BASNet 2013 - The International Workshop on Body Area Sensor Networks

The International Workshop on Body Area Sensor Networks (BASNet-2013) provides an international forum on the latest technologies and research in the field of Body Area Networks (BANs). BASNet 2013 will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (25-28 June 2013) in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks, and Technologies (ANT-2013).
SCOPE
The workshop provides a multi-disciplinary collaborative forum for researchers and practitioners to submit papers with novel ideas, innovative solutions, and research results related to the field of the Body Area Sensor Networks. The workshop also invites researchers to submit original work on sensors communication in Body Area Networks.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Wearable and implantable sensors
Bio-sensors communication
Sensors communication in Body Area Networks
Body Area Networks in Hospital environment
Body Area Networks for Medical Applications
Routing Layer protocols for Body Area Networks
MAC Layer protocols for Body Area Networks
Cross layer routing protocols for Body Area Networks
Body Area Networks and cloud computing
RFID tags for Body Area Networks
Security protocols for Body Area Networks
Body Area Networks used for patient health monitoring
TECNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Bill Robertson (General Chair), Dalhousie University (Canada)
William Phillips (General Chair), Dalhousie University (Canada)
Shyamala Sivakumar (Co-chair), Saint Mary's University (Canada)
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia (USA)
Umar Qasim, University of Alberta (Canada)
Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University (Belgium)
Mohammad Nisar, King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)
Sajjad Ali Mushtaq, COMSATS I.I.T. (Pakistan)
Musfiq Rehman, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Saad Qaiser, NUST (Pakistan)
Abidalrehman Moh'd, Dalhousie University (Canada)
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Zahoor Khan
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Zahoor.Khan-AT-dal.ca Nadeem Javaid
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Islamabad, Pakistan
nadeemjavaid-AT-comsats.edu.pk