[kictanet] Call for Extended Abstracts:1st Workshop on the Internet of Things (IOT 2013) in South Africa

[Ms. Muthoni Masinde]

1st Workshop On The Internet Of Things (IOT 2013)
In Conjunction with SAICSIT 2013
(http://www.ict.ru.ac.za/saicsit2013/workshops.html)
East London, South Africa, OCTOBER 7, 2013

Call for extended abstracts
Today’s internet is based on human oriented applications (web browsing,
Email checking, social network applications, video streaming, etc.). The
future of internet is predicted to be focusing on the interconnection of
objects, or what is called the internet of things. That is, the Internet
will serve as a seamless fabric and networked objects, where computers and
phones that we currently use as the only mean to connect to internet will
be augmented by other autonomous objects, such as RFID technology, sensor
networks, actuators, etc., which will connect to internet and exchange
information without involving the user. This is to provide the user with a
variety of real world services.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly gaining ground in the arena of
wireless telecommunications and computer science, and attracting the
research community in related fields. The workshop is organized in the
context of research project between university of Cape town, RSA, and
CERIST research centre, Algeria, co-funded by NRSF and DGRSDT. The aim is
to bring researchers working on topics related to the on-going project in
particular, and the arena of IoT in general, both from academia and
research, to discuss and current contributions and results, and debate
future perspectives.
All papers will be published in an abstract booklet that will be
distributed at the workshop venue. Extended versions of selected papers
will be published, after a rigorous reviewing process, as chapters in a
book with ISBN published by UNESCO (pending approval) or papers in an
international journal (pending approval).
Topics
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
•	Communication protocols for the IoT
•	System architectures for the IoT
•	Emerging Services/middlewares on the IoT
•	Integration of wireless, wired, and hybrid networks
•	Service platforms for the IoT
•	Enabling technologies and standards for the IoT
•	Mobility management
•	Context awareness
•	Sustainable design
•	Location-based services and geographic information systems
•	Experimental prototypes and pilots; large-scale testbed infrastructures
•	Applications, including: eHealth/mHealth; Smart Grid/Smart Metering,
Smart House, smartCity connected consumer, fleet management, surveillance,
Intelligent Transportation Systems
•	Privacy and security
•	Interconnection between IP and sensor networks
•	Interconnection between RFID and sensor networks
•	Machine to Machine communications
•	Energy efficiency in smart object scenarios
•	IoT management and interoperability
•	Participatory and global sensing
•	Performance measurement and tuning, scalability
•	Simulation and analytical studies
•	Testbed, prototype, and practical systems
•	White Spaces and IoT
•	IoT for development (IoT4D)
Steering committee
•	Antoine Bagula, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
•	Anne Kayem, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
•	Djamel Djenouri, CERIST, Algeria.
•	Marco Zennaro, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy.
•	Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
•	Muthoni Masinde, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
•	Jacob Wikner, Linkoping University, Sweden.
Important Dates
•	Abstract Submission Deadline: August 15, 2013
•	Acceptance/Rejection Notification: September 05, 2013
•	Camera ready copy: September 15, 2013