The Sixteenth International Conference on Systems

ICONS 2021


Computer Networks & Wireless Communication





INVITATION:



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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate

groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original

scientific results to:



- ICONS 2021, The Sixteenth International Conference on Systems



ICONS 2021 is scheduled to be April 18 - 22, 2021 in Porto, Portugal

under the NexComm 2021 umbrella.



The submission deadline is January 19, 2021.



Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article

versions to one of the IARIA Journals: https://www.iariajournals.org



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============== ICONS 2021 | Call for Papers ===============



CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS





ICONS 2021, The Sixteenth International Conference on Systems



General page: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/ICONS21.html



Submission page: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/SubmitICONS21.html





Event schedule: April 18 - 22, 2021





Contributions:

- regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]

- short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]

- ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]

- extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]

- posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]

- posters:  slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org]

- presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org]

- demos: two pages [posted at www.iaria.org]



Submission deadline: January 19, 2021



Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA

Journals:  https://www.iariajournals.org



Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.:

https://www.proceedings.com/9769.html



Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library:

https://www.thinkmind.org





The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of

concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations,

running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors

are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under

review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not

limited to, topic areas.



All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in

terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress,

Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels.



Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules:

https://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html





ICONS 2021 Topics (for topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)



Call for Papers: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/CfPICONS21.html



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ICONS 2021 Tracks (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)



Systems theory and practice

Systems design methodologies and techniques; Formal methods to specify

systems’ behavior; Online and offline systems; Open and closed systems;

Centralized and distributed systems; Proactive and reactive systems;

System robustness; Systems scalability; Fault-tolerant systems; Feedback

systems; High-speed systems; Delay tolerant systems; Real-time systems



Systems engineering

Systems requirements; Systems modeling; Systems development lifecycle;

System-of-systems; Systems ergonomics; Subsystem interactions; Systems

decomposition; Systems integration



Intelligent and vehicular transportation systems

Sensor-based intelligent systems; Intelligent systems and wireless

applications; Intelligent transport systems; Intelligent forecasting

applications; Intelligent human-computer interaction transportation

systems; Information collection and dissemination; Mobility and

vehicular traffic models; Vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-roadside

communications; Intra-vehicle communications; Vehicle-to-Internet

communications; Driver-less transportation; Safeness in transportation

systems; Analytical and simulation techniques; Experimental systems and

field operational testing; Recent standardization efforts and problems



System Instrumentation

Metering embedded sensors; Composing multi-scale measurements;

Monitoring instrumentation; Smart sensor-based systems; Calibration and

self-calibration systems; Instrumentation for prediction systems



Embedded systems and systems-on-the-chip

Real-time embedded systems Programming embedded systems; Controlling

embedded systems; High speed embedded systems; Designing methodologies

for embedded systems; Performance on embedded systems; Updating embedded

systems; Wireless/wired design of systems-on-the-chip; Testing embedded

systems; Technologies for systems processors; Migration to single-chip

systems; Micro/nano structures and systems



Advanced embedded systems and applications/services

Advances in designing methodologies & tools for embedded systems;

Platform-based design for embedded systems; Software advances for

embedded systems; Dependable/secure embedded systems; Context-related

approaches (context-based, context-sensitive, context-aware, etc);

Synchronization and time adaptation in embedded systems; Systems-on-Chip

embedded systems and applications; On-chip signal conversion for

Embedded Systems; Networked Sensor devices and systems; Industrial

embedded systems and applications; Simulation for embedded systems;

Power-aware embedded systems; Real-time embedded systems; Virtualization

and embedded systems; Internet of Things (IoT) impact on embedded

systems; Embedded systems and embedded computation models; Testing

embedded systems; Safety and security in embedded systems; Performance

analysis of embedded systems; Mission-critical features for embedded

systems; Real-life embedded systems use cases; Dedicated devices and

applications; Design mobile services for embedded systems; Healthcare

dedicated embedded systems; Sensing and remote sensing embedded systems;

Embedded systems for automation and control of residential and

industrial buildings



Target-oriented systems [emulation, simulation, prediction, etc.]

Information systems; Real-time systems; Software systems; Hardware

systems; Emulation systems; Simulation systems Prediction systems



Specialized systems [sensor-based, mobile, multimedia, biometrics, etc.]

Sensor-based systems; Biometrics systems; Mobile and fixed systems;

Ubiquitous systems; Nano-technology-based systems; Multimedia systems



Validation systems

Diagnosis assistance systems; Test systems; Validation systems;

Performance measurement systems; Maintenance systems



Security and protection systems

Security systems; Vulnerability detecting systems; Intrusion detection

systems Intrusion avoidance systems; Presence detection systems;

Monitoring systems; Management systems; Alert systems; Defense systems;

Emergency systems



Advanced systems [expert, tutoring, self-adapting, interactive, etc.]

Expert systems; Tutoring systems; Highly interactive systems;

Anticipative systems; On-demand systems; GRID systems; Autonomic

systems; Autonomous systems; Self-adapting systems; Adjustable autonomic

systems; High performance computing systems; Mission critical systems



Application-oriented systems [content, eHealth, radar, financial,

vehicular, etc.]

Web-cashing systems; Content-distributed systems; Accounting and billing

systems; E-Health systems; E-Commerce systems; Radar systems; Navigation

systems; Systems for measuring physical quantities; Earthquake detection

and ranking systems; Financial systems; Robotics systems; Vehicular

systems; Entertainment systems; Gaming systems; Speech recognition system



IT Systems

IT service management; IT Infrastructure management; IT service desk;

Service support and delivery; Service strategy; Service design; Service

transition; Service operation; Continual service improvement



Safety in industrial systems

Fundamentals on system safety; Safety of software systems and software

engineering; Safety requirements; Safety for critical systems;

Engineering for system robustness and reliability; Control of mission

critical systems; Safety-oriented system design; Human tasks and error

models; Hazard analysis; Cost and effectiveness of system safety;

Verification and validation of safety; Safety tools; Evaluation of 

safety data, and mitigation and prevention strategies; Safety control

and management; System Safety Implementation Guidelines and Standards;

Transferring safety knowledge; Metrics for Risk Assessment; Contingency

Planning and Occurrence Reporting; Preparedness Activities; Industry

specific safety systems (Medical devices, Aerospace, Chemical industry,

Nuclear power plants, Public health, Biological Safety)



Complex systems

Theory of complex systems; Ontologies for complex systems; Chaos and

complexity; Design and integrate complex systems; Complexity and

simulation; Simulation and datamining; Artificial intelligence and soft

computing in complex systems; Multi-agent based simulation; Systems of

systems; Intelligent agent architectures; Evolutionary programming;

Uncertainty reduction and classification; Monitoring and managing

complex systems; Case studies of complex systems [vehicular, avionic,

health, emergency, sensing, etc.]; Industrial systems [robotics,

production, accounting and billing, e-commerce, etc.]



Computer vision and computer graphics

Fundamental algorithms for computer graphics and computer vision: Model

representation and simplification; Parametric curves and surfaces;

Illumination techniques; Colors and color systems; Virtual and augmented

reality, haptic systems; Human-computer interaction; Real time

rendering; Image processing, image reconstruction; Pattern recognition;

3D scene reconstruction; Segmentation; Motion detection; Scientific and

technical visualization; Medical imaging; Information visualization; 3D

TV; Mobile graphics and vision system; Industrial application of

computer graphics and vision



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ICONS 2021 Committee: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2021/ComICONS21.html



Publicity Chairs

Lorena Parra, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Jose Luis García, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

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