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<div><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues, </span>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR">As Guest Editors, we cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in a Special Issue "</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="PT-BR">Cloud-Based

 IoT Applications for Smart Cities</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR">" to be published in the journal

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="PT-BR">Smart Cities

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR">(ISSN

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="PT-BR">2624-6511</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR">) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/smartcities/).  </span></h1>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR">The idea of the smart city connects many IT systems that improve and automate various aspects of everyday life. The effect of implementing the smart city

 idea is the popularization of access to information about the city, plans for further development, improving the work of offices and municipal institutions, better investment conditions, improved communication, improving the functioning of municipal services,

 improving the conditions of the environment, increasing safety, increasing the number of cultural and sports activities and opportunities to spend free time, as well as the active participation of residents in development and improvement. </span></h1>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR">Thanks to Internet of Things devices, it is possible to automate tedious processes related to measurement and data transfer, and it is also possible to control

 the mechanisms remotely. In a smart city, there are many different types of sensors that collect information about the environment and send it to the central office. The question is: What to do with such a huge amount of data? Where to store it and how to

 manage it effectively? This is where cloud computing comes in handy. </span></h1>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif; font-weight:normal" lang="PT-BR">The main goal of this Special Issue is to analyze the possibilities that arise from the use of Internet of Things and cloud computing in the idea of the smart

 city, both for technical and utility reasons, as well as for the development of ICT.  </span></h1>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">The manuscript submission deadline is

<b>31 January 2022</b>. We will process your paper in time once we receive your submission. For more details please visit the Special Issue website:  </span></p>

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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/smartcities/special_issues/Cloud_Based_IoT_Applications_Smart_Cities </span></b></p>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">The topics include but are not limited to: </span></p>

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<span style="">smart energy </span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">

<span style="">smart buildings </span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">

<span style="">smart technology </span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">

<span style="">IoT-based applications </span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">

<span style="" lang="EN-GB">cloud storage and processing for smart cities </span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">

<span style="">data science for smart cities </span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">

<span style="">security for smart cities </span></li></ul>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-GB">Please

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">share this invitation with

<a></a><a><span style="">your team members and colleagues</span></a>; co-authors are most welcome.

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">Please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in submitting a manuscript for this Special Issue</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">

 with tentative title and abstract</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">.

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">Your contribution would be most welcome. </span></p>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">We are

</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">looking forward to hearing from you. </span></p>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">With kind regards, </span></p>

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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">Guest Editors</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif" lang="EN-US">Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda </span></p>

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