IEEE MDM 2024: Call for Research Track Papers

The Mobile Data Management (MDM) series of conferences, since its debut in 1999, has established itself as a prestigious forum for the exchange of innovative and significant research results in mobile data management. The conference provides unique opportunities to bring researchers, engineers, and practitioners together to explore new ideas, techniques, and tools, and exchange experiences.

Continuing its history, MDM 2024 seeks submissions of original research contributions in the intersection of mobile computing and data management.

Topics of Interest

We welcome papers on topics including, but not limited to:

Mobile Data Management
- Mobile Crowd-Sourcing and Crowd-Sensing
- Mobility Simulation
- Indexing, Optimization and Query Processing for Moving Objects/Users
- Data Management for Internet of Things (IoT) and Sensor Systems
- Data Quality: Methodologies, Metrics, Algorithms
- Security and Privacy

Mobile Computing and Systems
- Theoretical Foundations of Data-intensive Mobile Computing
- Middleware and Tools for Mobile and Pervasive Computing
- Stream Processing in Mobile/Sensor Networks
- Mobile Cloud Computing and Data Management in the Mobile Cloud
- Context-Aware Computing for Intelligent Mobile Services
- Mobile Recommender Systems and Location-Based Social Networks

Machine Learning and Analytics for Mobile Data
- Spatio-Temporal Analysis
- Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) Analytics
- Behavioral/Activity Sensing and Analytics
- Mobile Data Knowledge Representation
- Visual Analytics
- Ethical Aspects: Fairness, Transparency, Interpretability, Safety

Applications and Emerging Technologies
- Connected Cars, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Smart Spaces
- Routing, Personalized Routing, Eco-Routing, Routing for Electrical Vehicles
- Transportation-As-A-Service, Mobility-As-A-Service
- Augmented Reality Systems
- Data Economy, Incentive Mechanisms, Reputation Systems, and Game-theoretic Approaches
- Connections to other Technologies (e.g., Blockchain) and Domains (e.g., Social Sciences).

Submission Guidelines

Please use the following URL for paper submissions:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/MDM2024/

All submissions need to follow IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines. See templates here: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html.

The following are the page limits:
- Regular Papers: 10 pages, including all figures, tables, and references.
- Short Papers: 6 pages, including all figures, tables, and references.

Note that a paper exceeding the page limit in the respective category may be rejected without review. If there are any appendices, they are counted within the page limit.

Submission of a meaningful abstract by the abstract deadline is a precondition for paper submission.

The Review Process will be single-blind (i.e., the reviewers are not identified, while author names are listed in the submission).

Important Dates

All deadlines are at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) Time Zone.

Paper Registration and Abstract Deadline:
February 2, 2024 February 9, 2024
Paper Submission Deadline:
February 9, 2024 February 16, 2024
Notification of Paper Acceptance:
March 29, 2024
Author Registration Deadline:
April 17, 2024
Camera-ready Submission:
April 17, 2024 May 17, 2024

Proceedings

The proceedings of MDM 2024 will be published by IEEE via CPS (https://www.computer.org/conferences/cps) and will be included in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library.

Selected best papers from MDM 2024 will be invited to submit an extended version in a dedicated special issue of DAPD, An International Journal of Data Science, Engineering, and Management, published by Springer.