THE 7th
SMART CITY APPLICATIONS
International Conference
Castelo Branco Portugal
19-21 October, 2022

Registration
Deadline: Sptember 09, 2022

About Us

The Seventh International Conference on Smart City Applications is a multidisciplinary forum co-organized by the IPCB - Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco in the partnership with Mediterranean Association of Sciences and Sustainable Development (Medi-ADD). SCA22 will take place from 19 to 21 October 2022. The event aims to bring together research scientists and engineers to discuss and exchange both experimental and theoretical results, novel designs, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the area of smart cities. The conference covers any topic with an intersection with smart cities, including geo-smart information systems, education, healthcare, economy and digital business, building and home automation, environment and agriculture, and information technologies and computer science. The Conference encourages submission of original works presenting novel research results and new products or concepts are encouraged for submission. But also works in progress.

The conference papers will be published in the one of the followings depending on the author's preference.

  1. Springer LNNS. LNNS is indexed in SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt, zbMATH, SCImago, and submitted for consideration in Web of Science. Click here for more information.

  2. OR

  3. ISPRS Archives. ISPRS Archives is indexed in SCOPUS, CPCI of Web of Science, Compendex, and DOAJ. Click here for more information.

High quality papers may be invited to be submitted to the International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (IJIEM). The authors of selected papers will be invited after the conference conclusion and their papers will be subject to a normal IJIEM submission and review process.
To see last year's (SCA21) published papers please click ISPRS Archives Volume XLIV-4/W3-2020 or Springer LNNS - SCA Edition 5

For the Turkish Participants: Konferansımız 2022 Akademik Teşvik Yönetmeliği ve Doçentlik Kriterlerine Uygundur. Ayrıntılar için tıklayınız.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline:
June 30, 2022 Extended

Notification of Acceptance :
August 19, 2022

Author Registration :
August 26, 2022

Camera-Ready Submission :
September 12, 2022

Previous Proceedings

Topics

The conference covers, but is not limited to, the following topics of interest:

GEO-SMART INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • 3D City Modeling and Visualization
  • Location Based Services
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Remote Sensing
  • Building Information Modeling (BIM)
  • GeoInformation for Mobile
  • Collective Sensing and Geo-spatial Big Data
  • Laser Scanning
  • Processing of Spatial Imagery
  • Geo AI
  • Urban Informatics
  • Geospatial Cloud Computing
  • Wireless and Mobile GIS

SMART BUILDING AND HOME AUTOMATION

  • Smart Electrical and Electronic devices
  • Automation Systems
  • Renewable Energy
  • Embedded Technologies
  • Lightings Technologies
  • Robotics
  • Intelligent building assessment
  • Green And Intelligent Construction
  • Smart architecture and urban planners
  • Sustainable building design

SMART ENVIRONMENT AND SMART AGRICULTURE

  • Natural Disasters Monitoring
  • Damage Mapping
  • Smart Agriculture
  • Hazard Mapping
  • Climate Monitoring
  • Smart Water Management
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Smart & Sustainable Environments
  • Smart Waste Management
  • Disasters Early Warning System

SMART EDUCATION AND INTELLIGENT LEARNING SYSTEM

  • Smart learning: Concepts and strategies
  • Smart learning environments
  • E-learning, smart E-learning
  • Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
  • Smart Mobile Learning
  • Cloud learning
  • Virtual Learning Environments (VLE)
  • Learning Management Systems (LMS)
  • Digital Art
  • Serious Games

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Big-data and Data Mining
  • Cloud Computing
  • Quantum Computing
  • Machine Learning
  • Mobile Technologies
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Image, Video and Speech Processing
  • HPC & Parallel Computing
  • Collaborative & Complex Networks
  • Internet of Things IoT
  • Wearable Technologies and Wireless Sensor Networks

SMART HEALTHCARE

  • Big Data & Data Analysis for e-Health
  • Smart systems for medical monitoring
  • Medical Image analysis and processing
  • E-Health Architectures
  • Wearable devices for E-health
  • Wireless Body Area Networks
  • Mobile and Telemedecine Applications
  • Cloud infrastructures for E-health
  • Usability and Ubiquity in E-Health
  • Security in E-Health

Committees

Steering Committee

  • Rogério Dionisio, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Domingos Santos, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • İsmail Rakıp Karaș, Karabuk University, Turkey
  • Alias Abdul Rahman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Mohamed Wahbi, EHTP Casablanca, Morocco
  • Mohammed BOUHORMA, FST, Tangier UAE University, Morocco
  • Chaker EL AMRANI, FST, Tangier UAE University, Morocco
  • Bernard Dousset, UPS, Toulouse, France
  • Rachid Saadane, EHTP Casablanca, Morocco
  • ALI Youness, FS, Tetouan, Morocco
  • ALAOUI ABDELLAOUI El Arbi, EIGSI Casablanca, Morocco

