-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: DroNet 2016 (affiliated with ACM MobiSys): 2nd Call for Papers Datum: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:30:54 +0800 Von: SW˽“Kuan-Ta” Chen swc@IIS.SINICA.EDU.TW Antwort an: Mailing List der GI FG 3.3.1 "Kommunikation und Verteilte Systeme" KUVS-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE An: KUVS-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE

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******************************************************************** * * 2nd Call for Papers * * DroNet 2016 * * The 2nd Workshop on * Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications * for Civilian Use * * (organized in conjunction with ACM MobiSys 2016) * * Singapore * June 26, 2016 * * Submissions due: March 7, 2016 * ********************************************************************

OVERVIEW ========

Micro and nano aerial vehicles (MAVs and NAVs), often referred to as drones, are unmanned aerial vehicles of various forms, such as small quadrocopters, airplanes, balloons, or tiny flapping wing vehicles. They are novel mobile unmanned systems currently investigated in various mission-oriented civilian applications. Recent popular applications employing MAVs are 3D-mapping, search and rescue, surveillance, farmland and construction monitoring, delivery of light-weight objects and products (e.g., Amazon's announced drone delivery system), or video taking during sports events. Such drones are autonomous systems with a good awareness of their environment, provided by rich on board sensors, such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, lasers, GPS units and cameras, and embedded image processing. Nevertheless, all useful applications require a reliable communication link, or even rely on fleets of MAVs.

DroNet welcomes contributions dealing with communication aspects of micro aerial vehicles, theoretical studies, algorithm and protocol design for flexible aerial networks, as well as mission-oriented contributions dealing with requirements, constraints, safety issues, and regulation. We are particularly looking for papers reporting on system aspects and experimental results, summaries of challenges or advancements, measurements, or innovative applications. The program seeks original work of potentially interdisciplinary teams to present robotic work or applications focusing on the communication challenges or requirements to the audience.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Drone ad-hoc networks - Aerial communication protocol design - Theoretical analysis and models for drone networks - Spectrum and regulatory issues - Communication for drone coordination - Delay-tolerant networks and ferrying approaches - Integration of MAVs in mobile, pervasive systems - Positioning and localization - Autonomous flight - Vision and object tracking - Cooperative surveillance, smart cameras and sensors - Experimental results of aerial communication testbeds - Micro flying systems - MAC and routing protocols for MAV fleets - Solutions for sparse and dense fleets of MAVs - Mission and context-aware solutions - Mobility-aware and 3D communications - Energy-efficient operation and energy harvesting of MAVs - MAV-based sensor networks - Swarm movement, coordination, and behavior - Artificial intelligence techniques for drones - Human drone interaction - Acceptance, security, reliability, and privacy aspects - UAV applications, e.g., in smart city, automated map generation, entertainment, emergency, precise agriculture, social good, etc.

DroNet invites submission of original work not previously published or under review at another conference or journal. The workshop will accept full paper, poster, and demo submissions. Full papers must be no longer than 6 pages, poster and demonstration papers are limited to 2 pages. DroNet follows a single-blind review process. Submissions must be submitted in PDF format and follow the formatting guidelines provided at http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2016. The proceedings will contain full papers as well as poster and demo submissions and will be published by ACM. All accepted full papers will be considered for the Best Paper Award.

WEB SITE ==================

http://www.sigmobile.org/mobisys/2016/workshops/DroNet/

WORKSHOP CHAIRS ===============

- Kuan-Ta Chen (Academia Sinica) - Karin Anna Hummel (JKU Linz) - Claudio E. Palazzi (University of Padua)

PUBLICATION CHAIR ================= - Armir Bujari (University of Padua)

STEERING COMMITTEE ==================

- Kuan-Ta Chen (Academia Sinica) - Mario Gerla (UCLA) - Karin Anna Hummel (JKU Linz) - Claudio E. Palazzi (University of Padua) - Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven) - James J.P. Sterbenz (University of Kansas)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE =================

- Maha Abdallah (Pierre and Marie Curie University) - Christian Bettstetter (Univ. of Klagenfurt and Lakeside Labs) - Luciano Bononi (University of Bologna) - Carlos Tavares Calafate (Polytechnical University of Valencia) - Juan Carlos Cano Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) - Guido de Croon (TU Delft) - Serge Chaumette (University of Bordeaux) - Ling-Jyh Chen (Academia Sinica) - Domenico Giustiniano (IMDEA Networks Institute) - Helmut Hlavacs (University of Vienna) - Cheng Hsin Hsu (National Tsing Hua University) - Chun Ying Huang (National Chiao Tung University) - Pietro Manzoni (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) - Luca Mottola (Politecnico di Milano and SICS) - Mirco Musolesi (University College London) - Kamesh Namuduri (University of North Texas) - Enrico Natalizio (University of Technology of Compiegne) - Elena Pagani (University of Milan) - Gerard Parr (University of Ulster) - Michele Rossi (Universita degli Studi di Padova) - Lars Wolf (TU Braunschweig) - Evsen Yanmaz (University of Klagenfurt)

IMPORTANT DATES ===============

- Submission deadline (paper, demo, poster): March 7, 2016 - Notification date: April 15, 2016 - Camera-ready due: May 6, 2016 - Workshop date: June 26, 2016