RFID 2016 - Special Issue on: "RFID Applications in the Internet of Things"

Special Issue on: "RFID Applications in the Internet of Things"
of International Journal of Embedded Systems, Inderscience
URL: http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php...
Guest Editors:
Dr. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, sakib.pathan-AT-gmail.com
Dr. Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Temple University, USA
Dr. Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes 1, France
IoT (the Internet of Things) offers an environment of interconnected physical objects which capture meaningful data and communicate that information through IP networks and different kinds of software applications. Though different definitions of IoT exist today, it is agreed among researchers that smart objects, machine-to-machine communications and radio frequency (RF) technologies are the integral aspects of IoT. While many other emerging technologies could contribute to the development of IoT, with the recent trend it is evident that radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will shape a key part of IoT.
According to the predictions of Gartner, Inc., by the year 2020, there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things. There will be various types of devices that would participate in it, some of which may not use RFID, but for automated identification of most of the objects and people in IoT, RFID will surely play a very critical role. We have recently seen noticeable advancements in RFID technologies, but there still remain many other issues and considerable scope of improvement of services via RFID technologies. Hence, for this special issue we are interested in works that focus on RFID technologies and their applications in IoT.
The issue will carry revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers presented at the International Conference on Advanced Wireless, Information, and Communication Technologies (AWICT 2015), but we also strongly encourage researchers unable to participate in the conference to submit articles for this call.
Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Communication standards for RFID
RFID system architectures for IoT
RFID-enabled smart devices
RFID middleware
Algorithms in RFID tags and reader localisation
Security and privacy issues of RFID
Innovative RFID applications
Case studies and operational experiences
Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).
All papers are refereed through a peer review process.
All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page (http://www.inderscience.com/info/inauthors/author_...).
Important Dates
Manuscript submission due: 30 October, 2015
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 30 January, 2016
Revised/final paper due: 1 March, 2016
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Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Ph.D., SMIEEE
Associate Technical Editor, IEEE Communications Magazine
Editor, Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks
Editor, International Journal of Sensor Networks
Adjunct Faculty (Fall-2015), Southeast University, Bangladesh
Visiting Faculty (Fall-2015), University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh
(Accepted offer and in process of relocating within 2016)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Computer and Information Systems
Islamic University in Madinah, Madinah al-Munawwarah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/spathansite/
OLD website (IIUM): http://staff.iium.edu.my/sakib/
OLD lab website: http://staff.iium.edu.my/sakib/ndclab/