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CALL FOR PAPERS

IEEE MASS 2008 Fifth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems

September 29 - October 2, 2008 Hilton Atlanta Atlanta, GA, USA

http://www.cse.psu.edu/IEEEMASS08/

Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing, IEEE Technical Committee on Simulation, and IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications

Wireless ad-hoc communication has applications in a variety of environments, such as conferences, hospitals, battlefields and disaster-recovery/rescue operations, and is also being actively investigated as an alternative paradigm for Internet connectivity in both urban and rural areas. Wireless sensor and actuator networks are also being deployed for enhancing industrial control processes and supply-chains, and for various forms of environmental monitoring. The IEEE MASS 2008 conference is the fifth edition of MASS and aims at addressing advances in research on multi-hop ad-hoc and sensor networks, covering topics ranging from technology issues to applications and test-bed development.

IEEE MASS 2008 solicits original, unpublished contributions in all aspects of (mobile) ad-hoc networks and wireless sensor networks (WSN), systems and applications. Submitted articles must not be concurrently considered elsewhere for publication. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for fast track publication in the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (www.elsevier.come/locate/pmc).

Scope: Topics include, but are not limited to:

- Physical layer impact on higher layers in ad-hoc networks and WSNs - Directional / smart antennas - Multi-channel, multi-radio and MIMO technologies - MAC protocols (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Wireless mesh networks and cognitive networks - P2P/overlay/content distribution architectures for wireless ad hoc networks - Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking - Vehicular networks and protocols - Mobile/robotic sensor networks - Power-aware architectures, algorithms and protocols design - Clustering, topology control, coverage and connectivity issues - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) - Data transport, management and information scheduling - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in WSNs - Localization, synchronization and cooperative sensing in WSNs - Sensor networks and pervasive infrastructures - Capacity planning and admission control in ad-hoc networks - Handoff / mobility management and seamless internetworking - Resource management and wireless QoS Provisioning - Cross layer design and optimization - Incentive-based and game-theoretic approaches in ad-hoc networks - Reliability, resiliency and fault tolerance techniques - Security, privacy, and trust issues - Management and monitoring of ad-hoc and sensor networks - Operating systems and middleware support - Novel applications and architectures for WSNs - Modeling, analysis and performance evaluation - Measurements and experience from experimental systems and test-beds

Submission Guidelines:

All submissions must be full papers in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS. Direct link for paper submission (abstracts due within March 14, 2008): http://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6118& They must not exceed 10 single-spaced, double-column pages using at least 11 pt size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages in IEEE style format. Detailed formatting and submission instructions will be available on the conference website.

WORKSHOP Proposals: Workshop proposals are solicited on cutting-edge topics that complement or supplement the main theme of IEEE MASS 2008. Please contact the Workshop Co-chairs with proposals or for any questions. The submission deadline is Feb 15.

DEMO Proposals: Proposals are solicited for technical demonstrations of experimental ad-hoc and sensor networking systems. Visit the conference website for instructions on submitting demo proposals or contact the Demo Chair.

PAPER Submission Deadlines: Abstracts Due: March 14, 2008 Manuscripts Due: March 21, 2008 Acceptance Notification: June 20, 2008 Camera-ready Submission: July 18, 2008

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL Chair Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA (tlp at cse.psuedu)

PROGRAM Chair Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA (das at uta.edu)

TPC Vice Chairs Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy (bononi at cs.unibo.it) Archan Misra, IBM Watson Research Center, USA (archan at us.ibm.com) Chunming Qiao, University of Buffalo, USA (qiao at cse.buffalo.edu)

WORKSHOP Co-Chairs Yonghe Liu, University of Texas at Arlington, USA (yonghe at cse.uta.edu) Sencun Zhu, Pennsylvania State University, USA (szhu at cse.psu.edu)

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

PUBLICATION Chair Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA

PUBLICITY Co-Chairs Sunghyun Choi, Seoul National University, Korea (schoi at snu.ac.kr) Murat Demirbas, University of Buffalo, USA (demirbas at cse.buffalo.edu) Pedro Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain (pedrom at dif.um.es)

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Chair George Riley, Georgia Tech, USA (riley at ece.gatech.edu)

WEB Chair Sharanya Eswaran, Pennsylvania State Univ, USA (eswaran at cse.psu.edu)

STEERING COMMITTEE Co-chairs Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA Jie Wu (TCDP), Florida Atlantic University & NSF, USA

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Prathima Agrawal, Auburn University, USA Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Kevin Almeroth, University of California at Santa Barbara Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University, USA Elizabeth Belding, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA Brahim Bensaou, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Amiya Bhattacharya, New Mexico State University, USA Douglas Blough, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Joel Branch, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Raffaele Bruno, IIT.CNR, Pisa, Italy Levente Buttyan, CrySys lab, Budapest Univ. of tech. and econ., Hungary Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Antonio Capone, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Mainak Chatterjee, University of Central Florida, USA Guihai Chen, Nanjing University, China Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Yanghee Choi, Seoul National University, Korea Chun Tung Chou, University of New South Wales, Australia Amitabha Das, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Swades De, Indian Institute of Technology, India Murat Demirbas, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Falko Dressler, University of Erlangen, Germany Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University,USA Karoly Farkas, University of West Hungary, Hungary Laura Feeney, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden Ratan Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India Silvia Giordano, SUPSI, Switzerland Mesut Gunes, Computer Science, Freie Univ Berlin, Germany Zygmunt Haas, Cornell University, USA Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, USA Paul Havinga, University of Twente, The Netherlands Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales, Australia Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Vana Kalogeraki, University of California at Riverside, USA Koushik Kar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA Young-Bae Ko, Ajou University, Korea Sastry Kompella, Naval Research Laboratory, USA Farinaz Koushanfar, Rice University, USA Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA Sudha Krishnamurthy, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany Taekyoung Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA Sung-Ju Lee, HP Labs, USA Qilian Liang, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Weifa Liang, Australian National University, Australia Lavy Libman, NICTA, Sydney, Australia Yonghe Liu, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Cecilia Mascolo, University College London, UK Martin Mauve, Heinrich Heine University, Düorf, Germany Ciaran Mc Goldrick, Trinity College at Dublin, Ireland Tommaso Melodia, State University of New York at Buffalo, mUSA Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada Archan Misra, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Mehul Motani, National University of Singapore, Singapore Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Sciences and Tech. of Lille, France Peng Ning, North Carolina State University, USA Sergio Palazzo, University of Catania, Italy Joséarente de Oliveira, ITA, Brazil Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy Dirk Pesch, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland Chiara Petrioli, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Tien Pham, Army Research Laboratory, USA Cristina M. Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy Dario Pompili, Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey, USA Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Chunming Qiao, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Lili Qiu, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Milena Radenkovic, University of Nottingham, UK Fengyuan Ren, Tsinghua University, China Pedro Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA Yi Shi, Virginia Tech, USA Rajeev Shorey, General Motors Research, India David Simplot-Ryl, INRIA & University of Lille, France Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, USA Harry Skianis, National Centre for Scientific Res. 'Demokritos', Greece Cormac Sreenan, University College of Cork, Ireland Vikram Srinivasan, Bell Labs Research, India Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, USA Vic Thomas, Honeywell, USA Ozan Tonguz, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Wade Trappe, Rutgers University, The State Univ. of New Jersey, USA Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan Roberto Verdone, University of Bologna, Italy Mehmet Vuran, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana Wendong Xiao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Wensheng Zhang, Iowa State University, USA Sheng Zhong, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Yanmin Zhu, Imperial College of London, UK Michele Zorzi, Universitàegli Studi di Padova, Italy

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