IoT-based Systems for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture

[Sensors] (ISSN 1424-8220, IF 2.475) Paper Invitation: Special Issue “IoT-based Systems for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture

Both comprehensive review and original article are welcome. All submissions are peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published immediately.

Special Issue Website at:

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/IoT_SSSS

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2019

Guest editors: Prof. Dr. Gianluigi Ferrari, Dr. Luca Davoli, Dr. Roberto Fresco, Dr. Baran Çürüklü, Prof. Dr. José Fernán Martínez and Dr. Erwin Kristen

This Special Issue calls for reports on high quality, up-to-date innovative original current advances in solutions and research for smart and sustainable agriculture, ranging from IoT, WSN, efficient sensing, cloud/edge computing, smart actuators, etc.

Some topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Data-aware networking in smart agriculture;
  • Sensor network deployment for smart agriculture;
  • Cloud computing for smart agriculture;
  • Edge computing for smart agriculture;
  • Cyberphysical systems (CPS) for smart agriculture;
  • Internet of Things (IoT) for smart agriculture;
  • Farm services and oriented applications for agri-food systems;
  • Modeling and metrics for sensing in smart agriculture;
  • Implementation and prototypes of WSN agriculture showcases;
  • Data security by user authentication and data encryption;
  • Security by design philosophy in agriculture;
  • Cost-effective sensor development for smart agriculture.

 

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