Melecon 2016 is an IEEE Region 8 flagship conference with a long standing history of excellence both in electrotechnology and in recent years in information and communication technologies as well. Melecon 2016 covers complementary thematic areas that hold great promise for the advancement of research and technological development in the solution of complex engineering systems. In this context, Melecon 2016 foresees to attract high quality papers and provide a platform for the cross fertilization of new ideas and know-how under the special theme of the conference that is Intelligent & Efficient Technologies & Services for the Citizen.

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• Special Session in Information Retrieval
• Special Session on Selected COST Actions
• Special Session on Chaotic Electronics
• Special Session on Memristors
• Special Session on Towards Power Systems relying primarily on variable Renewable Energy Sources

To achieve this, the conference encompasses the following thematic areas:
Electric Power Systems and Renewable Energy Sources
Chairs: A. Poullikkas, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
C. Sourkounis, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Information and Communication Technologies
Chairs: S. Louca, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
D. Banciu, National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics, Romania

Internet of Things, Cloud-Based Systems and Big Data Analytics
Chairs: C. Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
G. Mastorakis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
C. Dobre, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

Virtual Environments, 3D Simulations and Serious Games
Chairs: D. Michael, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
P. Chalaralambous, Inria Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique, France
Security and Networking
Chairs: V. Vassiliou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
S. Sargento, Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro, Portugal
George Hadjichristofi, Frederick University, Cyprus

Micro and Nano Electronic Systems
Chairs: J. Georgiou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
A. Fish, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Smart, Green and Integrated Transport
Chairs: C. Panayiotou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
N. Geroliminis, EPFL, Switzerland

Emerging Environmental Systems and Applications
Chairs: A. Paschalidou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
A.N. Skouloudis, European Commission, JRC, Italy