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IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS),

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*Low-Power, Reliable, and Secure Solutions for Realization of Internet of Things*

Rapid advancement of networking technologies together with extreme miniaturization of computing and communication devices enable a host of new and exciting applications and services that connect the physical and the cyber worlds. In the future, digital sensing, communication, and processing capabilities will be ubiquitously embedded into everyday objects, turning them into the Internet of Things (IoT, also known as machine-to-machine or M2M). In this new paradigm, smart devices will collect data, relay the information or context to each another, and process the information collaboratively using cloud computing and similar technologies.

This special issue aims to provide a timely discussion on the technical trends and challenges of circuits and systems on Internet of Things. For example, in the future, enormous numbers of sensors will be deployed. The cost of servicing such sensors will be a major concern. Hence, one challenge is to deploy and maintain sensors with minimal or even zero effort. It is often almost impossible to replace sensor batteries once they are in the field. Therefore, another challenge is low power sensor design, or designs which do not require a battery change over the lifetime of the sensor. To be more specific, this requires energy-efficient sensor designs. To prolong the battery life of the sensor, we can harvest energy from the ambient environment from sources such as lights, heat, vibration, or radio frequency.

Additionally, none of us likes to expose our personal or confidential information to the public. We also don’t want people to provide false information that changes the proper action of the system. Therefore, another challenge is data security and privacy. Furthermore, one of the key components that will increase the adoption rate and breadth of IoT across multiple vertical markets is have a configurable design that supports intelligent devices management. It will be helpful for the system to detect, diagnose, decide, and defuse faulty components with self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, and self-protection capabilities. Moreover, in the future, the amount of data generated by machines will be orders of magnitude greater than that generated by humans. Analysis of data and its context will play a key role. As devices become more computationally capable, intelligent computation may easily be distributed between the sensors and the backend servers. Data may be analyzed and fused in sensors before arriving at the data center to save energy and bandwidth.

In order to deploy end-to-end solutions for intelligent/secure interaction among connected devices, IoT requires research from multiple disciplines. In this special issue, we would like to include topics in, but are not limited to below areas:

SubmissionProcedure:

Prospective authors should submit PDF versions of their papers following the instructions provided on the JETCAS web-site: http://jetcas.polito.it Please note a new procedure is implemented for this special issue for the ease of editorial work. Before Aug 1, the authors are kindly asked to submit the draft abstract and the tentative list of references. Subsequently, the authors are asked to submit their manuscript before Aug 15. Failure to follow this procedure might result in substantial delay in the review process, which could in turn exclude the manuscript from the special issue.

Moreover, the final manuscript without authors’ biography should be submitted using the IEEE single-space, two-column format. The template files for LaTeX and Word are available for download from http://www.ieee.org/pubs/authors.html. The manuscripts must be 10 pages or less. Submitted manuscripts with larger number of pages will be rejected automatically without being reviewed.

Finally, the relationship to internet of things should be explained clearly in the submission.

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