Message from Program Chairs and the Steering Committee Chair

The Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT) is held in Coral Bay, Pafos, Cyprus on 19-21 June, 2023. In the last few years, we have witnessed significant growth in the use of distributed sensor systems in a number of application areas, ranging from smart cities to manufacturing and remote sensing. In order for smart sensor systems to truly become useful and pervasive, there is a need to address a number of research challenges, including the tight integration of sensing and machine intelligence, reliable and efficient networking, interoperability and scalability, dependable autonomy, interaction with humans, and important aspects of security, privacy and trust. DCOSS has been focusing on the above information processing issues for distributed sensor systems, covering models, algorithms, architectures, deployment tools, and novel applications. Starting from the 2023 event, DCOSS is broadening its scope beyond sensor networks to smart systems in general as well as the Internet of Things (IoT). The updated name is “Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things” (DCOSS-IoT).