Organizing Committee

Conference Chair

  • Rogério Dionisio, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
Conference Co-Chairs
  • Mohamed Ben Ahmed, FST, Tangier, UAE University, Morocco
  • Anouar Boudhir Abdelhakim, FST, Tangier, UAE University, Morocco
  • İsmail Rakıp Karaș, Karabuk University, Turkey
  • Bernadetta Kwintiana Ane, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Local Organizing Committee
  • Domingos Santos, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Rogério Dionisio, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • Fernando Ribeiro, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • José Metrôlho, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • Ana Vaz Ferreira, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • João Neves, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • Cristina Calmeiro, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • Rogério Ribeiro, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • Nuno Caseiro, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco Portugal
  • Rita Tavares, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal

International Advisory Board

  • Anand Nayyar, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Viet Nam
  • Anand Paul, Kyungpook National University,South Korea
  • Atis Kapenieks, Riga Technical University Riga, Latvia
  • César Benavente-Peces, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Fadi Al-Turjman, Antalya Bilim University, Antakya, Turkey
  • Huang-Nan Huang, Tunghai University, Taiwan
  • Joel Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications , Brazil
  • Luís BRAGANCA, University of Minho, Portugal
  • Mohamed-Lamine MESSAI, CPE Lyon, France
  • Olga Sergeyeva, Saint-Petersburg University, Russia.
  • Parthasarathy Subashini, Avinashilingam University, India
  • Riyadh Baghdadi, New York University Abu Dhabi and researcher at MIT, USA
  • Sandeep Kumar Poonia, Amity University Rajasthan, India
  • Sehl Mellouli, Laval University, Canada
  • Senthil Kumar, Hindustan College of Arts and Science, India
  • Wassila Mtalaa, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
  • Zuherman Rustam, University of Indonesia, Indonesia

Technical Program Committee

  • Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
  • Abdullah Elen, Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University, Türkiye
  • Abdullah Emin Akay, Bursa Technical University, Türkiye
  • Abdurrahman Eymen, Erciyes University, Türkiye
  • Accorsi, Riccardo, Bologna University, Italy
  • Adib Habbal, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Adnan Alajeeli, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Aftab Ahmed Khan, Karakoram International University, Pakistan
  • Ahmad S. Almogren, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, Babylon University, Iraq
  • Alabdulkarim Lamya,King Saud University,Saudi Arabia
  • Alghamdi Jarallah, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
  • Ali Jamali, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Ali Jamoos, Al-Quds University, Palestine
  • Alias Abdul Rahman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Aliihsan Sekertekin, Cukurova University
  • Ana Paula Silva, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Ana Ferreira, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Anabtawi Mahasen, Al-Quds University, Palestine
  • Anton Yudhana, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia
  • Arlindo Silva, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Arif Çağdaş Aydinoglu, Gebze Technical University, Türkiye
  • Arioua Mounir UAE, Morocco
  • Arturs Aboltins Technical University of Riga, Latvia
  • Assaghir Zainab , Lebanese University, Lebanon
  • Aydın Üstün, Kocaeli University, Türkiye
  • Bahadır Ergun, Gebze Technical University, Türkiye
  • Barış Kazar, Oracle, USA
  • Bataev Vladimir ,Zaz Ventures, Switzerland
  • Behnam Atazadeh, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Bessai-Mechmach Fatma Zohra, CERIST, Algeria,
  • Beyza Yaman, Dublin City University, Ireland
  • Biswajeet Pradhan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Berk Anbaroğlu, Hacettepe University, Türkiye
  • Burhan Selcuk, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Bulent Bayram, Yildiz Technical University, Türkiye
  • Carlos Cambra, Universidad de Burgos, Spain
  • Caner Ozcan, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Caner Güney, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
  • Cláudio Barradas, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
  • Cristina Calmeiro, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Cumhur Şahin, Gebze Technical University, Türkiye
  • Daniel Ferreira de Azevedo, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal
  • Damir Žarko, Zagreb University, Croatia
  • Darko Stefanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Dominique Groux, UPJV, France
  • Edward Duncan, The University of Mines & Technology, Ghana
  • Eehab Hamzi Hijazi, An-Najah University, Palestine
  • El Kafhali Said, Hassan 1st University, Settat, Morocco
  • Eftal Şehirli, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • El Mhouti Abderrahim, FST, Al-Hoceima, Morocco
  • El Hebeary Mohamed Rashad, Cairo University, Egypt

Technical Program Committee

  • Elif Sertel, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
  • Emre Yücer, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Emrullah SONUÇ, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Enrique Arias Castilla-La Mancha University, Spain
  • Fatmagül Kılıç Gül, Yıldız Technical University, Türkiye
  • Fátima Domingues, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
  • Faiza DIB , FSTH, UAE University, Morocco
  • Fernando Velez, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Fernando Reinaldo, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Ferhat Atasoy, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Filip Biljecki, National University of Singapore
  • Florent Bruguier, University of Montpellier, France
  • Füsun Balık Şanlı, Yıldız Technical University, Türkiye
  • Francesc Anton Castro, Technical University of Denmark
  • Ghulam Ali Mallah, Shah Abdullatif University, Pakistan
  • Habibullah Abbasi, University of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Helder Fontes, INESC-TEC, Porto, Portugal
  • Hakan Kutucu, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Hanane Reddad, USMS University, Morroco
  • Hande Demirel, İstanbul Technical University, Türkiye
  • Hugo Marques, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Huseyin Bayraktar, General Directorate of GIS, Türkiye
  • Hüseyin Pehlivan, Gebze Technical University, Türkiye
  • Huseyin Topan, Bulent Ecevit University, Türkiye
  • Huseyin Zahit Selvi, Konya Necmettin Erbakan University
  • İbrahim Baz, İstanbul Ticaret University, Turkiye
  • İlhami Muharrem ORAK, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Ilker Türker, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Indubhushan Patnaikuni, RMIT - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
  • İsa Avcı, Karabuk University
  • Ismail Rakip Karas, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Ismail Büyüksalih, Bimtaş A.Ş., Türkiye
  • Ivin Amri Musliman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • J. Amudhavel, VIT Bhopal University, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Jaime Lioret Mauri Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
  • José Javier Berrocal Olmeda, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
  • João Neves Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • João Lourenço Marques, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
  • José Benjamim Fonseca, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
  • José Cabral, University of Minho, Portugal
  • José Metrôlho, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Jus Kocijan, Nova Gorica University, Slovenia
  • Kadir Ulutaş, Karabuk University
  • Kasım Ozacar, Karabuk University
  • Khoudeir Majdi IUT, Poitiers university, France
  • Labib Arafeh, Al-Quds University, Palestine
  • Laila Moussaid, ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
  • Loncaric Sven, Zagreb University, Croatia
  • Lotfi Elaachak, FSTT, UAE, Morocco
  • Luis Farinha, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Luís Quinta-Nova, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Mademlis Christos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Maria Joao Simões, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Mehmet Akbaba, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Mete Celik, Erciyes University, Türkiye
  • Miranda Serge, Nice University, France
  • Mónica Costa, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugale
  • Mohamed El Ghami, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Mohammad Sharifikia, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
  • Mousannif Hajar, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
  • Mufit Cetin, Yalova University, Türkiye
  • Muhamad Uznir Ujang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Mike Horhammer, Oracle, USA
  • Muhammad Imzan Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Muhammed Kamil Turan, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Murat Yakar, Mersin University, Türkiye
  • Murat Lüy, Kırıkkale University, Türkiye

