BodyNets 2012 - 7th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

The 7th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks BodyNets 2012, Oslo, Norway 24 - 26 September 2012
Deadline for workshops, special sessions, and tutorials proposals: February 15, 2012
Paper submission deadline (short papers, work-in-progress papers, poster papers, student papers):April 1, 2012
Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2012
Camera-Ready submission deadline: August 1, 2012
Don't miss out on the opportunity to network with international researchers and practitioners and discuss the latest research findings and trends in Body Area Neetworks at BodyNets 2012, an event connected to the European innovation community through EAI endorsement (http://eai.eu/).
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The advancement in sensing, embedded computing, and wireless communication has accelerated the progress of adopting sensor networks to form Body Area Networks (BodyNets). BodyNets integrate and deploy wireless sensors, RFID tags, and other pervasive devices within and around human bodies for constructing diverse and practical systems for physiological monitoring, human computer interaction, and provision of entertainment. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying BodyNets. In this regard, the conference aims to establish a forum to exchange ideas, discuss practices, raise awareness, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in the field of computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, medicine, and other disciplines in both academia and industry. This conference also allows authors to present new and emerging trends to address the technical, social, system and application issues related to BodyNets.
The Seventh International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets 2012) will be held in Oslo, Norway in September, 2012. The Conference continues its tradition of being the premier forum for presentation of results on cutting-edge research in BodyNets. While the mission of the conference is to share novel basic research ideas as well as experimental applications in the BodyNets area in addition to identifying new directions for future research and development the new scientific topics such as nano communication networks, bio-inspired networks, molecular networks, etc. will be considered. BodyNets 2012 will give researchers a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in the various aspects from molecular to micro level communication to novel applications from medicine to automobile industry.
The conference consists of four symposia that cover a broad range of research aspects. In addition, the program will include three outstanding keynote speakers from academia and industry. A panel session on "Nano communications networks: from theory to practical applications" and an industrial track will surely provoke thoughtful discussions. There will also be two tutorials given free of charge to all BodyNets 2012 attendees. We hope that the conference proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to researchers and developers in the area. TOPICS The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Network management: In-body, on-body, and around body networks Scalable, flexible network architectures & deployments Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets Fault-tolerance and reliability of BodyNets
2. Embedded Medical Devices: Wearable system design issues Integrating BodyNets into the healthcare system High-Confidence Medical Devices Medical Device Plug-and-Play Assistive technologies for independent aging Interactive Arts
3. Privacy and Security: Lightweight security solutions for BodyNets Privacy issues of BodyNets Authentication and Trustworthiness Attacks and Countermeasures
4. System and Application: System design and modeling Emerging self-powered BodyNets Pervasive health care and patient monitoring Entertainment and lifestyle applications Novel closed-loop applications of BodyNets Case studies and system deployment New medical diagnostics and treatments Ambient assisted living Smart transportations Smart homes Virtual hospitals
5. Networking and Communication Communication techniques and protocols for BodyNets Networking and security issues for BodyNets Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets Novel wireless communication technologies Cognitive networks for medical bands
6. Nano Communication Networks and Systems THz communication systems Molecular communications Channel modeling Nano devices PUBLICATIONS
BodyNets 2012 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings, made available in the ACM Digital Library, as well as in the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit papers of up to 7 pages for full papers, 4 pages for short papers, posters and demos, in ACM Proceedings format (7"x9" print area, single spaced, double column, 9-pt font size).
ACM's LaTex and MS WORD templates are located at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-t.... Authors should apply ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The templates provide space for this indexing and point authors to the Computing Classification Scheme at: http://www.acm.org/about/class/1998. Please see http://www.bodynets.org/submission.shtm for details.
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