The 9th International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems (IDCS 2016) September 28-30, 2016 Wuhan, China http://sle.whut.edu.cn/IDCS2016 Overview Health, Collaboration, Innovation, and Sustainability are the main melody of our era. The Internet, including widespread use of mobile and wireless devices, has grown as a ubiquitous infrastructure to support the fast development of diversified services. The advents of the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, and big data are creating a new technology revolution, i.e. next generation of internet or industry 4.0. The integration of the digital world with the physical environment makes our world more intelligent and efficient. Large-scale networked intelligent systems require higher cooperation and interoperation of heterogeneous IoT platforms. Therefore, this conference focuses on emerging models, paradigms, technologies and novel applications related to Internet-based distributed systems, including Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, wireless sensor networks, next-generation collaborative systems, extreme-scale networked systems, and cloud-based big dada systems. The target audience includes researchers, PhD students and practitioners that have a general interest in the different aspects of the Internet and Distributed Computing Systems with a more specific focus on practical and theoretical aspects of the cyber-physical systems built with the integration of computer networks, distributed systems, wireless sensor technology and innovative human-computer interfaces. The conference also has a special interest in novel applications that facilitate the design, deployment and management in complex real-life systems, such as e-Health, transport and logistics, smart cities and manufacturing. Topics of Interest 1) Large-scale Distributed Computing Systems Software Defined Networks 2) Future Internet and Web Services Cloud Technology 3) Industrial Internet of Things Network Topology and Protocols 4) Wireless Sensing and Controlling Networks Large-scale RFID Systems 5) Body Sensor Networks & Wearable Devices Big Data Technology in Distributed Systems 6) Social Internet of Things Networked Systems and Management 7) Security of networked systems Distributed Scheduling and Optimization 8) Resilience, Fault tolerance, and Availability Networked transportation and Logistics 9) Sensor Fusion, Tracking and Localization Intelligent Manufactures Submission of Papers Original papers (12 pages max) from the above-mentioned or other related topics will be considered. All papers should be in English and submitted electronically in PDF at https://easychair.org/conferences/? conf=idcs2016. Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be under consideration for another workshop, conference or a journal, nor may they be under review or submitted to another forum during the review process. Each submission will be reviewed by the members of the TPC and external reviewers. The organizer offers two grants to PhD students to cover travel and accommodation costs. One best paper and one best student paper will be selected during the conference. Publications The conference proceedings will be published as Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science(LNCS). All contributions will also be electronically available through Springer Link Database and will be indexed through ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), EI, Scopus, ACM Digital Library, DBLP, and Google scholar. Authors of selected conference papers will be invited to submit an extended paper to Special Issues that will be organized in reputed journals (SCI-indexed). Important Dates Conference papers submission May 15, 2016 Notifications of paper acceptance June 6, 2016 Camera-ready copy and copyright form June 30, 2016 Conference date September 28-30, 2016 Organized by: Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), China Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China Wuhan University (WHU), China Industrial Technology of Things Innovation Alliance, Optics Valley of China (Wuhan), China State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, China National Engineering Laboratory for Next Generation Internet Access System, China The National Water Transportation Safety Engineering Technology Research Center, China Mechanical Engineering Society of Hubei Province, China DIMES - University of Calabria, Italy Organizing Committee Honorary Conference Chair Youlun Xiong, Academician of C.S.A., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Desheng Jiang, Academician of C.E.A., Wuhan University of Technology,China John Gray, University of Manchester, UK General Chair Wenfeng Li, Wuhan University of Technology, China Conference Chair Shawkat Ali, University of Fiji, Fiji Gabriel Lodewijks, Delft University of Tech., Holland Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK Zhouping Yin, Huazhong University of Sci. and Tech., China Mukaddim Pathan, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Australia Technical Program Chair Deming Liu, Huazhong University of Sci. and Tech., China Fazhi He, Wuhan University, China Chaozhong Wu, Wuhan University of Technology, China Shengwu Xiong, Wuhan University of Technology, China PhD Workshop Chair Mengchu Zhou, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Publicity and Industry Chair Christian Vecchiola, IBM Research and Development, Australia Publications Chair Antonio Guerrieri, University of Calabria, Italy Qiang Wang, Wuhan University of Technology, China Steering Committee Jemal Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy Dimitrios Georgakopolous, RMIT University, Australia Mukaddim Pathan, Telstra, Australia Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia