This Special Call targets selected papers from the Brazilian Symposium on Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing (SBCUP 2024) but also accepts other submissions related to the symposium’s theme.

SBCUP 2024

The 16th edition of the Brazilian Symposium on Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing (SBCUP 2024) is a traditional satellite event held during the Congress of the Brazilian Computing Society (CSBC 2024) in Brasília-DF between July 21st and 25th. This special call seeks to disseminate the best articles from SBCUP 2024 and make contributions that demonstrate the current state of the art in urban computing.

Along with the rapidly transitioning to a future of Smart Cities, with their uber-connected networks and all sorts of devices and objects communicating between themselves, there is an ever-growing need for pervasive and ubiquitous computing. At this point, we can shape this future by providing solutions to the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. The development of Smart Cities, IoT environments, and all of the smart-related spaces around it has become a significant research focus in recent years, driven by the need to create efficient, sustainable, and secure urban environments. Because of that, they are becoming increasingly intricate, combining technology from various engineering fields and, thus, requiring the integration of a complex web of interrelated technologies. Pervasive and ubiquitous computing can take a front stage in this development and provide unique solutions to a broad range of today’s issues.

During the next ten years, it will be essential to comprehend the social aspects of pervasive and ubiquitous computing and its impact on society. This means our theoretical, methodological, and technical understanding of the subject must be re-examined and improved. This special call invites experts to design, assess, and implement new solutions to create a comprehensive view of the issue, anticipate its future, and identify obstacles and methods to address them. Accordingly, this Special Call not only provides a research overview and encourages critical conversations but could also serve as a roadmap for the future steps of pervasive and ubiquitous computing investigations and applications, enabling us to progress in overcoming the main issues in the field.

Topics of Interest

Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing is a rapidly growing field that focuses on the study of the integration of technology into everyday life. However, with this increasing reliance on technology come several open issues that must be addressed.

• Privacy and Security: As technology becomes more pervasive and integrated into our lives, we must ensure that our data remains secure and private. This includes protecting data from unauthorized access, ensuring data is stored and managed securely, and creating data policies to ensure privacy.
• Network Connectivity: Devices must be connected to enable seamless communication and data exchange by creating a reliable, resilient, secure infrastructure.
• Battery Life: As devices become smaller and more powerful, their battery life is often limited. This limits their usefulness and creates a need for more efficient power management solutions.
• Data Collection and Analytics: As more data is collected and stored, better methods for collecting, analyzing, and storing data are needed. Developing new algorithms that can accurately analyze and interpret data and using machine learning are essential to automating this process further.
• Scalability: As technology becomes more pervasive, systems must be able to scale and handle increasing amounts of data and requests. This includes developing better algorithms, architectures, and protocols that are optimized for performance.

Selection process

Submissions must be in PDF format following the JISA LaTeX template. Papers are expected to be 10 to 20 pages long, including attachments and references.  JISA is open access, free of charge for both authors and readers, and all papers published by JIS follow the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Authors must follow JISA guidelines and checklist.

The best articles from SBCUP 2024 will be invited to submit an extended version to JISA. The version submitted to JISA must have at least 35% new material concerning the article initially accepted and published in SBCUP 2023 and be written in English. A cover letter in English must also be submitted featuring the extensions made. The article submitted to JISA will undergo a new review process that may include the reviewers who reviewed the original article and other reviewers.

Review Process: manuscripts will be reviewed by at least 3 experts in the field. The review process will consider up to 3 review rounds for each manuscript: for the 1st and 2nd rounds, reviews will be sent to authors with an editorial decision: 1. Request a revised version for a new round, 2. Accept, or 3. Reject the manuscript. For the 3rd round, the editorial decision will be either 1. Accept or 2. Reject the manuscript. For each submission round, a cover letter must be included, presenting the paper and then indicating the improvements and answers to reviewers. Each paper submitted to this special issue will be assigned at least one international
a reviewer with a relevant impact in the area.

Submit your manuscript here.

Important dates

○ Submission deadline: 12 December 2024.
○ Notification 1^st round: 31 January 2025.
○ Submission of revised versions: 28 February 2025.
○ Notification 2nd round: 02 April 2025.
○ Submission of revised versions: 30 April 2025.
○ Notification 3rd round (final): 31 May 2025.
○ Camera-ready submission: 30 June 2025.
○ Expected publication: accepted manuscripts will be published as soon as they are ready.

Guest Editors

Geraldo P. Rocha Filho, State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB) was program chair and TPC of some of the most important networking conferences in Brazil. Additionally, it has organized one of the main events in the field, SBRC, as the general coordinator, along with the following workshops: WGRS, CoUrb, Urbcomp, and WTG. From 2019 to 2022, it was a member of the Federal District Regional Secretariat of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC). In the last three years, it has coordinated two approved projects. It has supervised 6+ master's students and completed the supervision of 12+ undergraduate students. Over the past five years, it has had 24+ publications in international journals and 32+ publications in conferences. Its research interests include artificial intelligence, wireless sensor networks, vehicular networks, smart networks, smart homes, and machine learning.

Rodrigo da Rosa Righi, is a professor in the Graduate Program in Applied Computing (PPGCA) at the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at KAIST, focusing on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing, and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with part of his doctoral work at Technische Universität Berlin. Righi has expertise in parallel and distributed computing, with research on performance evaluation, load balancing, and Internet of Things. He was a member of the SBC Regional Secretariat (2019-2022) and has recently coordinated two projects. He has supervised over 6 master's students and 12 undergraduate students, with 24+ publications in international journals and 32+ in conferences.

Roger Immich, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), was program chair and TPC of some of Brazil's most important network-related conferences, having published more than 60 works, including papers, journals, and book chapters in high-profile outlets. Roger has conducted and advised researchers on different areas, including Smart Cities, IoT, 5G, Quality of Experience, Security, as well as Cloud, Edge, and Fog computing.
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Iwens Sene, Federal University of Goiás (UFG) has organized events and participated in different Program Committees in Brazil. Author and co-author in scientific articles published in national and international conferences, periodicals and collections. His research interests lie in the area of Distributed Systems, with focus on Internet of Things, Cloud and Edge Computing, Ubiqua and Self-Adaptive Systems.

Helder Oliveira, Federal University of ABC (UFABC) was program chair of the most important urban computing workshops in Brazil (SBCUP and CoUrb) as well as organized one special issue on topics related to urban computing. Helder Oliveira has conducted research on techniques and approaches for supporting developers on the design of urban computing, working in close collaboration with industries.