-------------------- Call for Papers -------------------- Special Session: Data Dissemination and Communication Protocols in Sensor Networks

The Third IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'07), the University of Ulm, Germany, September 24-25, 2007.

Special Session 1 - http://www.uni-ulm.de/ie07/specialsession1.html

Main Website - http://www.uni-ulm.de/ie07/

------------- Description -------------

Sensor networks are used in various pervasive and ubiquitous applications. These networks usually consist of a large number of sensors that are deployed at remote and inaccessible places. As most of the sensors are wireless, energy-efficient data dissemination and communication protocols are needed; otherwise, batteries will rapidly drain and network connectivity and coverage will become unacceptable. On one hand, we want the sensor nodes to be active and monitor the environment. On the other hand, we want the sensor nodes to conserve their energy by sleeping significant amount of time. Further, depending on the application, robustness and responsiveness can be very critical.

The objective of this special session is to provide an opportunity for academic researchers and industry practitioners to present and discuss experiences, emerging applications, and research results for data dissemination and communication protocols in sensor networks.

--------- Topics --------- Topics include but not are limited to the following: - Energy-efficient data dissemination - Databases and query optimization - Routing protocols - Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols - Connectivity and coverage - Topology and Sleep Scheduling - Robustness - Security, privacy, and trust - Smart homes - Software design and architectures - Intelligent agent architectures - Machine learning and distributed data mining - Pervasive and ubiquitous systems and services - Industrial experience and emerging applications - Instructions for Manuscripts

------------ Submission ------------ Authors are requested to submit a PDF file for their manuscript following the submission guideline available at http://www.uni-ulm.de/ie07/. All manuscripts should be submitted through the conference submission system and choosing the area of the special session. The papers should also be emailed to the special session organizer for reference.

03-15-2007 - Paper Submission Deadline 05-15-2007 - Notification of acceptance/rejection 06-15-2007 - Camera ready papers due 07-15-2007 - Deadline for early bird registration

--------- Contact --------- For more information please contact:

Peter Graham,University of Manitoba, Canada, pgraham@cs.umanitoba.ca.

Sajid Hussain, Acadia University, Canada, sajid.hussain@acadiau.ca.

Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan yu@ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp. --------------------------- Dr. Zhiwen YU Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Mobile: (+81)090-9891-1552 Email: yu@ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp http://www.ulan.jp/%7Ezhiwen/ ---------------------------