-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Mycolleagues] CALL FOR PAPERS: The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2009) Datum: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:18:22 -0400 Von: Habib Ammari Habib.M.Ammari@hofstra.edu An: mycolleagues@grid.lrg.ufsc.br

CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifth International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2009) 14~16 Dec. 2009, WuYi Mountain, China

http://www.comp.polyu.edu.hk/conference/msn09/

Following the previous successful events, MSN 2009 will be held in WuYi Mountain, China. Honored as "World Cultural and Natural Heritage", WuYi Mountain is one of the most beautiful places in Southeast of China with beautiful Scenes and a galaxy of culture.

This conference provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange research results and share development experiences. All papers accepted for MSN 2009 conference will appear in the Proceedings of MSN 2009, which is to be published by the IEEE Press.

Selected papers of particular merit will be recommended for consideration of fast track publication in special issues Journal of Pervasive and Mobile Computing (Elsevier) (pending), Computer Communications (pending), and Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (pending).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks : - Multi-hop Wireless Networks and Wireless Mesh Networks - Sensor and Actuator Networks - Wireless Personal Area Networks - Vehicle Area Networks - Underwater sensor networks - Delay tolerant networks - Mesh networking - System Modeling and Performance Analysis - Data and Information Management - Self-organization, localization, and Synchronization - Routing and Network Protocols - Failure Resilience and Fault Isolation - Energy Efficiency - Network Planning, Provisioning, and Deployment - Cooperative sensing - Security and Privacy - Cross layer design - Novel applications

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Co-Chairs Samir Das, SUNY-Stony Brook, USA Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK.

Technical Program Co-Chairs Susan Cheng, George Washington University, USA Li Xu, SIAT, Fuzhou Normal University, China

Technical Program Vice Co-Chairs Ivan Andonovic, University of Strathclyde, UK Sajal Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Jin Nakazawa, Keio University, Japan

Publicity Chair Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, USA

Local Organization Co-Chairs Gongde Guo, Fujian Normal University, China Jianglian Gao, Fujian Normal University, China

Steering Committee Co-Chairs Xiaohua Jia,City University of Hong Kong, HK. Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers presenting original and unpublished work are invited and will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Submitted papers should be in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS. They should not exceed eight single-spaced, double-column pages in IEEE style format. Detailed formatting and submission guidelines will be available for the accepted papers on the conference website.

Submissions imply the willingness of at least one author to register, attend the conference, and present the paper. There will be best paper awards to recognize distinguished research.

IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: 15 June 2009 Acceptance notification: 31 August 2009 Camera-ready due: 1 October 2009 Conference: 14-16 December 2009

Sponsored IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing Organized by Fujian Normal University. Supported by Hong Kong Polytechnic University, City University of Hong Kong. _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues@grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues