Distributed sensor systems have become a highly active research area due to their potential for providing diverse new capabilities and applications. The focus of the IEEE DCOSS conference is on distributed computing issues in large scale networked sensor systems (including algorithms and applications, system design techniques and tools, and in-network signal and information processing). The conference normally features three tracks on Algorithms, Systems, and Signal Processing. In addition, a new “Track of the Year” is introduced; this track focuses on emerging topics in sensing. In DCOSS 2013, the focus topic is “Social Networks and Crowdsensing.”

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on computational aspects of distributed sensor systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Social networks and crowdsensing
• Sensors for smart grid systems, green networks and sustainability
• Computation and programming models
• Energy models, minimization, awareness
• Distributed collaborative information processing
• Detection and tracking
• Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability
• Abstractions for modular design
• Fault tolerance and security
• Languages, operating systems
• Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration
• Dynamic resource management
• Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level)
• Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives
• Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation
• Design automation and application synthesis techniques
• Closed-loop control for sensing and actuation
• Case studies: lessons from real world deployments
• Network coding and compression

* Important Dates

Abstract Registration Deadline: January 13, 2013 (11:59 pm EST)
Paper Submission Deadline: January 20, 2013 (11:59 pm EST)
Acceptance Notification: March 25, 2013
Camera Ready Submission Deadline: April 8, 2013 (11:59pm EST)
Early Registration Deadline: April 29, 2013 (11:59 pm EST)

Paper submissions will be via EDAS. See http://www.dcoss.org/dcoss13 for more information on the conference. The proceedings will be published by the IEEE.

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) and IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing (TCDP). Held in co-operation with ACM SIGARCH, ACM SIGBED, European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), and IFIP WG 10.3.

** Organizing Committee

* General Chair: Sajal K. Das
(Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA)

*Technical Program Co-chairs
Tarek F. Abdelzaher
(Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)

Habib M. Ammari
(Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)

* Program Vice Chairs (Tracks)
Algorithms: Mingyan Liu
(Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)

Systems: Thiemo Voigt
(Uppsala Univ., Sweden and SICS)

Signal Processing: Jean-Francois Chamberland
(Texas A&M Univ., USA)

Track of the Year "Social Networks & Crowdsensing:" Bolek Szymanski
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

* Workshops Co-chairs
Tommaso Melodia
(State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, USA)

Mehmet Can Vuran
(Univ. of Nebraska, USA)

* Publicity Co-chairs
Stefano Basagni
(Northeastern Univ., USA)

Raffaele Bruno
(IIT-CNR, Italy)

Salil Kanhere
(Univ. of New South Wales, Australia)

* Finance Chair
Wenyuan Xu
(Univ. of South Carolina, USA)

* Webmaster
M. Yousof Naderi
(Northeastern Univ., USA)

* Steering Committee Chair
Jose Rolim
(Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland)