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CALL FOR PAPERS

Fourth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2007) Pisa, October 8-11, 2007 http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/mass2007

Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing, and IEEE Technical Committee on Simulation

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**** Submission Deadline --- March 31, 2007 ****

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Wireless multi-hop communication is envisioned in multiple scenarios where network nodes communicate via other network nodes: conferences, hospitals, battlefields, rescue operations, environment control, cars-to-cars, and monitoring scenarios. Wireless mesh networks have been applied as alternatives for providing Internet access in remote business and residential areas. Wireless sensor networks are being deployed for several industrial control processes and for monitoring environment. This conference aims to address multi-hop ad-hoc and sensor network systems, covering topics ranging from technology issues up to the applications aspects.

Original contributions are solicited in all areas of (mobile) ad hoc networks and sensor systems. Topics include, but not limited to:

- physical layer impact on higher level protocols - MAC protocols for ad-hoc and sensor networks (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Provisioning of wireless QoS in terms of bandwidth and delay assurance - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) and routing metrics - Data transport in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks - Power-aware and energy-efficient design - Topology construction and coverage maintenance - Cross layer design and optimization - Incentives and game theoretic approaches in wireless ad-hoc networks - Localization and synchronization in wireless sensor networks - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in wireless sensor - Reliability, security, and trustworthiness issues in ad hoc and sensor networks - Operating system and middleware support - Measurements and practical experience from experimental systems and test-beds - Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation - Mesh networking - Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking - Handoff and mobility management and seamless internetworking - Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution wireless ad hoc networks

---------------------- Submission Guidelines: ---------------------- All submissions must be full papers in .pdf or .ps (PostScript) format. Papers must be uploaded to EDAS by March 31, 2007, and must not exceed 10 single-spaced, two-column pages using at least 11 point size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages. Detailed submission instructions will be published in due time on the conference website http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/mass2007

-------------------- Workshops Proposals -------------------- Proposals for full day workshops are solicited. Selections will be made considering the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers and the relevance of the topic to the central theme of the conference. Proposals of at most 4 pages, including a 1-page biographical sketch, should be submitted to the Workshops Chair by February 9, 2007. See http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/mass2007/callforworkshops.html

--------------- Demo Proposals: --------------- Technical demonstration of experimental ad hoc networking and computing systems are solicited. To Instructions for submitting a demo proposal will be published in due time on the conference website.

---------------- Important Dates: ---------------- Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2007 Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2007 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2007

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ====================

GENERAL Chair Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy

PROGRAM Chairs Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada

PROGRAM Vice Chairs Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy Doug Blough, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Soung-Chang Liew, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong David Simplot-Ryl, University of Lille, France

WORKSHOPS Chairs Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna Archan Misra, IBM Research, USA

DEMO Chairs Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy Gergely Zaruba, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

AWARDS Chairs Serge Fdida, University of Paris 6, France Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA

PUBLICITY Chairs Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, USA Nathalie Mitton, INRIA, Lille, France Angel Zhang, Chinese University, Hong Kong

FINANCE & REGISTRATION Chair: Anup Kumar, University of Louisville,USA

PUBLICATION Chair Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA

SUBMISSION Chair Xu Li, Carleton University, Canada

INDUSTRY LIAISON Chair Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK

IEEE TC Chairs Anup Kumar (TC S), University of Louisville, USA Jie Wu (TC DP), Florida Atlantic University, USA

STEERING COMMITTEE Chair Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Chair Adriana Lazzaroni, IIT-CNR, Italy

WEB Designer and Manager Maria Bucci, IIT-CNR, Italy

PROGRAM COMMITTEE ================== http://cnd.iit.cnr.it/mass2007/programcommittee.html