Special Section in IJDSN Special Collection on Internet of Vehicles: Architectures, Applications and Challenges Submission Deadline: June 30, 2018 This CFP can be seen at the website of IJDSN at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/dsn/collections/special-issues/internet-of-vehicles Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have gained significant attention by professionals and researchers from both industry and academia in recent decades. VANETs are the network of moving vehicles that can connect to each other or nearby Road Side Units (RSUs) installed on the roads through communication standards like IEEE 802.11.x, IEEE 802.15.x and recently developed IEEE 802.11p. Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a major advancement in VANETs since the inception of the concept. In IoV, each entity of the system can connect to the Internet in addition to its connectivity with other entities through supplementary communication technologies like Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) designed specifically for VANETs. Inclusion of the Internet for communication between the entities of IoV has brought flexibility for vehicles, infrastructure, drivers and passengers to liaise with each other on a broader platform that can provide better services, robust computing and reliable processing. IoV is currently in a conceptualizing phase and requires standardization, benchmarking, architectural designs, models, guidelines, policies and measurement criteria for development and deployment of safety and non-safety applications and services. Due to the dynamic nature of entities in IoV, it offers a diverse set of challenges including, but not limited to, interoperability, high mobility, decentralization, anonymity, security, privacy, trust management, uncertainty and pervasiveness. Besides these challenges, several issues like scalability, reliability, adaptability and validity of available solutions are still unexplored. This Special Collection is expected to provide a platform for academicians and industry researchers to identify and debate technical problems and recent accomplishments associated with IoV. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: • IoV Architecture, Resource Management and Applications • Leveraging Fog Computing (Edge Computing) in IoV • Design Challenges for Protocol Development in IoV • IoV Security and Privacy • Trust and Reputation Management in IoV • Social and Ethical implications of IoV components • Designing Energy Efficient Road Side Units (RSUs) • Quality of Service (QoS) in IoV • Communication Technologies in IoV • Smart and Connected Vehicles • Cloud based VANETs • Demand Responsive Smart Vehicles The submitted manuscripts for this special collection will be peer-reviewed before publication. GUEST EDITORS OF THE SPECIAL SECTION ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Lead Guest Editor, Razi Iqbal, American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates razi.iqbal@aue.ae Other Guest Editors, Syed Hassan Ahmed, University of Central Florida, USA sh.ahmed@ieee.org Muhammad Ali Imran, University of Glasgow, UK muhammad.imran@glasgow.ac.uk Tariq Umer, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan. t_umer@yahoo.com , t.umer@ciitwah.edu.pk Manuscript Submission Guidelines: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/international-journal-of-distributed-sensor-networks/journal202573#submission-guidelines • IJDSN website: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/dsn • IJDSN SAGE Track online submission site: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijdsn