CALL FOR PAPERS

IEEE MASS 2019 - The 16th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems

Monterey, CA, USA
November 4 - 7, 2019

http://sites.google.com/view/mass2019


IEEE MASS is a premier annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad-hoc networks and smart systems, defined broadly. As wireless ad-hoc networks continue to evolve and specialize into a number of application scenarios and environments, and sensor-based systems and technologies increasingly permeate our everyday life and become the inner fabric of the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems, the unfolding of smart environments such as smart cities, smart farming, smart healthcare, and smart manufacturing, to name a few, demand integrated solutions that can make intelligent use of both cloud and edge systems, while applying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to handle their growing complexity and to leverage the vast amount of available data created.

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 16th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) will be held in beautiful Monterey, CA, USA, on November 4-7, 2019, and 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.


Topics of Interest

Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, from mobile networking/computing to cyber-physical systems to Internet of Things, from theory to systems and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• 5G networks and technologies
• AI/ML for smart wireless networks
• AI and machine learning aided protocol design and resource allocation
• AI and machine learning based applications for ad hoc networks
• Algorithms for MANETs and WSNs
• Application Layer Protocols
• Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity
• Cognitive networking
• Cooperative and cognitive communication
• Cooperative sensing, compressive sensing, sensing from communications
• Cloud, crowd-sourced, participatory and (mobile) social sensing
• Cyber-physical systems and applications
• Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination
• Energy-efficient architectures, algorithms, and protocols
• Experiences in real-world applications and deployments
• Flying Ad-Hoc Networks
• Free-space optical networks
• Heterogeneous networks
• Internet of Things (IoT) devices, gateways, and infrastructure
• Light-weight distrib
• Localization and Location Based Services
• Measurements, experimental systems and test-beds
• Mobile computing and networking
• mmWave and Terahertz networks
• Mobility modeling and management
• Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies
• Network components, operating systems, and middleware
• Opportunistic networking, delay tolerant networking
• QoS and Resource management
• Robotic networks
• Routing protocols
• Scalability, stability, and robustness of networks and sensor systems
• Security and privacy at all layers, including the physical layer
• Sensor enabled drone, UAV, UUV systems
• Smart grid, healthcare, transportation applications
• Vehicular networks and protocols
• Visible light communications
• Wearable and human-centric devices and networks


Important Dates

Abstract submission: May 31, 2019
Paper submission: May 31, 2019
Notification of acceptance: August 01, 2019
Camera-ready version: August 30, 2019

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 9 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, including all figures, tables, and references, in PDF format. Authors must use the Manuscript Templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on TPC reviews and discussions, some papers may be accepted as 5-page short papers, in addition to the regular 9 page papers. For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Note that the conference will also include a poster and demo session.


Organizing Committee

General Chair
- Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Program Chairs
- Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA
- Marcelo M. Carvalho, University of Brasília, Brazil

Track Chairs

Algorithms and Theory
- Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
- Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, USA

Protocols and Cross-Layer Technologies
- Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA
- Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA

Systems and Applications
- Octav Chipara, The University of Iowa, USA
- Desheng Zhang, Rutgers University, USA

Experimental Evaluation and Testbeds
- Falko Dressler, Paderborn University, Germany
- Kang Chen, Southern Illinois University, USA

Security and privacy
- Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University, USA
- Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-based Smart Design
- Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
- Fan Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Panel Chair
- Wei Zhao, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Workshop Chairs
- Xinbing Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Ilker Demirkol, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Posters Chairs
- Marcos A.M. Vieira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Chenxi Qiu, Rowan University, USA

Publicity Chairs
- Zhuozhao Li, University of Chicago, USA
- Rolando Menchaca-Mendez, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

Finance/Registration Chair
- Shuhui Yang, Purdue University Northwest, USA

Publication Chair
- Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA

Local Arrangements
- Chen Qian, University of California Santa Cruz, USA

Web Chair
- Henrique D. Garcia, University of Brasília, Brazil

Steering Committee
- Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati,USA
- Jie Wu, Temple University, USA
- Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan, USA
- J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, University of California Santa Cruz, USA