PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
   Second International Workshop on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS 2005)
   Mission Valley Marriott
   8757 Rio San Diego Drive
   San Diego, CA 92108 USA
   June 27, 28, 2005
   Sponsored in cooperation with SICE


   INSS 2005 is planned to provide a unique and interactive environment to
   gather researchers from a wide range of backgrounds, networking and sensing
   fields, to discuss the issues and to present novel and potential system
   solutions for networked sensing systems. It is the second in a series of
   annual meetings with a highly selective single-track technical program.

   Rapid   technology   advancements  in  miniature  sensors,  low  power
   microelectronics,  wireless  communication  and  network  have brought
   researchers from various fields to develop an emerging multidisciplinary of
   wireless sensor networks (WSNs). WSNs technology is expected to change the
   way how information is generated, processed, and communicated based on a
   large number of sensor nodes deployed for a specific application. Advanced
   micro and nano technologies can decrease the size, weight, and cost of
   sensors and sensor arrays by orders of magnitude. A large number of sensing
   elements  can  now  be  integrated  into a miniature system to improve
   performance, robustness, and life span. Communication networks can provide
   rapid access to sensor information and computing resource, thus eliminating
   barriers associated with distance and time. WSNs will revolutionize the
   traditional sensing paradigm and have a pervasive impact on a wide range of
   applications  such  as environmental monitoring, transportation, toxic
   materials detection and tracking, homeland security, civil and industrial
   infrastructures safety, intelligent home appliance, and improved healthcare
   systems.

   WSNs opens new application opportunities but also presents many system
   design and optimization challenges over various physical layers, including
   sensors material selection, design, fabrication, and packaging, low power
   integrated circuits and system architectures design, environmental energy
   harvesting, information processing and modulation, wireless communication,
   and overall system network operation. Addressing these critical issues
   requires researchers from various disciplines to communicate effectively and
   collaborate together.

   The workshop invites research papers describing recent innovative sensors
   and sensor systems development with a focus on wireless sensor network
   application. Topics include but are not limited to:

   1. Sensors Materials and Fabrication (new materials, smart structures, MEMS
   and Nano fabrication technologies, sensors and sensor system packaging)

   2. Sensor Phenomena and Modeling (sensor operation theory, characterization,
   CAD design and modeling)

   3. Sensors (physical, mechanical, chemical, biological, optical sensors and
   actuators at micro and nano scales)

   4.  Sensing Systems (wireless sensor system architecture, sensor-based
   system-on-chip  design, multiple- sensor array and system, intelligent
   sensing, integration of sensors and microelectronics, low power sensor
   interface electronics design, sensor system packaging and environmental
   compatibility, environmental energy harvesting, sensor system design trade
   offs and techniques, bio-implantable sensor networks, data acquisition,
   telemetry,  wakeup  radio,  system  integration,  process  and cost of
   manufacturing, energy scavenging and RF-ID tags)

   5.  Communication  protocols(MAC  and link layer problems, routing and
   transport protocols tailored for WSN, redundancy, data aggregation, and
   mobility support; gateways to fixed Internet)

   6. Middleware (Configuration and installation support, service discovery,
   distributed algorithms in WSN, harmonizing node-centric and data-centric
   addressing, sensor calibration, localization and synchronization)

   7. Security(primitives for appropriate cryptographic protocols, secure
   system engineering)

   8.  Applications (wireless environmental monitoring, harsh environment
   sensing, transportation, automotive, aeronautical and space sensor systems,
   bio-robotics sensing and communication, homeland security, military, civil
   and industrial infra-structures safety, intelligent biomedical and improved
   healthcare system)

   9. Prototypes, field studies, and testbeds (novel sensor node prototypes,
   measurements within sensor network testbeds)
   PAPER SUBMISSION
   INSS 2005 invites the submission of both regular and short papers. Regular
   papers must be no more than 6 two-column papers long and include an abstract
   of 100 - 150 words. Short papers must be no more than 4 two-column pages
   long. Authors are invited to submit papers electronically.

   IMPORTANT DATES

   Submission deadline: March 1, 2005
   Notificaiton of accesptance: April 15, 2005
   Camera-ready papers: May 5, 2005

   ORGANIZATION

   General Co-chairs: Norman Tien, UC Davis
   Hideto Iwaoka, Yokogawa Electric
   Program Co-chairs: Darrin Young, Case Western Reserve University
   Paul Havinga, University of Twente
   Publicity Co-chairs: Michael Beigl, University of Karlsruhe
   Sang Hyuk Son, University of Virginia
   Satoshi Honda, Keio University

   CONTACT INFORMATION
   Darrin Young, Case Western Reserve University : djy@po.cwru.edu
   Paul Havinga, University of Twente : P.J.M.Havinga@ewi.utwente.nl
   Satoshi Honda, Keio University : honda@appi.keio.ac.jp