WISARN 2012 - The 5th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks

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Deadline: February 20, 2012 | Date: May 20, 2012

Venue/Country: Hangzhou, China

Updated: 2011-12-17 23:13:48 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN 2012-Spring)

http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~xuli/WiSARN2012Spring/

To be held in conjunction with

The 8th IEEE International Conference on

Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS'12)

May 18-20, Hangzhou, China.

Wireless sensor and actor networks (WSANs) are the confluence point

where the traditional fields of wireless sensor networks (WSNs),

robot networks and control theory meet. In WSAN, nodes collaborate

to accomplish distributed sensing and actuation tasks. Leveraged by

the control and mobility of actors, the networking process and

applications embrace a whole new set of possibilities. Actors may

deploy, repair and relocate sensors to improve coverage, build routes

and fix network partition to ensure data communication, change network

topology to shape routing patterns and balance energy consumption,

and respond to reported events in a timely and effective manner.

The benefits are limited only by imagination. As an emerging field,

WSANs are in need of new networking techniques, by which they can fully

exploit their particularities and potentials. WiSARN aims to bring

together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification

and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for

current and future applications of WSAN. Original, unpublished

contributions are solicited in ALL aspects of WSANs, WSNs, robot

networks, and robotics and automation. Possible topics include,

but are not limited to:

* Autonomous sensor networks

* Emergent behavior in WSAN

* Modeling and simulation of WSAN

* WSAN architectural and operational models

* Autonomic and self-organizing coordination and communication

* Sensor-actor (robot) and actor-actor coordination

* Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols

* Bandwidth-efficient and delay-tolerant communication protocols

* Distributed control and management in WSAN

* Neighborhood discovery and mobility management

* Communication protocols for swarms of mobile actors (robots)

* Map exploration and pattern formation of mobile robots

* Actor (robot) task assignment

* Biologically inspired communication

* Ecological systems

* Architectures and topology control

* Localization in WSAN

* Probabilistic integration in WSAN

* Quality of service, security and robustness issues

* Applications and prototypes

* Hybrid networks and wireless Internet

* Data management, gathering, aggregation and query processing

Papers must not exceed 6 single-spaced and two-column pages using

at least 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inches pages, and must be

formatted in strict accordance with the IEEE author guidelines.

Submissions are being considered with the understanding that they

describe original research, neither published nor under review

elsewhere. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Digital

Library after the conference and included in DCOSS 2012 proceedings.

Selected best papers will be invited to a special issue of

Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: an international journal (SCIE).

Important dates

Paper submission: Feb. 20, 2012

Author notification: Mar. 20, 2012

Camera ready: Apr. 02, 2012

Workshop date: May 20, 2012

General Chair

Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada

Program Co-Chairs:

Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China

Carlo Fischione, KTH, Sweden

Xu Li, Inria Lille - Nord Europe, France

Publicity Co-Chairs:

Xianghui Cao, Zhejiang University, China

Hannes Frey, University of Paderborn, Germany

Enrico Natalizio, INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France

Cheng Wang, University of Ottawa, Canada

Submission Chair:

Rafael Falcon, University of Ottawa, Canada

For further information, please refer to the above WiSARN 2012 website,

or contact the program co-chairs:

Dr. Jiming Chen at jmchen.zju (at) gmail.com

Dr. Carlo Fischione at carlofi (at) kth.se

Dr. Xu Li at xu.li (at) inria.fr