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IEEE Embedded Systems Letters

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Real-Time Technologies in CPS

Submission Deadline: 30th January, 2018

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Introduction

This special issue of Embedded Systems Letters will focus on research themes in real-time and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) related to the concluded conference IEEE 20th International Symposium on Real-Time Computing (ISORC), 2017. The objective is to present papers that explore the use of object/component/service-oriented real-time distributed computing (ORC) technology in the design of CPS. Besides papers related to ISORCÕs 2017 theme of scalable and real-time data analytics, we also welcome papers in other real-time CPS topics such as programming models, systems engineering, distributed computing and communication infrastructures, systems software, and technologies for resilience.

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Scope

The scope of this special issue includes all areas related to real-time computing and communication technologies for CPS. In particular, papers that explore ORC technology and real-time data analytics for CPS are welcome. Besides regular research papers, perspective papers that present a grand challenge problem, charter a new direction of research, express a contradictory viewpoint, or promote an interdisciplinary research area related to the topic of this special issue are also welcome.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

- Scalable and Real-Time Data Analytics: Algorithms and computational infrastructure to support real-time data analytics, case-studies and applications in real-time data analytics.

- Programming Models and Systems Engineering: Object/component modelling frameworks, real-time language frameworks including synchronous languages, model-driven design and development, time-predictable hardware and software architecture design.

- Distributed Computing and Communication Infrastructure: Real-time communication protocols, networked platforms, peer-to-peer computing, real-time wireless sensor networks.

- Systems Software: Real-time kernels and OS, middleware support for ORC, quality-of-service management, resource synchronization, allocation and scheduling.

- Resilience: Trusted and dependable systems, fault tolerance, security, self-awareness, resilient hardware and software architectures.

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Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must strictly follow the IEEE Embedded Systems Letters guidelines (http://www.ieee-ceda.org/publication/esl- publication/author-guidelines). Papers must be four pages or fewer in length, including all figures, tables and references. Papers should follow the IEEE transactions two-column format in 10-pt. font, and must consist of original work that has not been previously published nor is currently under review elsewhere. Authors of ISORC 2017 who wish to submit a paper based on their conference publication, please note that your submission should either be a self-contained extension or a perspective paper on the topic of the publication. It is very important to select ÒSpecial Issue on Real-Time Technologies in CPSÓ as the submission type when submitting your papers (submission link: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/les-ieee).

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Schedule

Full paper submission deadline: 30th January, 2018 First author notification: March, 2018 Revised paper due: April, 2018 Final author notification: May, 2018 Expected publication: July, 2018

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Guest-Editor

Arvind Easwaran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Email: arvinde@ntu.edu.sgmailto:arvinde@ntu.edu.sg

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