-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP: INSS 2006 - 3rd International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:52:52 +0100 From: announce@teco.edu To: wolf@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de

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***************************************************** * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * INSS 2006 * * * * May 31-June 2, 2006 * * Chicago, USA * * http://www.unl.im.dendai.ac.jp/INSS2006/ * * * *****************************************************

INSS 2006 provides a unique and interactive environment to bring together researchers from the backgrounds of sensor technology, wireless networking and application of wireless sensor networking. This conference is the first after a series of annual workshop meetings with a highly selective single-track technical program. Its aim is to provide a platform where researchers from academia and industry come together to discuss and address technical problems and solutions in these research areas.

We see that rapid technology advancements in miniature sensors, low power micro- electronics, wireless communication and network have brought researchers from various fields to develop an emerging multidisciplinary of networked sensor systems and applications. Such technology is expected to change the way how information is generated, processed, and communicated based on a large number of sensor nodes deployed for a specific application.

Addressing these critical issues requires researchers from various disciplines to communicate effectively and collaborate together. The International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems invites outstanding research papers from the field of sensor technology, wireless networking or application of networked sensor systems. The conference especially encourages submissions that are suitable and should be of interest for the researchers from all three fields.

June is a busy time in Chicago in the sensors world. Following INSS 2006 is the Sensors Expo & Conference, June 6-8, 2006. Sensors Expo is a leading sensors event in North America, featuring a conference program exploring the most up-to-date innovations in sensor technology including physical sensors, sensor networks, biosensors, MEMS/Nanotechnology, instrumentation and controls, intelligent systems, machine-to-machine communication, wireless sensing and IT technology. Combined with a showcase of hundred of products and services, it is an event worth placing on your schedule. Please visit our web-site for the link to Sensors Expo 2006. INSS 2006 attendees will receive a registration discount to Sensors Expo 2006.

Topics include but are not limited to:

1. Sensors Materials and Fabrication (new materials, smart structures, MEMS and Nano fabrication technologies, sensors and sensor system packaging)

2. Sensor Phenomena and Modeling (sensor operation theory, characterization, CAD design and modeling) 3. Sensors (physical, mechanical, chemical, biological, optical sensors and actuators at micro and nano scales)

4. Sensing Systems (wireless sensor system architecture, sensor-based system-on-chip design, multiple-sensor array and system, intelligent sensing, integration of sensors and microelectronics, low power sensor interface electronics design, sensor system packaging and environmental compatibility, environmental energy harvesting, sensor system design trade-offs and techniques, bio-implantable sensor networks, data acquisition, telemetry, wakeup radio, system integration, process and cost of manufacturing, energy scavenging and RF-ID tags)

5. Communication protocols (MAC and link layer problems, routing and transport protocols tailored for networked sensor system, redundancy, data aggregation, and mobility support; gateways to fixed Internet)

6. Middleware (Configuration and installation support, service discovery, distributed algorithms in WSN, harmonizing node-centric and data-centric addressing, sensor calibration, localization and synchronization)

7. Security (primitives for appropriate cryptographic protocols, secure system engineering)

8. Applications (wireless environmental monitoring, harsh environment sensing, transportation, automotive, aeronautical and space sensor systems, bio-robotics sensing and communication, homeland security, military, civil and industrial infra-structures safety, intelligent biomedical and improved healthcare system, ubiquitous computing with networked sensing)

9. Prototypes, field studies, and testbeds (novel sensor node prototypes, measurements within sensor network testbeds)

[PAPER SUBMISSION]

INSS 2006 invites the submission of both regular and late-breaking result papers. Regular papers must be 4-8-page two-column papers long and include an abstract of 100 - 150 words. Late-breaking result papers must be no more than 4 two-column pages long and include an abstract of 100-150 words.

INSS 2006 is seeking papers interesting to the interdisciplinary community represented at the conference. Papers will be evaluated on the basis of originality, significance of the contribution to the field, technical correctness and presentation. Papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers submitted must not be under simultaneous review for any other conference, journal, workshop or other publication.

Papers should be formatted according to IEEE transaction format (http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.htm).

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. Authors are required to attend the conference to present their work. All paper submissions will be handled electronically by the EDAS system. Note that submission is a two-stage process - authors need to register their paper first and then submit the final manuscript. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF format and conform to the guidelines specified in the call for papers.

Authors without EDAS user names will be required to register with the system using the same link as above. Reviewers will be instructed to maintain the confidentiality of all materials for submitted papers throughout the entire reviewing process. Submissions should contain no information that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication.

[IMPORTANT DATES] Submission deadline: December 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2006 Camera-ready papers: February 19, 2006

[ORGANIZATION] General Chair: Sang Hyuk Son, University of Virginia, USA

General Co-chairs: Hide Tokuda, Keio University, Japan Robert Puers, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Program Chair: Michael Beigl, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Program Vice-chairs: Darrin Young, Case Western Reserve University, USA Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan Marc Langheinrich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Publicity Co-chairs: Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA Hidekata Hontani, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Christian Becker, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Program Committee: Shigeru Ando, University of Tokyo, Japan Mitsuru Baba, Ibaraki University, Japan Yoshito Bando, Shimizu Corp., Japan Christian Becker, Universit?t Stuttgart, Germany Jan Beutel, Computer Engineering and Networks Lab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH), Switzerland Nico de Rooij, IMT, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland Arjan Durresi, Louisiana State University, USA Steven Garverick, Case Western Reserve University, USA Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA Satoshi Honda, Keio University, Japan Hidekata Hontani, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Hideto Iwaoka, Yokogawa, Japan Holger Karl, University of Paderborn, Germany Daeyoung Kim, Information and Communications University, Korea Satoshi Kurihara, Osaka University, Japan Koen Langendoen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Pedro Marron, University of Stuttgart, Germany Masateru Minami, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Pedram Mohseni, Case Western Reserve University, USA Taketoshi Mori, The University of Tokyo, Japan Takuichi Nishimura, Cyber Assist Research Center, AIST, Japan Silvia Nittel, University of Maine, USA Tomoaki Ohtsuki, Keio University, Japan Marcelo Pias, Cambridge University, UK Kay Roemer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Jochen Schiller, FU Berlin, Germany Hiroyuki Shinoda, University of Tokyo, Japan Kazunori Takashio, Keio University, Japan Norman Tien, Case Western Reserve University, USA Woontack Woo, GIST, Korea Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany