<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div>[Apologies, if you receive multiple copies of this email.]</div><div><br></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">*****************************************************</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "> CALL FOR PAPERS</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; ">*****************************************************<br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">The Third International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking (MELT 2010)</span></font><br>co-located with The Seventh IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2010)<br>November 8-12, 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Workshop Website: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://meltworks.org/">http://meltworks.org</a></span></b></p><div><b>Workshop Date:</b> 8 November, 2010</div><div><br></div><div>Location-awareness is a key component for achieving context-awareness. Recent years have witnessed an increasing trend of location-based services and applications. In most cases, however, location information is limited by the accessibility to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), largely unavailable for indoor or underground facilities and unreliable in urban environments. Much research has been done, in both the sensor network community and the ubiquitous computing community, to provide techniques for localization and tracking in hybrid or GNSS-challenged environments. Novel applications based on ad-hoc localization and real-time tracking of mobile entities are growing as a result of these technologies. It is time to bring leaders from both the academic and industry research communities to discuss challenging and open problems, to evaluate various approaches, to bridge the gap between theory and applications, and to envision new research opportunities in MELT.</div></div><p class="MsoNormal">After two successful workshops on this topic (MELT '08, ‘09), this workshop will continue to provide a forum for state-of-the-art technologies in mobile localization and tracking and novel applications and services based on location tracking. Both theoretical research driven by applications and system implementation with theoretical foundations are especially encouraged for this interactive and interdisciplinary workshop. The one-day workshop will have a combination of invited talks/panels, technical presentations and discussions.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</p><div><b>Technology topics:</b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Algorithms for localization and tracking in GNSS-challenged environments<br>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Opportunistic localization (using existing signals in the environment)<br>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Environment mapping and map representations<br>· Dynamic/ad-hoc mapping of environments<br>· Alternative sensing for localization and tracking (RF, ultrasound, video, IR, UWB, RFID, etc.)<br>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Collaborative localization and data fusion<br>· Hybrid location-determination (e.g., RF+vision)<br>· Location prediction<br>· Location labeling<br>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Localization APIs<br>· Privacy issues in localization and tracking<br>· Calibration</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Application Topics:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Search and rescue operations</span><br></span></span></span>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Asset tracking</span><br></span></span></span>· <font class="Apple-style-span" face="Symbol"> </font>Material/in-process flow control<br>· Vehicular tracking in intelligent transportation systems<br>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Sports and entertainment<br>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Indoor navigators/activity recommenders</span><br></span></span></span>· Social applications<br>· Cloud computing and LBS<br>· Business services<br>· <span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Location data mining</span><br></span></span></span>· Situation-based services<br>·<span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Behavior inferences from tracked data<br>· Location-based advertising</span></b></p><div><b>Important Dates:</b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">· Paper submission deadline: June 18, 2010, 23:59 PST<br>· Author notification: August 13, 2010</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">· Camera ready papers: September 3, 2010 </span></b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Paper submission instructions:</b><br>All paper submissions will be handled electronically via the EDAS system and should conform to the following requirements:<br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Papers are to be submitted in single-spaced, double-column pages using 10 pt size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages in IEEE style format, and are limited to a minimum of six (6) and maximum of eight (8) pages, including references. All accepted papers will be included in IEEE MASS proceedings. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b>EDAS submission link</b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://edas.info/N9080">http://edas.info/N9080</a></span></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><div><b>Organizers:</b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">General Co-chairs:</span></div><div>· Mark L. Chang (Olin College of Engineering, USA)<br>· Lukas Kencl (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Publication </b><b>Chair:</b><br>· Ying Zhang (Palo Alto Research Center, USA)</div><div><br></div><div><b>Publicity </b><b>Chair:</b><br>· Kavitha Muthukrishnan (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)<br><br><b>Industry Sponsorship and Finance Chair:</b><br>· Richard Fuller (Broadcom, USA)<br> </div><div><b>Technical Program Committee:</b></div><div>- Isaac Amundson (Vanderbilt University, USA)</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Philipp Bolliger (ETHZ, Switzerland)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Peter Corke (Queensland University, Australia)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Mark Chang (Olin College of Engineering, USA)</span></b></div><div>- Richard Fuller (Broadcom, USA)</div><div>- Christian Hoene (University of Tuebingen, Germany)</div><div>- Robert Harle (Cambridge University, UK)</div><div>- Mike Hazas (Lancaster University, UK)</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Lukas Kencl (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard (Aarhus University, Denmark)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Xenofon Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt University, USA)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Thomas Lang (Vodafone Group R&D, Gemany)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- HyungJune Lee (Stanford University, USA)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Juan Liu (Palo Alto Research Center, USA)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Kavitha Muthukrishnan (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)</span></b></div><div>- Bodhi Priyantha (Microsoft Research, USA)</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Ronald Raulefs (German Aerospace Center, Germany)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Zafer Sahinoglu (Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA)</span></b></div><div>- Vincent Tam (Hongkong University, China)</div><div>- Andy Ward (Ubisense, UK)</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Guang Yang (Nokia Research Center, USA)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">- Ying Zhang (Palo Alto Research Center, USA)</span></b></div><div><br></div></span></font></div></div></span></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Kavitha Muthukrishnan</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div>Post-doctoral Researcher </div><div>Delft University of Technology<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "></span>Room:09.320, Mekelweg 4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "></span>2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands </div><div>Tel:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span> +31 (0)15 27 85781 </div><div>email: <a href="mailto:k.muthukrishnan@tudelft.nl">k.muthukrishnan@tudelft.nl</a><br>url:http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~kavitha/</div><div><br></div></div></span></div></body></html>