[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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