*The 3rd International Workshop on Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks (DCSN 2010** *

*CALL FOR PAPERS *

*As part of*

*The 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2010) *

*http://cisedu.us/cis/cts/10/main/callForPapers.jsp *

*May 17 -- 21, 2010*

*The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center***

*Chicago**, Illinois, USA***

*Submission Deadline: _January 7, 2010_*

*_SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES_*

The 3^rd International Workshop on Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks aims at providing opportunities to present the most recent advances and future challenges in the field of distributed, wireless and mobile communications in sensors networks as they relate to collaboration.

Wireless Sensors Networks are a significant current technology, attracting considerable research interest from various disciplines. Indeed, wireless sensor technology is employed in emerging areas with high potential for scientific research, and is used for biomedical, environmental or industrial applications. These applications generally require intelligent dense environment monitoring which generates important data volumes. Data collection and analysis need to deal with cooperation and coordination topics in order to prolong network lifetime and to provide useful, synthesized information for automation, decision making and support. Topology control, by means of clusters or groups, is another applied technique to overcome these challenging problems.

The 3^rd International Workshop on Distributed Collaborative Sensors Networks will focus on the research of developing collaboration infrastructures and solutions in the context of wireless sensors networks, aiming to bring together researchers and practitioners in these fields. In addition, the workshop will highlight recent innovative research results which will strengthen the formal foundation of this emerging area. This workshop is to be held as part of the 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS10).

*Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to):*

· Data and Resource Sharing in Sensors Networks

· Collaborative Data Management on Large Scale

· Distributed Sensors Architectures

· Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

· Interfacing with Wireless/Mobile Systems

· Routing and Data Transport in Wireless Sensor Networks

· Group Collaboration in Sensor Networks

· Visualization Techniques and Visual Languages for Collaborative Sensor Networks

· Multi-sensor Data Fusion

· Methods for Ad Hoc Deployment

· Algorithms for Sensor Localization and Tracking of Mobile Users

· Energy Issues and In-Situ Calibration Methods

· Performance Evaluation of Distributed Sensor Networks

· Trust and Security Issues in Distributed Collaborative Sensor Systems

· Intelligent Sensor Technologies and Applications

· Applications Enabled by Collaborative Sensor Network Architectures

*_SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS_*

We invite researchers in academia, industry and research institutions to submit papers reporting original and unpublished research work on the above or any other related topics. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliations, addresses, fax and phone numbers, and email addresses. Also include an abstract of no more than 400 words along with a short list of keywords. Please clearly indicate the corresponding author.

Please submit an electronic copy of your full draft manuscript (not exceeding 10 pages in IEEE format, single-spaced, double-column, including figures, tables and references). Electronic submissions will be accepted only in PDF format, sent by email to the organizers. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the Symposium's web site later. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. All accepted papers are required to be presented and will be included in the conference proceedings.

All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed by at least three of the technical program committee members and the reviewers they invite. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Initial selection will be based on full papers.

The accepted papers will be published in the CTS 2010 proceedings which is expected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library. Selected papers, after peer reviewed, will be published at a special issue of the International Journal on Information and Communication Technologies (www.ieee.ma/IJICT http://www.ieee.ma/IJICT).

*_IMPORTANT DATES_*

*Paper Submission Deadline January 7, 2010*

*Notification of Acceptance February 3, 2010*

*Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due March 1, 2010*

*_WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS_*

DCSN 2010 is organized by:

*Herve Guyennet*

LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France

Email: herve /dot/ guyennet /at/ lifc /dot/ univ-fcomte /dot/ fr

*Violeta Felea*

LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France

Email: violeta /dot/ felea /at/ lifc /dot/ univ-fcomte /dot/ fr

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*Julien Bernard*

LIFC, 16 Route de Gray, 25030 Besançon, France

Email: julien /dot/ bernard /at/ lifc /dot/ univ-fcomte /dot/ fr

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*_Technical Program Committee_* (Partial)*__*

The technical program committee of DCSN 2010 will be co-chaired by the workshop organizers.

· Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

· Huah Yong Chan, University Sains, Malaysia

· Patrice Clemente, ENSI Bourges, France

· Mohamed Essaaidi, University of Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco

· Dan Grigoras, University College Cork, Ireland

· Jean-Christophe Lapayre, LIFC, Besançon, France

· Vincent Lecuire, CRAN Nancy, France

· Gianluca Moro, University of Bologna, Italy

· Vladimir Oleshchuk, Agder University College, Norway

· Congduc Pham, Pau University, France

· Thierry Villemur, LAAS, Toulouse, France

If you have questions regarding workshop paper submission or the workshop content, please contact the workshop organizers.

For information or questions about Symposium's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral consortium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Symposium's web site at URL: http://cisedu.us/cis/cts/10/main/callForPapers.jsp or contact one of the Symposium's Co-Chairs: *Bill McQuay* at William.McQuay@us.af.mil mailto:William.McQuay@us.af.mil and *Waleed W. Smari* at Smari@arys.org mailto:Smari@arys.org.