Dear colleagues,

We wish you a Happy New Year. We have 1 forthcoming conference IoTBDS 2018 www.iotbds.org . We've extended the deadline for the position papers due on Jan 4, 2018. Venue will be in Madeira, Portugal. Conference date: March 19-21, 2018. We have a special issue with Journal of Grid Computing (JGC; IF: 2.766). We'll get a fast track with Applied Soft Computing (ASOC; IF: 3.541). We'll apply for well-known journals' special issues.

There will be a High Quality Journal (HQJ) Forum http://www.iotbds.org/HQJForum.aspx to allow you to present the objectives and outcomes of the accepted/published papers in any approved SCI Q1 or A-grade journals. Winner can be invited to our SI or fast track mentioned above. Only 2 pages of extended abstract are required with deadline on Jan 11, 2018.

There's also a Workshop on Big Data Analytics and IoT for Smarter Healthcare, IoTforeHealth 2018 due on Jan 11, 2018 http://www.iotbd.org/IoTforeHealth.aspx

There's also a Workshop on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things, WICSPIT 2018 due on Jan 11, 2018 http://iotbds.org/WICSPIT.aspx

There's also a sister conference COMPLEXIS www.complexis.org for the position papers due on Dec 6 and it has similar workshops and forums as above. Hope you can consider. See some of pictures and videos: https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015 Many thanks. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thanks and regards,

Victor

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CALL FOR PAPERS

3rd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security Funchal, Madeira / Portugal March 19 - 21, 2018

http://www.iotbds.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ES2014ECs2015

Submission Extended Deadline: January 4, 2018

Dear Colleagues: We cordially invite you to share your latest research results at the 2018 IoTBDS Conference. Due to many requests, the regular papers submission deadline of this conference has been extended

--------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------

The internet of things (IoT) is a platform that allows a network of devices (sensors, smart meters, etc.) to communicate, analyze data and process information collaboratively in the service of individuals or organizations. The IoT network can generate large amounts of data in a variety of formats and using different protocols which can be stored and processed in the cloud. The conference looks to address the issues surrounding IoT devices, their interconnectedness and services they may offer, including efficient, effective and secure analysis of the data IoT produces using machine learning and other advanced techniques, models and tools, and issues of security, privacy and trust that will emerge as IoT technologies mature and become part of our everyday lives.

Big Data (BD) has core values of volume, velocity, variety and veracity. After collecting much data from IoT, BD can be jointly used with machine learning, AI, statistical and other advanced techniques, models and methods, which can create values for people and organizations adopting it, since forecasting, deep analysis and analytics can help identify weaknesses and make improvements based on different analysis. Maintaining a high level of security and privacy for data in IoT are crucial and we welcome recommendations, solutions, demonstrations and best practices for all forms of security and privacy for IoT and BD.

Conference Areas:

1 . Big Data Research 2 . Emerging Services and Analytics 3 . Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals 4 . Internet of Things (IoT) Applications 5 . Big Data for Multi-discipline Services 6 . Security, Privacy and Trust 7 . IoT Technologies

---------------------------- PUBLICATION ---------------------------- All papers presented at the congress venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: DBLP, Thomson-Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, EI and SCOPUS

A short list of presented papers will be selected and their revised and extended versions will be published in the *Special Issue of Journal of Grid Computing (JGC)*. Applied Soft Computing fast track Other special issues in the high quality journals like FGCS are also being discussed.

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Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Lee Gillam, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

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WICSPIT 2018:Workshop on Innovative CyberSecurity and Privacy for Internet of Things http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#WICSPIT

IoTforeHealth 2018: Workshop on Big Data Analytics and IoT for Smarter Healthcare http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#IoTforeHealth

SCBDADM 2018: Workshop on Smart Cities, Big Data Analytics and Digital Manufacturing: Inspiring New Organisational forms and Democratising the Means of Design Innovation and Production http://iotbds.org/Workshops.aspx#SCBDADM

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Regular Paper Camera Ready and Registration: January 4, 2018 Late-Breaking Submission Deadline: January 4, 2018 Late-Breaking Authors Notification: January 22, 2018 Late-Breaking Camera Ready and Registration: January 31, 2018

Workshops Workshop Proposal: November 23, 2017 Paper Submission: January 11, 2018 Authors Notification: January 25, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 2, 2018

Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018

Special Sessions Special Session Proposal: December 13, 2017

Tutorials Tutorial Proposal: January 30, 2018

Demos Demo Proposal: January 30, 2018

Panels Panel Proposal: January 30, 2018

Open Communications Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018

Forums Paper Submission: January 15, 2018 Authors Notification: January 26, 2018 Camera Ready and Registration: February 7, 2018

------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- CONFERENCE CHAIR Victor Chang, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Víctor Méndez Muñoz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB, Spain Gary Wills, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Robert Walters, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Farshad Firouzi, IMEC/Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Germany

PUBLICITY CHAIR Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD Roy Cecil, IBM Portugal, Portugal Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Hamido Fujita, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, United States Chung-Sheng Li, Accenture, United States

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Tobias Hoellwarth, EuroCloud Europe, Austria Péter Kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Lee Gillam, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Please visit IoTBDS 2018 http://www.iotbd.org/CallForPapers.aspx for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.