WSNR 2011 - Second International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks & RFID (WSNR-2011)

Second International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks & RFID (WSNR-2011)

to be held in conjunction with
6th International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications
Oct 26-28, 2011, Technical University of Catolina, Barcelona, Spain
INTRODUCTION
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network (WSN) are considered to be the three main elements of pervasive computing and are persistent in gathering the interest of research community since from past few years as it has opened new challenges with the development of interesting application like surveillance, environment monitoring, supply chain management, real time asset tracking, logistics, vehicular traffic congestion management etc.

RFID has limited sense range and can be enhanced by the merger of the two above said technologies. RFID in conjunction with WSN & WSMN can possibly be ideal for Automated Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) which has revolutionized the overall supply chain management process and other useful industrial applications like traffic congestion management, distributed surveillance, healthcare, petroleum etc.

The development of efficient protocols for WSN & WMSN communication as well as development of RFID based WSN motes itself poses numerous challenges for the research community. And for achieving the longevity of the network energy efficient design is of paramount importance for such networks.

The workshop aims to bring together the research community working in these areas. It will be held in conjunction with BWCCA 2010, thus providing an ideal opportunity for researchers and especially high degree PhD research students to present their latest work and have a valuable feedback from experts.

Authors are invited to submit original, previously unpublished work that clearly demonstrate their research related to energy efficient WSN/WMSN, RFID based systems.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following featured topics:

Sensor Design
-- Hardware aspects of RFID, WSN & WMSN sensor design
-- Sensor Actuation & Coordination
-- CMOS Camera Design, Integration
-- Smart Camera's

Protocol Design
-- Energy-aware communication protocols
-- Cross-layer optimization
-- Congestion Control
-- Reliability
-- Collaborative signal processing
-- Quality-of-Service
-- MAC Protocols
-- Transport Protocols
-- Routing Protocols
-- Energy Efficiency
-- Simulation tools, operating systems and middleware
-- Integration with Other System
-- Human Space Computing

Security
-- Security, privacy, and data integrity in RFID based WSN
-- Cryptography & Watermarking in Wireless Sensor Networks
-- Encryption algorithm in sensor networks
-- Key Exchange, Key Management
-- WSN, WMSN, RFID Security
-- Security Authentication & Access Control
-- Trust Management

Network Architecture
-- Energy Conservation and Management techniques for such networks
-- Cognitive radio sensor networks
-- Network architectures for sensor networks
-- Self Organizing Networks
-- Self Healing Networks
-- Energy Aware Networks
-- Scalability of wireless sensor networks
-- In Network Information Processing for Smart Environments
-- Quantitative Evaluation of Large Scale Wireless Systems
-- Data Management for Wireless and Pervasive Communications
-- Query Processing
-- Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
-- Mobile Netwokrs

Applications
-- Smart Housing
-- Smart Retail
-- Vehicular Traffic Congestion Management
-- Healthcare
-- Petroleum
-- Supply Chain

RFID, WSN, WMSN
-- RFID /WSN networks and the Web for improving freight efficiency
-- Prototypes, field studies, and test bed
-- The business cases for RFID Realizing a return on investment

Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit their research papers following the IEEE Conference Publishing Service Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. The papers should be 6 pages long. They will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The papers should be submitted by email to v.potdar-AT-curtin.edu.au If there is any problem during submission please contact any of the Workshop Co-chairs. Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance.