EWSN2005-CFP: 2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks

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*                             EWSN 2005                             *
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*      2nd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN)     *
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*                          Istanbul, Turkey                         *
*                   January 31 - February 2, 2005                   *
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*                        http://www.ewsn.org                        *
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*                          Call For Papers                          *
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Scope of EWSN 2005:
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Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are fast emerging as a new sensing
paradigm based on the collaborative effort of large number of sensors
deployed close to or inside the phenomenon to be observed, and have
the potential of providing diverse services to numerous applications.
The realization of WSNs require intensive technical research efforts
especially on energy efficient scalable wireless ad hoc communication
protocols due to their unusual application requirements and unique
constraints. Additionally, WSNs are further evolving from simple data
transportation networks to functionally rich distributed systems such
that the tasks of event sensing and acting upon the phenomenon can be
collectively realized in an autonomous manner by sensor and actuator
nodes.

The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from
different backgrounds ranging from hardware to applications, to
create a forum where cross-layer integration, novel solutions for
specific problems, and the future development of WSN functionalities
can be discussed.

We encourage contributions describing innovative work on WSN. Areas
of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Hardware for WSN: transceiver concepts, wakeup radio, antenna
   design, system integration, process and cost of manufacturing,
   battery technology, energy scavenging

* Communication protocols: MAC and link layer problems, routing and
   transport protocols tailored for WSN, redundancy, data aggregation,
   and mobility support; gateways to fixed Internet; providing
   functionalities like localization and synchronization

* Source coding techniques appropriate for WSN to support data fusion

* Middleware for WSN: Configuration and installation support, lookup
   of available functionalities, group communication, distributed
   algorithms in WSN, harmonizing node-centric and data-centric
   addressing, integrating WSN in middleware architectures like .NET

* Security: primitives for appropriate cryptographic protocols,
   secure system engineering

* Applications of WSN: novel applications and their requirements such
   as medicine, environment control, etc.; experiences with real-world
   applications

* What part will WSNs play in realizing the visions of ubiquitous
   computing & communication and Ambient Intelligence.

* Prototypes, field studies, and testbeds: novel sensor node
   prototypes, measurements within sensor network testbeds

* Modeling of WSN: models for WSN load/applications, mobility or
   channel models

For further information, please contact the co-chairs via:
info at ewsn2005.org

Important Dates:
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Submission deadline:                   September 3, 2004
Notification of acceptance:             December 6, 2004
Camera-ready version:                  December 24, 2004
EWSN 2005 Conference:      January 31 - February 2, 2005

Submission Details:
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The workshop will only accept for review original papers that have
not been previously published and are not currently under review by
another conference or journal.

All submissions will be handled electronically via EDAS:
http://edas.info

Manuscripts must be formatted according to the IEEE single-space
double-column standard conference format, except the font size, which
must be 11 pt. The maximum length of the manuscript is 12 pages,
including text, figures and references. All submissions must be in
PDF or PostScript format. Use of LATEX for typesetting is strongly
recommended.


General Chair:
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Erdal Cayirci, Istanbul Technical University, TURKEY

TPC Co-Chairs:
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Sebnem Baydere, Yeditepe University, TURKEY
Paul Havinga, University of Twente, NETHERLAND

Tutorial Co-Chairs:
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Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, USA
Giacomo Morabito, University of Catania, ITALY

Publicity Co-Chairs:
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Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY
Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA





-- 
Ozgur B. Akan
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Email:akan at eee.metu.edu.tr