CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

SensorNets 2009: The First International School on Cyber-Physical and Sensor Networks Monastir, Tunisia, December 17-21, 2009

http://www.sensornets-school.org/ EARLY APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 15, 2009

OVERVIEW

It is a common belief that computing has been increasingly integrating our life. It results that the philosophy of networking is currently reaching a new frontier, where the physical processes directly impact the logical information for the sake of pervasive and ubiquitous control of the surrounding environment. This objective can be achieved by means of massively networked embedded systems, also known as cyber-physical systems (CPS). The Wireless Sensor Network paradigm is known as the most prominent enabling technology for CPS. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has also been a pioneer technology in defining the new concept of Internet-of-Things. There is, as consequence, a tendency to change the concept of the Internet from a network a data to a network of physical objects.

The objective of the the SensorNets 2009 School is to present a comprehensive state-of-the-art of the enabling technologies for the concept of Cyber-Physical Systems, such as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), RFID, wireless standard protocols, etc. The lectures of this school span the basic concepts as well as the latest achievement and the future challenges in the related research areas.

GOALS

The goals of the SensorNets 2009 School are as follows:

* Provide a basic survey of the current research works and challenges on cyber-physical and sensor-based systems. * Provide an overview of the current enabling technologies for cyber-physical and sensor-based systems. * Provide a good opportunity to meet people and distinguished scholars working on cyber-physical and sensor-based systems. * Establish contacts that may lead to research collaborations in the future.

AUDIENCE

The expected audience are:

* Post-graduate students, PhD students, and young researchers from universities: SensorNets 2009 will provide a very thorough and comprehensive background for young researchers starting their work in the areas of WSNs and CPS. * Researchers and engineers from academic and industrial laboratories around the world.

We expect hosting 60 participants.

SATELLITE EVENTS

* Demos & Posters session: This session will be dedicated to the demonstrations and presentations of preliminary and ongoing works of PhD students dealing with WSNs and CPS. Demo and Poster papers must be submitted to the session chair and must not exceed two pages. * Awards: Best Master/Ph.D. Awards: Ph.D. dissertations and Master theses already defended can be submitted to participate to the awards competition.

LECTURERS

- Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, (USA) - Mario Alves , CISTER Research Unit, (Portugal) - Sajal K. Das , University of Texas at Arlington, (USA) - Gianluca Dini , University of Pisa, (Italy) - Vlado Handziski , Technical University of Berlin, (Germany) - Jan Hauer, Technical University of Berlin, (Germany) - Anis Koubaa, Al-Imam University/CISTER Research Unit, (KSA/Portugal) - Luca Mottola, Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), (Sweden) - David Simplot-Ryl, INRIA/LIFL, (France) - Hichem Snoussi, University of Technology of Troyes, (France)

LOCATION

The city of Monastir is located in the central eastern part of Tunisia on the Mediterranean coast. Located at 160 km from the capital (Tunis). Monastir is a nice coastal resort, covering an area of 6,614 ha along a 6 km long shore.

PARTICIPATION

Text Box: Application deadline: 15 June 2009Participation is open to all interested applicants from academia and industry. Registration fees are:

 EUR 350 for early registration before 15 July 2009 fo EUR 400 for normal registration after 15 July 2009 and before 15 August (+ total supplement Euro 70 for single room).

 EUR 480 for registration for industry.

 Group registration: 20% reduction for a group of 4 participants or more from the same institute.

The fees cover registration, accommodation in the hotel hosting SensorNets 2009 (4 /5 star hotel), food, coffee breaks, and social event excursions.

ORGANIZATION

General Co-Chairs: Mohamed Abid, David Simplot-Ryl

Program Co-Chairs: Anis Koubâa, Habib M. Ammari