About the 17th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2019)

The IEEE Pervasive Computing and Communication (PerCom) conference is one of the worldwide premier scholarly venues in the areas of pervasive computing and communications. Since 2003, the conference has grown significantly in terms of quality and variety of the technical programs - it is recognized as a top tier conference by most universities and organizations across the world.

PerCom 2019 provides a high profile, leading edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present state-of-the-art research in the respective fields of pervasive computing and communications. The 5-day conference features a diverse mixture of presentation forums including core technical sessions, keynote talks, an industry session, panel discussions from worldwide experts, demonstrations, a Ph.D. forum, and work-in-progress posters. The conference also hosts a number of workshops that have themselves become well recognized in the community as forums for specialized topics within the field.

PerCom 2019 provides formats to honor excellence in the field. The Mark Weiser Best Paper award, sponsored by Elsevier, is given to authors of the conference's best paper, as determined by the Program Committee. In addition, the highest quality papers from the conference are published in a special issue of Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal.