MiSeNet 2012 - The First ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2012)

The First ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented

Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2012)

In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012 Istanbul, Turkey, August 22-26, 2012

http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/M...

Call for Papers

Scope and Aim of ACM MiSeNet 2012
Mission-oriented sensor networks are next-generation time-varying systems composed of both humans and mobile sensors
(e.g., vehicle-mounted, human-operated, or integrated with mobile robots or UAVs) that collaborate and coordinate to
successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under uncertainty. A major challenge in the design of mission-oriented
sensor networks arises in supporting dynamic topology and disruption-tolerant architecture, caused by mobility, which has
significant impact on performance in terms of sensing coverage, network connectivity, and information quality. In such
dynamic environments, sensors should self-organize and reason in a distributed manner about resource allocation, scheduling,
forwarding, caching, and in-network storage to accomplish specific missions, while extending the operational network lifetime.
Another major challenge lies in accommodating human input. Humans are the ultimate sensors. They are well-equipped to
monitor and report situations that would be very difficult for machine sensors to understand. They also come with their own
challenges including imperfect reliability, bias, and relative lack of predictability (compared to well-calibrated sensors). The
design of mission-oriented sensor networks, where humans and sensors collaborate, should account for trade-offs between
several attributes such energy consumption (due to mobility, sensing, and communication), reliability, fault-tolerance, data
collection latency, and quality of information (such as video resolution, picture quality, type of content, degree of redundancy,
and level of summarization), and their impact on mission objectives. It should accommodate human-centric sensing modalities
such as free-form text, pictures, sound, and video, and should include mechanisms to handle unpredictability, uncertainty,
human error, and noise.

ACM MiSeNet 2012 aims to provide a forum for participants from academia and industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented
sensor network research and practice. ACM MiSeNet 2012 serves as incubator for scientific communities that share a
particular research agenda in this area. ACM MiSeNet 2012 will provide them with opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges as well as exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas related to architecture,
protocols, algorithms, and application design, at a stage before they have matured to warrant conference/journal publications.
ACM MiSeNet 2012 seeks papers that present novel theoretical and practical ideas as well as work in-progress, which will
lead to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and
secure mission-oriented networked sensing applications.

The topics of interest to ACM MiSeNet 2012 workshop include, but are not limited to, the following:
Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented networked sensing
Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented sensor networks
System design, implementation, and evaluation
Medium access control and scheduling
Human factors, data cleaning, and noise
Human-centric sensing modalities and quality of information

Cross-layer design
Software architectures for mission-oriented sensing
Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency
Coverage and connectivity issues
Collaboration of humans and sensors
Deployment and localization
Uncertainty, opportunistic communication, and data fusion
Topology control and fault-tolerance
Routing and data dissemination
In-network data storage and processing
Sensor database management and spatio-temporal data
Target detection and tracking
Privacy and security
Testbed design and real-world applications
General Chair
Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Program Chair
Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
Steering Committee
Tarek F. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA)
Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA)
Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA)
Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA)
Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA)
Jie Wu (Temple University, USA)
Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, USA)
Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)
Publicity Co-Chairs
Flávia Delicato (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
M. Elena Renda (IIT - CNR, Pisa, Italy)
Shengquan Wang (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
Wendong Xiao (University of Science and Technology Beijing, China)
Web Chair
Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: June 4, 2012
Notification Deadline: June 25, 2012
Camera-ready: July 2, 2012
For More Information
Please send email to mobicom_info-AT-acm.org with any questions or comments about the ACM MobiCom'12 conference
or for more information. For questions about the ACM MiSeNet'12 Workshop regarding the paper submission and review
process, please contact the General Chair at zaher-AT-cs.uiuc.edu and/or the Program Chair at hammari-AT-umd.umich.edu.