CONTEST 2017 - 2nd International Workshop on Connecting All Things for Enabling Smart Cities (CONTEST)

As a key initiative for promoting the quality of living and resource efficient economy, the smart city concept has attracted much attention in both academia and industry. Information and communication technologies (ICT), particularly advanced communication techniques, play a critical role in facilitating intelligent collection and utilization of heterogeneous data from deployed equipment throughout cities. The major challenges in this area have included: low energy consumption requirement, limited radio frequency bandwidth, low-latency requirement and cost-effective requirement.
This workshop aims to address these challenges and enhance international collaborations by disseminating cutting-edge research results.
Topics
Green communications and networks
Electric vehicles, vehicular electronics
Intelligent transportation
Vehicular communication networks
Positioning, localization and navigation
Green computing
Cognitive radio and spectrum management
Machine-to-machine communications
Heterogeneous networks
Energy harvesting technologies and communications
Antennas design and propagation
Safety, security, and privacy for smart cities
Internet of things platform and theory
Ultra-dense network
Interference management and alignment
Energy-efficiency
Wireless power and information transfer
Smart grid communications
Novel network architecture design
Wireless networks and security
Future trends and emerging technologies
Resource-efficient cross-layer optimization
Cooperative communications
Duplexing methods