[Tccc] BodyNets 2012 CFP

Jun Suzuki jxs
Tue Jan 24 11:04:05 EST 2012


BodyNets 2012: 7th Int'l ICST Conference on Body Area Networks
http://bodynets.org/2012

Oslo, Norway
24 - 26 September 2012

Technical sponsors: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and 
CREATE-NET

IMPORTANT DATES:

Proposal due for workshops, special sessions and tutorials: February 15, 
2012
Paper submission due: April 1, 2012

TOPICS

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

PUBLICATIONS

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 Springer Journal of Ambient 
Intelligence and Humanized Computing Special Issue, and the Elsevier 
Nano Communication Network Special Issue.

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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-- 
Jun Suzuki
   Associate Professor of Computer Science
   University of Massachusetts, Boston
   jxs at cs.umb.edu
   http://www.cs.umb.edu/~jxs
   @JunSuzukiBoston




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