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Call For Participation: MASS 2004
http://www.ececs.uc.edu/%7Ecdmc/mass/
October 24-27, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation
Organizing Committee
General Chair: D. P. Agarwal Program Co-Chairs: M. Gerla and J. Wu Program Vice Chairs: M. Conti, P. Mohapatra, Y. -C. Tseng, and I. Stojmenovic Tutorial Chair: S. Olariu
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Program Highlights
Three keynotes
Prof. Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech, "Wireless Actorand Sensor Networks: Research Challenges"
Dr. Sri Kumar, DARPA, "Integrated Wireless Micro-Sensor Networks: Challenges and Applications"
Dr. Charles E. Perkins, Nokia, "Convergence between Ad Hoc Network Protocols"
NSF NeTS program
Prof. Joseph B. Evans, NSF
One panel, one best paper session, eight technical sessions, four half-day tuturials, and one poster session
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The Program is now online
Sunday, October 24: Four half-day tutorials -------------------------------------------
Monday, October 25: MASS Technical Sessions ------------------------------------------- 8:30-9:00 Welcome and Best Paper Award 9:00-10:00 Session 1: Keynote: Prof. Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech, "Wireless Actorand Sensor Networks: Research Challenges"
10:00-10:30 Break 10:30- 12:30 Session 2A: Backbone
Selective Backbone Construction for Topology Control H. Liu, R. Gupta
Efficient Computation of Maximal Independent Sets in Unstructured Multi-Hop Radio Networks F. Kuhn, T. Moscibroda, R. Wattenhofer
A Reliable Virtual Backbone Scheme in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks M. Min, D. Du
A Performance Comparison of Protocols for Clustering and Backbone Formation in Large Scale Ad Hoc Networks S. Basagni, M. Mastrogiovanni, C. Petrioli
Session 2B: MAC
TCP Friendly Medium Access Control for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks: Alleviating Self Contention D. Berger, Z. Ye, P. Sinha, S. Krishnamurthy, M. Faloutsos, S. Tripathi
Link Layer Measurements in Sensor Networks N. Reijers, G. Halkes, K. Langendoen
Adaptation of Multiple Access Parameters in Time Hopping UWB Cluster Based Wireless Sensor Networks I. Guvenc, H. Arslan, S. Gezici
Packet Fragmentation in Wi-Fi Ad Hoc Networks with Correlated Channel Failures A. Lyakhov
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00- 16:00 Session 3A: Multicast/Topology
Localized Topology Control for Heterogeneous Wireless Ad-hoc Networks X.-Y. Li, W.-Z. Song, Y. Wang
On the Construction of Virtual Multicast Backbone for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Y. Wu, Y. Xu, G. Chen, K. Wang
Efficient and Robust Multicast Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks R. Vaishampayan, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves
Shortest Multipath Routing using Labeled Distances C. Balasubramanian, J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves
Session 3B: Overlay/Pervasive Networks
SOLONet: Sub-Optimal Location-Aided Overlay Network for MANETs A. Patil, Y. Liu, L. Xiao, A. -H. Esfahanian, L. Ni
Stable Group Model in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming System G. -T. Xue, M. -L. Li, Q. -N. Deng
pREST: A REST-based Protocol for Pervasive Systems W. Drytiewicz, I. Radusch, S. Arbanowski, R. Popescu-Zeletin
An RFID Based Framework for Object Distribution, Tracking and Recalls in Pervasive Transaction Environments P. De, K. Basu, S. Das
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 Session 4: Panel
18:00-18:30 Break
18:30-20:30 Reception / Poster Session ================================================================================
Tuesday, October 26: MASS Technical Sessions -------------------------------------------- 8:30-9:30 Session 5: Keynote: Dr. Sri Kumar, DARPA, "Integrated Wireless Micro-Sensor Networks: Challenges and Applications"
9:30-10:00 Break
10:00- 12:00 Session 6: Best Paper Candidates (one of them will be selected)
Offered Load Control in IEEE 802.11 Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks P. C. Ng, S. C. Liew
Performance Comparison of Cache Invalidation Strategies for Internet-based Mobile Ad Hoc Networks S. Lim, W.-C. Lee, G. Cao, C. Das
IEEE 802.11 Fragmentation-Aware Energy-Efficient Ad-Hoc Routing Protocols T. Nadeemr , A. Agrawala
Model-based Resource Prediction for Multi-hop Wireless Networks Y. Sun, X. Gao, E. Belding-Royer, J. Kempf
