CALL FOR PAPERS
WORKSHOP ON SENSOR NETWORKS
as part of the GI-Conference INFORMATIK 2004 in Ulm, Germany
CfP and further information available at:
http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/inst/ag-tech/projects/sensornets-ws/
DATE:
Friday, 24th of September, 2004.
SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP:
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) ? networks of tiny, autonomous devices
capable of wireless communication ? are a topic of active research in a
number of different research communities, ranging from hardware to
applications. WSNs are characterized by a need to carefully integrate
functionalities traditionally considered to be separate in order to achieve
maximum efficiency, especially with regard to energy consumption and
management. Hence, a close interaction of research from different
backgrounds is required.
WSNs are evolving from simple data transportation networks to functionally
rich distributed systems, e.g., because actuators in the network have to be
supported. Hence, the question arises how connections between sensor
networks and the Internet can be realized. This takes up the theme of
Informatik 2004 ?Informatik verbindet?: At what level can interfaces be
realized, how can WSNs be integrated into Internet middleware architectures,
can WSNs be treated like distributed data bases?
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from different
backgrounds, from hardware to applications, to create a forum where
cross-layer integration, novel solutions for specific problems, and the
future development of WSN functionalities can be discussed.
AREAS OF INTEREST:
We are interested in contributions in the following areas:
* Hardware for WSNs and its impact on communication protocols
* Communication protocols for WSNs, MAC and routing, addressing schemes
* Data aggregation in WNSs, handling redundancy, distributed data storage
and processing
* Self-organization in sensor networks
* Network Tomography
* Quality of Service in WSNs
* Energy/Efficiency tradeoffs in all protocol layers
* Interface of WSNs to the Internet at different levels (HTTP, SOAP, IP),
Vertical Integration of Sensor Networks
* WSNs as distributed data base
* Operating systems and middleware for WSNs
* Prospects of all-IP WSNs, minimal TCP/IP
* WSNs built of distributed microservers, architectures of embedded
microservers
* Applications demonstrating the interconnection between WSN and Internet,
testbeds, use cases
PARTICIPANTS:
The intended audience are researchers from university and industry,
especially working in the areas of sensor networks, embedded systems,
communication middleware and databases as well as resource-constrained
communication networks as such.
DEADLINES:
Submission Deadline:
30 April 2004
Notification about acceptance/rejection
28 May 2004
Deadline for camera-ready version
30 June 2004
Submissions have to be formatted according to the style guidelines of the
Springer LNI series (available via www.gi-ev.de/LNI/index.html). Submissions
must not exceed five pages, including figures.
Accepted submissions will be published in the proceedings of the Informatik
2004 conference. Further information will be made available soon at
http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/inst/ag-tech/projects/sensornets-ws/
WORKSHOP CHAIRS:
Prof. S. Fischer, TU Braunschweig,
Institut für Betriebssysteme und Rechnerverbund, fischer@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de
Dr. H. Karl, TU Berlin,
Telecommunication Networks Group,
hkarl@ieee.org
Dr. H. Ritter, FU Berlin
Computer Systems and Telematics,
hritter@inf.fu-berlin.de
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
M. Bahr, Siemens
P. Bonnet, Universität Kopenhagen
A. Buchmann, Technische Universität Darmstadt
W. Effelsberg, Universität Mannheim
T. Fuhrmann, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
T. Hellwig, Philipps Research
T. Lentsch, Infineon
N. Luttenberger, Universität zu Kiel
F. Mattern, ETH Zürich
C. Prehofer, NTT DoCoMo
K. Rothermel, Universität Stuttgart
C. Schindelhauer, Universität Paderborn
V. Turau, TU Hamburg-Harburg
T. Ungerer, Universität Augsburg
T. Voigt, SICS Schweden
A. Willig, HPI Universität Potsdam
M. Zitterbart, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
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