keynotes, and panel discussions.
– Potential participants including TPC members and invited speakers.
– Brief description of advertising plan
– Prior history the workshop (if any)
– Draft call for papers
– Any other relevant information

Accepted Special Sessions and workshops must implement IEEE academic best practices regarding peer reviews and paper publication.Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

The proposal must be submitted through EDAS system at – edas.info/N22968 using the option for “Special Sessions or Workshop Proposal”.

Important Dates for Special Session Submissions

– Proposals due: November 30, 2016
– Notification of selection: November 30, 2016
– Website for special session: December 15, 2016
– Deadline for paper submission: March 7th, 2017  
– Acceptance/rejection notification: March 31, 2017 
– Camera ready submission: April 30, 2017
– Website showing technical program:  May 15, 2017

Contacts for Special Sessions and Workshop: 

Soumya Kanti Datta, Eurecom, France soumya-kanti.datta@eurecom.fr
M. Bala Krishna, USICT, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India – mbalakrishna@ipu.ac.in

Industry Forum Panel Sessions Submissions

GIoTS 2017 will be hosting Industry Forum Panel Sessions. Presentation in Industrial Forum will be panelist based and panel presentation material will not be published in conference proceedings but will be available in the conference web site. Industrial Forum Panel proposal should contain an abstract, scope, intended audience, objectives, prior history, an outline, the biographical sketch of presenters and any other information that may assist in making decisions.

Important Dates for Industry Panel Proposal

– Proposals due: November 15, 2016
– Notification of selection: November 30, 2016

Proposals must be submitted electronically: https://edas.info/N22968

Contacts for Industry Panels: Chair Latif Ladid — University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg  latif.ladid@uni.lu

Summary Important Dates

General Conference

– Manuscripts Due: February 07, 2017
– Acceptance Notification: March 31, 2017
– Camera-Ready Submission: April 30, 2017

Special Sessions and Workshop proposal

– Proposals due: November 30, 2016
– Notification of selection: November 30, 2016
– Website for special session: December 15, 2016
– Deadline for paper submission: March 7th, 2017  
– Acceptance/rejection notification: March 31, 2017 
– Camera ready submission: April 30, 2017

Industry Forum Sessions proposal

– Proposals due: November 15, 2016
– Notification of selection: November 30, 2016