WOLT 2018 - 2018 International Workshop on Localization and Tracking (WOLT 2018)

Localization and tracking technologies for portable devices use a wide variety of networks including cellular, satellite, and WiFi, and are critical for a wide range of applications such as navigation, location-based services, location-dependent advertising, and location-based smartphone applications. Technologies for these "conventional" use cases will continue to advance as a result of improved algorithms, better fusion of multiple tracking modes, new network architectures, and improved sensor technologies.
The ability to locate and seamlessly track assets in indoor/dense urban environments without access to GPS is a complex and challenging task mainly due to the harsh multipath environment and the high probability of non-line of sight (NLOS) propagation conditions. While extracting accurate location information is fundamental to the design of positioning systems, cooperative and cognitive positioning algorithms exploiting short-range communication links can enhance robustness. For example, in cognitive radio networks, geo-location and context-aware algorithms can support sensing methods to overcome e.g. the hidden node problem. Machine learning techniques take advantage of heterogeneous technologies to track mobile nodes using cooperative or non-cooperative sensor networks.
The goal of the workshop is to disseminate advances in localization and tracking, especially the development of new positioning algorithms based on short-range wireless communications. This workshop will bring together academic and industrial researchers to identify and discuss technical challenges and recent results related to short-range positioning.
Venue, Date
The workshop will be co-located with IEEE UIC 2018, the International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (http://www.smart-world.org/2018/uic/index.php), in Guangzhou, China. It will be a one-day event.
Registration
Registration information for the workshop can be found through the UIC website: http://www.smart-world.org/2018/uic/index.php.
Topics of interest
The workshop aims to attract recent work in all areas of localization and tracking. Additional topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Channel measurements and fundamental theory
• Techniques for outdoor localization
• Techniques for indoor localization
• Collaborative localization
• Techniques for short-range RF networks including WiFi and Bluetooth Low Energy
• Non-RF techniques, including visual-based tracking
• Fusion of multiple localization modes
• System design for vertical solutions including healthcare and asset tracking
• Prototypes and implementation