BalkanCom 2023 Special Session:

Advances in Wireless Network Technologies for Smart Agriculture



Organizers and Chairs:

  • Pelin Angin, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
  • Mohammad Hossein Anisi (School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK


Scope of the Papers

A promising area where IoT devices can alleviate many issues and provide promising solutions is in agriculture. When IoT devices and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are used in agriculture, advanced farming techniques can be applied which is known as Precision Agriculture (PA). This special session will solicit papers focusing on advances in wireless networking technologies in smart agriculture. The session will both include invited papers and attract regular submissions.



Submission Guidelines

This Special Session will feature both invited papers and papers from open call. Full papers and short papers/extended abstracts as defined below can be submitted. Submissions are now accepted through EDAS.

Full Papers: Full paper submissions of original work (not previously published, or under review at another conference or journal) must not be longer than five pages. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

Short Papers and Extended Abstracts: Submissions must not be longer than two pages. They should convince the reader that the author(s) would give an exciting presentation and stimulate lively discussion (will NOT be published in the conference proceedings).



Important Dates

  • Paper submission deadline: April 5, 2023
  • Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2023
  • Camera-ready papers due: May 10, 2023