to be held on Monday, October 8, 2007 in conjunction with
The 4th IEEE International Conference on
Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2007)
Pisa, Italy,
Monday, October 8th, 2007
This workshop covers comprehensively the algorithmic issues in the hot area of ad hoc and sensor networking. In particular, sensor networks are currently recognized as one of the priority research areas (for example, a multi-disciplinary program on sensors and sensor networks was launched in 2003 at the US National Science Foundation) and research activities are booming recently.
This workshop concentrates on network layer problems like data communication (routing, QoS-routing, geocasting, multicasting, broadcasting, etc.) and topology control (neighbor discovery, power adjustment, neighbor elimination, etc.). The main paradigm shift is to apply localized (or greedy) schemes as opposed to existing protocols requiring global information. Localized algorithms are distributed algorithms where simple local node behavior achieves a desired global objective. Localized protocols provide scalable solutions, that is, solutions for wireless networks with an arbitrary number of nodes, which is the main goal of this plan. Sensor and rooftop/mesh networks, for instance, have hundreds or thousands of nodes.
The objective of the workshop is to present state of the art research results on data communication and topology control in rapidly growing area of ad hoc and sensor networks, with emphasizes on localized techniques
We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc networking. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Medium access control for ad hoc networks
Analytical, mobility and validation models for ad hoc networks
Hybrid networks and wireless Internet
Security in ad hoc networks
Data management, query processing, and data delivery in sensor networks
Unicast routing, multicasting, and broadcasting in ad hoc networks
Geocasting and anycasting in ad hoc networks
Energy-efficient and bandwidth-efficient protocols for ad hoc networks
Quality of service in medium access control and routing
Topology construction and maintenance in ad hoc networks
Neighborhood discovery and mobility management in ad hoc networks
Localized protocols for duty-cycled sensor networks
Auto-configuration and network formation protocols and algorithms
Relative positioning algorithms
Lower bounds on information exchange required for localized solutions
Network graph properties supporting localized protocols
Worst and average case analysis on the deviation from optimal solutions
Papers must not exceed 10 single-spaced and two-column pages using at least 10 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inches pages. See style files, author guidelines and instructions at the conference website. Accepted papers will be included in the MASS main proceedings and will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.
At least one author of each accepted paper must be registered for the workshop in order for that paper to appear in the proceedings and to be scheduled for presentation.Authors are requested to submit their papers (PDF format) through (EDAS). For submission-related questions, please contact locan-submission@site.uottawa.ca.
- Manuscript Submission: Extended to May 31st, 2007
- Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2007
- Camera Ready Manuscript Due: August 10, 2007
David Symplot-Ryl, Univ. Lille 1, INRIA Futurs, France
Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain
Hannes Frey, IMADA, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Stefan Ruhrup, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
Jean Carle, Université de Lille, France
Suprakash Datta, York University, Toronto, Canada
Mischa Dohler, France Telecom R&D, France
Daniel Görgen, Philips Eindhoven, Nederlands
Horst Hellbrück, Universität Lübeck, Germany
Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada
Miguel A. Labrador, Univ. of South Florida, USA
Weifa Liang, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Jiangchuan Liu, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Pietro Manzoni, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Martin Mauve, Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Thomas Moscibroda, Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA
Petar Popovski, Aalborg University, Denmark
Giovanni Resta, CNR, Pisa, Italy
Juan A. Sanchez, University of Murcia, Spain
Christian Schindelhauer, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
Yu Wang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Call for Papers PDF Version | Technical program in PDF
Last update: Saturday, 08-September-07