---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 18th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC) Leuven, Belgium August 9-12, 2021 http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-21/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC) have evolved into an active area of research and development. This is due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics, including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. MobiSPC-2020 solicits papers that focus on the theory, systems, practices and challenges of providing users with a successful mobile or wireless experience. This includes how mobile computing changes how people pervasively use their computers, computing resources and applications, as well the systems, services and technologies enabling those applications.

MobiSPC-2021 will provide a leading-edge, scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the-art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and mobile systems.

Important Dates ---------------- - Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2021 - *Paper Submission Due: March 19, 2021* - Acceptance Notification: May 17, 2021 - Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021

Publication ------------ All MobiSPC 2021 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus ( www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of:

- International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 4.594), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652) - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.524), ( http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index) - International Journal of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (IF: 4.371), by Elsevier ( https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-...)

- International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking (IF: 3.030) (Pending), Elsevier ( https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks)

MobiSPC 2021 will be held in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-21/).

MobiSPC 2021 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest hospitals in Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world.

Leuven's Town Hall is one of the best-known Gothic town halls worldwide and Leuven's pride and joy. It took three architects and thirty years to build it. Leuven's 'Hall of Fame' features 236 statues, which were only added to the façade after 1850. There are 220 men and 16 women in total. On the bottom floor are famous Leuven scientists, artists and historical figures, dressed in Burgundian garb. The first floor is reserved for the patron saints of the various parishes of Leuven. The facade is adorned by the counts and dukes of Brabant while the towers primarily feature biblical figures.

Conference Tracks --------------- - Component-based IoT - Enabling Technologies and Emerging Topics - Internet of Things (IoT) - Mobile Cloud Computing - Mobile Data Management - Mobile Social Networking - Pervasive Computing - Smart Cities and Ubiquitous Climate Change Management - Smart Communities and Ubiquitous Systems - Mobile Systems and Applications

Committees: ----------- Honorary Chair Luc De Schepper, Rector, Hasselt University, Belgium

General Chair Danny Hughes, K. U. Leuven, Belgium

Program Chairs Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB – Hasselt University, Belgium

Workshops Chair Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium

Tracks Chairs Longbiao Chen, Xiamen University, China Salimur Choudhury, Lakehead University, Canada Stéphane Galland, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, France Uneb Gazger, University of Bahrain, Bahrain Hedi Haddad, Dofar University, Oman Camille Kamga, The City College of New York, USA Yongrui (Louie) Qin, University of Huddersfield, UK Hamid Mcheick, UQAC, Canada Wendy Osborn, University of Lethbridge, Canada Rahim Rahmani, Stockholm University, Sweden Qussai Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

International Journals Chair Atta Badii, Reading University, UK

Publicity Chairs El Arbi Abdellaoui Alaoui, EIGSI-Casablanca, Morocco Orven E. Llantos, MSU-IIT, Philippines Shashank Swarup, Acadia University, Canada

Advisory Committee Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Abdelfettah Belghith, University of Manouba, Tunisia Flavien Balbo, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK Noël de Palma, Université de Grenoble, France Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Technical Program Committee http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-21/#programCommittees

Steering Committee Chair Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada