Call for Workshop Proposals

PUC Journal invites best workshop papers

The workshop Co-Chair invites proposals for the workshop program of the fourth International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems held in Braunschweig, Germany.

Workshops provide a lively forum for experts from academia and industry to discuss and explore specific topics of networked sensing systems. The topics may focus on any aspect of the research field: new and emerging research directions, novel and highly innovative themes, real-world topics including industrial deployments and applications, and interdisciplinary themes. The goal of the workshops is to share insights and experiences, to foster research communities and to fertilize collaborations between the experts from both science and industry. Workshops are a unique platform for opportunities to extend topics beyond the scope of the main conference and to pave the roads for future directions in order to facilitate the accelerating progress in networked sensing systems.

Workshops will be typically full day. The workshop organization will be also prepared for very practical workshops including live demonstration and experiments with networked sensing systems and will try for best provision of an appropriate infrastructure support.

Important Dates

For workshop proposal:
Submission Deadline (workshop proposals): December 10, 2006
Acceptance Notification (workshop proposals): December 14, 2006

For workshop papers (preliminary recommendations):
Submission Deadline: March 5, 2007
Acceptance Notification: April 2, 2007
Workshops: June 6, 2006

Proposal Content

We solicit workshops in all areas related to networked sensing systems. In particular, we would like to encourage proposals for workshops, which act as a melting pot for the research effort on novel and innovative topics. We encourage having an international team of organizers and teams with experts from academia and industry. Organizers are expected to be active themselves in the field where they propose a workshop. All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the workshop chair Christian Decker in pdf format. The recommended length of the workshop proposal is 2 pages, and should include:

• Title of the workshop.
• brief technical abstract of the workshop, identification of specific technical issues, focus, and justification of its timeliness.
• longer description on the format, activities, goals and outcomes. Please indicate the planning of demos, posters, discussion groups etc.
• A brief description of the review process.
• The names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of the proposed workshop organizing committee. This committee should consist of at least two persons knowledgeable in the proposed topic
• The names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of a preliminary workshop program committee
• Primary contact of the organizing committee.
• Estimated number of participants, length, and timetable of the workshop.

Publication

Workshop proceedings will be published as technical report of the University of Karlsruhe. The best papers from all the workshops will be invited for a special issue of the Journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (PUC).

Workshop Chair

Christian Decker
 Telecooperation Office (TecO)
 University of Karlruhe
 cdecker @ teco.edu