CALL FOR PAPERS
The International Workshop on Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks (RoboSense 2013)
http://www.coins-lab.org/events/RoboSense13/
In conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2013) in Nova Scotia, Canada, June 25-28, 2013.


Springer Special Edition

Best selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers to the special edition of Springer Book “Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks” under the book series “Studies in Computational Intelligence”.

Overview

Wireless connected robots and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have enabled great potentials and a large space for ubiquitous and pervasive applications. Robotics and WSNs have mostly been considered as separate research fields and little work has investigated the marriage between these two technologies. However, these two technologies share several features, enable common cyber-physical applications and provide complementary support to each other.

The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers from academia, and industry working in to both robotics and sensor networks areas to present and discuss recent advances and innovative ideas pertaining to these fields. Papers dealing with the coupling between robots and sensor networks are particularly sought. The workshop also looks for contributions about cyber-physical applications based on robotics and sensor networks, such as intelligent transportation systems, healthcare monitoring, industrial automation, etc.

The workshop will provide a relaxed forum to present and discuss new ideas, new research directions and to review current trends in these areas. The workshop will be based on short presentations that should encourage discussions among the attendees. Statements which are innovative, controversial or that present new approaches are specially sought.


Workshop Chairs

Anis Koubaa, Prince Sultan University (Saudi Arabia)/CISTER Research Unit, Portugal.
Abdelmajid Khelil, TU Darmstadt, Germany


Important Dates

Paper Submission: January 28, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2013
Final Manuscript Due: March 15, 2013


Call for Papers

The workshop is seeking original research and position papers dealing with hot topics in mobile robots and sensor networks. Innovative and/or controversial ideas are specially sought. Papers presenting integration between sensor networks and robotics fields will be particularly appreciated. The workshop welcomes papers in three main tracks:

Wireless Sensor Networks Track
Communication and Network Protocols (MAC and Network Layers issues)
Wireless Technologies (IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, RPL, WiMax, UWB)
Localization and Tracking
Link Quality Estimation
Fundamental Theoretical Limits and Algorithms
Performance Evaluation, Simulation and Modelling Tools
Measurement and Experimental Tools
Security and Privacy
Programming Models and Languages
Operating Systems
Service-Oriented Architecture
Hardware Design and Implementation
Mobile Robots Track
Path Planning
Multi-Robot Task Allocation
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
Coordination and Cooperation
Autonomous Navigation
Robot Localization
Swarm Intelligence
Multi-robot systems
Unmanned vehicle systems
Learning for control
Bio-inspired robotic
Probabilistic Exploration and Coverage
Object Detection & Collision Avoidance
Motion estimation
Cyber-Physical Applications
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Vehicular Networks
Health-Care Monitoring
Surveillance
Smart Home
Industrial Automation
Internet-of-Things
Case Studies


TPC Members (in progress)


Adel Ben Mnaouer, Dubai University, UAE
Luis Almeida, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Mário Alves, CISTER Research Unit, Portugal
Raul Aquino, University of Colima, Mexico
Nouha Baccour, National School of Engineering of Sfax, Tunisia
Maher Ben Jemaa, ENIS-REDCAD, Tunisia
Xianghui Cao, Zhejiang University, China
Omar Cheikhrouhou, ENIS-CES, Tunisia
Bernardine Dias, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
Mohamed Elarbi, Al-Imam University, Saudi Arabia
Geoffrey A. Hollinger, University of Southern California, USA
Jiong Jin, University of Melbourne, Australia
Omar Lengerke, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Ramiro Martinez, University of Seville, Spain
Enrico Natalizio, INRIA, France
Ye-Qiong Song, IINPL / INRIA Lorraine, France
Mohamed Tounsi, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
Takashi Tsubouchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Andreas Willig, Canterbury University, New Zealand
Habib Youssef, University of Sousse, Tunisia
Andrea Zanella, University of Padova, Italy
Marco Zuniga, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany