Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc & Smart Systems

The 17th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2020) is a premier annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) and smart systems. It aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to address recent advances in mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, covering algorithms, theory, protocols, systems & applications, experimental evaluations, and testbeds, security/privacy, as well as AI/ML-based smart design.

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 17th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) will be held in Greater Noida Extension Center (GNEC), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Delhi NCR, India, during October 1-4, 2020. Since its very beginning in 2004, MASS also offers a range of associated workshops, which cover special topics and applications in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. During the last years, up to ten workshops have been held each year in conjunction with MASS, with some of the workshops already having seen their seventh edition. Each workshop will provide an arena for presentations and discussions about a special topic of relevance to MASS.

IEEE MASS 2020 now invites the submission of workshop proposals.

Workshop Proposal Submission Instructions

Workshop Proposals should be submitted in a maximum 3-page PDF file, containing the following information:

• Workshop title
• Abstract (maximum 200 words)
• The topics of the workshop and how they relate to MASS
• Workshop organizers, including contact information, short bio, affiliation, and previous experience with organizing scientific events
• Proposed Technical Program Committee (tentative)
• Planned review procedures
• Planned format:
  • Expected duration of the workshop (half-day or full-day)
  • Keynotes, panels, invited presentations, submitted presentations, etc.
• Equipment and space requirements
• A rough estimate of the number of participants
• Information on previous editions (hosting conference, date, number of paper submissions, and number of attendees), if any.

In every workshop room, a video projector will be available for presentations. Please indicate if you require further equipment, e.g. poster walls, a whiteboard or flip chart. Registration for workshops will be handled in connection with registration for the conference part of MASS. MASS 2020 reserves the right to cancel non-viable workshops.

The tentative dates of the workshops are:

• Paper Submission Deadline: June15, 2019
• Notification of Acceptance: July15, 2020
• Camera-ready version: July 31, 2020 (firm deadline)

Important Dates

• Workshop Proposal Submission: April 15, 2020
• Notification: April 22, 2020

The workshop proposals should be sent to the MASS 2020 workshop chairs,  Jiang (Linda) Xie, Brij Gupta, and JosepJornetat: Linda.Xie(at)uncc.edu, bbgupta(at)nitkkr.ac.in, and jmjornet(at)northeastern.edu
with the email subject tag [MASS 2020 Workshop Proposal].

All original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and smart systems, from mobile networking/computing to cyber-physical systems to Internet of Things, from theory to systems and applications. Authors are encouraged to submit their original and unpublished contributions, which is not submitted elsewhere, to IEEE MASS 2020. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* ALGORITHMS AND THEORY

* Robotic networks
* Vehicular networks and protocols
* Flying Ad-Hoc Networks
* Routing protocols
* Algorithms for MANETs and WSNs

* PROTOCOLS AND CROSS-LAYER TECHNOLOGIES

* Application Layer Protocols
* Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity
* Cognitive networking

* SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

* Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination
* Energy-efficient architectures, algorithms, and protocols
* Experiences in real-world applications and deployments

* EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION AND TESTBEDS

* Cooperative and cognitive communication
* Cooperative sensing, compressive sensing, sensing from communications
* Wearable and human-centric devices and networks
* Sensor enabled drone, UAV, UUV systems

* SECURITY AND PRIVACY

* Scalability, stability, and robustness of networks and sensor systems
* Security and privacy at all layers, including the physical layer
* Opportunistic networking, delay tolerant networking
* QoS and Resource management

* AL/ML-BASED SMART DESIGN

* AI/ML for smart wireless networks
* AI and ML aided protocol design and resource allocation
* AI and ML based applications for ad hoc networks
* Cloud, crowd-sourced, participatory and (mobile) social sensing
* Cyber-physical systems and applications

* EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

* 5G networks and technologies
* Internet of Things (IoT) devices, gateways, and infrastructure
* Cyber-physical systems and applications
* Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Mobile Edge, MCC, etc.

To be announced soon.

Abstract Submission: May 30, 2020
Paper Submission: May 30, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2020
Camera Ready Submission: July 30, 2020
Conference dates: October 1-4, 2020

GNEC-IIT Roorkee, Plot No. 20, Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201310 (Delhi NCR), India.