CFP : The First International Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks HWISE 2005

CFP : The First International Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks HWISE 2005
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Call For Papers The First International Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (HWISE-2005) URL http://www.csc.lsu.edu/~durresi/hwise2005/ July 20 (Wed.) to 22 (Fri.), 2005 at Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Fukuoka, Japan In conjunction with the 11th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems ICPADS 2005 Paper Submission Due: March 20, 2005 PURPOSE AND SCOPE Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (HWISE) , supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence and actuation are emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low cost, high volume applications such as nuclear, biological and chemical, attack detection and protection, home automation, battlefield surveillance and environmental monitoring. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of problems involved with inputting data from sensors directly into actor systems. To fulfill their large range of applications sensor and actor networks will collaborate with other wired and wireless systems including WLANs, Cellular networks and grid systems The research community is working to develop high performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these sensor and actor network systems. The workshop is to bring together computer scientists, industrial engineers and researchers to discuss and exchange experimental or theoretical results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the area of Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks. All papers accepted for HWISE-2005 conference and workshops will appear in the Proceedings of ICPADS 2005, which is to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Awards will be given to the best papers. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: -Scalable Architecture, Algorithms and Complexity Issues for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks -Communication protocols for Heterogenous Wireless Sensor Networks at all layers -Distributed Sensor and Actor Network Tasking and Self Organization -Data compression, association, aggregation -Distributed Detection Classification Methods -Distributed Sensor Networks - Networking Caching Issues -Fault tolerant HWISE and diagnostic techniques -Software platforms and tools for sensor/actor network application development -Managing Resource Constraints -Energy efficient medium access control, error control, and traffic management protocols -Energy efficient system services such as localization and time synchronization -Mechanisms, protocols and algorithms for authenticated, secure communication -Better tradeoffs between security and performance -Learning Patterns from Distributed Sensor Sources -Robust distributed algorithms for collaborative processing -Mobility issues related to integration sensor-actor systems -Data querying, storage and dissemination -Data compression, association, aggregation and fusion -Coordination, Integration and Synchronization in Distributed Sensor and Actor Networks -Application specific network and system services, including data-centric routing -QoS in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks -Interoperability among Sensor networks, WLANs, Cellular, Satellite and wired networks -Applications of HWISE in Biology, Manufacturing, Medical Science and Engineering PAPER SUBMISSION Papers representing original, unpublished work are invited to be submitted and will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Submitted papers should be formatted in a two-column IEEE Computer Society format (URL: http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm) and should not exceed 6 pages including figures and references. Submissions will be handled via the conference web site at: http://133.14.18.107/~icpads2005/workshop1/REG-paper/ When you submit a paper, please send a copy (pdf file) to durresi@csc.lsu.edu and the following information: paper title, author's name, postal address, email address, abstract, and keywords. Please specify your email subject as "HWISE2005 paper submission". PAPER PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published as proceedings by IEEE Computer Society Press. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Selected papers will be considered for special issues at: International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing - IJWMC (http://juliet.stfx.ca/~ijwmc/) and at International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15501329.asp). IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Due: March 20, 2005 Author Notification Due: April 05, 2005 Final Manuscript Due: April 21, 2005 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Workshop Co-Chairs: Arjan Durresi, Louisiana State University, USA Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Advisory Co-Chair: Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Advisory and Technical Committee: Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Anish Arora, The Ohio State University, USA Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Oklahoma University, USA Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines, USA Genci Capi, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Erdal Cayirci, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey David Culler, UC Berkeley, USA Eylem Ekici, The Ohio State University, USA Tomoya Enokido, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland at College Park, USA Deborah Estrin, UCLA, USA Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA Mukul Goyal, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA Ardian Greca, Georgia Southern University, USA Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA S.Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA Raj Jain, Nayna Networks/The Ohio State University, USA Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Sastri Kota, Harris Corporation, USA Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan Jiandong Li, Xidian University, China Qingchong John Liu, Oakland University, USA Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Amitabh Mishra, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Vojislav Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Asis Nasipuri, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Tomoaki Ohtsuki, Tokyo University of Science, Japan Jaudelice C. de Oliveira, Drexel University, USA Sergio Palazzo, The University of Catania, Italy Parameswaran Ramanathan, University of Wisconsin, USA Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan John A. Stankovic, University of Virginia, USA Kaoru Sugita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Tuna Tugcu, Bogazici University, Turkey Dong Xuan, The Ohio State University, USA Takaya Yamazato, Nagoya University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Mark Yarvis, Intel, USA Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Feng Zhao, Microsoft, USA For further information, please contact: Arjan Durresi, Department of Computer Sciences, Louisiana State University 291 Coates Hall, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Tel: +1-225-578-3902 Fax: +1 225-5781465 Email: durresi@csc.lsu.edu or Leonard Barolli, Department of Information and Communication Engineering Faculty of Information Engineering Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT) 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan Tel.: +81-92-606-4970 Fax: +81-92-606-0758 E-mail: barolli@fit.ac.jp

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   Call For Papers

The First International Workshop on Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
                                    (HWISE-2005)
                   URL http://www.csc.lsu.edu/~durresi/hwise2005/
                           July 20 (Wed.) to 22 (Fri.), 2005
                 at Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Fukuoka, Japan


   In conjunction with the 11th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and
                          Distributed Systems ICPADS 2005


Paper Submission Due:    March 20, 2005


PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (HWISE) , supported by recent
technological advances in low power wireless communications along
with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing,
communications, intelligence and actuation are emerging as a
critically important disruptive computer class based on a new
platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low
cost, high volume applications such as nuclear, biological and
chemical, attack detection and protection, home automation,
battlefield surveillance and environmental monitoring. Several of
such applications have been difficult to realize because of problems
involved with inputting data from sensors directly into actor
systems. To fulfill their large range of applications sensor and
actor networks will collaborate with other wired and wireless
systems including WLANs, Cellular networks and grid systems The
research community is working to develop high performance computing
solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these sensor
and actor network systems.

