Join us in Dresden for 9th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2012 (WPNC’12). Localization is touching every aspect of our everyday life. Advanced location aware services are enabled by ranging and positioning techniques attracting great attention from scientists and industry alike. Recent advances in heterogeneous sensor fusion, p2p-networks, context awareness, privacy and security are enabling new system solutions and bring in new challenges to be solved at the same time. WPNC, the premier event on Positioning and Navigation in Europe, continues to provide an international platform for exchanging latest research results and inputs from the industry. Be part of the positioning revolution and submit your original contribution to WPNC 2012. Papers will appear in IEEEXplore (pending) and will be eligible for a WPNC best paper award.


Submission deadline: November 25 2011
Acceptance notification: January 21 2012
Conference dates: March 15 - 16 2012



Scope
Localization is touching every aspect of our everyday life. Advanced location aware services are enabled by ranging and positioning techniques attracting great attention from scientists and industry alike. Recent advances in heterogeneous sensor fusion, p2p-networks, context awareness, privacy and security are enabling new system solutions and bring in new challenges to be solved at the same time. WPNC, the premier event on Positioning and Navigation in Europe, continues to provide an international platform for exchanging latest research results and inputs from the industry. Be part of the positioning revolution and submit your original contribution to WPNC 2012.

Awards
Best WPNC2012 Paper - Best WPNC2012 Student Paper – Best WPNC2012 Demo

Topics
Authors are invited to submit papers presenting scientific work, practical implementations or application scenarios addressing, but not limited to the following topics:

Context awareness in localization
Semantic localization Simultaneous localization and mapping
Location and behavior modeling Localization in sensor networks
Cognitive position
Ranging/Positioning techniques
RFID based approaches Inertial Data fusion techniques
Active & passive object tracking Underwater localization
Ultra-sound ranging Propagation issues & antennas
UWB ranging / UWB imaging Cooperative localization
Navigation
Pedestrian/special forces navigation Vehicle and robot navigation
Asset tracking Industrial process automation
Localization related R&D projects
Localization for the Internet of Things Positioning techniques
UWB ranging techniques Location-aided communications
Location aided Communication and Applications
Localization in robotics and automotive Local/Global application scenarios
Integrated positioning & communication Health, public transport, M2M, Smart Grid
Robust and Secure Positioning
Privacy in localization Location based security
Secure ranging and localization Fundamental limits of secure positioning
Anti-jamming techniques Outlier/NLOS robustness
Energy efficient localization
Complexity reduction Energy-accuracy trade-off
Traffic reduction Energy harvesting for localization

Submission Guidelines
Full Papers (max. 6 pages) may be submitted electronically in PDF-format in English
language. The workshop proceedings will be published electronically on data storage device at the event in Dresden and online in the IEEE Xplore database (pending).

Important Dates
Submission of Full Papers: November 25th, 2011
Notification of acceptance: January 21st, 2012