-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tccc] CFP - IEEE ICC 2012 Workshop on Wireless Sensor Actor and Actuator Networks (WiSAAN) Datum: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:49:18 +0000 Von: nauman aslam nauman.aslam@gmail.com An: tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu, computational.science@lists.iccsa.org, irma-list@irma-international.org

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IEEE ICC Workshop on Wireless Sensor Actor and Actuator Networks (WiSAAN)

June 10 -15, 2012, Ottawa, ON, Canada http://sites.google.com/site/wisaan12/

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--------------- Call for Papers ---------------

In recent years wireless sensor networks have witnessed a paradigm shift from traditional

homogeneous to heterogeneous deployments containing a mix of resource constrained sensor nodes

and powerful nodes known as actors. The capabilities of actor nodes include enhanced

processing ability, powerful wireless transmission, large battery and mobility. Actor nodes

can leverage their capabilities to facilitate better coverage, connectivity and energy

efficient operation. Such capabilities offer unprecedented opportunities to serve a diverse

range of applications. For instance, actors with mobility can be used to mend a partitioned

network, set up new routes, facilitate energy efficient data collection and improve sensor

coverage. Similarly, the some sensor nodes may also be equipped with actuation capability

called actuators that perform actions to change the behaviour of environment or the physical

system. Embedding actuation in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) opens a realm of opportunities

for Wireless Sensor Actuator Network (WSAN) industrial applications requiring monitoring and

control. While significant research progress have been made in networking and communication

aspects of WSNs, new design paradigms are required for wireless sensor actor and actuator

networks (WiSAANs). In particular new ideas are required to address the challenges resulting

from introducing actors and actuators in the network. This workshop aims to bring the state-

of-art research contributions in theory, design and implementation of communication protocols

for WiSAANs. Another key objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from academia and

industry to present their work and share their views. We expect the workshop to act as a

leading forum for the WSN research community to discuss their ideas on addressing the most

current challenges, potential solutions and future developments of WiSAANs. We encourage

contributions describing original work in the realm of data collection, architecture,

algorithms, communication protocols and implementations of WSANs. Topics of interest include

but not limited to:

- Architectural models for WiSAANs

- Algorithms and communication protocols for WiSAANs

- Service model for WiSAANs

- Sensor-actor and sensor-actuator co-ordination

- QoS models for WiSAANs

- Energy efficient protocols for WiSAANs

- Integration of real-time protocols with WiSAAN

- Time modeling and synchronization in WiSAANs

- WiSAAN current and future applications and implementations

- Data processing and management in WiSAANs

- Medium access protocols for WiSAANs

- Routing Protocols for WiSAANs

- Data gathering and data fusion models for improving real-time performance in WiSAANs

---------------- Important Dates: ----------------

Submission deadline: 30 November, 2011

Authors Notification: 30 January 2011

Final Manuscript: 15 February 2012

Workshop Date: TBA later between June 10 - 15 2012

-------------- General Chairs --------------

Prof. Ivan Stojmenović, SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada Prof. Zabih Ghassemlooy, CEIS, Northumbria University, UK

------------------- Workshop Organizers -------------------

Dr. Ramiro Liscano, UoIT, Canada, Dr. Nauman Aslam, Northumbria University, UK

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