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The Eighth IEEE PerCom International Workshop on
Sensor Networks and Systems for Pervasive Computing (PerSeNS 2012)

http://www.ing.unipi.it/persens

in conjunction with IEEE PerCom 2012 (http://www.percom.org)
March 19-23, 2012
Lugano, Switzerland

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DEADLINE EXTENSION: NOVEMBER 7, 2011.

Due to a high number of requests the submission deadline has been
extended to November 7, 2011

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Wireless sensor networks collect sensing measurements or detect
special events, perform node-level processing, and export the combined
data from their sensing nodes to the outside world.
Sensing, processing and communication are three key elements whose
combination in one small device is instrumental to pervasive computing
and gives rise to countless applications.

This workshop will provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss
solutions, and share experiences among researchers and professionals
from industry and academia.

Papers describing original research on both theoretical and practical
aspects of sensor networks for pervasive computing are solicited.
We particularly welcome submissions that present implementation and
deployment results. Particular topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

- Sensor-based systems and applications
- Operating systems for Sensor Networks
- Middleware and software tools
- Networking architectures and protocols
- Data gathering, aggregation and dissemination
- Topology control
- Power Management and energy-efficient design
- Time synchronization
- Location management
- Sensor networks with mobile elements
- Cross-layer architectures
- Intelligent sensor nodes
- Security and dependability issues
- Modeling and performance evaluation
- Measurements


EDITORIAL FOLLOW UP

Papers of particular merit will be considered for a possible special
issue in an international journal.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers should contain original material and not be previously published,
or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Guidelines for
preparing and submitting the manuscript will be made available on the
workshop website. All submissions will be handled via EDAS. Accepted
papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press in the
combined PerCom 2012 workshops proceedings. At least one author of each
accepted paper must register and attend the workshop to present the
paper. Registration is to the entire event (there is no workshop-only
registration).
Failure to present the paper at the workshop will result in the withdrawal
of the paper from the Proceedings as well as from IEEE Xplore.


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission deadline: Novembre 7, 2011
Notification of acceptance: December 20, 2011
Camera-ready papers due: January 27, 2012

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy
Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Sciences of Southern
Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland

PROGRAM CHAIR

Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy

PUBLICITY CHAIR

Pietro Ducange, University of Pisa, Italy

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Ozgur Akan, Koc University, Turkey
Cesare Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Mário Alves, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Raheem Beyah, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Edoardo Biagioni, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Eleonora Borgia, IIT-CNR, Italy
Raffaele Bruno, IIT-CNR, Italy
Levente Buttyan, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Diane Cook, Washington State University, USA
Sajal K. Das, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA
Mario Di Francesco, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Tassos Dimitriou, Athens Information Technology, Greece
Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech, USA
Omprakash Gnawali, University of Houston, USA
Isabelle Guerin Lassous, INRIA, France
Martin Haenggi, University of Notre Dame, France
Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, USA
Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Yonghe Liu, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Giuseppe Lo Re, University of Palermo, Italy
Roberto Lopez-Valcarce, Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Sanglu Lu, Nanjing University, China
Janise McNair, University of Florida, USA
Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Andrea Passerella, IIT-CNR, Italy
Cristina M. Pinotti, University of Perugia, Italy
Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Daniele Puccinelli, University of Applied Sciences of Southern
Switzerland, Switzerland
Mariagiovanna Sami, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada
Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA
Alessio Vecchio, University of Pisa, Italy
Massimo Vecchio, University of Vigo, Spain