[Sensors] DCOSS conference CFP

[cristina m. pinotti]

http://www.dcoss.org//

CALL FOR PAPERS		                     

The 4th International Conference on 
IEEE/ACM DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING IN SENSOR SYSTEMS  
June 11 - 14, 2008, 
Santorini Island, Greece

Important Dates:
Papers Due:January 28, 2008
Notification: March 20, 2008
Camera Ready: April 3, 2008
Conference: June 11 - 14, 2008


Overview: 

Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research 
area due to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities. 
Such systems allow intelligent dense monitoring of physical environments, 
which makes them immensely useful for data collection and analysis. 
The focus of the conference is on distributed computing issues 
in large-scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms, 
applications, and systematic design techniques and tools), 
but networking-related contributions that support high level 
abstractions are also welcome. 

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished 
manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational 
aspects of distributed sensor systems. 
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

- Computation and programming models
- Energy models, minimization, awareness
- Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing
- Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability
- Abstractions for modular design
- Languages, operating systems
- Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration
- Dynamic resource management
- Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level)
- Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives
- Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation
- Design automation and application synthesis techniques
- Case studies: lessons from real world deployments

Detailed submission guidelines will be available at 
http://www.dcoss.org/ in due time. 
Best paper awards will be given in each of the three 
conference technical tracks: algorithms, applications, and systems. 
DCOSS '08 Proceedings will appear through the Lecture Notes 
in Computer Science (LNCS) Series of Springer Verlag.

DCOSS '08 will co-locate with several related workshops on special
topics, including the Workshop on Localized Algorithms and Protocols 
for Wireless Sensor Networks (LOCALGOS), 
the Workshop on Information Theory for Sensor Networks (WITS), 
the Workshop on Sensor Network Engineering (IWSNE), 
the Workshop on Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks (WEWSN), 
the Workshop on Wireless Sensor Network Deployments (WiDeploy).

New in 2008: 
- Demo Session 
- Work-in-Progress Session 
- Special Issue on Best of DCoSS 
- Student Competition

Important Dates: 
Papers Due:January 28, 2008
Notification: March 20, 2008 
Camera Ready: April 3, 2008 
Conference: June 11 - 14, 2008

Organization Committee:

General Chair 
Tarek Abdelzaher,  UIUC, USA

General Vice-Chair
Viktor K. Prasanna, USC, USA

Program Chair 
Sotiris Nikoletseas, Univ. of Patras and CTI, Greece

Program Vice-Chairs
Bogdan Chlebus, Univ. of Colorado at Denver, USA
Dave Johnson, Rice University, USA
Bhaskar Krishnamachari, USC, USA

Poster Chair
Yang Yu, Motorola Labs, USA
Proceedings Chair
Zachary Baker, Los Alamos National Labs, USA

DCoSS Workshop Chair
Dr. Koen Langendoen, Delft University of Technology

Publicity and Web Chairs
Tian He, University of Minnesota, USA
Animesh Pathak, USC , USA
Cristina Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy

Finance Chair
Germaine Gusthiot, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Competition Chair
Prof. Lus Almeida, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Complete list of  
Technical Program Committee and Steering Committee 
can be found at http://www.dcoss.org/

Sponsored  by:
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP)
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP)
Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH, ACM SIGBED, 
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and IFIP WG 10.3.