The workshop is to bring together computer scientists, industrial
engineers and researchers to discuss and exchange experimental or
theoretical results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case
studies, and trend-setting ideas in the area of Heterogeneous Wireless
Sensor and Actor Networks.  All papers accepted for HWISE-2005
conference and workshops will appear in the Proceedings of ICPADS
2005, which is to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.


Awards will be given to the best papers.

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

-Scalable Architecture, Algorithms and Complexity Issues for
 Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks
-Communication protocols for
 Heterogenous Wireless Sensor Networks at all layers
-Distributed Sensor and Actor Network Tasking and Self Organization
-Data compression, association, aggregation
-Distributed Detection Classification Methods
-Distributed Sensor Networks - Networking Caching Issues
-Fault tolerant HWISE and diagnostic techniques
-Software platforms and tools for sensor/actor network application
 development
-Managing Resource Constraints
-Energy efficient medium access control, error control, and traffic
 management protocols
-Energy efficient system services such as localization and time
 synchronization
-Mechanisms, protocols and algorithms for authenticated, secure
 communication
-Better tradeoffs between security and performance
-Learning Patterns from Distributed Sensor Sources
-Robust distributed algorithms for collaborative processing
-Mobility issues related to integration sensor-actor systems
-Data querying, storage and dissemination
-Data compression, association, aggregation and fusion
-Coordination, Integration and Synchronization in Distributed Sensor and
 Actor Networks
-Application specific network and system services, including data-centric
 routing
-QoS in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks
-Interoperability among Sensor networks, WLANs, Cellular, Satellite and
 wired networks
-Applications of HWISE in Biology, Manufacturing, Medical Science and
 Engineering


PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers representing original, unpublished work are invited to be
submitted and will be evaluated based on originality, significance,
technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Submitted papers
should be formatted in a two-column IEEE Computer Society format (URL:
http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm) and should not exceed 6
pages including figures and references.  Submissions will be handled
via the conference web site at:

http://133.14.18.107/~icpads2005/workshop1/REG-paper/


When you submit a paper, please send a copy (pdf file) to
durresi@csc.lsu.edu and the following information: paper title,
author's name, postal address, email address, abstract, and
keywords. Please specify your email subject as "HWISE2005 paper
submission".


PAPER PUBLICATION

Accepted papers will be published as proceedings by IEEE Computer Society
Press.


JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Selected papers will be considered for special issues at:

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing - IJWMC
(http://juliet.stfx.ca/~ijwmc/) and at

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15501329.asp).


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Due:    March 20, 2005
Author Notification Due: April 05, 2005
Final Manuscript Due:    April 21, 2005


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


Workshop Co-Chairs:

Arjan Durresi, Louisiana State University, USA
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan


Advisory Co-Chair:

Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan



Advisory and Technical Committee:

Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Anish Arora, The Ohio State University, USA
Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Oklahoma University, USA
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines, USA
Genci Capi, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Erdal Cayirci, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
David Culler, UC Berkeley, USA
Eylem Ekici, The Ohio State University, USA
Tomoya Enokido, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Anthony Ephremides, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
Deborah Estrin, UCLA, USA
Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA
Mukul Goyal, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA
Ardian Greca, Georgia Southern University, USA
Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA
S.Sitharama Iyengar, Louisiana State University, USA
Raj Jain, Nayna Networks/The Ohio State University, USA
Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany
Sastri Kota, Harris Corporation, USA
Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
Jiandong Li, Xidian University, China
Qingchong John Liu, Oakland University, USA
Jianhua Ma,   Hosei University, Japan
Amitabh Mishra, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Vojislav Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada
Asis Nasipuri, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Tomoaki Ohtsuki, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
Jaudelice C. de Oliveira, Drexel University, USA
Sergio Palazzo, The University of Catania, Italy
Parameswaran Ramanathan, University of Wisconsin, USA
Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
John A. Stankovic, University of Virginia, USA
Kaoru Sugita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Tuna Tugcu, Bogazici University, Turkey 

Dong Xuan, The Ohio State University, USA
Takaya Yamazato, Nagoya University, Japan
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Mark Yarvis, Intel, USA
Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Feng Zhao, Microsoft, USA

For further information, please contact:

Arjan Durresi,
Department of Computer Sciences, Louisiana State University
291 Coates Hall, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Tel: +1-225-578-3902
Fax: +1 225-5781465
Email: durresi@csc.lsu.edu

or

Leonard Barolli,
Department of Information and Communication Engineering
Faculty of Information Engineering
Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT)
3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan
Tel.: +81-92-606-4970
Fax: +81-92-606-0758
E-mail: barolli@fit.ac.jp