Fourth International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems
June 6 – 8, 2007 // Braunschweig, Germany
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Call for Papers

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INSS 2007 is the fourth annual conference with a selective single-track technical programs. Its aim is to provide a platform where researchers from academia and industry come together to discuss and address technical problems and solutions in these research areas.

The strong growth in networking technologies including wireless communications and the Internet and the ever increasing advancements in miniature sensors and low power microelectronics have brought researchers from various fields to develop an emerging multidisciplinary of networked sensor systems and applications. Such technology is expected to change the way how information is generated, processed, and communicated based on a large number of sensor nodes deployed for a specific application. Addressing these critical issues requires researchers from various disciplines to communicate effectively and collaborate together. The International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems invites outstanding research papers from the field of sensor technology, wireless networking or application of networked sensor systems. The conference especially encourages su­bmissions that are suitable and should be of interest for the researchers from all three fields.
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Topics include but are not limited to:

  • Sensors Materials and Fabrication (new materials, smart structures, MEMS and Nano fabrication technologies, sensors and sensor system packaging)
  • Sensor Phenomena and Modeling (sensor operation theory, characterization, CAD design and modeling)
  • Sensors (physical, mechanical, chemical, biological, optical sensors and actuators at micro and nano scales)
  • Sensing Systems (wireless sensor system architecture, sensor-based system-on-chip design, multiple-sensor array and system, intelligent sensing, integration of sensors and microelectronics, low power sensor interface electronics design, sensor system packaging and environmental compatibility, environmental energy harvesting, sensor system design trade offs and techniques, bio-implantable sensor networks, data acquisition, telemetry, wakeup radio, system integration, process and cost of manufacturing, energy scavenging and RF-ID tags)
  • Communication protocols (MAC and link layer problems, routing and transport protocols tailored for networked sensor system, redundancy, data aggregation, and mobility support; gateways to fixed Internet)
  • Middleware (Configuration and installation support, service discovery, distributed algorithms in WSN, harmonizing node-centric and data-centric addressing, sensor calibration, localization and synchronization)
  • Security(primitives for appropriate cryptographic protocols, secure system engineering)
  • Data management for networked sensing Applications (wireless environmental monitoring, harsh environment sensing, transportation, automotive, aeronautical and space sensor systems, bio-robotics sensing and communication, homeland security, military, civil and industrial infra-structures safety, intelligent biomedical and improved healthcare system)
  • Prototypes, field studies, and testbeds (novel sensor node prototypes, measurements within sensor network testbeds)
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INSS 2007 invites the submission of both regular and late-breaking result papers. Regular papers must be no more than 8 two-column papers (minimum 4 pages) long and include an abstract of 100 - 150 words.

Birds-of-Feather (BoF) papers must be no more than 4 two-column pages long and include an abstract of 100 - 150 words. BoF papers are suitable for interactive discussions; the presenters of accepted BoF papers are given short oral presentation and interactive poster discussion.

INSS2007 is seeking papers interesting to the interdisciplinary community represented at the conference. Papers will be evaluated on the basis of originality, significance of the contribution to the field, technical correctness and presentation. Papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers submitted must not be under simultaneous review for any other conference, journal, workshop or other publication. Papers should be formatted according to IEEE transaction format.

http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. Authors are required to attend the conference to present their work. All paper submissions will be handled electronically by the EDAS system. Note that submission is a two-stage process - authors need to register their paper first and then submit the final manuscript. Submissions must be in Adobe PDF format and conform to the guidelines specified in the call for papers. Authors without EDAS user names will be required to register with the system using the same link as above. Reviewers will be instructed to maintain the confidentiality of all materials for submitted papers throughout the entire reviewing process. Submissions should contain no information that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication.
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Important Date

Paper Submission Deadline  : December 16, 2006
Notification of Acceptance : February 7, 2007
Camera-Ready Papers        : March 26, 2007

** Notice **
The camera-ready version should be formatted according to
the INSS2007 Template
and submitted with the EDAS system.

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