WUPS 2013 - 3rd Workshop on Ultra-Low Power Sensor Networks (WUPS’13)

Ultra-low power sensor networks have gained importance these last few years due to a vast set of applications e.g. in automotive systems, in smart buildings and health-care monitoring.
Sensor networks often need to operate autonomously without wired connection for long periods of time. To allow long maintenance cycles, two main strategies are common: firstly, they should be able to operate on a long-lived battery or other means of energy sources, e.g. energy harvesting strategies. Secondly, ultra-low power approaches are used to consume as little energy as possible.
The workshop is intended to give a good overview of current work in this area and problems and solutions in specific industry use cases.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
? Design Methodologies for Ultra-Low Power Embedded Systems
? Power consumption estimation techniques
? Energy Harvesting : technologies and models
? Simulation frameworks for wireless sensor networks
? Power manager design
? Wake-up radio technologies
? Low Power radio front ends
? Energy-efficient protocols
? Cross layer techniques
? Applications of ultra-low power sensor networks
? Building automation
? Smart homes and smart cities