SaCoNAS 2010 - IEEE International Workshop Towards Smart Communications and Network technologies applied on Autonomous Systems (SaCoNAS)

IEEE International Workshop Towards Smart Communications and
Network technologies applied on Autonomous Systems (SaCoNAS)
Miami, Florida, USA

December 2010

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SCOPE

The scope of this workshop targets the recent overlap of the latest advances
between both autonomous systems, including robots, and new network technologies.
On one hand, autonomous applications embedded in automatic environments have
rapidly expanded from classical industrial ones to applications where different
modular devices, actuators and sensors interact closely and on the other hand
communication technologies have also known a great growing development related
to sensor networks, ad-hoc networks, wireless networks, etc. Healthcare and
wellness applications such as helping elderly people, assisting dependent
persons, habitat monitoring in a smart environment constitute some of the
potential scenarios of convergence between robotic systems and network
technologies. These applications, which are based on high-level commands and in
order to accomplish some specific tasks, reveal new challenges regarding
mechanic design, portability, acceptability, power support, control theory, etc.
In addition to portability and low-power systems, which are vital challenges
that limit substantially any successful robotic application, network paradigms
should also take into account issues related to cost, scalability and security.
This workshop will highlight the overlapping of these two domains of autonomous
systems and network technologies devoted for different applications. Issues
related to concepts, new technologies, and protocols will elicit particular
attention.

The workshop solicits papers addressing, but are not limited to, the following
topics:

- Autonomous manipulation using service robots
- Architecture and protocol for wireless based sensor networks (energy
efficiency, collision-free, low-power, etc.)

- Pervasive communication in autonomous application fields
- Rehabilitation robotics, exoskeletons, smart textile clothes and wearable
robots applications

- Context-awareness and ubiquitous robotics
- Secure, scalable and low cost network paradigms applications
- Techniques of sensing, actuation and recognition
- Applications of Autonomous Behavior
- Design modeling and control of autonomous robotic systems
- Assistive robotic technology
- Energy optimization of autonomous systems
- Monitoring and security of autonomous systems in intelligent environment
- Context awareness using sensor networks
- Network based transmission architecture for controlling autonomous systems
- Real-time network based structure using sensors, actuators and transducers,
etc.

All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed and we will select papers based
on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance to the workshop. All
accepted papers must be presented and at least on author needs to register for
the paper to be included in the workshop proceedings. Submitted papers should
not be under consideration for publication anywhere else.

IMPORTANT DATES

Papers submission deadline: Extended to July 11, 23:59 EST (New York Time)
(FIRM)

Acceptance Notification: August 13, 2010

Camera Ready deadline: August 31, 2010

Registration deadline: August 31, 2010

Workshop date: December 6, 2010

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers.
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a 5-page standard IEEE conference
style paper to this workshop (including all text, figures, and references)
through EDAS submission system (http://www.edas.info). (If any problem during
submission is encountered, please contact the workshop chair). One additional
page may be allowed but with additional publication fee. Accepted papers must be
presented at the workshop. The presenter must register for the workshop before
the deadline for author registration. Failure to register before the deadline
will result in automatic withdrawal of the paper from the workshop proceedings
and the program. All papers selected for publication will be included in the
IEEE GLOBECOM proceedings and IEEE digital library.

For additional information see http://sites.google.com/site/saconasglobecom2010/

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


General Chair

Abdelhamid MELLOUK, University of Paris 12, France

Technical Program Co-Chairs

Samer MOHAMMED, University of Paris 12, France
Sherali ZEADALLY, University of the District of Columbia, USA

Technical Program Commitee

* Yacine Amirat, University of Paris-Est, UPEC/LISSI, France
* Jalel Ben-Othman, Versailles University, PRISM, France
* Mine Caglar, KOC University, Turkey
* Naveen Chilamkurti, La Trobe University, Australia
* Eduardo Cerqueira, Federal University of Para, Brazil
* Michel Diaz, LAAS, CNRS, France
* Tarek El-Fouly, Qatar University, Qatar
* Scott Fowler, Linköping University, Sweden
* Herve Guyennet, Franche-Comté University, LIFC, France
* Hossam Hassanein, Queenâ?™s University, Canada
* Ray Hunt, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
* Samee Khan, North Dakota State University, USA
* Polychronis Koutsakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
* Eddie Law, Ryerson University, Canada
* Vincent Lecuire, CRAN, University of Nancy, France
* Francis Lepage, CRAN, University of Nancy, France
* Mario Marchese , University of Genova, Italie
* Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain
* Xavi Masip, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
* Albena Mihovska, CTIF-Aalborg University, Denmark
* Juan Moreno, IAI-CSIC, Spain
* Nazih Moubayed, Lebanese University, Lebanon
* Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom (Orange Laboratories), France
* Iain Phillips, Loughborough University, UK
* Jean-Pierre Richard, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France
* Joel Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
* Youssef Touati, University of Paris 8, France
* Oscar Andres Vivas, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
* Roger Whitaker, Cardiff University, UK