WiSARN 2011 - WiSARN 2011 : 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks

Call for Papers for the 3rd International Workshop on
Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN 2011)
http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~xuli/WiSARN2011/

To be held in conjunction with the
The 30th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
(IEEE INFOCOM 2011)
April 10-15, 2011, Shanghai, China.

Wireless sensor and actor networks (WSAN) are the confluence point
where the traditional fields of wireless sensor networks (WSN),
robot networks and control theory meet. In WSAN, nodes collaborate
to accomplish distributed sensing and actuation tasks. Leveraged by
the control and mobility of actors, the networking process and
applications embrace a whole new set of possibilities. Actors may
deploy, repair and relocate sensors to improve coverage, build routes
and fix network partition to ensure data communication, change network
topology to shape routing patterns and balance energy consumption,
and respond to reported events in a timely and effective manner.
The benefits are limited only by imagination. As an emerging field,
WSAN are in need of new networking techniques, by which they can fully
exploit their particularities and potentials. WiSARN aims to bring
together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification
and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for
current and future applications of WSAN.

Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in ALL aspects of
WSAN, WSN, robot networks, and robotics and automation. Possible topics
include, but are not limited to:
* Autonomous sensor networks
* Emergent behavior in WSAN
* Modeling and simulation of WSAN
* WSAN architectural and operational models
* Autonomic and self-organizing coordination and communication
* Sensor-actor (robot) and actor-actor coordination
* Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols
* Bandwidth-efficient and delay-tolerant communication protocols
* Distributed control and management in WSAN
* Neighborhood discovery and mobility management
* Communication protocols for swarms of mobile actors (robots)
* Map exploration and pattern formation of mobile robots
* Actor (robot) task assignment
* Biologically inspired communication
* Ecological systems
* Architectures and topology control
* Localization in WSAN
* Probabilistic integration in WSAN
* Quality of service, security and robustness issues
* Applications and prototypes
* Hybrid networks and wireless Internet
* Data management, gathering, aggregation and query processing

Papers must not exceed 6 single-spaced and two-column pages using
at least 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inches pages, and must be
formated in strict accordance with the IEEE author guidelines.
Submissions are being considered with the understanding that they
describe original research, neither published nor under review
elsewhere. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Digital
Library after the conference and included in INFOCOM 2012 proceedings.
Selected best papers will be invited to a special issue of
Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks: an international journal (SCIE).

Important dates
Paper submission: Dec. 15, 2010
Author notification: Feb. 15, 2011
Camera ready: Mar. 15, 2011
Workshop date: Apr. 10, 2011

General Chair
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada

Program Co-Chairs
Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China
Hannes Frey, Univerity of Paderburn, Germany
Xu Li, University of Ottawa, Canada

Submission Chair
Rafael Falcon, University of Ottawa, CA

Publicity Co-Chairs
Mianxiong Dong, University of Aizu, Japan

For further information, please refer to the above WiSARN 2011 website,
or contact the program co-chairs:
Dr. Jiming Chen at jmchen.zju-AT-gmail.com
Dr. Hannes Frey at hannes.frey-AT-uni-paderborn.de
Dr. Xu Li at easylix-AT-gmail.ca