IEEE SECON 2024: Call for Papers

The 21st Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON) will be held in Phoenix, AZ, USA from December 2–4, 2024.

IEEE SECON provides a forum to exchange innovative research ideas, recent results, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in wireless and mobile communication networks. The conference aims to serve as the reference exhibit for state-of-the-art research supported by implementation and insights gained on all scales of experimental systems, network architectures, components, and protocols.

IEEE SECON is committed to fostering innovative interdisciplinary research work. It invites contributions spanning a diverse array of topics, including but not limited to rural connectivity, electromagnetic fields, biological communication networks, unexplored wireless frequencies, edge intelligence, social media data analysis, and advancements beyond 5G/6G networks.

Topics of Interest

• New communication paradigms, such as Terahertz communications, optical Wireless communications, visible light communication, acoustic communication, and uncharted wireless bands, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
• Cellular communications and data networks, including 5G, 6G and beyond
• Molecular communication networks, networks of nano things and bio nano things
• New platforms, techniques, and hardware designs for low-power, energy limited and battery-free sensing and communications
• Internet of Things; cyber-physical systems, software defined and programmable networks
• Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based sensing/communications/networking
• Communication and networking for AI and machine learning
• Data analytics, AI, and machine learning for sensing, communication, and networking
• Cloud, edge, and fog computing for sensing and inference
• Time and location in sensing, communication, and networking
• Fairness and socio-technical issues in sensing, communication, and networking
• Security, privacy, and trustworthiness of mobile, wireless and sensor systems
• Novel experimental testbeds for sensing and networking systems, measurement of sensing and networking systems
• Deployment experiences in sensing, communication, and networking
• Sensing, communication, and networking in challenging scenarios (e.g., in-body networks, underground, underwater, rural and low-income areas, space)
• Resilience, dependability and sustainability of sensing systems (e.g. agriculture, industry, energy, transportation, water, and other smart infrastructural systems, autonomous driving, industrial internet, public safety systems, and smart cities)
• Novel applications such as wearable computing, virtual/augmented reality, smart and connected communities, sensing and networking of social systems, and IoT/sensor applications using foundation models
• Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC)

Paper Submission

Papers should neither have been published elsewhere nor be currently under review at another venue. All papers for IEEE SECON 2024 must be submitted via the conference submission system.

• Each submission must be no longer than 9 pages (including all the figures, references, and appendices) and in font size of 10 points.
• Submissions that violate the formatting guidelines will be rejected without review.
• Use the standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html.
• Submit your papers via EDAS at: https://edas.info/N32699

Double-Blind Review

All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality and relevance through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. As an author, you are required to preserve the anonymity of your submission, while at the same time allowing the reader to fully grasp the context of related past work, including your own.

Papers that do not conform to double-blind submission policies will be rejected without review.

Important Dates

• Abstract Registration: August 30, 2024 (firm)
• Paper Submission: August 30, 2024 (firm)
• Paper Acceptance Notification: October 18, 2024
• Paper Camera Ready: November 14, 2024