BodyNets 2011 - BodyNets 2011 : ICST Conference on Body Area Networks

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:
ï?? In-body, on-body, and around body networks
ï?? Scalable, flexible network architectures & deployments
ï?? Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets
ï?? Fault-tolerance and reliability of BodyNets

2. Embedded Medical Devices:
ï?? Wearable system design issues
ï?? Integrating BodyNets into the healthcare system
ï?? Assistive technologies for independent aging
ï?? Interactive Arts

3. Privacy and Security:
ï?? lightweight security solutions for BodyNets
ï?? Privacy issues of BodyNets
ï?? Authentication and Trustworthiness
ï?? Attacks and Countermeasures

4. System and Application:
ï?? System design and modeling
ï?? Emerging self-powered BodyNets
ï?? Pervasive health care and patient monitoring
ï?? Entertainment and lifestyle applications
ï?? Novel closed-loop applications of BodyNets

5. Networking and Communication
ï?? Communication techniques and protocols for BodyNets
ï?? Networking and security issues for BodyNets
ï?? Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets
ï?? Novel wireless communication technologies

Important Dates

Full Paper Due: May 31, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: July 31, 2011
Camera-ready Manuscript: August 31, 2011
Conference Dates: November 7-10, 2011

Organization Committees
Steering Committee Chairs

Athanasios V. Vasilakos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Imrich Chlamtac, University of Trento, Italy
Honorary Chair

Jiaguang Sun, NSF, China
General Chairs

Yunhao Liu, HKUST, China
Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
Technical Program Chairs

Chenyang Lu, Washington University, USA
Roozbeh Jafari, UT Dallas, USA

Industry Co-Chair

Ming Gu, Tsinghua Univ., China

Local Organization Chairs
Local Co-Chair

Zhiguo Wan and Xibin Zhao, Tsinghua Univ., China
Local Coordinator

Lin Cui, Tsinghua Univ., China

Scope

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, 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.