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CALL
FOR
PAPERS
SAHNS
2009
The
Second International Workshop
on
Specialized
Ad Hoc Networks and
Systems
Montreal,
Canada, June 26,
2009
http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~alfuqaha/SAHNS2009/
In
conjunction with the IEEE 29th International
Conference
on Distributed
Computing Systems (ICDCS
2009)
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1.
SCOPE
The Workshop provides a forum for engineers and scientists
in
academia, industry and government to present their latest
research
findings in specialized ad-hoc networks and systems.
As an
alternative to one-size-fits-all general solutions in the area
of ad hoc
networking and systems, we want to stimulate the
application-oriented
divide-and-conquer approach to ad hoc network
and system research. The goal
is to provide sound and efficient
specialized ad hoc networks and systems
(SAHNS), suitable for
building solutions specific for well-defined classes of
applications
or even individual applications.
We want to consider both
specialized ad hoc networks and specialized
ad hoc systems. The latter can be
built on top of specialized ad hoc
networks. Alternatively, they can be
constructed independently of
specialized ad hoc networks, e.g., on top of
general-purpose ad hoc
networks.
It should be emphasized that SAHNS is
interested only in solutions
specific to specialized ad hoc networks and
systems. The Workshop is
not interested in broad general-purpose solutions
for all ad hoc
networks and systems, or in generic solutions for extremely
broad
subclasses of ad hoc networks and systems. For example, the
Workshop
is not interested in general-purpose solutions for all sensornets
or
all P2P systems but is instead interested in specialized solutions
for
their application-oriented subclasses.
One example of SAHNS targeted by
this workshop are Incident Area
Networks (IANs), dedicated to single
incidents or events. An IAN can
be pre-deployed for a planned event, such as
a sporting or
"nationally significant" event, or can be dynamically deployed
for
an unplanned incident, such as a local law enforcement situation
or
a natural disaster. Another example are opportunistic
resource
utilization networks (e.g., oppnets), in which the network reacts
to
a lack of resources by finding and incorporating "helpers" that
have
needed resources or services.
Areas and topics of particular
interest include, but are not limited
to:
a) Design issues for
SAHNS:
o Novel network and system
architectures
o Economically-based models and
solutions
o Operating systems and
middleware
o Customized network protocols (incl.
cross-layer protocols)
o Resource management solutions
(incl. resource discovery)
o Algorithms and models
for localization and mobility management
o Privacy,
security, and trust
o Reliability and
dependability
o Novel hardware platforms
b)
Development issues for SAHNS:
o Development methodologies,
models and tools
o Analytical and validation
models
o Performance evaluation and modeling (incl.
simulation tools)
c) Operation and management
issues for SAHNS:
o Topology control and
management
o Energy control and
management
o Resource and service discovery and
control
o QoS provisioning and
management
o Data management, data aggregation, data
dissemination, and
query
processing
o Assuring survivability and
reliability
o Controls for privacy, security, and trust
management
d) Application issues for SAHNS:
o Best
current and future applications for SAHNS
o Experience with
SAHNS deployments and products
o Social and business
impacts of SAHNS-based applications
2. PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers
must be submitted in the PDF format, with numbered pages.
They should
have no more than 6 pages following the IEEE Computer
Society proceedings
format (8.5 by 11 inch sheets, double-column, 10
point or larger font,
single-spaced).
The following information must be provided on the first
page:
o Paper title
o Full names,
affiliations and email addresses of all authors
o An
abstract (up to 150 words)
o Five to ten
keywords/phrases
o A footnote with the indication of the
corresponding author,
plus the complete
address, phone and fax numbers of
the
corresponding author
Papers should
be submitted by emailing them
to:
llilien@cs.wmich.edu
Each
received submission will be confirmed, usually within
two
workdays.
3. PAPER REVIEW AND PUBLISHING
Each paper
will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers and their
comments will be
provided to the authors.
If accepted, the paper will be published in the
workshop proceedings
by the IEEE Computer Society Press, provided that at
least one of
its authors registers for ICDCS (which includes SAHNS) by the
early
registration deadline.
As all conferences published by the IEEE
Computer Society's
Conference Publishing Services (CPS), ICDCS proceedings
will be
indexed through INSPEC, the leading English-language
bibliographic
information service for scientific and technical literature.
ICDCS
proceedings will also be submitted for indexing to EI's
Engineering
Information Index, Compendex, ISI Thomson's Scientific
and
Technical Proceedings, ISTP/ISI Proceedings, and Current Contents
on
Diskette (ISI Thomson).
We plan a special issue of an international
journal with extended
versions of the selected SAHNS papers.
4.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Paper submission -
December 19, 2008
Author notification - January 30,
2009
Final manuscript due - February 27, 2009
5.
COMMITTEES
--------- Steering Committee ---------
Prof. Bharat
Bhargava, Purdue University, USA
Prof. Ajay Gupta, Western Michigan
University, USA
Prof. Leszek Lilien (Workshop Chair), Western Michigan
University, USA
Dr. Mark Linderman, Air Force Research Lab, USA
Prof.
Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. Athanasios Vasilakos,
University of Western Macedonia, Greece
--------- Organizing Committee
---------
a) International Publicity Co-Chairs
- Asia and Australia:
Prof. Mamata Jenamani, Indian Institute of
Technology – Kharagpur,
India
- Africa and Europe: Prof. Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western
Macedonia, Greece
- Latin America: Prof. Ruy de Oliveira, Centro Federal
de Educação
Técnológica de Mato Grosso, Brazil
- North America: Prof. Ala
Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University, USA
b) Industry Liaison
Co-Chairs
To be announced
c)
Publications Chair
Prof. James Yang, Western
Michigan University
--------- Technical Program Committee
---------
To be announced.
6. FURTHER INFORMATION
For
further information please visit the SAHNS 2009 web pages
at:
http://www.cs.wmich.edu/~alfuqaha/SAHNS2009/
or
contact Leszek T. Lilien, Workshop Chair
(llilien@cs.wmich.edu).