Previously unpublished contributions in smart computing methodologies derived by experimental and theoretical communication, networking and data analytics techniques for the Smart Cities are solicited including (but not limited to):

• Data analytics in smart cities

• Resource management using smart computing for smart cities

• Network management in smart cities

• Novel communication architectures for smart city applications

• Increasing resilience and scalability in smart city-based computing paradigms

• Analytical applications for improving security in smart cities

• Improving quality of service in smart cities using smart computing

• Self-healing and optimization techniques for the communication infrastructure for ensuring sustainability in smart cities

• Prototypes and testbeds implementing smart computing to test various solutions in smart cities

• Smart fog/edge/cloud-based service solutions for Internet of things in smart cities

• Network load management in smart cities

• Machine learning for smart computing

• Analysis of computation requirements for smart city-based applications

• Trust management between various devices in smart computing

• Data processing in smart computing for automation of applications in smart cities

Workshop Chairs:

1. Dr. Anish Jindal, Department of Computer Science, Durham University, UK. (Email: anish.jindal@durham.ac.uk, anishjindal90@gmail.com)

2. Dr. Angelos K. Marnerides, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, UK. (Email: Angelos.Marnerides@glasgow.ac.uk)

3. Dr. Petros Spachos, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Canada. (Email: petros@uoguelph.ca)

4. Dr. Amit Dvir, Ariel Cyber Innovation Center, Ariel University, Israel. (Email: amitdv@g.ariel.ac.il)

1. Prof. David Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK.

2. Prof. Andreas Mauthe, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

3. Prof. Michael Segal, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Submission link: https://edas.info/N29286. (Closed)

All submissions are required to comply with IEEE WoWMoM guidelines. Initial submissions for review are limited to seven (6) pages formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size 10 point or greater. Camera-ready papers should not exceed six (6) pages including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page is allowed with over length page charge). Each accepted paper must be presented at the workshop by one of the co-authors.

The template for submissions may be found on the IEEE template page. For further submission guideline: see WoWMoM webpage at: https://computing.ulster.ac.uk/WoWMoM2022/index.html

• • • Papers Submission Deadline: Mar 01, 2022 March 08, 2022 March 10, 2022 (Extended firm deadline)

    • Notification of Acceptance: April 01, 2022

    • Deadline for Camera-ready Papers: April 15, 2022

    • Workshop date: June 14, 2022

09:00 - 10:00 am* Session - 1:

Welcome by the workshop chairs

Keynote: Self-healing networks Speaker: Dr. Amitabh Trehan, Durham University, UK.

10:00 - 10:30 am Tea/Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:30 pm Session - 2: (20 min. presentations, 5 min. Q&A)

Session Chair: TBA

Paper 1: Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Optimal Roadside Unit (RSU) Deployment Mechanism for Internet of Vehicles (IoV), Authors: Debjani Ghosh, Hardik Katehara and Oshin Rawlley (Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India); Shashank Gupta (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India); Naveen Arulselvan (Indian Institute of Science, India & Artpark, India); Vinay Chamola (BITS-Pilani, India)

Paper 2: Blockchain-enabled End-to-End Encryption for Instant Messaging Applications, Authors: Raman Singh (University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ark Nandan Singh Chauhan and Hitesh Tewari (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Paper 3: An Intelligent Machine Learning Approach for Smart Grid Theft Detection, Authors: Dhruv Garg (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, India); Neeraj Kumar (Thapar University Patiala, India); Nazeeruddin Mohammad (Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia)

Hot topic panel discussion – Connected the Unconnected, Panelists: Aniq Ur Rahman, Anish Jindal, Khac-Hoang Ngo, Fares Fourati

12:30 - 01:30 pm Lunch Break

01:00 - 03:00 pm Session - 3:

Session Chair: TBA

Paper 4: A New Artificial Intelligence Recognition Technology Based on Convolutional Neural Network, Authors: Kunhao Chen and Shuyi Wang (NanHang JinCheng College, China); Haotong Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)

