The digital environment that we populate is becoming more complex every day. Several devices are now connected to each other and to the Internet, generating large data volume moved back and forth between edge and data centers, and processed everywhere. This growth is not about to stop and we have to be ready for cutting-edge technologies when they become cheaper, such as wearable and robotics. The main solution is decomposing systems into smaller, distributed, efficient, intelligent, and autonomous units responsible for local decision making and control, let them explore knowledge that is stored locally and communicate among themselves only when needed. That solution opens issues when discussing the systems design, data and knowledge exchange, analysis of proper and optimal coupling of system parts as well as integration of subsystems introducing a completely diverse nature into the overall framework. This workshop aims at gathering experts of Distributed Systems and Intelligent Systems to step the innovation over in this promising area of research. This workshop is in conjunction with the 26th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 2021)
Topics of interest
Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:
- Orchestration of services and data over Cloud, Edge, and Fog Computing
- Internet of Things
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- Ambient Intelligence
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Swarm Intelligence
- Advanced Algorithms and
- Computational Models
- Knowledge Discovery
- Intelligent Transportation
- Distributed Problem Solving
- Collaborative and Collective
- Intelligence
- Self-Organized Systems
- Distributed Security with
- Blockchain-Based solutions
- Systems and Solutions for Covid-19
Workshop domains include, but are not limited to:
- Smart Home
- Smart City
- Agriculture
- Autonomous Driving
- Trading and Finance
- Industry 4.0
- Healthcare
- Robotic
Submission
Authors are invited to submit full papers written in English, with a paper length of up to six (6) printed pages for regular papers, or up to four (4) printed pages for short papers, including figures, tables & references in IEEE double-column format (IEEE standard conference templates). Submissions should contain original material and not be previously published, nor currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed for scientific quality by the Technical Program Committee.
Manuscript templates for IEEE conference proceedings can be found at the following link: https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
All paper submissions must be done through EasyChair using the following link: easychair.org/conferences/?conf=distinsys2021
Paper submission implies the willingness of at least one author to register, at the regular rate (non-student), and present the paper. The Workshop Proceedings will be part of the ISCC 2021 Proceedings, they will be indexed SI, dblp, and Scopus and will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
Best Paper Award
A “Best Paper Award” Certificate will be conferred on the author(s) of a paper presented at the workshop, selected by the Chairs based on scientific significance, originality, and outstanding technical quality of the paper, as assessed also by the evaluations of the members of the Program Committee.
Special Issue
Authors of papers presented at this workshop may submit a technically extended version to Special Issues with reduced fees:
- Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence on the Edge”, MDPI Information. Journal Rank: SJR 2020 0.349 - Q3 (Information
System)
- Special Issue on “Secure IoT, Edge and Cloud Systems”, MDPI Sensors. Journal Rank: SJR 2020 0.636 - Q2 (Information System)
Program Co-Chairs
- Lorenzo Carnevale, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
- Antonino Galletta, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
- Mario A.R. Dantas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
- Massimo Villari, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy
Publicity Co-Chair
- Zhuozhao Li, The University of Chicago, Chicago, United States (North America and Asia lead)
- Edelberto Franco Silva, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil (South America lead)
Technical Program Committee
- Auday Al-Dulaimy, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
- Maytham Alabbas, University of Basrah, Basra, Iraq
- Christos B. Anagnostopoulos, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Farshad Badie, Aalborg Universitet, Aalborg, Denmark
- Uwe Breitenbücher, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- Davide R. Carneiro, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Felgueiras, Portugal
- Chihua Chen, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
- Fabio D’Andreagiovanni, CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
- Douglas D.J. De Macedo, Universidade Federal de Santa
- Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil Felipe S. Costa, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
- Dário Ferreira, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
- Stefano Forti, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Raffaele Gravina, Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
- Devki Nandan Jha, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Marian Cristian Mihaescu, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
- Ilir Murturi, Technische Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Dragi Kimovski, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
- Ahlian Kor, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Mohamed Zakaria Kurdi, University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, United States
- Byeong Kil Lee, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, United States
- Jorge De J. Lozoya-Santos, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Canada
- Jean François Méhaut, Université Grenoble Alpes, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
- Daniela Elena Popescu, Universitatea din Oradea, Oradea, Romania
- Abolfazl Razi, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, United States
- Ahmad Rawashdeh, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, United States
- Marina Resta, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
- Jacopo Soldani, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Grzegorz Sierpinski, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
- Orazio Tomarchio, Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
- Carlos Manuel Travieso-González, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- Christos Tsigkanos, Technische Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria
- María Estrella Sousa-Vieira, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
- Constantin Volosencu, Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Chandrasekar Vuppalapati, San Jose State University, San Jose, United States
- Mahdieh Zabihimayvan, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, United States