IEEE SENSEAPP 2010

Introduction:
Sensor nodes are tiny autonomous devices that combine sensing, computing and wireless communication capabilities. These nodes are deeply embedded into the physical surroundings, and gather and process information such as temperature, humidity, light characteristics, seismic activities or images and sound samples from the physical world. Networked systems of such sensors are expected to be used in a variety of applications including habitat monitoring, precision agriculture, disaster recovery operations, healthcare and supply chain management. Real world sensor network deployments and prototype implementations are still not commonplace. However, experiences gained in such deployments are crucial for the sensor network research community. These results will allow us to refine assumptions made when designing hardware, software, protocols and mechanisms for sensor networks.

SenseApp 2010, the Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Practical Issues in Building Sensor Network Applications, will be a one-day workshop, held in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Local Comupter Networks (LCN 2010). The workshop aims at bringing together researchers from academia and industry to showcase their work and obtain feedback. We expect the workshop to act as a forum for the sensor network research community to discuss open issues, novel solutions and the future development of wireless sensor networks in general.

Scope:
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop or journal. Full papers should be restricted to 8 camera-ready pages (in 10 pt font, double column, US letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches, IEEE format) including text, figures and references. Poster papers are an opportunity to present initial results and obtain feedback on on-going research. We also welcome submissions for demonstrations that showcase original research, practical implementations and realistic applications of wireless sensor networks. Poster/demo papers must be restricted to 2 camera-ready pages. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Experiences from real-world sensor network deployment and applications
Innovative sensor network applications
Middleware support for sensor networks
Programming and debugging sensor networks
Security, availability and dependability issues in sensor networks
Practical problems in implementing localization and time synchronization
Experiences with communication protocols
Practical medium access control protocols (MACs)
Topology control and routing protocols in existing sensor network deployments
Antenna design and experiences with signal propagation
Experiences regarding energy management and network lifetime
Fault-tolerance and troubleshooting sensor networks
Management of large-scale sensor networks
Interconnection between IP and sensor networks
Hardware design and operating systems issues
Configuration and installation support
Participatory sensing


Submitted papers will be reviewed by three independent experts in the field. Proceedings of the workshop will be published together with those of IEEE LCN, and will be available in digital format from the IEEE Explore Digital Library.
Important Dates:
Paper Registration Deadline: 15 May 2010
Paper Submission Deadline: 22 May 2010
Notification of Acceptance: 6 July 2010
Camera Ready Copy Due: 28 July 2010
Author Registration by: 28 July 2010