Paper 5: PicP-MUD: Profiling Information Content of Payloads in MUD Flows for IoT Devices, Authors: Arman Pashamokhtari (University of New South Wales, Australia); Arunan Sivanathan (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia); Ayyoob Hamza (UNSW Sydney, Australia); Hassan Habibi Gharakheili (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

Paper 6: Periodic-Collaboration-Based Energy-Efficient Cell Dormancy in Heterogeneous Dense Networks, Authors: Nawab Muhammad Faseeh Qureshi (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (South)); Isma Farah Siddiqui (Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan); Wanying Guo, Shiraz Wagan, Jahwan Koo and Dong-Ryeol Shin (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (South))

Paper 7: DDAS: Distributed Delay Aware Scheduling for DSME based IoT Network Applications in Smart Cities, Authors: Nikumani Choudhury (BITS Pilani, India); Moustafa M. Nasralla (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia); Aman Shrivastav (BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India); Anakhi Hazarika (Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati, India)

03:30 - 03:30 pm Tea/Coffee Break

03:30 - 05:00 pm Session - 4:

Session Chair: TBA

Paper 8: Detection of JavaScript Injection Eavesdropping on WebRTC communications, Authors: Ahmed Osman, Raouf Abozariba, Taufiq Asyhari, Adel Aneiba and Mohamed Ben Farah(Birmingham City University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Paper 9: Enhancing URLLC in Integrated Aerial Terrestrial Networks: Design Insights and Performance Trade-offs, Authors: Muhammad Awais and Haris Bin Pervaiz (Lancaster University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Muhammad Ali Jamshed (James Watt School of Engineering University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ UK, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Wenjuan Yu and Qiang Ni (Lancaster University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Paper 10: A Federated Leaning Perspective for Intelligent Data Communication Framework in IoT Ecosystem, Authors: Rajan Kumar Dudeja (Chandigarh University Landran Chandigarh, India); Rasmeet S Bali(Chandigarh University, Mohali, India); Gagangeet Singh Aujla (Durham University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Concluding remarks by workshop chairs

Note: The workshop will be held in hybrid mode (with mixture of physical and virtual presentations) and the program is subject to some minor changes for managing workshop logistics. The papers presentations would be around 20 minutes with 5 minutes for Q&A.

*All times are local to the conference location.

June 2022: And the best paper award goes to "DDAS: Distributed Delay Aware Scheduling for DSME based IoT Network Applications in Smart Cities" with the runner-up being "PicP-MUD: Profiling Information Content of Payloads in MUD Flows for IoT Devices". The selection was based on the average review scores and presentation scores associated with all the papers.

May 2022: Technical progrram is out. We hope to greet you physically and virtually either at conference venue or online on 14th June. We would also select one best workshop paper based on the review scores and overall presentation.

April 2022: Decision notifications have been sent out after a rigrous review process. For registration and uploading Camera-ready copy of the accepted papers, please check https://computing.ulster.ac.uk/WoWMoM2022/camera_ready.html

Mar 2022: The extended workshops papers (based on thier scope) can be submitted to a special issue on "Application of Electric Vehicle to Grid (V2G) in Smart Cities" in the journal "Energies" from MDPI which is an open access journal (indexed by Web of Science (Impact factor: 3.004)). Please get in touch to get discounts on the article processing charges for this special issue.

Mar 2022: (Keynote announcement) Dr. Amitabh Trehan, Associate Professor at Durham University would be talking about the different aspects of "Self-healing networks" in the networking domain.

Mar 2022: Deadline for paper submission extended until 10th March.

Feb 2022: Exciting keynotes coming soon!!

Jan 2022: A panel session has been agreed on the hot topic of "Connecting the Unconnected" by the researchers working on this project funded by Alumnode.

Dec 2021: Submission of papers through EDAS is open!!