[Tccc] Special Issue: From Conventional Wireless Sensor Networks to Smart Grids IJDSN
Arunita Jaekel
ajaekelatgmail.com
Thu Apr 25 09:53:57 EDT 2013
Call for Papers
Special Issue: From Conventional Wireless Sensor Networks to Smart Grids
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdsn/si/213738/cfp/
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have received significant attention in the
past ten years and have found a variety of applications in environmental
monitoring, precision agriculture, and human health monitoring, among
others. Particularly, WSNs are expected to lie at the heart of the emerging
generation of the power grid, known as the smart grid. Essentially, a smart
grid is an electrical grid that is characterized by its cyber-physical
nature which integrates communication, computation, and control
capabilities. A smart grid can be viewed in two ways: from the perspective
of energy transmission and from the perspective of information
transmission. In the latter, the smart grid is viewed as a sensor network
gathering distributed information from suppliers and consumers. The study
on smart grids from these two key perspectives is important to its
successful deployment. From an information transmission point of view, the
smart grid integrates important sensing capabilities that can mimic several
WSN features. These include distributed data collection within a large
scale networking environment as well as accurate and robust sensing
infrastructures (e.g., advanced metering infrastructures). The interplay
between the power price adjustment and the end users' power usage
distinguishes smart grids from conventional WSNs. New application-oriented
challenges also emerge within the context of smart grids. This strong
interconnection between the smart grid and WSNs warrants significant
attention from the research community. To this end, this special issue aims
to gather contributions that marry concepts from WSNs and the smart grid in
both theory and engineering implementation. Potential topics include, but
are not limited to:
Applications of game theory, optimization in integrated WSNs and
smart grids
Models and algorithms that improve the integration of sensor
networks in energy grids
Distributed algorithms for collaborative information
Large-scale integration of renewable energy and virtual power
plants
Information and communication technology for WSNs and smart grids
Advanced metering, data acquisition and monitoring
Cyber and physical security systems
Markets, incentives, regulation, and dynamic pricing
Field trials, model regions and user acceptance
Hardware for WSNs or smart grids
Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author
Guidelines, which are located at
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijdsn/guidelines/. Prospective authors
should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the
journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to
the following timetable:
Due Date April 26, 2013
First Round of Reviews July 19, 2013
Publication Date September 13, 2013
Lead Guest Editor
Arunita Jaekel University of Windsor, Canada
Guest Editors
Walid Saad University of Miami, USA
Shiming Tian China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI),
Beijing, China
Jin Jiang University of Western Ontario, Canada
Ataul Bari University of Western Ontario, Canada
Shuai Li Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
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