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CALL FOR PAPERS
GEOSENSOR NETWORKS 2009
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13-14 July 2009, Oxford, United Kingdom
Website:
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/geosensornetworks/
Sponsored by:
University of Oxford
Papers to be published by Springer in the "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" (LNCS) series. They will also be indexed electronically on SpringerLink.
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Geosensor networks shift the
traditional centralized paradigm of monitoring a geographical area
from the macroscale to the microscale, by using distributed sensors
to measure variables of interest (such as environmental, biological
and chemical variables, seismic activity and geolocated videofeeds).
Whilst having the ability to provide data with unparalleled temporal
and spatial resolution, geosensor networks have pushed the frontiers
of traditional GIS research into the realms of computer science,
introducing issues such as data fusion, geolocated queries, energy
efficient data collection and data mining and interpretation. The
incorporation of mobile devices into these networks allows data
acquisition to be undertaken on a spatially varying sampling
resolution, introducing new research avenues such as co-operative
sensing and dynamic coverage. Furthermore, geosensor networks are not
only constrained to passively monitor a region, through actuators,
they also have the ability to influence or modify their environment.
Research in geosensor networks spans
multiple fields, ranging from strategies for intelligent data
acquisition to virtual reality interactions with environmental
dynamics. Of particular interest are applications of geosensor
networks, such as environmental monitoring, precision agriculture,
early warning systems and wildlife tracking. This workshop seeks to
address these issues, by bringing together leading experts in a two
day forum to present novel research and exchange ideas relating to
the state of the art and its future directions. Real world results
are particularly welcomed, as are reports of interesting or
challenging deployments.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC)
Andreas
Savvides (Yale)
IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper Submission: 15 April 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 27 April 2009
Camera Ready Papers Due: 5 May 2009
Conference: 13-14 July 2009
TOPICS
Suggested topics include, but are not
limited to, the following as they relate to spatio-temporal
applications and geosensor networks:
* Data mining across sensor themes
* Modeling spatio-temporal data streams
* Data stream processing
* Handling uncertainty and imprecision
in geospatial data
* Intelligent sensors/sensor fusion
* Location-based queries
* Middleware for pervasive computing
* Mobile computing
* Co-operative sensing and organization
* Peer-to-peer collaboration strategies
using geospatial information
* Queries (aggregate and statistical)
and reasoning over data streams
* Query optimization over sensor
networks
* Real-time updating of geospatial
databases
* Sensor information management systems
* Spatiotemporal sensor data mining
* Video and motion imagery analysis for
real-time scene and event modeling and monitoring
* Virtual modeling of large geographic
areas
* Time geography
* Privacy, geo-privacy
* Sensor networks and interaction with
actuators
* Applications of geosensor networks
(e.g. disaster management, early warning systems, environmental
monitoring)
* Real world deployments, issues,
challenges and results
PAPER SUBMISSION:
- Papers should not exceed 10 pages/LNCS format:
available here
- Link to submission and more instructions can be found on the conference website
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
General chair:
- Niki Trigoni, University of
Oxford
Steering committee:
- Silvia Nittel, University of Maine
- Alex Labrinidis, University of
Pittsburgh
- Niki Trigoni, University of
Oxford
Publicity chair:
- Andrew Markham, University of Oxford
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
- Alastair Beresford, University of
Cambridge, UK
- Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, University
of Patras, Greece
- Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy
- Antonios Deligiannakis, Technical
University of Crete, Greece
- Dinos Ferentinos, University of
Athens, Greece
- Alvaro Fernandes, University of
Manchester, UK
- Sanjay Jha, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Vana Kalogeraki, University of
California, Riverside, USA
- Yannis Kotidis, Athens University of
Economics and Business, Greece
- Antonio Kruger, University of
Muenster, Germany
- Lars Kulik, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Andrew Markham, University of Oxford,
UK
- Kirk Martinez, University of Southampton, UK
- Cecilia
Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK
- Peter Pietzuch, Imperial College
London, UK
- Mirek Riedewald, Northeastern University, USA
- Monika Sester, LUH, Germany
- Egemen Tanin, University of
Melbourne, Australia
- Theodore Tsiligiridis, Agricultural
University of Athens, Greece
- Niki Trigoni, University of Oxford,
UK (Chair)
- Peter Widmayer, ETH, Switzerland
-
Mike Worboys, University of Maine, USA
- Eiko Yoneki, University of Cambridge,
UK
