MELT 2011 - Fourth International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking (MELT 2011)

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Category MELT 2011

Deadline: May 21, 2011 | Date: September 02, 2011-September 04, 2011

Venue/Country: Banff, Canada

Updated: 2011-04-13 08:34:27 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

(MELT 2011)

co-located with The Eighth International Conference on Ubiquitous

Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2011)

September 2-4, 2011, Banff, Canada

*Workshop Website: https://sites.google.com/site/meltworks/*

*Important dates:*

Abstract submission deadline : May 21, 2011

Paper submission deadline : May 28, 2011, 23:59 PST

Author notification : June 15, 2011

Camera ready submission : July 1, 2011

Workshop date : September 2, 2011

*Workshop Scope:*

Location-awareness is one of the important features to ubiquitous

intelligence. Location systems have shifted from traditional dedicated

infrastructure-based systems to systems based on existing

infrastructure/opportunistic sensing systems. Today, we are surrounded by a

wealth of devices (such as smart phones and other mobile platforms) enriched

with sensing, computing and communication capabilities that are seamlessly

integrated in our daily lives. Also, in the last few years there have been

dramatic improvements in the capabilities of 3D cameras, laser range finders

which can provide high resolution visual and depth information at low cost

(for instance, Microsoft Kinect platform). Location-awareness anywhere

anytime is no longer a fiction, but a reality, and its plethora of

applications are ranging from emergency responses to social networking and

gaming. Different communities (such as sensor network, ubiquitous computing,

robotic navigation community) have made substantial progress in providing

techniques for mapping, localization, tracking and navigation of mobile

entities. Many conferences in these communities have sessions on these

topics. However, up till now, there has been very little synergy on various

techniques in different communities. The goal of this workshop is to bring

together some of the leading researchers from both the academic (from

different domains) and industrial research communities to discuss key

challenges and opportunities for research, emerging application areas, to

evaluate various approaches, to bridge the gap between theory and

applications, and to envision new research opportunities in MELT.

After three successful workshops on this topic (MELT 2008, 2009, and 2010),

this workshop will continue to provide a forum for state of the art

technologies in localization and tracking. The focus this year will be

localization, mapping and location-based services with mobile devices or

platforms. The one-day workshop will have a combination of invited

talks/panels, technical presentations and discussions.

The workshop specifically solicits five areas, including but not limited to

the following topics:

*Algorithms:* Heterogeneous sensor data fusion for mapping and localization,

probabilistic and statistical inferences, optimization, signal processing,

and machine learning techniques for MELT problems, analysis of trade-offs of

performance metrics (e.g. accuracy vs. time and cost), collaborative

localization and mapping techniques, ad-hoc or opportunistic localization

and mapping, efficient fingerprinting techniques, location data mining and

predication, location data acquisition and interpretation, energy efficient

location and tracking methods;

*Representations:* Indoor map representations, local and global maps and

locations, geographical vs. topological maps, map annotations, point of

interest graphs, dynamic maps with real-time information, map markup

languages or standardization;

*Systems:* Localization systems on smart phones or mobile platforms,

integrated with heterogeneous sensors (radio signal strength, inertial

sensing, compass, odometry, etc.), efficient and accurate mapping systems

using 2D or 3D cameras, active lighting or laser range finders and other

novel systems;

*User Interfaces:* Effective interface for entering and presenting maps and

locations, notes or annotations for point of interests, innovative

mechanisms for representing topological relations or maps with partial

geographic information;

*Applications: * Emergence personal localization, vehicular tracking in

GPS-less areas, sports and entertainments, fleet management; asset, yard or

inventory tracking, location-based activity management.

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*Paper Submission details:*

The workshop seeks papers on preliminary technique results, novel

application concepts, software and hardware research toolkits, statements of

open challenging problems, and innovative algorithms. Papers will be

reviewed by the program committee; and selected papers will be grouped,

presented and discussed at the workshop. All paper submissions will be

handled electronically. Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format

(PDF) version of their full paper in two-column IEEE conference

format<http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html>.

Papers must be no longer than 6 pages. Shorter papers are also welcome to

be included as poster submission. Papers must be submitted electronically

through the MELT2011 paper submission system

http://cse.stfx.ca/~melt2011/sub/ . Accepted papers will be published by

IEEE Computer Society Press (Indexed by EI).

*Organizers*

*General Co-Chairs*

Kavitha Muthukrishnan <http://st.ewi.tudelft.nl/%7Ekavitha> / Delft

University of Technology

Ying Zhang <http://www.parc.com/yzhang> / Palo Alto Research Center

*Publications Chair*

Lukas Kencl / Czech Technical University in Prague

*Web and **Publicity Chair*

Mark L. Chang / Olin College of Engineering

*Industry Sponsorship & Finance Chair*

Saumitra Das / Qualcomm

Richard Fuller / Broadcom

*Program Committee *

Isaac Amundson (Medtronic Inc., USA)

Philipp Bolliger (ETHZ, Switzerland)

Mark Chang (Olin College of Engineering, USA)

Maurice Chu (Palo Alto Research Center, USA)

Saumitra Das (Qualcomm, USA)

Richard Fuller (Broadcom, USA)

Robert Harle (Cambridge University, UK)

Christian Hoene (University of Tuebingen, Germany)

Lukas Kencl (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)

Martin Klepal (Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland)

Heidi Kussniemi (Finnish Geodetic Institute, Finland)

Mikkel Baun Kj?rgaard (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Xenofon Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt University, USA)

HyungJune Lee (Broadcom, USA)

Juan Liu (Palo Alto Research Center, USA)

Kavitha Muthukrishnan (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)

Kurt Partridge (Pala Alto Research Center, USA)

Bodhi Priyantha (Microsoft Research, USA)

Ronald Raulefs (German Aerospace Center, Germany)

Vincent Tam (The University of Hongkong, China)

Changhua Wu (Amazon, USA)

Joy Y. Zhang (CMU West, USA)

Ying Zhang (Palo Alto Research Center, USA)

Ziguo Zhong (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)