SECON 2021 : IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks

Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Machine intelligence for sensing, communication, and/or networking
In-network processing/fog/edge computing in wireless networks Wearable computing and networking
Cyber-physical systems and wireless control systems
Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile, wireless and sensor systems
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based sensing/communications/networking (low/high altitude platforms)
Wireless and mobile sensing systems in challenging media (e.g., underground, underwater, space)
Internet of Things, Nano-Things and Bio-Nano-Things
New communication paradigms, such as Terahertz communications and optical wireless communications
Intra-body networks and molecular communication networks
Sensing and dissemination based on social media
Beyond communications/networks (large/reconfigurable intelligent surfaces)
Next-generation wireless applications, e.g., virtual/augmented reality, autonomous driving, smart cities
Networking/communications solutions to face the connectivity divide in rural and low-income areas
Contact tracing, localization and sensing for combating the COVID-19 pandemic
Radio-Frequency sensing to evaluate the exposure level from personal devices (e.g., smartphones)
ElectroMagnetic Field measurement and evaluation in 5G and beyond
Low-power and energy limited sensing and communications
Measurement of wireless and sensor systems, and novel experimental testbeds
Software-defined and programmable networks
Cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access
Survivability and fault tolerance in disaster scenarios
Large scale analysis of mobile data
Application protocols and cross-layer design
Applications, platforms, and testing platforms for city-scale evaluation of new sensing systems