Technical Program Committee

  • Mustafa Akgul, Istanbul University, Türkiye
  • My Lahcen Hasnaoui, Moulay Ismail University, Morocco
  • Mykola Kozlenko, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ukraine
  • Nabil BENAYA, FSTH, UAE University, Morocco
  • Nesrin Aydin Atasoy, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Nusret Demir, Akdeniz University, Türkiye
  • Nélia Alberto, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
  • Nuno Caseiro, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Oğuz Fındık, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Oğuzhan Menemencioğlu, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Omar Dakkak, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Omer Muhammet Soysal, Southeastern Louisiana University, USA
  • Ouederni Meriem ,INP - ENSEEIHT Toulouse, France
  • Paula Pereira, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Paulo Antunes, University of Aveito, Portugal
  • Paulo Fernandez, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Paulo Marques, Polytechnic Institute Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Pedro Oliveira ,Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Portugal
  • Pedro Torres, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
  • Rachmad Andri Atmoko, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
  • Rui Pedro Julião, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
  • R. S. Ajin, DEOC DDMA, Kerala, India
  • Rani El Meouche, Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, France
  • Rui Campos INESC-TEC, Porto, Portugal
  • Raif Bayır, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Rafet Durgut, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Sagahyroon Assim, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • Saied Pirasteh, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Savas Durduran, Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Türkiye
  • Sedat Bakici, Turkish Cadastre Office, Türkiye
  • Senthil Kumar, Hindustan College of Arts and Science, India
  • Serdar Bayburt, Bimtaş A.Ş., Türkiye
  • Seyit Ali Kayış, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Sibel Senan, Istanbul University, Türkiye
  • Siddique Ullah Baig, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
  • Sinasi Kaya, İstanbul Technical University, Türkiye
  • Slimani Yahya, Manouba University, Tunisia
  • Sohaib Abujayyab, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Sonja Ristic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Sonja Grgić, Zagreb University, Croatia
  • Sri Winiarti, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia
  • Suhaibah Azri, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
  • Sunardi, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia
  • Sule Erten Ela, Ege University, Türkiye
  • Tarik Adnan Almohamad, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Teodora Lolic, Univesity of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Tolga Ensari, Istanbul University, Türkiye
  • Umit Atila, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Umit Isikdag, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Türkiye
  • Umran Koylu, Erciyes University, Türkiye
  • Vítor Filipe, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
  • Xiaoguang Yue, International Engineering and Technology Institute, Hong Kong
  • Yasin Ortakcı, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Yasyn Elyusufi, FSTT, UAE, Morocco
  • Yüksel Çelik, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Youness Dehbi, University of Bonn, Germany
  • Yusuf Arayıcı, Northumbria University, UK
  • Yusuf Yargı Baydilli, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Zafer Albayrak, Karabuk University, Türkiye
  • Zennure Uçar, Düzce University, Türkiye
  • Zouhri Amal, USMBA University, Fez, Morocco

Submission

Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished work. All accepted papers will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems LNNS Book Series OR in the ISPRS Archives (The ISPRS Int'l Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences) depending on the author's preference:.


If you submit your paper for the Springer LNNS, manuscripts must follow the Springer template guidelines, including figures, tables, and references. The paper must be prepared by using the template in MS Word or LaTeX as PDF files through EasyChair System below. The length of papers should not exceed 10 pages.
(LNNS is indexed in SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt, zbMATH, SCImago, and submitted for consideration in Web of Science. Click here for more information.)


If you submit your paper for the ISPRS Archives, manuscripts must follow the ISPRS template guidelines. The paper must be prepared by using the template in MS Word format and submitted as PDF files through EasyChair System below. The length of papers could be 3 to 8 pages ( Example 1, Example 2 ).
(ISPRS Archives is indexed in SCOPUS, CPCI of Web of Science, Compendex, and DOAJ. Click here for more information.)



Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized material (max. 15% from all sources + max. 5% from one source), Urkund tool will be used to detect plagiarism. Each paper will be reviewed by two/three regular PC members in two rounds of review. The acceptance decisions will take into account paper novelty, technical depth, elegance, practical or theoretical impact, and presentation. Authors of high quality papers will be invited to submit an extended version (60%) of their work for potential publication in a special issue/section of an international journal.

For the Turkish Participants: Konferansımız 2022 Akademik Teşvik Yönetmeliği ve Doçentlik Kriterlerine Uygundur. Ayrıntılar için tıklayınız.

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Keynote Speakers

Prof. Andy van den Dobbelsteen

TU Delft | The Netherlands

Dr. Teodora Lolić

University of Novi Sad | Serbia

Prof. Susana Sargento

University of Aveiro, Portugal

Eng. Loide Monteiro

Fundaçao Smart City Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde

Prof. Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez

University of Salamanca | Spain

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Registration

In order to be published, at least one of the authors of the paper must be registered and each paper must be presented at the conference. All participants must register and pay the registration fees by September 09, 2022. The authors not registered, their papers will not be included in the conference program
The registration fees includes: Coffee breaks, Social activities and Conference gala dinner.
Letter of Invitation Individuals requiring an official Letter of Invitation can request one through the Congress email. The Letter of Invitation does not financially obligate the Congress organisers in any way. All expenses incurred in relation to the Congress are the sole responsibility of the attendee.

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Accommodation

The city of Castelo Branco offers a wider range if accommodation options close to the conference venue
All prices include breakfast

Hotel Império do Rei 2*

  • Single room per night: 33 €
  • Double room per night: 50 €

Melia Castelo Branco 4*

  • Single room per night: 72 €
  • Double room per night: 82 €

Hotel Rainha D. Amélia Arts & Leisure 4*

  • Single room per night: 52.5 €
  • Double room per night: 62 €