Call for Papers
9. Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networking
Ad-hoc and sensor networks (AHSNET) are self-organizing systems formed by co-operating nodes that create
a temporary network infrastructure. The key advantages of these networks include allowing anywhere, anytime
network connectivity with lack of centralized control, ownership, and regulatory influence; their ability to
operate unattended in harsh environments in which contemporary human-in-the-loop monitoring schemes are risky,
inefficient and sometimes infeasible; and ease of reconfiguration to fit specific application needs. However,
the resource-constrained nature of the employed devices and the self-organization of the network, coupled with an
often unattended deployment of a large population of nodes, pose non-conventional challenges and motivate the need
for special techniques for dependable design and management of AHSNET.
The last few years have witnessed a growing interest in the application of AHSNET in fields such as emergency search-and-rescue operations,
decision making during combat, data acquisition operations in inhospitable terrains, dangerous battlefields, outer space,
or deep oceans, among others. Such interest has fueled a wealth of research ideas that are moving rapidly into
commercialization and standardization. The ICC Symposium on AHSNET opts to bring together researcher and practitioners
from academia and industry and foster a forum for discussing and presenting recent research results. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Topics of Particular Interest
- Architecures and Applications
- Application of ad hoc and sensor networks
- Underwater and underground sensor networks
- Sensor networks for biomedical applications
- RFID networking
- Physical Layer Design and Technology
- Radio for ad-hoc and sensor networks
- Wireless sensor and actor networks
- Wireless, ad hoc, and sensor devices
- Ultra wide band technology for ad hoc and sensor networks
- Protocol Design
- MAC, routing, and transport layer protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks
- Energy saving and power control protocols
- Frequency and channel allocation algorithms
- Planning and Services
- Deployment strategies and coverage analysis of sensor networks
- Service discovery in ad-hoc and sensor networks
- Localization algorithms and ranging technologies
- Sensor based context aware services
- Quality of Service Provisioning and Optimization Techniques
- In-network processing and data storage
- Data aggregation and query processing techniques
- Wireless multimedia sensor networks
- Multimedia processing in sensor networks
- Cross-layer design and optimization
- Synchronization and coordination techniques in ad hoc and sensor networks
- Scheduling and resource management algorithms
- Mobility management and modeling for sensors
- Topology control and management
- Performance Analysis and Design Dependability
- Formal models and validation techniques
- Lightweight and non-intrusive network monitoring algorithms
- Security, privacy, vulnerabilities, attacks and countermeasures
- Survivability, Fault-tolerance and reliability
- Prototypes, Tools and Design Environments
- Integrated simulation and measurement based evaluation
- Experimental prototypes and testbeds
- Energy scavenging technologies
- New simulation languages, methodologies, and tools
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