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Special Session at the 5th IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium: SWARM INTELLIGENCE FOR WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS

St. Louis, Missouri, USA, September 21-23, 2008

http://www.computelligence.org/sis/2008/?q=node/5

IMPORTANT DATES *****************

Paper submission: May 15, 2008 Notification: June 15, 2008 Camera-Ready: July 15, 2008 Conference: Sept 22-23, 2008

SCOPE *******

Wireless ad hoc networks are communication networks that consist entirely of wireless nodes, placed together in an ad hoc manner, i.e. with minimal planning. Nodes can enter or leave the network at any time, and may be mobile, so that the network topology continuously experiences alterations during deployment. Examples include:

Wireless ad hoc networks pose substantially different challenges compared to more traditional communication networks: they are highly dynamic, have limited resources (in terms of bandwidth, computation power, battery, etc.), have a highly decentralized organization, rely on often unreliable wireless communication channels, etc. As a consequence, new algorithms and protocols are needed for all aspects of the organization of these networks. Swarm Intelligence methods seem particularly interesting in this context. This is because their ability to solve difficult tasks in a distributed and robust way using locally interacting simple agents fits closely to the typical environment created by an ad hoc network.

In this special session, we solicit novel and interesting contributions in this area, with special reference to applications of Swarm Intelligence in the domain of:

- Mobile ad hoc networks - Sensor networks - Networks of mobile robots

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- Distributed medium access control using Swarm Intelligence

- Swarm Intelligence routing protocols in ad hoc networks

- Swarm Intelligence transport layer protocols in ad hoc networks

- Swarm Intelligence for QoS provisioning

- Self-configuration, self-optimization and self-adaptation through swarm intelligence

- Off-line optimization for ad hoc networks through swarm intelligence

- Comparisons between Swarm Intelligence and other algorithms for ad hoc networks

- Implementation of Swarm Intelligence approaches in testbeds

- Evaluation of Swarm Intelligence approaches in real-world settings

SUBMISSION ************

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers of no more than eight (8) pages including results, figures and references. Authors should submit their papers as PDF through the online submission system, which is available at: http://www.computelligence.org/SIS/2008/Sub/

The paper format is the IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings and can be found at: http://www.computelligence.org/sis/2008/paperform.html

A Microsoft Word version of the paper format can be found at: http://www.computelligence.org/sis/2008/paperform.doc

ORGANIZERS ************

Anna Forster (University of Lugano, Switzerland), anna.egorova.foerster@lu.unisi.ch Frederick Ducatelle (IDSIA-SUPSI, Switzerland), frederick@idsia.ch Gianni Di Caro (IDSIA-SUPSI, Switzerland), gianni@idsia.ch Ganesh Venayagamoorthy, (Missouri U. of Science and Technology, USA), ganeshv@mst.edu

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