See: http://wsna02.cs.uga.edu

First ACM International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks and
Applications

   in conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2002
   September 28, 2002
   Atlanta, Georgia, USA
   Sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE (pending)

Important Dates

     * Paper submissions due: June 1, 2002
     * Notification of acceptance: July 26, 2002
     * Camera-ready final manuscript due: August 15, 2002
     * Workshop date: September 28, 2002

   For more information, please contact the Workshop Co-Chairs: Prof.
   Raghavendra (raghu@usc.edu) and Prof. Sivalingam (krishna@wsu.edu)

Overview

   Tremendous technological advances have been made in the development of
   low-cost sensor devices equipped with wireless network interfaces. The
   design of large-scale sensor networks interconnecting several hundred
   to a few thousand sensor nodes has attracted recent research
   attention. The sensors monitor various types of information such as
   temperature, pressure, chemicals, etc. and/or transmit voice and video
   data. Such sensor networks may be used for applications spanning
   several domains including military, medical, industrial, and home
   networks. Some of the key challenges deal with scalability of network
   protocols to large number of nodes, design of simple and efficient
   protocols for different network operations, design of power-conserving
   protocols, design of security mechanisms and protocols, design of data
   handling techniques including data querying, data mining, data fusion
   and data dissemination, and development of exciting new applications
   that exploit the potential of wireless sensor networks.

   The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers
   and technologists to present their contributions as technical papers
   related to wireless sensor networks. The issues and challenges for the
   development of wireless sensor networks not only encompass a broad
   spectrum of research topics but also involves a way to envision the
   evolution of a new breed of multi-disciplinary wireless network
   applications.

Topics

   Papers are solicited in all research and applied areas related to
   wireless sensor networks, which include but are not limited to:
     * Self-Organizing Network Architectures
     * Routing and medium access control protocols
     * Power-aware protocol design
     * Low-power sensor design
     * Applications of sensor networks
     * Mechanisms, protocols and algorithms for Network Security
     * Data Compression and Data Fusion
     * Localization techniques
     * Data Querying and Data Dissemination
     * Collaborative Signal Processing
     * Quality-of-Service
     * Operating system issues

Submission Instructions

   All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should
   prepare a PostScript or Portable Document Format (PDF) version of
   their paper. No other format will be accepted. Papers must meet the
   following restrictions:
     * The paper must be original material that has not been previously
       published nor is currently under review by another conference or
       journal.
     * Papers should be no longer than *12 pages* (two column is
       acceptable), in font no smaller than 10 points. (Note that
       accepted papers, when formatted for the proceedings, may not
       exceed 10 pages in font no smaller than 9 points).
     * The paper should fit properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5x11
       inches)
     * PostScript version 2 or later, or Portable Document Format (PDF)
     * Use only Computer Modern or standard Adobe printer fonts (i.e.,
       Courier, Times, Roman, or Helvetica)
          + Other fonts may be used, but must be included in the
            PostScript/PDF file
     * The paper must be formatted for b/w printers and not color
       printers.

   All contributions will be refereed by the Program Committee. Accepted
   papers will be available as part of the proceedings, at the workshop.
   Submissions are due on June 1, 2002.

Organization

Program Co-chairs:

     *


    Prof. C. S. Raghavendra, Professor
    Departments of Electrical Engg. & Computer Science
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA 90089-2562
    1+ 213-740-9133
    raghu@usc.edu
    http://ceng.usc.edu/~raghu/
     *


    Prof. Krishna M. Sivalingam, Associate Professor
    School of Electrical Engg. & Computer Science
    102 EME Building
    Washington State University
    Pullman, WA 99164-2752
    1+ 509-335-3220
    krishna@wsu.edu
    http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~krishna/

Program Committee

     * Victor Bahl (Microsoft Research)
     * Azzedine Boukerche (University of North Texas)
     * Erdal Çayirci (Georgia Institute of Technology)
     * Surendar Chandra (University of Georgia)
     * David Culler (UC Berkeley)
     * Deborah Estrin (UCLA)
     * John Heidemann (ISI)
     * Bhaskar Krishnamachari (Cornell)
     * Sri Kumar (DARPA)
     * Anthony LaMarca (Intel Research)
     * Daniel Mossé (University of Pittsburg)
     * Stephen Olariu (Old Dominion University)
     * Hilarie Orman (ho@alum.mit.edu)
     * Parmesh Ramanathan (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
     * Jim Reich (PARC)
     * Christopher Rose (Rutgers University)
     * Sumit Roy (University of Washington)
     * Loren Schwiebert (Wayne State University)
     * Suresh Singh (Portland State University)
     * Mani Srivastava (UCLA)
     * Yu-Chee Tseng (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan)
     * Terence D Todd (McMaster University, Canada)
     * Michele Zorzi (Universita'di Ferrara, Italy)

Publicity Co-Chairs:

     * Erdal Çayirci (Georgia Institute of Technology)
     * Surendar Chandra (University of Georgia)

Local Arrangements Chair:

     * Surendar Chandra (University of Georgia)