EAI SmartGIFT 2021 will be held as a fully-fledged online conference.
In 2020, EAI successfully launched an online conference format to ensure the safety, comfort and quality of experience for attendees and a successful course of the events, all while retaining fully live interaction, publication and indexing. Due to the unrelenting global pandemic, this will also be the case in 2021.
Although we will miss having everyone meet and connect in person, we feel strongly that knowledge exchange must continue, if not more so. That is why we have equipped our online conferences with live viewing with chat, virtual Q&A, and a multitude of other measures to provide you with a great experience. Learn more about EAI’s online conferences.
Scope
The conventional power grid refers to an electric grid as a network of transmission lines, substations, transformers and more that deliver electricity from the power plant to residential or industrial buildings. With the development of digital technology, smart grid enables the smooth integration of centralised or distributed power generation, energy storage, transmission and distribution, and demand management. The benefits of smart grid include enhanced reliability and resilience, higher intelligence and optimized control, decentralized operation, higher operational efficiency, more efficient demand management, and better power quality. However, the large-scale deployment of smart grid without proper utilizations can cause new dimension of threats, particularly in critical infrastructures that are highly dependent on the availability of electricity.
Modern telecommunications play a vital role in the smart grid as many of its operations and applications require vast amount of information to be communicated between entities in real-time for timely monitoring and control. Beyond smart grid, telecommunications are also an important enabler of human-to-human, human-to-machine, and machine-to-machine connectivity in other smart systems such as smart buildings, transportation and healthcare. These connections and interactions between networked entities will make possible the seamless provision of a wide variety of new services that provide a way of life that is secure, convenient, comfortable, and sustainable in future smart cities.
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Topics
Topics of interest include but not limited to:
Smart grid related topics:
- Artificial intelligence in smart grid
- Data analytics, sensing, processing and communication techniques for smart grid
- Decentralized decision making for smart grid
- Distributed control and efficient optimization method for smart grid
- Electric vehicle systems for smart grid
- Energy storage technologies for smart grid
- Flexibility and self-healing capability of smart grid
- Management techniques for distributed energy generation and storage
- Microgrid and islanding application and operation
- Modelling and simulation of smart grid
- Phishing analytic and system security for smart grid
- Quality-of-Service (QoS), energy-efficiency, and fault tolerance in smart grid systems
- Resilient and robust control for recovery of smart grid
- Resource management of smart grid systems
- Smart grid electricity markets
- Smart grid infrastructural dependencies
- Smart grid system architecture
Telecommunications related topics:
- 5G and beyond enabling technologies, innovative applications and services
- Coexistence, convergence and interoperability mechanisms
- Communication protocols for real-time data acquisition and remote control
- Data models and communication-aware data management solutions
- Internet of things for smart cities
- Lightweight IP networking stacks for constrained devices
- Machine learning / deep learning in telecommunications
- Microwave and millimetre-wave passive and active devices
- Multi-hop communication and mesh networking
- Optical-wireless integration in backhaul and access networks
- Physical / MAC layer protocols, low power link layer technologies (PLC and wireless)
- Radio frequency based sensing and energy harvesting
- Radiometric fingerprinting for security of wireless devices
- Resource management and cross-layer optimization
- Scalable network and system architecture (e.g., FAN, HAN, NAN and BAN)
- Signal processing and coding techniques for energy related sensor information
- Software defined wireless networks
- V2X communication for autonomous connected vehicles
Publication
All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.
Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH.
Authors of selected best accepted and presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:
- Wireless Networks (WINET) Journal [IF: 2.602 (2020)]
- Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal [IF: 3.426 (2020)]
All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web (indexed in Scopus, Open Access)
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications (Open Access)
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems (Open Access) – indexed in ESCI & Ei Compendex
Additional publication opportunities:
Paper submission
Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).
All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here.
Important dates
Late Track
Full Paper Submission deadline18 August 30 September 2021
Notification deadline
15 October 2021
Camera-ready deadline
31 October 2021
Main Track
Full Paper Submission deadline
1 August 2021
Notification deadline
1 September 2021
Camera-ready deadline
1 October 2021
Video submission deadline
10 October 2021
Start of Conference
24 November 2021
End of Conference
26 November 2021