The first IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) was held in 1995 in response to the growing interaction between the fields of computers and communications. The 2020 theme is Cybersecurity and AI for smart computing and networking, with big data computing, and communications performance.

ISCC takes place annually, usually in the Mediterranean region, in locations such as Egypt, Greece, France, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Italy, and Brazil. In 2020, the Symposium is going to happen in Rennes, France.

ISCC sessions will include presentations on new research results and tutorials. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the computer and communications areas that the Call for Papers considers. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2020 Conference Proceedings, which will be subject to independent peer-review procedures for quality, and may be eligible for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. Merit, relevance, and originality will guide paper acceptance. Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards will be presented.

Call for Papers

ISCC 2020, in its 25th edition, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2020 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications. This year, special focus will be computers and communications on the fog. You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a Panel/Invited Session or a Tutorial, related to the following topics of interest:

• 5th Generation Networks
• Access Networks
• Advances in Internet Protocols
• Wireless, Cellular, and Mobile Communications
• Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking
• Bio-inspired Computing in Communications
• Telecare Medical Information System
• e-Health
• Bioinformatics and Medical informatics
• Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
• Cognitive Radio Networking
• Communications Services and Management
• Connected Vehicles
• Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things
• Digital Media Technologies
• Digital Satellite Communications Service
• Distributed and Mobile Middleware
• Distributed Systems Architecture and Management
• E-Commerce and E-Services
• Economic and Regulatory Issues
• Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery
• Fog Computing
• Green Networking
• Smart Grid
• Grid and Cluster Computing
• Human Language Technologies
• Image Processing and Visualization
• Real Time Communication Services
• Internet of Things
• Smart Cities
• Internet Services and Applications
• Modeling and Simulation
• Management of Telecommunications and Networks
• Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications
• Network Design, Optimization and Management
• Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience
• Next Generation Networks Infrastructures and Management
• Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications

• Paper submission deadline : February 15th, 2020
• Notification of paper acceptance: April 15th, 2020
• Submission of camera-ready papers due: TBA

Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more than 7 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Download manuscript templates for IEEE conference proceedings here. Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted. Extended versions of selected best papers will be recommended for publication in a special issue of a prestigious international journal. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Only registered and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2020 Proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. The ISCC Proceedings have been indexed in the past by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the ISCC conference one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas.

Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs

• Nicolas Montavont, IMT Atlantique, France
• Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece

TPC Co-Chairs

• Georgios Z. Papadopoulos, IMT Atlantique, France
• Periklis Chatzimisios, Intern. Hellenic University, Greece
• Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Local Co-Chairs

• Yann Busnel, IMT Atlantique, France

Workshops Co-Chairs

• Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy
• Fabrice Theoleyre, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France

Tutorial Chairs

• Konstandinos Samdanis, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany
• Michael Kounavis, Intel, USA

Poster/Demo Co-Chairs

• Alexandre Marquet, IMT Atlantique, France
• Oana Iova, INSA Lyon, France

Publicity Co-Chairs

• Nathalie Mitton, Inria Lille-Nord Europe, France
• Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia
• Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA

Webpage Chair

• Baptiste Gaultier, IMT Atlantique, France

Keynote Chairs

• Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy
• Theofanis Raptis, National Research Council (CNR), Italy

Registration Co-Chairs

• Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, IMT Atlantique, France

Finance and Publication Co-Chairs

• Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA
• Nicolas Montavont, IMT Atlantique, France