The 1^st International Workshop on AI-Driven Smart IoT: Innovations, Challenges & Future Directions (AI-IoT 2025) will take place from 1 to 4 September 2025 in conjunction with Cyber-AI 2025 in Varna, Bulgaria. The workshop aims to explore the intersection of AI and IoT, focusing on their synergy in creating intelligent, autonomous, and secure cyber-physical systems. Participants will engage with the latest research trends, applications, technical challenges, and future directions in AI-driven smart IoT solutions. 

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are responsible for ensuring the integrity of their work and compliance with IEEE ethical standards.

We welcome the following submission:

Full Papers: Comprehensive research contributions describing original work, including theoretical developments, novel algorithms, experimental evaluations, and practical applications at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI.

Length: Submitted papers may be 6 to 8 pages. Up to two additional pages may be added for references. 

Paper Format: Submitted papers (.pdf format) must use the A4 IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. Please remember to add Keywords to your submission.

List of Topics

We invite high-quality submissions on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• AI-enabled IoT architectures and frameworks
• Machine learning and deep learning for IoT applications
• Edge AI and distributed intelligence in IoT networks
• Security and privacy challenges in AI-powered IoT systems
• Federated Learning for privacy-preserving AI in IoT networks
• Cloud and edge-based federated learning for privacy-preserving AI in IoT networks
• AI-driven trustworthy federated learning for IoT networks
• Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and their role in Smart IoT applications
• AI-driven predictive maintenance and anomaly detection in IoT
• Smart healthcare, smart cities, and industrial IoT applications
• Real-time data processing and decision-making in IoT environments
• Energy-efficient AI models for IoT devices
• Blockchain and AI for secure IoT ecosystems
• Ethical and regulatory aspects of AI in IoT

Committees

Organizing committee

• Mohammad Hayajneh, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE.
• Farag Sallabi, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE.
• Heba Khater, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE.
• Asadullah Tariq, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE.

Publication

AI-IoT2025 proceedings will be published in IEEEXplore.

Venue

The Conference will take place between the 1st and the 4th September 2025 in the notorious Hotel & Casino Cherno More , which is located on bul. "Slivnitsa" 33, PO9000 in Varna, Bulgaria. Hotel & Casino "Cherno more" takes advantage of its unique location - both in the heart of the city and only meters away from the beach and the sea. The hotel is superbly located on the main pedestrian promenade with many sightseeing and entertainment possibility nearby, including landmarks and museums, galleries, shops, pubs, clubs and the famous Varna Sea Garden

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Mohammad Hayajneh (mhayajneh@uaeu.ac.ae).

Sponsors

• IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity
• University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev"