The web of smart and connected devices that form the Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to impact every sphere of our lives as well as every market sector and drive the fourth industrial revolution. While IoT, in convergence with artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics, is rapidly changing our lives and society at large, we also face an increasing gender gap in the field of IoT technology and applications encompassing all aspects of research, development and practice. The goal of this workshop is to bring together women leaders from all sectors of IoT and students interested in the field of IoT to promote and enable increasing participation of women and addressing the gender gap issue in the field of IoT. This workshop is organized by the members of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World at University of Florida, in collaboration with several other universities in the state of Florida. It will be held virtually and is free to join and open to all with registration. We cordially welcome participants from all sectors to join the workshop and contribute to its mission.

Important Dates (All due dates are by 11:59PM, EDT):

• Abstract Submissions Due: Wednesday, September 8
• Decisions Announced: Wednesday, September 15
• Student Registration for Presenters: Thursday, September 16
• Poster and Video Submissions for Accepted Abstracts: Sunday, September 19
• Workshop: Wednesday, September 22 

Submission Guidelines

Graduate and undergraduate student researchers are invited to submit an abstract (350 words max per abstract) at WiT 2021. Since this workshop celebrates the accomplishments of women in IoT, we request that the abstract submission include the contributions of a female author or co-author. We welcome abstracts on any of the topics listed below. For consideration, abstracts must be submitted no later than September 8, 2021, 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time. Poster presenters must be registered to attend the conference by Thursday, September 16th.

All abstract submissions will be reviewed and scored by the program committee prior to the workshop. Scoring will be based on 1) Relevance to the conference topics; 2) Potential for scientific contribution and innovation, and 3) Clarity and completeness of the abstract. Students with accepted abstracts will be able to present their work during a live poster session at the workshop, and as a 5-10 minute pre-recorded spotlight talk via YouTube. You can browse submitted posters and spotlight talks from WiT 2020 here.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent on September 15, 2021. Students with accepted abstracts must submit their posters and YouTube video and register for the workshop by September 19, 2021. 

How to Prepare Your Poster: All posters must include a title and information about the author(s), including name(s), affiliation(s), etc. The poster should be focused and include the following:

1. Clear and concise title describing the content of the poster
2. An abstract / summary / overview motivating the research
3. Clear objectives of the research 
4. Materials and Methods in a concise and informative way  
5. Results and discussions, including any relevant figures and tables
6. Conclusions that highlight the main findings of the research

We strongly encourage the use of tables, photographs, diagrams, charts, and other graphics to help convey important information. You wi

How to Prepare Your Spotlight Talk:

Step 1: RECORD YOUR VIDEO Prepare a 5 to 10-min video presentation to highlight your study and results. We suggest using a video conferencing tool to record your presentation. These video conferencing apps allow you to record your screen (presentation slides), your webcam and voice at the same time. With these apps, you can also invite multiple authors to present together.

Here are some tutorials on how to use teleconferencing sofware to record your presentation:

Giving PowerPoint Presentations

Recording Video & Presentations

How to give a PowerPoint presentation

5 Tips for delivering presentations like a pro

Step 2: UPLOAD YOUR POSTER AND VIDEO (by September 19, 2021) Once your poster and video (up to 10GB) presentation is ready, save it on your computer first and then use the link below to submit your video file to us here.

Step 3: HOW TO WATCH YOUR VIDEO All pre-recorded videos will be released on YouTube on September 20th via our YouTube channel here.

Step 4: HANDLING Q&A During the workshop, we will invite the WiT community and the public to watch your live poster presentation and post their questions in an asynchronous fashion by using YouTube’s commenting feature. All comments will be auto-filtered by YouTube. We encourage you to check for any questions about your study and reply using the YouTube’s commenting feature as well.

List of Topics

• RFID, Sensors, and Actuators
• Power and Energy for IoT
• IoT Enabling Technologies
• Computing Platforms for IoT
• Data Acquisition, Storage and Management for IoT
• IoT Applications and Services
• Security and Privacy for IoT
• IoT Social Impact
• Design, Integration and Testing Methods
• 5G and IoT Networks
• IoT Data Analytics
• Signal Processing for IoT
• IoT Experimental Results and Deployment Scenarios
• Machine Learning for IoT
• AI for IoT
• Blockchain and IoT
• Electronics and Signal Processing for IoT
• Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in IoT
• Human Interaction with IoT
• Interoperability in IoT
• IoT Communication Technologies
• IoT Edge and Cloud Architectures
• IoT Enabled Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Robotic IoT Systems
• Security and Privacy for IoT
• Self-adaptation for IoT Systems
• Software Engineering for IoT
• Web of Things
• IoT Mobility, Localization, Tracking & Security
• IoT and Smart Cities
• IoT and Smart Healthcare
• Smart Grid and Machine Learning

Collaboration & Communication via Slack

Wit 2021 will feature a Slack workspace to facilitate informal communication, networking, and potential research collaborations. The link to the workspace will be provided to each registered attendee. We encourage you to engage with fellow workshop participants throughout the workshop. If you wish to maintain contact with a workshop participant(s), it is important that you request contact information in Slack, as the workspace will close at the conclusion of the workshop.

Committees

Technical Program Committee

• Marbin Pazos-Revilla, University of South Florida   
• Yao Liu, University of South Florida   
• Tianyi Chen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   
• Zhou Li, University of California, Irvine  
• Fadi Kurdahi, University of California, Irvine

Organizing committee

• Janise McNair, ECE, University of Florida
• My T Thai, CISE, University of Florida
• Damla Turgut, CS, University of Central Florida
• Wenye Wang, ECE, North Carolina State University
• Tempestt Neal, CSE, University of South Florida
• Yanning Shen, EECS, University of California Irvine

Invited Guest Speakers and Panelists

• Anu Mercian, HP Labs
• Rachee Singh, Azure for Operators
• Ralucca Gera, Naval Postgraduate School
• Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University
• Sujata Banerjee, VMWare

Venue

The conference will be held virtually. You must register to receive access information.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to tjneal@usf.edu.