The 21st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management
http://mdmconferences.org/mdm2020

Versailles, France
June 30 - July 3, 2020

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in DAPD Journal.

** Call for Papers - Research Track **

Submission deadline: ** January 17, 2020 for Abstracts & January 24, 2020 for Full Papers **

Scope and Topics
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The MDM series of conferences, since its debut in 1999, has established itself as a prestigious forum for the exchange of innovative and significant research results in mobile data management. The conference provides unique opportunities to bring researchers, engineers, and practitioners together to explore new ideas, techniques, and tools, and exchange experiences.

Continuing its history, MDM 2020 seeks submissions of original research contributions in the intersection of mobile computing and data management. We welcome papers on topics including, but not limited to:
- Machine Learning/AI for Mobile Data
- Data Management in Cloud/Edge Computing
- Data Management for Internet of Things (IoT) and Sensor Systems
- Data Management for Augmented Reality Systems
- Data Management for Connected Cars, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Smart Spaces
- Mobile Crowd-Sourcing and Crowd-Sensing
- Data Management in Mobile Health
- Mobile Data Analytics
- Behavioural/Activity Sensing and Analytics
- Mobile Location-Based Social Networks
- Mobile Recommendation Systems
- Context-aware Computing for Intelligent Mobile Services
- Middleware and Tools for Mobile and Pervasive Computing
- Theoretical Foundations of Data-intensive Mobile Computing
- Storage and File Systems for Mobile Data
- Data Stream Processing in Mobile/Sensor Network
- Indexing, Optimization and Query Processing for Moving Objects/Users
- Location and Trajectory Analytics
- Mobile Data Privacy
- Security in Mobile Systems
- Routing, Personalized Routing, Eco-Routing, Routing for Electrical Vehicles
- Transportation-As-A-Service, Mobility-As-A-Service
- Innovative Applications driven by Mobile Data

Submission Guidelines
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Please use the following URL link for submissions of Research Track Papers: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mdm2020
All submissions need to follow the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines. See templates here. The following are the page limits:
- Regular papers: 10 pages
- Short papers: 6 pages

Important Dates (anywhere on the earth)
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- January 17, 2020 23:59 Paper Registration and Abstract Deadline
- January 24, 2020 23:59 Paper Submission Deadline
- March 31, 2020 Notification of Paper Acceptance
- April 24, 2020 Camera-Ready Deadline

Other Tracks (more detail will be given through the website and future communication)
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Along with the research track papers, we invite industrial papers as well as submissions for demos, panels, PhD forum, and workshops.

- Industrial forum for companies to present their research and development technologies/systems
- Workshops are for fast track publications of work-in-progress papers
- Demos will present state of the art systems and prototypes
- Panels will review current research activities and explore new frontiers
- Advanced seminars will present in-depth surveys of selected topics
- PhD forum is to encourage doctoral student participation

Publisher
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IEEE CPS: https://www.computer.org/conferences/cps
All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings
of the 2020 International Conference on Mobile Data Management
and included in the IEEE Xplore® digital library

As in the previous edition, selected high quality papers will be recommended to a special issue of the International Journal of Distributed and Parallel Databases (DAPD)

Award
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The conference will confer a Best Paper Award from the submission to the Research Track of MDM 2020.

Conference Organizers
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General Co-Chairs:
Karine Zeitouni (University of Versailles, France)
Cristian Borcea (New Jersey Institute of Technology, US)
Flora Salim (RMIT University, Australia)

Program Co-Chairs:
Ralf Hartmut Güting (University of Hagen, Germany)
Ouri Wolfson (University of Illinois, US)
Moustafa Youssef (Alexandria University, Egypt)