IPSN 2010 - The International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2010)

The International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN) is a leading, single-track, annual forum on sensor network research. IPSN brings together researchers from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss recent advances in both theoretical and experimental research. Its scope includes signal and image processing, information and coding theory, databases and information management, distributed algorithms, networks and protocols, wireless communications, machine learning, and embedded systems design.

The conference features two interleaved tracks, the Information Processing (IP) track, and the Sensor Platforms, Tools and Design Methods (SPOTS) track. The two tracks have separate program committees to evaluate their submissions. Authors should carefully review the intended foci of these two tracks to decide which track is better suited for their work, and they are encouraged to contact program chairs with questions or clarifications.

The Information Processing (IP) track focuses on algorithms, systems, theory for information processing using networks of embedded sensors. Topics covered in this track include, but are not limited to:

- Applications and deployment experiences
- Coding, compression and information theory
- Data processing, storage and management
- Detection, classification, and tracking
- Distributed algorithms and reasoning
- Distributed and collaborative signal processing
- Fault tolerance and identification
- Fundamental bounds and formulations
- Location, time, and other network services
- Operating systems and runtime environments
- Network health monitoring and management
- Network protocols
- Programming models and languages
- Security
- Sensor tasking, control, and actuation
- Simulation

The Sensor Platforms, Tools, and Design Methods (SPOTS) track focuses on networked embedded sensor platforms and tools. Submissions are expected to refer to specific hardware, software, and implementations. The SPOTS track focuses on new architectures, modeling, evaluation, design methods, implementations, tools, or deployment experiences. Results focused on the analysis and processing aspects of data collected from deployments should be submitted to the IP track, while details on the platforms and tools used in the deployment should be submitted to SPOTS. Topics covered in the SPOTS track include, but are not limited to:

- Case studies that describe experiences, highlight challenges, and
study/compare the performance of platforms and tools
- Novel sensor network components, device platforms and architectures
- Embedded software for sensor networks
- Design tools and methodologies for sensor networks
- System modeling, simulation, measurements, and analysis
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

All papers must be submitted electronically, in Portable Document Format (PDF). Instructions for submission will be available at the IPSN'08 website: http://ipsn.acm.org/2010/ Submissions must meet the following criteria:

- A paper must be original material that has neither been previously
published nor is currently under review by another conference or
journal, and
- Submitted papers should be no longer than 12 pages in ACM 10-point,
two-column conference format.
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IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Abstract deadline: Friday, October 23, 2009
Full papers due: Friday, October 30, 2009
Author notification: Friday, January 22, 2010
Camera ready due: Friday, February 19, 2010
Conference: April 12-16, 2010
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ORGANIZATION

General Chair: Andreas Savvides, Yale University
Publicity Chair: Neal Patwari, University of Utah
Web Chair: Gang Zhou, College of William & Mary
Workshop Chair: Brano Kusy, Stanford University
Demos and Poster Chair: Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue University
Publications Chair: Dimitrios Lymberopoulos, Microsoft Research

IPSN TPC co-chairs
Tarek Abdelzaher (UIUC) and Thiemo Voigt (SICS)

IPSN TPC:
Anders Ahlen, Uppsala University
Anish Arora, Ohio State University
Andreas Terzis, Johns Hopkins University
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California
Brad Karp, University College London
Carlo Fischione, KTH, Sweden
Chenyang Lu, Washington University in St. Louis
Cormac Sreenan, University College Cork, Ireland
Deepak Ganesan, UMass Amherst
Jie Liu, Microsoft Research
John Stankovic, University of Virginia
Kay Römer, ETH, Switzerland
Luca Mottola, SICS
Matt Welsh, Harvard University
Miklos Maroti, University of Szeged, Hungary
Mikael Johansson, KTH, Sweden
Paolo Santi, University of Pisa, Italy
Phil Gibbons, Intel
Qing Cao, University of Tennessee
Radha Poovendran, University of Washington
Ramesh Govindan, University of Southern California
Roger Wattenhofer, ETH, Switzerland
Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI
Suman Nath, Microsoft Research
Tian He, University of Minnesota
Utz Roedig, University of Lancaster
Xenofon Koutsoukos, Vanderbilt University

SPOTS TPC Chair: Adam Wolisz (TU Berlin)

SPOTS TPC:
Akos Ledeczi, Vanderbilt University
Jan Beutel, ETH, Switzerland
Jochen Schiller, FU Berlin
Joe Polastre, Sentilla
Kamin Whitehouse, University of Virginia
Michel Goraczko, Microsoft Research
Pedro Jose Marron, University of Bonn, Germany
Prabal Dutta, UC Berkeley/Michigan
Ralph Kling, Crossbow