The Book Chapter Titles

This book targets a mixed audience of students, engineers, researchers, academics and professionals from different communities to share and contribute new ideas, methodologies, technologies, approaches, models, frameworks, theories and practices to resolve the challenging issues associated with the leveraging of combating emerging technologies and smart solutions with AI-centric solutions for developing a smart city ecosystem.

So, we are soliciting work-in-progress chapters and papers from the community. The scope of the handbook includes but is not limited to the following topics:

• Smart City Ecosystem: Concept, Design Principles and Technologies

• Role of Emerging Technologies in Smart City Framework

• Design Principles and Strategies for Smart City Framework

• IoT Technologies and Its Applications for Smart City Framework

• Software-Defined IoT Systems for Smart City Framework

• 5G and Wireless Networks for Smart City

• AI-Centric Monitoring and Control Systems for Smart City

• Smart Home Devices and Systems for Smart City

• Smart Commercial System for Smart City

• Smart Bank Services for Smart City

• Smart Entertainment System for Smart City

• Smart Healthcare Solutions for Smart City

• Smart Grids and Metering Solutions for Smart City

• Computer Vision Models and Implementation for Smart City

• Automated Vehicles and Parking Solutions for Smart City

• Traffic Control and Coordinated System for Smart City

• Drone Networks and Management System for Smart City

• Governing Infrastructure and Management Systems for Smart City

• Cloud-based Smart IoT Architectures for Smart City

• Blockchain Technology and Applications for Smart City

• Cloud Collaboration and Real-time Streaming Application for Smart City

• Data Engineering and Cloud Computing for Smart City

• Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Solutions for Smart City

• Emerging Technologies Blends and Choices for Smart City Ecosystem

• Case Studies: Smart City Technologies, Architect Design and Applications

Author Guidelines for the Book Chapters Submission

• The title of the chapter should be concise, precise and should clearly state the main aim of the chapter. It must correlate to the proposed book chapter titles conveyed during the call of book chapter submission.

• Chapter structure, the sections in the book should be at least necessarily the same like Title, Author (s), Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Main work section, Research implication or findings, Conclusions, Future work, References, and Acknowledgement, if any.

• Author and Co-authors: Maximum 04 authors will be allowed to contribute for a single chapter and it will be preferred that co-author (s) of one of the selected chapters should not be the co-author (s) of another selected chapter(s) at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oFmHcv7lRHSfAxMPc2gWxWetEw1G0TkSIA8z9uHYt1A/edit?usp=sharing

• Email address and ORCID: Email address and ORCID are required for all authors.

• Abstract section is required and has approx. 500 words, single column, A4 size, single-line spacing of the chapters.

• Keywords section is good to have at least 4 to 6 keywords of the chapters.

• Number of pages: Article of 15-20 pages should be submitted for a single chapter.

• Table of Contents (ToC) is not allowed to be added to the chapters.

• Header and Footer text is not allowed to be added to the chapters.

• Original articles with significant contributions from the Author (s) will be the major consideration for shortlisting the received chapters.

• Alt-text is required for any table, diagram, image or picture of the chapters at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1inZN68sHbF-rdwuR1eVxa2JDs9HD-aTj/view

• Copyright of images: All Figures must be in high-quality resolution (not less than 300 dpi).

  • Figures should NOT be copied from different websites. If they are copied, please add a reference or re-draw the diagrams.

  • Kindly don't use any copyright images or else avail the permission from the concerned publisher or copyright holder.

• Detailed instructions for the chapter write-up are available at https://tandfbis.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/AUTHOR/Guidelines/T%26F+Author+Guidelines+2021.pdf

• References section should be put in APA style at https://tandfbis.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/AUTHOR/Guidelines/Manuscript+preparation+guide.pdf

• Sample Chapter (in PDF format) for the same is available at https://tandfbis.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/AUTHOR/Guidelines/Sample+chapter.docx

• Sample Chapter (in DOC format) for the same is available at https://tandfbis.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/rt-files/AUTHOR/Guidelines/Sample+chapter.docx

• Received chapters will be peer-reviewed and Chapter selection will be provisional from the editorial team. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group will finalize the selection/ rejection of the chapters / articles at the last stage of acceptance.

• English grammar and spelling, We are collaborating with an international publisher, it is mandatory that emphasis should be given for the correct use of English in the chapters. Please ensure that the submitted book chapter is free from any grammatical/typographical/semantic errors. Please put your article through some online grammar checker tool, eg. ginger, check grammar, etc.

• Formatting of the chapters should not be vague and only the suggested guidelines must be followed to bring uniformity throughout the book.

• A plagiarism check is mandatory for the chapters including references and it must be kept at a minimal level.

• Editors will arrange the chapters in a sequence so that they must be well synchronized and are in line with the title of the book. Thus, the title of the chapters can be reframed to go well with the theme of the book, if required.

• Customized Copyright Form and Permission Verification Form (PVF) will be shared among all authors in the last stage of this book submission to the publisher not necessarily the same like.

  • Title [Required]

  • Author [Required]

  • Abstract [Required]

  • Keywords [Required]

  • Introduction [Required]

  • Literature survey [Optional]

  • Research methodology [Optional]

  • Main work section [Required]

  • Conclusions [Required]

  • Future work [Optional]

  • References [Required]

  • Acknowledgment, if any [Optional]

• Figures should NOT be copied from different websites. If they are copied, please add a reference or re-draw the diagrams.

• Customized Copyright Form and Permission Verification Form (PVF) will be shared among all authors in the last stage of this book submission to the publisher.

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