PERNEM 2012 - PerNEM 2012: Workshop on Pervasive Networks for Emergency Management.

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Category PERNEM 2012

Deadline: November 21, 2011 | Date: March 19, 2012-March 23, 2012

Venue/Country: Lugano, Switzerland

Updated: 2011-11-15 21:33:58 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

The events that took place on 11 September 2001 have brought to the forefront the unique challenges that occur during a crisis, which require effective sensing, communications and decision making with demanding time constraints in highly dynamic environments. Pervasive systems address these requirements by providing decision support to rescuers and evacuees, guaranteeing communications and collecting information that is vital for planning and organising the emergency operation. This workshop focuses on pervasive networked sensing and decision making, both wired and wireless, geared towards emergency management. PerNEM 2012 addresses leading edge research in these areas through the use of sensing, communication, decision support, simulation tools and modelling methods with focus on system design, optimisation and experimental evaluation.

Topics

PerNEM will bring together contributions which include but are not limited to the following areas:

Networked sensors for emergency management

Pervasive middleware for emergency management

Architectures and Systems for Emergency Management Applications

Decentralised algorithms for pervasive systems

Self-aware and self- adaptive network design and evaluation

Network self-healing, security and self-defence

Energy efficiency in pervasive networks

Wireless Networks for emergency support

Mobile sensors for disaster monitoring

Wireless Protocols for Emergency Management

Networked robotics for wireless communications

Emergency Communication Systems

Pervasive emergency management systems

QoS in critical communications

Adaptive Routing for Emergency Situations

Registration and Submission Details

Accepted papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital libraries (Xplore), showing their affiliation with IEEE PerCom.

All accepted papers need to have a full registration to the conference (there is no workshop only registration). No-shows of accepted papers at the workshop will result in those papers NOT being included in the IEEE digital libraries.

Papers must be 6 pages or less in size, including references, figures and tables (at least 10pt font, 2-column format). The IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as information for formatting the manuscript can be found here.

Papers should be submitted via the EDAS PerNEM 2012 page.

Selected papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of the Computer Journal.