CSC 2016 - International Conference on Connected Smart Cities 2016

This conference thus aims to provide a premier and exciting forum for the exchange of scientific ideas, research findings, and industrial practices among academics and practitioners, who are from different disciplines (e.g. information systems, computer science, telecommunication engineering, urban studies, and business and economics) but have common interests in smart cities. It welcomes all forms of relevant research, including conceptual, theoretical, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method studies. Papers with an interdisciplinary nature are particularly encouraging. In order to offer wide-ranging discussion opportunities, the conference seeks the most recent and relevant research on a variety of topics.
Topics of Interest
Main topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Wireless Connectivity in Smart Cities
Architectures for the Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT technologies bridging the physical and virtual worlds
Internet of Everything (connecting data, process and people)
RFID and related technologies to deliver new and enhanced services in smart cities
End to End / Machine to Machine (M2M) communication for real-time data collection in smart cities
Mobile broadband technologies (3G/4G/5G) to support connectivity in smart cities
New Business Concerns in Smart Cities
Emerging business models and services in smart cities
Innovative economic models emerged in smart cities
Market sizing and business opportunities in smart cities
New market rules, legislation, incentive schemes, and tariffs for smart city services.
Data and Software Applications in Smart Cities
Cloud computing and cloud-based data sharing solutions for smart cities
Real-time decision analysis/support systems for monitoring and managing smart cities
Big data analytics (concepts, methods, techniques and tools)
Intelligent systems and machine learning approaches and algorithms for smart cities
Open data usage, applications and services
Mobile computing and app interaction
User-Centric Smart Cities
Identification and exploration of the needs of citizens
Public trust, user acceptance, and citizen engagement in smart services
Behaviour changes led by the daily usage of smart city services and facilities
Socio-technical challenges and barriers affecting the development and deployment of smart solutions in the contexts of specific cities
Security, Privacy and Identity Issues in Smart Cities
New security, privacy and identify problems and risks in cloud-based and/or IoT applications of smart cities
Security and privacy requirements in smart city applications and services
Technologies and methods to protect data security and user privacy and identify in smart cities
Risk identification, assessment and mitigation strategies to handle security and privacy concerns
Greenness and Sustainability of Smart Cities
Green and sustainable requirements, features and strategies in smart cities
Renewable energy models in smart cities
Green computing and green IT solutions in smart cities
Methods and metrics to measure the greenness and environmental impacts of smart city development
Possible environmental issues and rebound effects (or take-back effects) caused by the large-scale deployment of smart city applications.
Smart City as an Integrated Ecosystem
Approaches and techniques for integrating smart applications and services within the city
Connecting infrastructure, applications and people into cities
Data sharing difficulties across an integrated smart city ecosystem
Integrated smart city solutions deployments, test-beds and field trials
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the smartness of cities
Successful or failure cases of smart cities