Special Issue "Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges in Smart Cities"
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 10802
Special Issue Editors

Interests: smart cities; Internet of Things; delay/disruption tolerant networks; vehicular networks
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Interests: Internet of Things; wireless and body sensor networks; mobile and e-health technologies; future internet technologies; vehicular communications; mobile and cloud computing
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Interests: mobility support for wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things; smart cities solutions
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Interests: software-defined networking; unmanned aerial vehicles; 5G; edge–fog computing; network function virtualization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart Cities stand to benefit the most from connecting people, data, and things by utilizing cutting-edge ICT technology to address urban challenges. The aim is to improve citizens’ quality of life and the quality of the services provided by governing entities and businesses through sustainable integrated solutions addressing city-specific challenges from different areas such as energy, environment, mobility, and services.
This Special Issue aims at bringing together researchers, engineers, and practitioners from both academia and industry to exchange and share their experiences and research results on the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered, and solutions adopted in the fields of smart cities. The topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Smart city theory, modeling, and simulation;
- Smart city architectures and frameworks;
- Smart city implementation;
- Smart infrastructure;
- Cloud, fog, and edge computing in smart cities;
- Security and privacy solutions for smart cities;
- Big data and open data in smart cities;
- Smart city data analytics and visualization;
- AI-based solutions for smart cities;
- Services and applications for smart cities.
Prof. Dr. Vasco N. G. J. Soares
Prof. Dr. Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
Prof. Dr. João M. L. P. Caldeira
Dr. Jaime Galán-Jiménez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Smart cities
- Sustainability
- Urban planning
- Quality of life
- Quality of services