ITU Kaleidoscope 2020 : ITU Kaleidoscope academic conference 2020 -Industry driven digital transformation

Prospective authors are invited to submit full, original papers. The submission should be within eight pages, including a summary and references, using the template available on the conference’s website. All papers will go through a double-blind peer-review process. Submission must be made electronically; see http://itu.int/go/K-2020 for more details on online submission (EDAS). Paper proposals will be evaluated based on content, originality, clarity, relevance to the conference’s theme and, in particular, significance to future standards.

Deadlines

Submission of full paper proposals: 6 April 2020

Notification of paper acceptance: 12 June 2020

Submission of camera-ready accepted papers: 26 June 2020

Publication and presentation

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. In addition, extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Technology Marketing, the International Journal of Standardization Research, or the Journal of ICT Standardization.

Awards

A prize fund totalling CHF 6 000.- will be shared among the authors of the three best papers, as judged by the Steering and Technical Programme Committees. In addition, young authors of up to 30 years of age presenting accepted papers will receive Young Author Recognition certificates.

Keywords

Information and communication technologies (ICTs), standards, digital transformation, manufacturing and energy management, smart manufacturing, software defined networking, cyberphysical systems (CPS), cloud computing, fog computing, edge computing, mobile technologies, wireless networking (5G and beyond), machine-to-machine, 3D printing, advanced robotics, big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, internet of things (IoT), industrial internet of things (IIoT), RFID technology, cognitive computing, trustworthiness, security, privacy.

Suggested (non-exclusive) list of topics 

Track 1: 
Network and computing infrastructure, architecture 
• Design principles, architecture and protocols for IIoT and digital twins 
• Protocols and mechanisms for seamless IoT communications in wireless sensor networks 
• Mobile and wireless communications 
• Architecture and protocols for decentralized networking and services 
• Cloud, fog and edge architectures 

Track 2: 
Applications and services
• Smart manufacturing 
• infrastructure systems 
• Verification and testing 
• Virtual and augmented reality 

Track 3: 
Enabling technologies
• AI and machine learning 
• Intelligent real time data analytics 
• Data management (analysis, quality, exchange, interoperability and integration prediction) 

Track 4: 
Security, privacy and trust
• Security architectures, trust, identity management, protection mechanisms 
• Threat models and attack strategies 
• Security applications and management 
• Lightweight cryptography 

Track 5: 
Social, economic, standards, legal and policy aspects
• Regulation and standards for industrial Internet tools and services 
• Multi-disciplinary standardisation 
• New business models and multi-stakeholder aspects for digital transformation 

Steering Committee: 
Christoph Dosch, ITU-R Study Group 6 Vice-Chairman; IRT GmbH, Germany 
Eva Ibarrola, University of the Basque Country, Spain 
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
Gyu Myoung Lee, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom 
Mitsuji Matsumoto, Waseda University Emeritus Professor, Japan 
Roberto Minerva, Télécom SudParis, France 
Mostafa Hashem Sherif, Consultant, United States 

Technical Programme Committee: 
Chairman: Mostafa Hashem Sherif, Consultant, United States 
The Technical Programme Committee is composed of over 60 subject-matter experts. Details will be available shortly at: http://itu.int/en/ITU-T/academia/kaleidoscope/2020/Pages/progcom.aspx. 

Additional information: 
For additional information, please visit the conference website: http://itu.int/go/K-2020. Inquiries should be addressed to Alessia Magliarditi at [email protected].