ACM SenSys 2006: -Student Travel Grants -Workshop on Distributed Smart Cameras -Workshop on World-Sensor-Web
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ACM SenSys 2006: Student Travel Grants
The 4th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems November 1-3, 2006 Boulder, Colorado, USA http://sensys.acm.org/2006/
Sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM, SIGMOBILE, SIGARCH, SIGOPS, SIGMETRICS and SIGBED; with support from NSF.
The 4th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys) is a highly selective, single-track forum for the presentation of research results on systems issues in the area of embedded, networked sensors. Distributed systems based on networked sensors and actuators with embedded computation capabilities allow for an instrumentation of the physical world at an unprecedented scale and density, thus enabling a new generation of monitoring and control applications. This conference provides an ideal venue to address the research challenges facing the design, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems. Sensor networks require contributions from many fields, from wireless communication and networking, embedded systems and hardware, distributed systems, data management, and applications, so we welcome cross-disciplinary work.
We will assist around 17 US-based graduate students to attend this meeting. The amount of support provided to each student will be $881 on average, or the actual documented amount of expenses, whichever is less. It covers travel, lodging, registration, and meals. All travel support is made possible by a travel grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
Important Dates
Travel applications due: September 1, 2006 Notification of awards: September 8, 2006 Acceptance by recipients: September 15, 2006
Application Procedure
Applications for the travel award should be received electronically by Haiyun Luo (haiyun@cs.uiuc.edu) by Friday, September 1, 2006. Please make sure that you receive an email confirmation of your submission. An application will consist of the student's vita, a letter from the student, and a letter from the student's advisor.
The letter from the student should include:
1. A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date 2. A description of areas reflected in the SenSys 2006 program that would impact the students research 3. Importance of attend the conference to the students research activities
In addition, the student's advisor should send a letter of recommendation to the committee. It should include:
1. Confirmation that the student is a Ph.D. candidate in good standing 2. The suitability SenSys 2006 program to the students research area 3. Ways in which attending the conference would benefit the particular student 4. The strengths and potential contributions of the student.
The awards will be announced by Friday, September 8, 2006. Recipients will be required to accept the award by Friday, September 15, 2006, so that alternates can be notified in the event that a recipient declines.
Award Selection Committee
Nirupama Bulusu, Portland State U. Deepak Ganesan, UMass Haiyun Luo, UIUC Shivakant Mishra, U. of Colorado Sergio Servetto, Cornell
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ACM SenSys 20006
Workshop on Distributed Smart Cameras (DSC-06)
www.iti.tugraz.at/dsc06
Boulder, Colorado, USA October 31, 2006
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Scope: Distributed smart cameras combine two concepts: physically distributed cameras and distributed computing. Distributed smart cameras are examples of high-performance multimedia sensor networks. This area brings together researchers in image processing, sensor networks, and embedded system architecture.
Several groups are now working on distributed smart cameras, but generally pursuing them in different research communities. This meeting would be the first event to bring together all the research groups working on this problem. We solicit papers addressing theoretical and practical aspects of distributed smart cameras. We particularly encourage submissions describing applications, case studies or deployments.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
-Distributed embedded systems for video
-Smart camera architectures
-Collaborative embedded vision
-Networking for distributed smart cameras
-Multi-sensor systems and sensor fusion
-Middleware for distributed smart cameras
-Applications of smart cameras in areas such as surveillance, tracking and smart rooms
Submission Instructions:
We invite authors to submit papers no longer than 5 pages in PDF to dsc06@iti.tugraz.at. Accepted papers will made available to workshop participants. Demo presentations are welcome. If you plan to present a demo of distributed smart cameras contact the workshop co-chairs.
Important Dates:
· Paper submission: July 31, 2006
· Notification of acceptance: Sep 15, 2006
· CR paper submission: Sep. 30, 2006
· Workshop: Oct. 31, 2006
Program co-chairs: B. Rinner, TU Graz W. Wolf, Princeton U.
Program committee: F. Berry, Univ. Clermont-Ferrand S. Bhattacharyya, U. Maryland M. Bove, MIT Media Lab J. Ferryman, Reading Univ. C. Guestrin, CMU R. Kleihorst, Philips Research X. Koutsoukos, Vanderbilt U. C. Regazzoni, Univ. Genova M. Srivastava, UCLA W. Strasser, Univ. Tübingen
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ACM SenSys 20006
First Workshop on World-Sensor-Web (WSW2006)
Mobile Device Centric Sensory Networks and Applications
http://www.sensorplanet.org/wsw2006/
Boulder, Colorado, USA October 31, 200
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SCOPE
The global use of mobile phones on a scale never seen before enables the development of new types of application scenarios. Furthermore, a mobile device centric approach to large-scale sensory networks provides a challenging platform for research purposes. Additionally, connecting sensory networks to the Internet creates endless opportunities for applications and services, new emerging models of operation.
The workshop aims to address these aspects, beside traditional sensory network topics such as power management, communication issues, topology management, distributed architectures, peer-to-peer scenarios, etc. Demonstrations and initial ideas are welcome as well.
Original, short or position papers (max 5 page), presenting results on both theoretical and practical aspects of large-scale mobile device centric sensor networks are expected. We are particularly interested in prototype descriptions, reports from on-going trials and demonstrations, real-life deployments. Live or videod demos are encouraged.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- device centric sensory networks
- communication strategies and topology control
- location and mobility management
- power management, energy-efficient design
- data gathering, transport, storage, retrieval, mining and dissemination
- data analysis and visualisation
- modelling and simulation software tools
- experimental systems and demonstrations
- real-life deployments, middleware implementations
- beyond location sensing
- intelligent sensors, body sensors and their utilisation
- phone as a gateway
- end-user aspects, UI issues, use cases
- sensory networks and the Web
WORKSHOP CO-ORGANIZERS
Henry Tirri, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
Barbara Heikkinen, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
Boda Péter, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Joe Paradiso, MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, USA Deborah Estrin, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Philippe Bonnet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Sam Madden, MIT CSAIL, Cambridge, USA Jukka Salminen, Nokia research Center, Helsinki, Finland
IMPORTANT DATES
Papers due: September 1, 2006 Notification of acceptance September 30, 2006 Camera-ready papers due October 10, 2006 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
WSW2006 invites submissions for position papers or short papers on prototype descriptions, early research results, reports from on-going demonstrations, etc. Demonstrations, live or videod, are mostly encouraged.
All papers should meet the following formatting rules:
1. Papers should be submitted in PDF format.
2. The maximum length is five pages. The paper size
format is US letter, including all text, figures, references, appendices, etc.
3. Two column formatting
4. One-inch margins on all sides
Minimum 10-point font size (smaller fonts are acceptable for footnotes, references, and figure captions).
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