[Tccc] CFP: IJDSN Special Issue: From Conventional Wireless Sensor Networks to Smart Grids

arunita jaekel ajaekelatgmail.com
Mon Jan 14 13:49:26 EST 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:

Manuscript Due                  Friday, 25 January 2013
First Round of Reviews      Friday, 19 April 2013
Publication Date                 Friday, 14 June 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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