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30- 15:30 Session 7A: Routing
Hop count optimal position based packet routing algorithms for ad hoc wireless networks with a realistic physical layer J. Kuruvila, A. Nayak, I. Stojmenovic
A mix route algorithm for mix-net in wireless ad hoc networks S. Jiang, N. Vaidya, W. Zhao
Geograms versus Geocircuits: Virtual Circuit Routing Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks (GCRP) S. Fotopoulou-Prigipa, B. McDonald
A New Framework for Loop-Free On-Demand Routing Using Destination Sequence Numbers J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, H. Rangarajan
Session 7B: Security/Reliability
Locality Driven Key Management Architecture for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks G. Xu, L. Iftode
Benchmarking Block Ciphers for Wireless Sensor Networks Y. W. Law*, J. Doumen, P. Hartel
Reliable Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Based on Mobility Prediction J. Tang, G. Xue, W. Zhang
Play Alone or Together - Truthful and Efficient Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks With Selfish Nodes J. Cai, U. Pooch
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00- 18:00 Session 8A: Localization
Localization of Wireless Sensor Networks with a Mobile Beacon M. Sichitiu, V. Ramadurai
Performance Tradeoffs of Localization Methods in Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks Y. Shang, H. Shi, A. Ahmed
A Swarm-based Fuzzy Logic Control Mobile Sensor Network for Hazardous Contaminants Localization X. Cui,T. Hardin, R. Ragade, A. Elmaghraby
Enhancing Location Service Scalability with HIGH-GRADE Y. Yu, G.-H. Lu, Z.-L. Zhang
Session 8B: MAC/Timing Issues
Joint Synchronization, Routing and Energy Saving in CSMA/CA Multi-Hop Hybrid Networks D. Jurca, J.-P. Hubaux
Analysis and Implementation of Scalable Clock Synchronization Protocols in IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc Networks D. Zhou
Scheduled Persistence for Medium Access Control in Sensor Networks C. Colbourn, V. Syrotiuk
Time Indexing in Sensor Networks R, Zheng, G. He, I. Gupta, J. Hou, L. Sha
18:00-19:00 Break
19:00-21:00 Banquet / NSF NeTS Program: Prof. Joseph B. Evans ================================================================================
Wednesday, October 27: MASS Technical Sessions ---------------------------------------------- 8:30-9:30 Session 9: Keynote: Dr. Charles E. Perkins, Nokia, "Convergence between Ad Hoc Network Protocols"
9:30-10:00 Break
10:00- 12:00 Session 10A: QoS
Quality of Service Analysis and Control for Wireless Sensor Networks J. Kay, J. Frolik
Improving Interactive Video in Ad-Hoc Networks Using Path Diversity Ahmed Abd El Al
Throughput Guarantees for Multi-priority Traffic in Ad Hoc Networks Y. Yang, R. Kravets
Use of Congestion-Aware Routing to Spatially Separate TCP Connections in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Z. Ye, S. Krishnamurthy, S. Tripathi
Session 10B: Sensor Networks
A Study of the Coverage of Large-scale Sensor Networks B. Liu, D. Towsley
Semantic Internetworking of Sensor Systems K. Wang, S. A. Ayyash, T. Little
Proxy-Based Sensor Deployment for Mobile Sensor Networks G. Wang, G. Cao, T. La Porta
Trade-off Between Coverage and Data Reporting Latency for Energy-Conserving Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks W. Choi, S. Das
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30- 15:30 Session 11A: Aggregation/Dissemination
Localized probabilistic and dominating set based algorithm for efficient information dissemination in ad hoc M. Hauspie, A. Panier, D. Simplot-Ryl
Dynamic Proxy Tree-Based Data Dissemination Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks W. Zhang, G. Cao, T. La Porta
Query Aggregation for Providing Efficient Data Services in Sensor Networks W. Yu, L. Thang, D. Xuan, W. Zhao
Update-Linearizability: A Consistency Concept for the Chronological Ordering of Events in MANETs J. Haehner, K. Rothermel, C. Becker
Session 11B: Coding/Compression
RACE: Time Series Compression with Rate Adaptivity and Error Bound for Sensor Networks H. Chen, J. Li, P. Mohapatra
Power Aware Coding for Spatio-Temporally Correlated Wireless Sensor Data C. Tang, C. Raghavendra, V. Prasanna
A Path Compression Technique for On-demand Ad-hoc Routing Protocols V. Giruka, M. Singhal, S. P. Yarravarapu
Optimizing a Class of In-network Processing Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks B. Hong, V. Prasanna