Call for Papers

Machine intelligence is everywhere in the modern world fostered by connected smart devices and computers with accelerated processors and GPUs to perform advanced machine learning tasks. Green communications and networking technologies, like LoRa, 5G/6G, and NB-IoT, make it easier to collect data energy-efficiently and develop novel applications at a low-cost. Machine intelligence and green communications bring artificial intelligence (AI) to smart cities among other domains, to enable better management of network resources, optimize operations and efficiency, and provide a more sustainable environment and user-centric services.  Built on the advancing wireless infrastructures, the key question is how to make use of artificial intelligence in green communications and networking to better support smart cities.

The vision of smart cities has motivated many scientific and engineering challenges for both academia and industry, in order to fully exploit the capabilities and benefits brought by green networking and communications with machine intelligence. Some important areas related to these topics are machine learning for green communications and networking, green communications and networking for smart cities, AI-enabled energy-efficient computing and communications for smart cities, novel smart city applications with AI and green communications.

This Special Issue calls for papers related to the use of machine intelligence for green computing, communications, and networking for smart cities. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• AI and edge computing for green smart cities
• AI-enabled optimization and green communications for smart cities
• AI-enabled energy-efficient data acquisition for smart cities
• AI-enable energy-efficient LPWAN management for smart city infrastructures
• AI-enable energy-efficient device management for smart cities
• Energy-efficient machine learning algorithms for smart cities
• Energy harvesting and green communications for smart cities
• Federated learning and green communications for smart cities
• Green networking protocols and ML algorithms for smart cities
• Green computing systems and ML algorithms for sustainable growth
• Green intelligent hardware/software platforms for smart cities
• Intelligent and green IoT systems for smart cities
• Security- and privacy-aware ML and green communications for smart cities
• AI and green communications for smart transportation
• AI and green communications for smart health
• AI and green communications for sustainable environment
• Novel smart city applications with machine intelligence and green communications
• Interplay between machine intelligence and green communications in smart cities

Submission Guidelines

Authors need to follow the manuscript format and an allowable number of pages described on the IEEE TGCN Information for Authors page. To submit a manuscript for consideration for the special issue, please visit the journal submission website at Manuscript Central.

Important Dates

Manuscript Submission: 15 July 2021 15 August 2021 (Extended Deadline)
First Review Results: 20 September 2021
Second Review Results: 10 November 2021
Publication: March 2022 (Tentative)

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