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

The Fourth International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking
(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...>.
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)