[Tccc] The 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks – BodyNets 2012

Justina justina.senkus
Mon Feb 20 08:00:52 EST 2012


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The 7th International Conference on Body Area Networks ? BodyNets 2012
Oslo, Norway
24 ? 26 September 2012
http://bodynets.org/2012
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HIGHLIGHTS
- The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation 
(http://eai.eu/), a leading community-based organisation devoted to the 
advancement of innovation in the field of ICT
- All accepted papers will be published by ACM Digital Library
- Student Travel Grants announced

CALL FOR PAPERS

The advancement in sensing, embedded computing, and wireless 
communication has accelerated the progress of adopting sensor networks 
to form Body Area Networks (BodyNets).
BodyNets integrate and deploy wireless sensors, RFID tags, and other 
pervasive devices within and around human bodies for constructing 
diverse and practical systems for
physiological monitoring, human computer interaction, and provision of 
entertainment. This conference will explore and explain the scope and 
challenges of designing,
building, and deploying BodyNets. In this regard, the conference aims to 
establish a forum to exchange ideas, discuss practices, raise awareness, 
and share experiences
among researchers and practitioners in the field of computer science, 
electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, medicine, and other 
disciplines in both academia
and industry. This conference also allows authors to present new and 
emerging trends to address the technical, social, system and application 
issues related to BodyNets.

The Conference continues its tradition of being the premier forum for 
presentation of results on cutting-edge research in BodyNets. While the 
mission of the conference is
to share novel basic research ideas as well as experimental applications 
in the BodyNets area in addition to identifying new directions for 
future research and development
the new scientific topics such as nano communication networks, 
bio-inspired networks, molecular networks, etc. will be considered. 
BodyNets 2012 will give researchers a
unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in 
the various aspects from molecular to micro level communication to novel 
applications in medicine, gaming to automobile industry. The conference 
consists of four symposia that cover a broad range of research aspects. 
In addition, the program will include three outstanding keynote speakers 
from academia and industry. A panel session on ?Nano communications 
networks: from theory to practical applications? and an industrial track 
will surely provoke thoughtful discussions. There will also be two 
tutorials given free of charge to all BodyNets 2012 attendees. We hope 
that the conference proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to 
researchers and developers in the area.

TOPICS
The conference invites original technical papers that were not 
previously published and are not currently under review for publication 
elsewhere.
Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Wearable Computing:
Ambient intelligence
User interface
Context-awareness
Augmented reality
Pattern recognition
Mobile and unobstrusive computing

2. Embedded Medical Devices:
Wearable system design issues
Integrating BodyNets into the healthcare system
High-Confidence Medical Devices
Medical Device Plug-and-Play
Assistive technologies for independent aging
Interactive Arts

3. Privacy and Security:
Lightweight security solutions for BodyNets
Privacy issues of BodyNets
Authentication and Trustworthiness
Attacks and Countermeasures

4. System and Application:
System design and modeling
Emerging self-powered BodyNets
Pervasive health care and patient monitoring
Entertainment (gaming) and lifestyle applications
Novel closed-loop applications of BodyNets
Case studies and system deployment
New medical diagnostics and treatments
Ambient assisted living
Smart transportations
Smart homes
Virtual hospitals

5. Networking and Communication
Communication techniques and protocols for BodyNets
Networking and security issues for BodyNets
Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets
Novel wireless communication technologies
In-body, on-body, and around body networks
Scalable, flexible network architectures & deployments
Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets
Fault-tolerance and reliability of BodyNets
Cognitive networks for medical bands
Bio cloud communication and computing

6. Nano Communication Networks and Systems
THz communication systems
Molecular communications
Channel modeling
Nano devices

IMPORTANT DATES:
Call for workshops, special sessions, and tutorials: March 05, 2012
Call for papers (full papers, and short papers): April 1, 2012
Call for posters and demo abstracts: May 1, 2012
Notification of acceptance:  June 15, 2012
Camera-Ready submission deadline:  August 1, 2012

PUBLICATIONS
BodyNets 2012 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Engineering in 
Medicine and Biology Society. All accepted and presented papers will be 
included in the conference
proceedings, made available in the ACM Digital Library, as well as in 
the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

SELECTED PAPERS FOR JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Selected papers will be invited for the ACM/Springer Mobile Networks & 
Applications (MONET) Special Issue, the IEEE Transactions on Network and 
Service Management Special
Issue, the Elsevier Nano Communication Network Special Issue and 
Springer Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing

STUDENT AUTHOR TRAVEL GRANTS
Travel grants will be made available for student authors attending the 
conference. Each grant is worth of NOK 3000 (approx. US$500). Student 
authors are encouraged to submit proof on student status and a 1/2 page 
motivation letter for consideration after they registered for the 
conference.

PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit papers of up to 7 pages for full papers, 4 
pages for short papers, and 1 page abstract for posters and demos, in 
ACM Proceedings format 7"x9" print area, single spaced, double column, 
9-pt font size). ACM's LaTex and MS WORD templates are located at: 
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. Authors 
should apply ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The 
templates provide space for this indexing and point authors to the 
Computing Classification Scheme at: http://www.acm.org/about/class/1998. 
Please see http://www.bodynets.org/submission.shtm for details.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES:

Steering Committee
Prof. Athanasios V. Vasilakos, National Technical University of Athens, 
Greece
Prof. Chenyang Lu, Washington University, USA
Prof. Imrich Chlamtac, University of Trento, Italy

Organising Committee

General Chair:
Prof. Ilangko Balasingham, Oslo University Hospital HF and Norwegian 
University of Science and Technology, Norway

Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Prof. Ryuji Kohno, Yokohama National University, Japan and University of 
Oulu, Finland
Prof. Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Prof. Tao Gu, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Panels Chair
Dr. Jacob Bergsland, MD, Oslo University Hospital, HF, Norway
Workshop and Tutorial Chair
Prof. Tadashi Nakano, Osaka University, Japan
Prof. Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Demo and Poster Chair
Prof. Eduard Alarc?n, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain
Dr. Yunhuai Liu, Shenzhen Institutes of Advance Technology, Chinese 
Academy of Sciences, China
Publicity Chair
Dr. Shui Yu, School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia
Prof. Ali Khaleghi, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Prof. Shih-Hsi "Alex" Liu, California State Univesity Fresno, USA
Publication and Local Chair
Dr. Raul Chavez-Santiago, Oslo University Hospital HF, Norway
Dr. Anna Kim, Oslo University Hospital HF, Norway
Web Chair
Karl ?yri, Oslo University Hospital HF, Norway

Program Track Chairs:

Embedded Medical Devices
Prof. Dirk Plettemeier, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Dr. Catherine Dehollain, EPFL, Switzerland
Privacy and Security
Prof. Xiaodong Lin, University of Ontario Institute of Technology,  Canada
Prof. Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway
System and Applications
Dr. Huan-Bang Li, National Institute of Information and Communication 
Technology, Japan
Dr. Kamran Sayrafian, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Networking and Communication
Prof. Gill Tsouri, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. Tor Ramstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway,
Prof. Eryk Dutkiewicz, Macquarie University, Australia
Wearable Computing
Prof. Jari Iinatti, University of Oulu, Finland
Prof. Jianqing Wang, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Nano communication networks and systems
Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Telecommunications software and systems 
group & Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Prof. Ozgur Akan, Koc University, Turkey

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