[ecoop-info] Call for Papers (BASNet-2013)

[BASNet 2013]

*International Workshop on Body Area Sensor Networks (BASNet-2013)*

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

The International Workshop on Body Area Sensor Networks (BASNet-2013)
provides an international forum on the latest technologies and research in
the field of Body Area Networks (BANs). BASNet 2013 will be held in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (25-28 June 2013) in conjunction with the 4th
International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks, and Technologies
(ANT-2013).

*Workshop Website:* www.cs.dal.ca/~zkhan/BASNet-2013/

*SCOPE*

The workshop provides a multi-disciplinary collaborative forum for
researchers and practitioners to submit papers with novel ideas, innovative
solutions, and research results related to the field of the Body Area
Sensor Networks. The workshop also invites researchers to submit original
work on sensors communication in Body Area Networks.*
*

*Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):*

·       Wearable and implantable sensors

·       Bio-sensors communication

·       Sensors communication in Body Area Networks

·       Body Area Networks in Hospital environment

·       Body Area Networks for Medical Applications

·       Routing Layer protocols for Body Area Networks

·       MAC Layer protocols for Body Area Networks

·       Cross layer routing protocols for Body Area Networks

·       Body Area Networks and cloud computing

·       RFID tags for Body Area Networks

·       Security protocols for Body Area Networks

·       Body Area Networks used for patient health monitoring

*IMPORTANT DATES*

·       Submission due: 18 December, 2012.

·       Notification of acceptance: 8 February, 2013.

·       Camera-ready due: 5 March, 2013.

·       Workshop: 25-28 June, 2013.

*SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS*

All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the ANT-2013
proceedings, which will be published by Elsevier. The authors must follow
Elsevier guidelines as given in ANT-2013 website (
http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/). The number of pages for workshop
papers is limited to 6 pages. Authors should submit their contributions
electronically in PDF format at:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=basnet2013.

The submission processes will be managed by easychair.org. If you have used
this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is
your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account
by clicking "I have no EasyChair account" button. Upon completion of
registration, you will get a notification email from the system and you are
ready for submitting your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to
the system by the submission due date.

All BASNet workshop accepted papers will be printed in conference
proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia
Computer Science series (on-line and CD). Procedia Computer Sciences is
hosted on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (
http://www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All
papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (http://www.scopus.com)
and Engineering Village (Ei) (http://www.engineeringvillage.com). This
includes EI Compendex (http://www.ei.org/compendex). All accepted papers
will also be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/).

The selective outstanding papers presented at the workshop, after further
revision, will be considered for publication in journals special issues at
ANT'13.

*TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE*

·       Bill Robertson, Dalhousie University (Canada)

·       William Phillips, Dalhousie University (Canada)

·       Shyamala Sivakumar, Saint Mary's University (Canada)

·       Umar Qasim, University of Alberta (Canada)

·       Nadeem Javaid, COMSATS Institute of IT (Pakistan)

·       Mohammad Nisar, King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)

·       Abidalrehman Moh'd, Dalhousie University (Canada)

·       Musfiq Rehman, Dalhousie University (Canada)

·       Zahoor Khan, Dalhousie University (Canada)

·       Saad Qaiser, NUST (Pakistan)

If you have any further questions please send email to
basnet.workshop at gmail.com.

-- 
With regards

BASNet-2013 Organizers
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