-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [InternetTC] Call for Papers: The Second ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2013) - Co-located with ACM MobiCom'13 Datum: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:25:48 -0400 Von: Habib Ammari hammari@UMICH.EDU An: itc@COMSOC.ORG

*The Second ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-*

*Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2013)*

*In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2013 Miami, Florida, September 30 - October 4, 2013*

*http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ACMMiSeNet_Workshop2013.htm...

* *Call for Papers

*Scope and Aim of ACM MiSeNet 2013*

Mission-oriented sensor networks are next-generation time-varying systems composed of both humans and mobile sensors (e.g., vehicle-mounted, human-operated, or integrated with mobile robots or UAVs) that collaborate and coordinate to successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under uncertainty. A major challenge in the design of mission-oriented sensor networks arises in supporting dynamic topology and disruption-tolerant architecture, caused by mobility, which has significant impact on performance in terms of sensing coverage, network connectivity, and information quality. In such dynamic environments, sensors should self-organize and reason in a distributed manner about resource allocation, scheduling, forwarding, caching, and in-network storage to accomplish specific missions, while extending the operational network lifetime. Another major challenge lies in accommodating human input. Humans are the ultimate sensors. They are well-equipped to monitor and report situations that would be very difficult for machine sensors to understand. They also come with their own challenges including imperfect reliability, bias, and lack of predictability. The design of mission-oriented sensor networks, where humans and sensors collaborate, should account for trade-offs between several attributes such energy consumption, reliability, fault-tolerance, data collection latency, and quality of information (such as video resolution, picture quality, type of content, degree of redundancy, and level of summarization), and their impact on mission objectives. It should accommodate human-centric sensing modalities such as free-form text, pictures, sound, and video, and should include mechanisms to handle unpredictability, uncertainty, human error, and noise. Finally, it should account for ways to specify mission goals and requirements.

ACM MiSeNet 2013 aims to provide a forum for participants from academia and industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented sensor network research and practice. ACM MiSeNet 2013 serves as incubator for scientific communities that share a particular research agenda in this area. It will provide opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges as well as exchange ideas related to architecture, protocols, algorithms, and application design, at a stage before they have matured to warrant conference/journal publications.

ACM MiSeNet 2013 seeks papers that present novel theoretical and practical ideas as well as work in-progress, which will lead to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and secure mission-oriented networked sensing applications.

The topics of interest to ACM MiSeNet 2013 workshop include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented networked sensing

- Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented sensor networks

- System design, implementation, and evaluation

- Medium access control and scheduling

- Human factors, data cleaning, and noise

- Human-centric sensing modalities and quality of information

- Cross-layer design

- Software architectures for mission-oriented sensing

- Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency

- Coverage and connectivity issues

- Collaboration of humans and sensors

- Deployment and localization

- Uncertainty, opportunistic communication, and data fusion

- Topology control and fault-tolerance

- Routing and data dissemination

- In-network data storage and processing

- Sensor database management and spatio-temporal data

- Target detection and tracking

- Privacy and security

- Testbed design and real-world applications

- Mission goal and requirement specifications

*General Chair* - Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA)

*Program Chair*

*- *Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

*Steering Committee*

- Tarek F. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA)

- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

- Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)

- Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA)

- Sajal K. Das (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

- Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA)

- David B. Johnson (Rice University, USA)

- Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA)

- Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA)

- Jie Wu (Temple University, USA)

- Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, USA)

- Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)

*Publicity Co-Chairs*

- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

*Web Chair*

- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

*Submission Guidelines*

ACM MiSeNet 2013 Workshop will consider only original *papers* that are not currently under review by other workshops, conferences, or journals, and have not been published. All papers submitted to ACM MiSeNet 2013 will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their suitability (/i.e./, within the workshop scope), novelty, and merit. Submitted papers are limited to 6 pages.

ACM MiSeNet 2013 will also consider technical *demos and posters* that present original and significant research within the workshop scope. Submitted demos/posters are limited to 2 pages. In the case of a demo, the authors should clearly specify, in an email to both of the General Chair and Program Chair, the additional resources that are needed. Power and wireless Internet connectivity will be available at the workshop.

All submissions should be formatted in standard ACM conference style for publication in the conference Proceedings. They must be single-spaced, double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns, use at least a 10pt font, and be correctly formatted to be printed on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. It is required that at least one author of each accepted paper/demo/poster register and attend the ACM MiSeNet 2013 workshop to present their work to ensure its publication in the ACM MobiCom 2013 conference Proceedings.

We strongly encourage people from both of the industry and academia to submit their fine work to ACM MiSeNet 2013.

To submit your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2013, please visit the following paper/demo/poster submission website:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmmisenet2013

Thank you for submitting your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2013!

*Important Dates*

- Paper Submission Deadline: May 26, 2013

- Paper Notification Deadline: June 21, 2013

- Demo/Poster Submission Deadline: June 22, 2013

- Demo/Poster Notification Deadline: June 25, 2013

- Camera-ready: June 28, 2013

- Workshop Date: October 4, 2013

*For More Information*

Please send email to mobicom_info@acm.org mailto:mobicom_info@acm.org with any questions or comments about the ACM MobiCom'13 conference or for more information. For questions about the ACM MiSeNet'13 Workshop regarding the paper submission and review process, please contact the General Chair at tlp@cse.psu.edu mailto:tlp@cse.psu.edu and the Program Chair at hammari@umich.edu mailto:hammari@umd.umich.edu.

Best Regards, Habib M. Ammari

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Habib M. Ammari, Associate Professor Office: 129 CIS Building Founding Director, WiSeMAN Research Lab WiSeMAN: 132 CIS Building Department of Computer and Information Science Phone: (313) 593-5239 tel:%28313%29%20593-5239 College of Engineering and Computer Science Fax: (313) 593-4256 tel:%28313%29%20593-4256 University of Michigan-Dearborn Email: hammari@umd.umich.edu mailto:hammari@umd.umich.edu Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Home page: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------