The international IEEE Smart City 2015 Conference was held in Chengdu, China, in December 2015. The symposium brought together computer scientists, industrial engineers and researchers to discuss and  exchange  experimental  and  theoretical  results,  novel  designs,  work-in-progress,  experience, case  studies,  and  trend-setting  ideas  in  the  area  of  smart  city.  Prof. Dr. Teufel highlighted security considerations with her presentation “Crowd Energy Information Security Culture - Security Guidelines for Smart Environments”.

At this occasion, Prof. Dr. Teufel took the opportunity to visit The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) and the editors of the Journal of Electronic Science and Technology (JEST). UESTC is situated in Chengdu and is one of Chinas key multidisciplinary universities doing research in the fields of electronic science and technology, engineering and Management. Further cooperation opportunities between UESTC and iimt were explored, in various talks.

Prof. Dr. J. Kang Prof. Dr. Stephanie Teufel, Dr. Xuan Xie and Yu-Lian He

Furthermore,  as  a  Committee  Member  of  the  “Special Section  on  Energy  Efficient  Technology”  (EET),  Prof.  Dr. Teufel visited the JEST Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Jason Kang and the Executive Editor-in-Chief    Dr.  Xuan Xie.  They discussed the development and publication plan of EET in JEST. Invited by JEST, Prof. Dr. Teufel would like to take charge of the Special Section on EET & Crowd Energy Applications in vol. 14, no. 3, of JEST and to cooperate with JEST as the Guest Editor on the long term. If possible, she or other invited European famous experts will be responsible for at least one special issue per year in the future.

JEST is a peer-reviewed periodical, fully indexed by Scopus, Google  Scholar,  INSPEC,  DOAJ,  CSCD,  CA,  CAOD,  CNKI, Sciencepaper Online, Wanfang Data, CQVIP Data and in collaboration with IEEE, IACSIT, and IET.