[Tccc] Call for Papers: ACM MiSeNet 2012 - In Conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012

Habib M. Ammari hammari
Fri Apr 27 21:03:14 EDT 2012


The First ACM Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented 
Wireless Sensor Networking (ACM MiSeNet 2012) 
In conjunction with ACM MobiCom 2012 Istanbul, Turkey, August 22-26, 2012 
http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~hammari/MiSeNet_Workshop2012.html 
Call for Papers 

Scope and Aim of ACM MiSeNet 2012 
Mission-oriented sensor networks are next-generation time-varying systems composed of both humans and mobile sensors 
(e.g., vehicle-mounted, human-operated, or integrated with mobile robots or UAVs) that collaborate and coordinate to 
successfully accomplish complex real-time missions under uncertainty. A major challenge in the design of mission-oriented 
sensor networks arises in supporting dynamic topology and disruption-tolerant architecture, caused by mobility, which has 
significant impact on performance in terms of sensing coverage, network connectivity, and information quality. In such 
dynamic environments, sensors should self-organize and reason in a distributed manner about resource allocation, scheduling, 
forwarding, caching, and in-network storage to accomplish specific missions, while extending the operational network lifetime. 
Another major challenge lies in accommodating human input. Humans are the ultimate sensors. They are well-equipped to 
monitor and report situations that would be very difficult for machine sensors to understand. They also come with their own 
challenges including imperfect reliability, bias, and relative lack of predictability (compared to well-calibrated sensors). The 
design of mission-oriented sensor networks, where humans and sensors collaborate, should account for trade-offs between 
several attributes such energy consumption (due to mobility, sensing, and communication), reliability, fault-tolerance, data 
collection latency, and quality of information (such as video resolution, picture quality, type of content, degree of redundancy, 
and level of summarization), and their impact on mission objectives. It should accommodate human-centric sensing modalities 
such as free-form text, pictures, sound, and video, and should include mechanisms to handle unpredictability, uncertainty, 
human error, and noise. 

ACM MiSeNet 2012 aims to provide a forum for participants from academia and industry to discuss topics in mission-oriented 
sensor network research and practice. ACM MiSeNet 2012 serves as incubator for scientific communities that share a 
particular research agenda in this area. ACM MiSeNet 2012 will provide them with opportunities to understand the major technical and application challenges as well as exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas related to architecture, 
protocols, algorithms, and application design, at a stage before they have matured to warrant conference/journal publications. 
ACM MiSeNet 2012 seeks papers that present novel theoretical and practical ideas as well as work in-progress, which will 
lead to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and 
secure mission-oriented networked sensing applications. 



The topics of interest to ACM MiSeNet 2012 workshop include, but are not limited to, the following: 


- Theoretical foundations of mission-oriented networked sensing 


- Modeling and analysis of mission-oriented sensor networks 


- System design, implementation, and evaluation 


- Medium access control and scheduling 


- Human factors, data cleaning, and noise 


- Human-centric sensing modalities and quality of information 


- Cross-layer design 


- Software architectures for mission-oriented sensing 


- Self-organization, self-configuration, and energy efficiency 


- Coverage and connectivity issues 


- Collaboration of humans and sensors 


- Deployment and localization 


- Uncertainty, opportunistic communication, and data fusion 


- Topology control and fault-tolerance 


- Routing and data dissemination 


- In-network data storage and processing 


- Sensor database management and spatio-temporal data 


- Target detection and tracking 


- Privacy and security 


- Testbed design and real-world applications 


General Chair 
- Tarek Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA) 

Program Chair 


- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan- Dearborn , USA) 

Steering Committee 


- Tarek F. Abdelzaher (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign , USA) 


- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan- Dearborn , USA) 


- Nirwan Ansari (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) 

- Xiuzhen Cheng (The George Washington University, USA) 


- Zygmunt J. Haas (Cornell University, USA) 


- Thomas F. La Porta (Penn State University, USA) 


- Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University, USA) 


- Jie Wu (Temple University, USA) 


- Guoliang Xue (Arizona State University, USA) 


- Mohamed Younis (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Publicity Co-Chairs 
- Fl?via Delicato (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 
- M. Elena Renda (IIT - CNR, Pisa, Italy) 
- Shengquan Wang (University of Michigan- Dearborn , USA) 
- W endong Xiao (University of Science and Technology Beijing, China) 

Web Chair 


- Habib M. Ammari (University of Michigan- Dearborn , USA) 



Submission Guidelines 

ACM MiSeNet 2012 Workshop will consider only original papers that are not currently under review 

by other workshops, conferences, or journals, and have not been published. All papers submitted to 

ACM MiSeNet 2012 will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on their suitability ( i.e. , within 

the workshop scope), novelty, and merit. Submitted papers are limited to 6 pages. 




ACM MiSeNet 2012 will also consider technical demos and posters that present original and significant 

research within the workshop scope. Submitted demos/posters are limited to 2 pages. In the case of a 

demo, the authors should clearly specify, in an email to both of the General Chair and Program Chair, 

the additional resources that are needed. Power and wireless Internet connectivity will be available at the workshop. 




All submissions should be formatted in standard ACM conference style for publication in the conference 

Proceedings. They must be single-spaced, double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space 

between columns, use at least a 10pt font, and be correctly formatted to be printed on Letter-sized 

(8.5" by 11") paper. It is required that at least one author of each accepted paper/demo/poster register and 

attend the ACM MiSeNet 2012 workshop to present their work to ensure its publication in the 

ACM MobiCom 2012 conference Proceedings. 




We strongly encourage people from both of the industry and academia to submit their fine work to ACM MiSeNet 2012. 




To submit your paper , demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2012, please visit the following paper/demo/poster 

submission website: 

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmmisenet2012 
Thank you for submitting your paper, demo, and/or poster to ACM MiSeNet 2012 ! 

Important Dates 


- Paper Submission Deadline: June 4, 2012 


- Demo/Poster Submission Deadline: June 18, 2012 


- Notification Deadline: June 25, 2012 


- Camera-ready: July 2, 2012 


- Workshop Date: August 26, 2012 
For More Information 
Please send email to mobicom_info at acm.org with any questions or comments about the ACM MobiCom'12 conference 
or for more information. For questions about the ACM MiSeNet'12 Workshop regarding the paper submission and review 
process, please contact the General Chair at zaher at cs.uiuc.edu and the Program Chair at hammari at umd.umich.edu.



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