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IEEE PICom 2020
The 18th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing (PICom 2020)
http://cyber-science.org/2020/picom/
June 22-26, 2020, Calgary, Canada
Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society
Supported by IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable Computing (TCSC), IEEE SMC TC on CyberMatics and IEEE CIS Smart World TC

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop/SS Proposal Due: Nov. 25, 2019
Regular Paper Submission Due: Feb. 15, 2020
Wksp/SS/Poster Paper Due: March 10, 2020
Authors Notification: April 2, 2020
Camera-ready Submission: May 10, 2020



INTRODUCTION
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Over the last fifty years, computational intelligence has evolved from logic-based artificial intelligence, nature-inspired soft computing, and social-oriented agent technology to cyber-physical integrated ubiquitous intelligence towards Pervasive Intelligence (PI). The International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing is intended to cover all kinds of these intelligent paradigms as well as their applications in various pervasive computing domains. PICom-2019 is the conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing, previously held as PCC (Las Vegas, USA, 2003 and 2004), PSC (Las Vegas, USA, 2005), PCAC (Vienna, Austria, 2006, and Niagara Falls, Canada, 2007), IPC-2007 (Jeju, Korea, December 2007), IPC-2008 (Sydney, Australia, December 2008), and since 2009 as the name PICom. IEEE PICom 2020 will be held on 22-26 June 2020 in Calgary, Canada, co-located with IEEE DASC 2020 CBDCom 2020 and IEEE CyberSciTech 2020. It aims to bring together computer scientists and engineers, to discuss and exchange experimental and theoretical results, work-in-progress, novel designs, and test-environments or test-beds in the important areas of Pervasive Intelligence and Computing.

TRACKS AND TOPICS
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Track 1: Computational Intelligence and Cognitive Computing
Track 2: Intelligent Networks, Middleware and Applications
Track 3: Pervasive Computing, Sensing and Services
Track 4: Smart Object, Environment, System and City


Topics of interests include, but are not restricted to: 

* Deep Learning and Deep Computation
* Brain-/Nature-inspired Computing
* Machine Learning and Big/Smart Data
* Agent-based Computing and DAI
* Crowdsourcing and Cognitive Computing
* Ubiquitous Data Mining and Fusion
* Intelligent Privacy, Security and Trust
* Context Modeling and Recognition
* Intelligent Networking/SDN Technology
* Pervasive/Ubiquitous Intelligence
* Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems
* Edge and Fog Computing
* Cloud of Things and Cloud of Sensors
* Middleware for Pervasive Computing
* Autonomous System Management
* Device/Thing Abstraction & Virtualization
* Crowdsourcing and Social Computing
* Pervasive Devices and RFIDs
* Embedded Hardware, Software & System
* Sensors and Sensor Networks
* Pervasive Service & Ubiquitous Intelligence
* HCI for Pervasive Computing
* Mobile/Wearable Computing
* Behavior Data Sensing and Cleansing
* Activity/Affect Detection and Recognition
* AI@Edge/@Fog/@Cloud/@Blockchain
* Smart Homes, Grids, Systems and Cities
* Smart Manufacturing (Industry 4.0)
* Smart Medicine and Healthcare
* Intelligent/Smart IoT
* Smart Agriculture and Aquaculture
* Smart/Intelligent Transportation
* Smart Learning and Education
* Smart Sensing, System and Service


IEEE PICOM 2020 CALLS FOR
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* Regular conference paper: 6 - 8 pages, submitted to one of five tracks
* WiP/workshop/special session paper: 4-6 pages, and poster paper: 2-4 pages
* Late breaking innovation paper: We seek the latest research and development work. The submission can be of any type, and will be allocated by the Program Chair to a suitable Regular, Work-in-Progress, or Poster tracks
* All submissions in the IEEE CS proceedings format



PROCEEDINGS
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* All accepted papers will be published by IEEE (IEEE-DL and EI indexed) in Conference Proceedings.
* Best Paper Awards will be granted to high quality papers.
* Selected papers will be recommended to prestigious journal special issues.



ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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- Honorary Chairs
Lisa Carter, Athabasca University, Canada
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Sumi Helal, Lancaster University, UK



- General Chairs
Prof. Flavia C. Delicato, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
Prof. Liang Chen, University of Northern British Columbia

- General Executive Chairs
Henry Leung, The University of Calgary, Canada

- Program Chairs
Paulo Pires, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
Juan Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain

- Track Chairs
Esteban Clua, UFF, Brazil
Nicolas Tsapatsoulis, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK
Deepak Puthal, Newcastle University, UK
Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Claudio Miceli, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Roberto Morabito, Ericsson Research, Jorvas, Finland
Ali Dewan, Athabasca University, Canada


- Workshop and Special Session Chairs
Peng Li, The University of Aizu, Japan
Antonio Guerrieri, ICAR-CNR, Italy

-Special Issue Chair
Atiqur R. Ahad, U. Dhaka, Bangladesh / Osaka U, Japan
Gautam Srivastava, Brandon University, Canada

- International Liaison and Publicity Chairs
Wu-Yuin Hwang, National Central University, Taiwan
Zixia Liu, University of Central Florida, USA
Paulo Novais, Minho University, Portugal
Bruno Costa, IFRJ, Brazil
Edgar Ramos, Ericsson Research, Finland


- Advisory Committee
Zhikui Chen, Dalian University of Technology, China
Liqiang Wang, University of Central Florida, USA OK
Jane Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Qiang Yang, Zhejiang University, China - Aceitou
Lidia Fuentes, Malaga University, Spain
Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy


- Steering Committee
Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada
Adnan Al-Anbuky, Auckland U Tech., New Zealand
Jun Wang, University of Central Florida, USA
Flávia C. Delicato, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil


- Local Organizing Committee
Oscar Lin (chair), Athabasca University, Canada
Ali Dewan, Athabasca University, Canada
Hongxin Yan, Athabasca University, Canada
Joelle Jackson, Athabasca University, Canada
Jillian Calliou, Athabasca University, Canada
Kevin Cole, Athabasca University, Canada


THREE CO-LOCATED CONFERENCES
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* The 5th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2020)
* The 18th IEEE Conf. on Dependable, Autonomic & Secure Comp (DASC 2020)
* The 6th IEEE Int'l Conf. on Cloud and Big Data Computing (CBDCom 2020)

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Athabasca University, Canada