[Tccc] FGCS SI on BodyCloud

Mukaddim Pathan al_mukaddimatyahoo.com.au
Sun Aug 12 06:18:14 EDT 2012



 

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Special Issue on 
Integration of Cloud
 Computing and Body Sensor Networks
Future Generation Computer Systems
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Scope and Objective
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A
 specific class of wireless sensor networks is Body Sensor Networks 
(BSN) that represents an emerging platform for many human-centered 
applications, spanning from medical to sports performance monitoring, 
gaming, and social
 networking. As a result of the advancements of ubiquitous and 
increasingly powerful wearable devices, to support the wide variety of 
application contexts, there exists a growing number of health monitoring
 systems with sophisticated capabilities. Moreover, there is enormous 
public
 interest in products that allow individuals, ranging from children to 
elders, to monitor and improve their own health and lifestyle.

In
 the coming years, BSNs are likely to be exploited to allow for implicit
 social interaction among people who can exchange private/public 
information through their worn BSN nodes when they come into contact. 
BSNs of co-located people can be also utilized as a mobile sensor 
infrastructure to support other context-aware applications such as 
disaster, medical emergency and mass event management. In such contexts,
 management of a large number of disparate BSNs as well as cooperative 
BSNs to support various applications will be a crucial issue to deal 
with. Moreover, the huge amount of data that a BSN is able to deliver, 
demands a powerful, scalable storage and processing infrastructure to 
perform both online and offline analysis of BSN data streams.

The
 combination of BSN, with their huge amount of gathered
 sensor data and their limited processing power can be tackled by 
exploiting a Cloud computing infrastructure to offer an integrated 
platform that provides: (a) the ability to utilize heterogeneous 
sensors; (b) scalability of data storage; (c) scalability of processing 
power for different kinds of analysis; (d) global access to the 
processing and storage infrastructure; (e) easy sharing of results; and 
(f) pay-as-you-go pricing for using BSN services.

The aim of this
 special issue is to provide a comprehensive guide on new ideas and 
results in the BSN domain. In particular, it will focus on the state of 
the art, architecture, and associated techniques for BSN-Cloud 
integration, allowing collection and dissemination of health data from 
BSN to a storage Cloud repository, and processing and analysis of the 
stored data using software services hosted in the Cloud. It will also 
identify potential research directions and technologies that will drive
 innovations within this domain. We expect the papers of the special 
issue to serve as a valuable reference for larger audience such as 
systems architects, practitioners, developers, researchers, academics 
and students.

Topics of Interest
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The topics of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to:
 From physical to virtual wearable sensors
 Novel software frameworks and platforms for BSN development
 Open Grid/Web-based architectures for wireless sensor networks
 Management of data streams from BSNs
 Process management in large-scale systems based on wireless body sensor 
networks
 Integration techniques between Clouds and BSNs
 BSN and Cloud computing for e-Health, sport and leisure applications 
 Sensor technology
 and biocompatibility 
 Home monitoring and assisted living applications 
 Debugging, and testing of BSN platforms and applications 
 Clinical trials and experiences of BSN platforms
 BSN for disaster/emergency management and social interaction

Important Dates
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Deadline for paper submission: December 30, 2012
Completion of first review: March 15, 2013 
Revision due: April 30, 2013
Final decision notification: May 31, 2013
Final manuscript due: June 30, 2013
Publication date: Fourth Quarter of 2013/First Quarter of 2014

Submission Instructions
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All
 submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and 
should not have been previously published nor be
 currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Substantially 
revised (minimum 30% of new content) versions of papers published in 
conference proceedings can be submitted. In this case, the original 
paper should also be enclosed. Authors are responsible for obtaining the
 necessary copyright releases for all copyrighted material.
All 
papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers must not exceed 25 pages (one 
column, at least 11pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. 
All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted 
through Elsevier Editorial System (EES), located at: 
http://ees.elsevier.com/fgcs/. Authors must select SI_Body Cloud  
Fortino, Pathan when they reach the Article Type step in the 
submission process. 

A guide for authors, templates and samples 
for submitting papers for FGCS journal is available on: 
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505611/authorinstructions
 

Guest Editors
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Prof. Giancarlo Fortino
Associate Professor of Computer Engineering
Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems
University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, cubo 41C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy

Dr. Mukaddim Pathan
Technology Specialist - Content Delivery Network
Media Distribution, Telstra Corporation Limited
21/35 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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