[ecoop-info] [CfP] WiSARN 2018: IEEE INFOCOM 2018 WORKSHOP - 11th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV Networks

[Angelo Trotta]

*Call for Papers for the 11th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, 
Robot and UAV Networks (WiSARN)*

*/Last days for papers submission/*

In conjunction with the /IEEE INFOCOM 2018/ 
(http://infocom2018.ieee-infocom.org).
Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Special Interest Group (SIG) on 
Cognitive Communications and Networking in Cyber-Physical Systems/./

*16 April 2018, Honolulu, HI, USA*

Website: https://wisarn2018.hds.utc.fr
Paper Submission Deadline: *December 30, 2017*
Paper Acceptance Notification: *February 10, 2018*
EDAS link for submissions: http://edas.info/N24225

Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication 
in the IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems journal.

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
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Wireless Sensor, Robot and UAV networks are the confluence point where 
the traditional fields of wireless communications, robotics and control 
theory meet.
In this kind of networks, nodes collaborate to accomplish distributed 
sensing and actuation tasks. Leveraged by the control and mobility of 
actors, the networking process and applications embrace a whole new set 
of possibilities.
Autonomous cooperative systems, made of intelligent devices (such as 
robots and UAVs), may deploy, repair and relocate sensors to improve 
coverage, build routes and fix network partition to ensure data 
communication, change network topology to shape routing patterns and 
balance energy consumption, and respond to reported events in a timely 
and effective manner. The benefits are limited only by imagination. As 
an emerging field, the 5G architecture foresees explicitly the usage of 
these specialized systems and offer new networking techniques, by which 
they can fully exploit their particularities and potentials.

WiSARN aims at bringing together state-of-the-art contributions on the 
design, specification and implementation of architectures, algorithms 
and protocols for current and future applications of such systems.


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TOPICS of INTEREST
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- UAV and robot networks in 5G systems
- Network virtualization and network slicing for autonomous cooperative 
systems
- Software defined radio and cognitive networking for autonomous 
cooperative systems
- Autonomous sensor networks
- Emergent behaviors
- Modeling and simulation
- Architectural and operational models
- Optimal control of networked robots
- Robot advanced motion control
- Modeling and control of fleet of UAVs
- Autonomic and self-organizing coordination and communication
- Sensor-robot and robot-robot coordination
- Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols
- Bandwidth-efficient and delay-tolerant communication protocols
- Distributed control and management
- Neighborhood discovery and mobility management
- Communication protocols for autonomous cooperative systems
- M2M and D2D communications for autonomous cooperative systems
- Map exploration and pattern formation of mobile robots
- Robot task assignment
- Biologically inspired communication
- Architectures and topology control
- Applications and prototypes
- Hybrid networks and wireless Internet
- Data management, gathering, aggregation and query processing

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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It is required that the manuscript follows the standard IEEE 
camera-ready format (double column, 10-pt font) and be submitted as PDF 
file (formatted for 8.5-11 inch paper) as well as the requirement set by 
the EDAS paper submission system. Submitted paper must be original and 
unpublished papers with no longer than 6 pages. The direct link for 
paper submission is: http://edas.info/N24225.

All accepted papers of INFOCOM (main program and workshops), after being 
presented onsite at the conference, will be included in the proceedings 
to be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore.


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JOURNAL PUBLICATION
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Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication 
in the IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems journal (see 
http://sites.bu.edu/tcns/ for submission instructions).


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IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper Submission: December 30, 2017
Paper Acceptance Notification: February 10, 2018
Camera ready: February 28, 2018
Presentation: April 16, 2018


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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Chair:

  * Prof. Ioannis Paschalidis, Boston University, USA



Techical Program Co-Chairs:

  * Prof. Enrico Natalizio, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
  * Prof. Marco Di Felice, University of Bologna, Italy
  * Prof. Kaushik R. Chowdhury, Northeastern University, USA



Publicity & Web Chair:

  * Dr. Angelo Trotta, University of Bologna, Italy
  * Dr. Nicola Roberto Zema, IFSTTAR Lille, France



Members of the Technical Program Committee:

  * Kostas Alexis, University of Nevada, USA
  * Omar Alfandi, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
  * Luis Almeida, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  * Chiara Buratti, Università degli studi di Bologna, Italy
  * Carlos Taveres Calafate, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  * Fabio D'Andreagiovanni, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
  * Luigi Di Puglia Pugliese, Università della Calabria, Italy
  * Pradipta Ghosh, University of Southern California, USA
  * Isabelle Guérin Lassous, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  * Francesca Guerriero, University of Calabria, Italy
  * Jianping He, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  * Karin Hummel, JKU Linz, Austria
  * Sabato Manfredi, Università di Napoli "Federico II", Italy
  * Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  * Ryu Miura, NICT, Japan
  * Jorge Ortín, Centro Universitario de la Defensa (Zaragoza), Spain
  * Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA
  * Ahmet Sekercioglu, Monash University, Australia
  * Shigeru Shimamoto, Waseda University, Japan
  * Simone Silvestri, University of Kentucky, USA
  * Fabrice Theoleyre, CNRS – Université de Strasbourg, France
  * Angelo Trotta, Università degli studi di Bologna, Italy
  * Fabrice Valois, INSA de Lyon, France
  * Spyridon Vassilaras, Huawei Technologies, France Research Center
  * Yan Wan, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
  * Christian Wietfeld, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
  * Evsen Yanmaz, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
  * Nicola Roberto Zema, IFSTTAR Lille, France