Published since 1969, Microelectronics Journal is an international forum for the dissemination of research into, and applications of, microelectronics. Papers published in Microelectronics Journal have undergone peer review to ensure originality, relevance and timeliness. The journal thus provides a worldwide, regular and comprehensive update on microelectronics.

Microelectronics Journal invites significant research and application papers in all the areas listed below. Comprehensive review/survey papers covering recent developments will also be considered.

Microelectronics Journal covers circuits and systems. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Analogue, digital, mixed, and RF circuit design methodologies
• Logic, architectural and system level synthesis
• Testing, design for testability, built in self-test
• Area, power and thermal evaluation
• Mixed-domain simulation and design
• Formal verification
• Embedded systems
• Design and test aspects of high density integration (3D, etc.)
• SoC, NoC, SIP, NIP design and test
• Emerging devices as FinFETs, SETs, etc.

Application aspects such as signal and image processing including circuits for cryptography, sensor and actuator design including sensor networks, reliability and quality issues, and economic models are also welcome.

Special Issue on Intelligent Embedded Systems for Smart Cities
Submission Date: 2021-05-30

 In recent years, the design and fabrication of microelectronics devices with extremely small components is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Intelligent Embedded Systems are the new product of the significant development of new generation Information and Communication Technologies [ICT] in microelectronics domain. The recent embedded system innovations like wearable devices, autonomous industrial robots, Internet of Things, Internet of vehicles tends to create societal as well as economic impacts on smart cities. Most of intelligent systems employed in smart cities will rely on embedded systems to integrate various systems under a common architecture. Due to the widespread availability of sensors, actuators and wireless networking infrastructures, Intelligent Embedded Systems play a crucial role in key smart city applications like automation, transportation, healthcare, and so on.

With the implementation of Artificial Intelligence [AI] techniques like deep learning, machine learning and cognitive computing, Embedded Systems can offer various kind of services for both people and things. For instance, Intelligent embedded systems will provide services such as Smart transportation and parking, Smart homes, Intelligent Surveillance Systems, Smart Grids, Weather monitoring, Healthcare and E-Learning. Future Embedded Systems will not only be intelligent but also provide a sustainable and autonomous Nano scale devices with a reduced cost. As the communication technologies like IoT, Cyber Physical Systems [CPS] are rapidly advancing in the smart city context, the intelligent embedded systems are much less advanced. This special issue aims to contribute the state-of-the-art intelligent embedded systems architecture, processing to ensure reliability, safety, and security in the emerging communication and networking models employed in smart city applications.

This special issue welcomes the qualitative and quantitative research on the intelligent embedded systems architectures and applications that may revolutionize the existing smart city models and applications. Potential authors are invited to submit their state-of-the-art research works in microelectronics and intelligent embedded systems.

Submissions based on the topics mentioned below are strongly encouraged, but are not limited to:

    Advanced Real Time Embedded Systems in Smart City applications
    Distributed Embedded System Architectures
    Embedded based run time resource management techniques
    Artificial Intelligence based Embedded System Architectures
    Role of Intelligent Embedded Systems in wearable Technologies
    New Hardware Aspects of Intelligent Embedded Systems
    Deep Learning in Intelligent Embedded Systems Architecture
    Pervasive Sensing and Actuation Techniques
    Security, privacy and reliability challenges
    Sustainable and cost-efficient embedded system architectures
    Machine Intelligence and Embedded Systems
    Smart City Applications: Smart Home, Transportation, Big data, vehicular networks, smart grid, healthcare, surveillance etc.

Timeline

Submission Deadline: May 30, 2021
First round of reviews: June 30, 2021
Notification of final acceptance: July 30, 2021
Tentative publication date: September 30, 2021

Guest Editors

• Dr. D. Nirmal, 
Associate Professor, 
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, 
Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, 
India. (nirmaldphd@gmail.com)

• Dr. Hui-Ming Wee 
Professor, 
Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, 
Chung Yuan Christian University, 
Taiwan. (weehm@cycu.edu.tw)

• Dr. Joy Iong-Zong Chen
Professor, 
Dayeh University, 
Changhua County, 
Taiwan. (jchen@mail.dyu.edu.tw)