ISSN: 2326-9286
ISBN: 978-1-61208-674-3

• Registered: with the Library of Congress of the United States of America (ISSN)
• Free Access: in ThinkMind Digital Library

INNOV 2018 is colocated with the following events as part of SoftNet 2018 Congress:

• ICSEA 2018, The Thirteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances
• ICSNC 2018, The Thirteenth International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications
• CENTRIC 2018, The Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Human-oriented and Personalized Mechanisms, Technologies, and Services
• VALID 2018, The Tenth International Conference on Advances in System Testing and Validation Lifecycle
• SIMUL 2018, The Tenth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation
• SOTICS 2018, The Eighth International Conference on Social Media Technologies, Communication, and Informatics
• INNOV 2018, The Seventh International Conference on Communications, Computation, Networks and Technologies
• HEALTHINFO 2018, The Third International Conference on Informatics and Assistive Technologies for Health-Care, Medical Support and Wellbeing

INNOV 2018 conference tracks:

Trends and achievements

Software defined data centers; Botnet in SDNs; Software defined 5G networks; HetNets and 5G; Smart buildings and IoT; Secure SDNs;  Standardization for IoTs;  4G to 5G translation; Managing 5G LTE-Advanced networks; LTE heterogeneous networks; LTE-R measurements; Scheduling for LTE-Advanced; Traffic with Big Data; QoE-aware radio; QoS and QoE in LTE networks; Telecommunications in Smart Cities; IoT virtual networks; Device-to-device Internet; Mobile clouds; Smart and sustainable cities; Public data centers; Traffic profiles in data centers; Smart energy; Electric vehicles, Car Connectivity; Green communications systems

Communications

Communication paradigms; Communications modeling; Communications switching and routing; Communications security; Computer communications; Distributed communications; Signal processing in communications

Computing

Computational science; Green Computing; Distributed Cloud computing; Cluster, Grid, and P2P computing; Mobile computing; Big Data Processing; High performance computing; Knowledge Management; Collaborative Computing; Internet computing; Social Computing; Sentiment analytics; Bio-inspired computation; Natural language processing; Computational social systems; Immersive communications

Mobility and Ubiquity

Mobile Cloud; Cloud-based mobile services and applications; Mobile Internet services; Mobility-oriented protocols /Mobile IP, etc./; Wearable and/or mobile technologies; Self-discovery and localizing entities; Seamless handover; Ubiquitous computing; Pervasive and embedded systems; Ubiquitous sustainability; Sensing location; Citizen activity patterns; Smart environments in the workplaces; Ubiquitous cities; Internet of Things architectures; Autonomous and autonomic systems; Self-manageable systems

Web Semantic and Data Processing

Visualizing Web data and big data; Programming patterns for semantic search;  Metrics for data quality; Platforms, methodologies and tools for semantic web design; Linked data and deep web; Development  of interoperable web applications; Data analysis of semantic web; Mashing up data and processes;  Big data and semantic  representation; New semantic-enabled capabilities and existing IDEs; Provenance of semantic data, processes and services;  Web-based database integration; Semantic intelligence on the Web; Linked-data enhanced social learning and Web intelligence;  Programming semantic mining and retrieval mechanisms

Security, Trust, and Privacy

Security and Privacy for Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems; Security control and management in smart cities; Trust and credential negotiations in dynamic environments; Privacy and citizen-profiles; Intrusion prevention and containment; Security in clouds and visualization approaches; Architectural support for security; Security, privacy, and dependability; Security in cooperative networks; Data protection strategies; Collaborative Internet attack containment; Micro-kernels and robustness; Surveillance; Biometrics; Electronic Data Interchange (EDI); Cyber Security; Cryptography; Secure protocols

Optimization and Protection

Performance modeling and analysis; Internet modeling; Parameter estimation for adaptation of wireless communication systems; Trust, security and privacy issues; Encryption algorithm in sensor networks; Web Services Security; Adaptive wireless communication systems; Quality of Service, scalability and reliability; Power aware and energy efficient design; Energy-efficient data centers; Emission modeling and environmental impact assessment of vehicular networks

Shared Resources

Medium access control and routing protocols; Spectrum sensing techniques, spectrum efficiency and soft spectrum usage; Femto-cells and cognitive radios networks; Ultra-wideband for spectrum sharing; New applications in TV-band white space; Interference mitigation and awareness; Spectrum-management regulation and policy making; Mobility or handover technology; Application of software defined radio advanced communication systems; Information content security; Storage performance and scalability; File systems, object-based storage, and block storage; Energy-aware storage

Communication and Services

Content distribution networks; Multimedia Communications; Audio, Image and Video Processing; Information aggregation and dissemination; Data-collection, organization and dissemination methods; Data management in mobile Peer-to-Peer networks; Data stream processing in mobile/sensor networks; Ultrawideband systems; Optical communications and networks; Vehicular communications; Smart grid communications; Green communications and networks; Cognitive communications

Social Networks and Services

New architectures for Web-based social networks; Collaborative social systems (e/m-learning, e-healthcare, gaming); Information propagation on social networks; Resource and knowledge discovery using social networks; Peer-to-Peer social networks; Sensor networks and social sensing; Social networking solutions for pervasive and mobile environments; Social search; Social analytics; Measurement studies of current social networks; Simulation models for social networks; User interfaces and usability issues from mobile applications mobile social networks

Networking and Telecommunications

New ITS and Telematics applications; ITS and Telematics services; Design with multiple wireless data links; Mobility or handover technology; Multiple antenna systems; Physical layer and antenna technologies; RF propagation models for vehicularnetworks; Network architectures and protocols; Cross-layer designs and architectures; Mobility management and topology control; Spectrum, network, context, environment, location awareness; Heterogeneous networking; Wireless networking; Advanced 5G approaches; Ad hoc, sensor and mesh networks; Devices for ubiquity networking (smart-phones, tablets, and netbooks); Software-defined systems; Content-oriented systems

Deadlines:

Deadlines differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).