ASTSA 2013 - The Fourth International Workshop on Advances in Sensor Technologies, Systems & Applications

Sensors and sensor networks have unprecedented capabilities of building smart systems through sensing and monitoring applications, which provide tremendous benefits to the society. Wired as well as wireless sensors and sensor networks are active research topics in recent years due to their potential uses in diverse areas such as enhanced homeland security, conservation of natural resources, improved manufacturing productivity, improved emergency response, efficient energy utilization, food safety, automation of transportation systems, automatic environment and structure monitoring. Advances in sensors, sensor technologies and systems will help wide adaptation of sensors in all areas of our daily life.
ASTSA-2013 will serve as a forum for researchers from academia, government, industries, professionals, standard developers, policy makers, students and practitioners to exchange ideas, present new results and provide future visions of the impact sensors will have in our life.
Original technical papers on the advances in sensor technologies, systems and applications, as well as those that describe practical deployment and implementation experiences are solicited for presentation and publication.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Network topologies and architectures for sensor networks
Network protocols for sensor networks
Distributed sensor networks
Adaptive sensor networks
Sensor networks and cloud computing
Sensor networks for cognitive radio systems
Sensor network for vehicular ad hoc networks
Sensor networks for smart grid
Underwater wireless sensor networks
Sensors for Embedded Systems
Multimedia communications over sensor networks
Mobile sensor networks
Data gathering, integration, fusion, and dissemination in wireless sensor networks
Clustering, topology control, coverage and connectivity
Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation
Operating systems and middle-ware support
Measurements and experience from experimental systems and test-beds
Heterogeneous sensor networks
MAC and routing protocols for wireless sensor networks
Localization and synchronization in wireless sensor networks
Power aware and energy efficient design or wireless sensor networks
Bio-inspired sensor networks
Resources management and dynamic resource allocation
Security and privacy in sensor network
Monitoring distributed sensors
Encryption algorithm in sensor networks
Methods for sensor networks deployment
Sensing in health care, security, environments, hazards etc.
Remote sensing
Polling in sensor networks
Intelligent sensors
All areas of sensor applications
Emerging topics in sensor networks