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CALL FOR PAPERS

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2008 IFIP Conference on Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks July 14th to 15th, 2008 School of information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

http://www.site.uottawa.ca/WSAN08/

The 2008 IFIP Conference on Wireless Sensors and Actor Networks (WSAN 08) will be held from Monday, July 14th, to Tuesday, July 15th, 2008, at the School of Information Technology and Engineering of University Ottawa, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ottawa is Canada's national capital, and features a wealth of festivals and cultural activities. It is directly accessible by air from major cities around the world. The conference location is in the city centre, conveniently located near shopping, museums, and public transportation.

Previously unpublished contributions describing original, completed or on-going research are solicited, including (but not limited to) the following areas:

AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) Analysis, Simulation and Measurement Ad-Hoc Networking Coordination in Actor Networks Communication Protocols Cross-Layer Optimizations Energy-efficient Protocols and Power Management Information Processing Localization and Tracking Middleware Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks Operating Systems and Programming Abstractions Physical Architecture QoS Real-Time Communications in Actor Networks Robots as Actor Nodes Security and Privacy Wireless Multimedia Networking WSAN Applications

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceeding published by Springer. Selected papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue of Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Network journal. Awards will also be given for the best paper, and the best student paper.

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2008 Final Version Due: April 1, 2008

CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

General Chair: Ali Miri (Univ. of Ottawa, Canada) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Luis Orozco-Barbosa (Univ. of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) and Ivan Stojmenovic (Univ. of Birmingham, UK)