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Aims and Scope
As envisioned by Mark Weiser as early as 1991, pervasive computing systems and services have truly become integral to our daily lives. Tremendous advancements in a multitude of technologies ranging from personalized and embedded smart devices (e.g., smartphones, sensors, wearables, IoT) to ubiquitous connectivity through wireless mobile communications and cognitive networking infrastructures, to advanced computing techniques (including mobile edge/fog/cloud, data analytics and machine learning) and user-friendly middleware services and platforms have significantly contributed to the unprecedented advances in pervasive and mobile computing.

Such cutting-edge pervasive technologies and paradigms have led to the convergence of cyber-physical-human systems with applications to smart environments (e.g., smart homes and cities, smart grid, smart transportation, smart health, smart agriculture) with the goal to improve human experience and quality of life without explicit awareness of the underlying communications and computing technologies. Additionally, the huge amount of (real-time) data collected via pervasive devices coupled with advanced data analytic, machine learning and AI (Artificial Intelligence) techniques for reliable prediction and decision-making are making breakthrough research in pervasive computing and applications, such as self-driving cars, predictive maintenance in the industry 4.0 environments, mobile recommendation systems, etc.

The Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (PMC) is a high-impact, peer-reviewed technical journal that publishes high-quality scientific articles spanning theory and practice, and covering all aspects of pervasive and mobile computing and systems. Topics include, but not limited to:
Pervasive Computing and Communications Architectures and Protocols
Pervasive, Mobile and Wearable Computing Systems and Services
Cyber-Physical Systems and Cyber-Physical-Human Systems
Smart Systems and Applications (smart homes, smart cities, smart manufacturing, smart transportation, smart grid, smart health, smart agriculture, etc.)
Human-centric Intelligent Systems
Cognitive Computing
Trustworthy AI in Pervasive Systems
Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Federated, Distributed and Embedded learning, Learning at-the-edge in Pervasive Systems
Learning on Streaming Data and Continual Learning in Pervasive and Mobile Systems
Big Data and Data Analytics in Pervasive Computing Systems
Internet of Things and Social Internet of Things
Internet of People and Internet of Vehicles
Edge, Fog, Mobile Cloud and Opportunistic Computing in Pervasive and Mobile Systems
Enabling Pervasive Communication Technologies (e.g., wireless LANs, cellular, hybrid, ad hoc and cognitive networks)
Wireless Sensors Networks and RFID Technologies
Urban Sensing and Mobile Crowdsensing
Participatory and Social Sensing
Machine-to-Machine and Device-to-Device Communications
Positioning, Localization and Tracking Technologies
Activity Recognition and Tracking
Context-aware Computing
Location-based Services and Applications
Pervasive Service Creation, Composition, Discovery, Management, and Delivery
Human User Interfaces and Interaction Models
Trust, Reliability, Security, and Privacy in Pervasive and Mobile Computing Systems
Performance Evaluation of Pervasive and Mobile Computing Systems

 Original research articles
•Review articles
•Fast Communications

Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Sajal K. Das, PhD, IEEE Fellow
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA Email Sajal K. Das, PhD, IEEE Fellow
Editor-in-Chief Special Content
Marco Conti
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pisa, Italy
Area Editors
Paolo Bellavista
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy Email Paolo Bellavista
Claudio Bettini
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy Email Claudio Bettini
Chiara Boldrini
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pisa, Italy Email Chiara Boldrini
Jiannong Cao
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Email Jiannong Cao
Mainak Chatterjee
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA Email Mainak Chatterjee
Jiming Chen
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Email Jiming Chen
Mauro Conti
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy Email Mauro Conti
Diane Cook
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA Email Diane Cook
Mario Di Francesco
Aalto University, Aalto, Finland Email Mario Di Francesco
Qi Han
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA Email Qi Han
Christine Julien
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA Email Christine Julien
Vana Kalogeraki
Athens University of Economics & Business, Athens, Greece Email Vana Kalogeraki
Salil Kanhere
UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia Email Salil Kanhere
Mohan Kumar
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA Email Mohan Kumar
Julie A. McCann
Imperial College London, London, UK Email Julie A. McCann
Archan Misra
Singapore Management University, Singapore Email Archan Misra
Sudip Misra
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India Email Sudip Misra
Gang Pan
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Email Gang Pan
Andrea Passarella
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pisa, Italy Email Andrea Passarella
Andreas Reinhardt
Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany Email Andreas Reinhardt
George Roussos
Birkbeck, University of London, London, England, UK Email George Roussos
Nirmalya Roy
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland, USA Email Nirmalya Roy
Abusayeed Saifullah
Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, Michigan, USA Email Abusayeed Saifullah
Flora Salim
RMIT University, Victoria, Australia Email Flora Salim
Simone Silvestri
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA Email Simone Silvestri
Wee Seng Soh
National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Email Wee Seng Soh
Yu-Chee Tseng
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan Email Yu-Chee Tseng
Alessio Vecchio
Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy Email Alessio Vecchio
Hongyi Wu
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Email Hongyi Wu
Xing Xie
Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China Email Xing Xie
Keiichi Yasumoto
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Email Keiichi Yasumoto
Moustafa Youssef
University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt Email Moustafa Youssef