Call for Competitors
                     !!!! DEADLINE EXTENDED !!!!

                3rd Dependability Competition at the
    Intl. Conf. on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN)

               February 14-16, 2018  -  Madrid, Spain

   https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html


Following the success of the 2016 and 2017 editions, the Intl.
Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) will
host also this year a competition to compare the performance of
WSN and IoT communication protocols in harsh RF environments.


FORMAT:
This year's dependability competition will have a new format
compared to the past two editions, the most prominent changes being
that it will take place remotely over a longer time window, and that
it will involve the reporting of multiple events from several nodes.

Interested participants should first submit an abstract describing
their approach by the competition entry deadline. Accepted
contestants will obtain the credentials to remotely access the
competition infrastructure and enter the preparation phase, after
which each team needs to provide one binary that will be used for
the final evaluation.

A poster session entirely dedicated to the dependability competition
will take place during the evening of the first conference day. All
competing teams must present their solution in the poster session
and will have the possibility to engage in lively discussions with
the other conference attendees. The winners of the competition will
be awarded during a dedicated plenary session on the second
conference day and will hold a 10-minutes talk presenting their
solution, followed by a short discussion.


COMPETITION SCENARIO AND EVALUATION PROCEDURE:
The competition scenario emulates the operation of a sensor and
actuator network monitoring discrete events in an industrial
setting where several co-existing wireless devices are crowding
the RF spectrum. A complete description of the competition scenario
and evaluation procedure can be found at:
https://ewsn2018.networks.imdea.org/call-for-competitors.html


ELIGIBILITY
Both academia and industry submissions are encouraged. All wireless
communication protocols used in low-power wireless sensor networks
are welcome, and there is no restriction on the operating system
used to program the sensor nodes.
The competition will take place if at least 5 teams respond to this
preliminary call for competitors. Depending on the nature and number
of submissions, multiple categories may be defined. The winning
teams in each category will receive cash awards and present their
approach at EWSN in a 10-minutes plenary talk.


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Interested participants should first submit a two-page abstract
describing their approach by the competition entry deadline,
following the formatting requirements described on the competition
Webpage. The abstracts will be used to pre-select the participants
to the competition. Accepted contestants will have the chance to
edit their abstract and submit a camera-ready version by the end of
the competition's preparation phase. Accepted abstracts will appear
in the ACM Digital Library, unless authors explicitly mark their
submission as confidential.


IMPORTANT DATES:
Competition entry deadline: Oct. 23, 2017 (extended!)
Notification of acceptance: Oct. 31, 2017
Camera-ready abstract submission: Jan. 7, 2018
Competition's preparation phase: End-Nov. 2017 until End-Jan., 2018
Submission of final software: End-Jan., 2018
Competition's evaluation phase: End-Jan. until Feb. 7, 2018
Competition panel and poster session: Feb. 14, 2018
Competition awards and winners' presentations: Feb. 15, 2018


ORGANIZERS:
Carlo Alberto Boano, TU Graz
Markus Schuss, TU Graz

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