Track Co-Chairs:
- Fatemeh Afghah, Clemson University, USA, fafghah@clemson.edu
- Chiu Tan, Temple University, chiu.tan@temple.edu
- Lei Xie, Nanjing University, China, lxie@nju.edu.cn
Description:
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are at the forefront of the current "smart" revolution, embedding digital connectivity into daily life and enabling a wide array of applications. These span from tiny smart objects, wearables, and vehicles to smart buildings, factories, transport systems, power grids, and entire smart cities. At the heart of these applications there are advanced computer communications and networking technologies that facilitate not only efficient, low-latency communication but also robust and resilient systems. Over the past decade, remarkable advancements in computing and communication have expanded the horizons and posed new challenges for IoT and CPS research. IoT systems are typically characterized by constraints in energy, computation, and communication capacity, alongside the deployment of sensors in myriad small objects. These characteristics bring about significant challenges related to energy efficiency, data management and sharing, security & privacy, etc. Conversely, CPS integrate physical processes with computational control, resulting in complex systems that demand coordinated and responsive operation. As the environment for these systems becomes increasingly complex and diverse, challenges around interoperability, flexibility, robustness, resilience, time sensitivity, resource constraints, heterogeneity, and human-machine interaction have intensified. Addressing these challenges requires innovative theoretical and experimental approaches at both the network and system levels. We invite submissions of pioneering research that contributes to the understanding and advancement of IoT and CPS, particularly in the following areas.
• Edge Computing and Fog Computing for IoT and CPS
• Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies for IoT and CPS
• 5G and Beyond Networks for IoT and CPS
• Integration of IoT and CPS with Cloud Computing
• Human-Centric IoT and CPS
• Real-Time Operating Systems for IoT and CPS
• Multi-Agent Systems and Collaborative IoT
• AI and Machine Learning for IoT and CPS
• LLM/VLM for IoT and CPS
• Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) Applications in IoT and CPS
• Digital Twins and Virtual Prototyping based on IoT and CPS
• Quantum Computing Applications in IoT and CPS
• Green IoT and Sustainable CPS
• Enhancing Security and Privacy in IoT and CPS
• Trust Management and Authentication Mechanisms for IoT and CPS
• Multimodal sensing in IoT and CPS
• Industrial IoT and CPS, smart grid, and smart manufacturing/assembly
• Healthcare IoT and CPS
TPC List:
• Hua Huang, UC Merced, USA
• Hassan A. Shafei, Jazan University
• Shuangquan (Peter) Wang, Salisbury University
• Tianming Zhao, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA
• Jiacheng Shang, Montclair State University, USA
• Hui Cai, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
• Ge Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
• Zhihao Qu, Hohai University, China
• Jingyi Ning, Nanjing University, China
• Lei Wang, Suzhou University, China
• Yetong Cao, Shandong University, China
• Xiuzhen Guo, Zhejiang University, China
• Yanling Bu, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Chenyu Wang, Kennesaw State University, USA
• Zuobin Xiong, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA
• Woosub Jung, Towson University, USA
• Leonardo Bonati, Northeastern University, USA