MASS 2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems

The 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2012) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in October 2012. Wireless ad hoc communication has applications in a variety of environments, such as conferences, hospitals, battlefields, and disaster-recovery/rescue operations, and is also being actively investigated as an alternative paradigm for Internet connectivity in both urban and rural areas. Wireless sensor and actuator networks are also being deployed for enhancing industrial control processes and supply-chains, and for various forms of environmental monitoring. IEEE MASS 2012, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, aims at addressing advances in research on multihop ad hoc and sensor networks, covering topics ranging from technology issues to applications and test-bed development.
Topics of Interest:

Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in all aspects of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) including systems and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Algorithmic aspects of MANETs and WSNs
Architectures of wired/wireless networks supporting MANETs or WSNs
Capacity planning and admission control in ad hoc and sensor networks
Clustering, topology control, coverage, and connectivity
Cognitive networking
Cooperative sensing in WSNs
Cross layer design and optimization
Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in WSNs
Data transport and management in WSNs
Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking
Handoff/mobility management and seamless internetworking
Key management and trust establishment in wireless networks
Localization and synchronization in WSNs
MAC-layer design for ad hoc networks and WSNs
MAC protocols, including 802.11, 802.15.4, UWB
Measurements and experience from experimental systems and test beds
Mobile computing and networking
Modeling, analysis, and performance evaluation
Multi-channel, multi-radio, and MIMO technologies
Networked smartphone applications
Novel applications and architectures for WSNs
Operating systems and middleware support
P2P, overlay, and content distribution architectures for ad-hoc and sensor networks
Power-aware architectures, algorithms, and protocols design
Reliability, resiliency, and fault tolerance techniques
Resource management and wireless QoS provisioning
Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and robotic networks
Routing protocols, including unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast
Security and privacy issues in ad hoc and sensor networks
Security, privacy issues in vehicular, DTNs, and mesh networks
Vehicular networks and protocols
Wireless mesh networks
Paper Submission and Review:

Authors are invited to submit technical papers presenting original, unpublished research, not currently under review elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 9 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10pt size fonts on 8.5 × 11 inch pages, including all figures, tables, and references. All paper submission will be electronic, in PDF format, through EDAS. Detailed paper formatting and submission instructions will be posted here shortly.
Submitted papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee, and each paper will receive at least three reviews. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by IEEE and will be presented at the conference. Based on reviews and TPC discussions, the TPC may choose to accept some papers as short papers (5 pages). For all papers, IEEE reserves the right to exclude the paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference.

Important Dates:

Paper registration deadline: Monday, March 19, 2012
Full paper submission deadline: Monday, April 2, 2012
Paper acceptance notification: Monday, June 25, 2012
Paper camera-ready deadline: Monday, August 6, 2012
Workshops, Posters, and Demos:

Proposals for full-day workshops to be held together with the conference are solicited. The conference will also include a poster and demo session. Refer to the separate Call for Workshop Proposals, Call for Posters, and Call for Demos for detasils, including submission instructions.
For More Information:

For questions about the paper submission and review process, please contact the MASS 2012 Program Co-Chairs, Stefano Basagni (basagni-AT-ece.neu.edu) and Byrav Ramamurthy (byrav-AT-cse.unl.edu).
For other questions or comments about the conference or for more information, please contact the MASS 2012 General Chair, David B. Johnson (dbj-AT-cs.rice.edu).