AIoT for Smart Cities, Agriculture, and Forestry Section

Special Section Overview

The convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) - known as AIoT - is revolutionizing how we manage urban environments, agricultural systems, and forest ecosystems. This transformative technology combines the data-gathering capabilities of IoT devices with the analytical power of AI to create intelligent, responsive systems that optimize resource use, enhance sustainability, and improve decision-making across these critical domains. Smart cities are leveraging AIoT to create more livable, efficient, and environmentally friendly urban spaces through innovative applications. The agricultural sector is undergoing a digital transformation through AIoT solutions that address critical challenges in food production. Forest management is being transformed by AIoT technologies that enable real-time monitoring and sustainable practices.

This special session solicitates quality works on the addressing the challenges in the application of AIoT for Smart Cities, agriculture and forestry. The topics of interest include but not limited to the following issues related to the application of AIoT for smart cities, agriculture, and forestry:

Topics of Interest

AIoT for Digital Tree Twins and Urban Forestry Management
AIoT for Intelligent Urban Planning
AIoT for for Environmental Monitoring
AIoT for sustainable and precision agriculture
Low-Power AIoT Solutions for Remote Farm Monitoring
Resilient Smart Farming Control Systems
AIoT for Forest 4.0
AIoT Enhanced Forest Monitoring and Protection
AIoT for urban forestry
Privacy and Security for AIoT in smart cities, agriculture and forestry
Big data analytics for AIoT in smart cities, agriculture and forestry

Important Dates

Paper Submission: September 6, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: October 4, 2025
Camera-Ready: October 30, 2025
Special Section Date: November 16, 2025 (TBC)

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers. Submissions should not exceed 8 pages, including tables, figures, and references in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded from the IEEE site https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. Submission must be made in PDF format only with savable text and embedded fonts.

The review process will be doubly blind, and so a submission should not include any information that may identify the authors of the manuscripts. Technical content of the camera-ready manuscript must be identical to the submitted version except for changes made to address TPC review comments.

For each accepted submission, at least one of the co-authors must have a full conference registration and present the work in person.

Special Section Chairs

Gautam Srivastava, Brandon University, Canada. E-mail: srivastavag@brandonu.ca
Thippa Reddy Gadekallu, Zhongda Group, China. E-mail: thippa@zhongda.cn
Kai Fang, College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China. Email: Kaifang@ieee.org
Tingting Wang, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau. E-mail: ttwang@must.edu.mo

Program Committee

Madhusanka Liyanage, University College Dublin, Ireland
Sharnil Pandya, Northumbria University, United Kimgdom
Rutvij Jhaveri, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India
Celestine Iwendi, Bolton University, United Kingdom
Praveen Kumar Donta, Stockholm University, Sweden
Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

Contact Information

For any inquiries about the section, please contact:

Thippa Reddy Gadekallu at thippareddy@ieee.org

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