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Call for papers
WiSARN 2016
9th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot
Networks
(in conjunction with the International Conference on Computing,
Networking and Communications - ICNC 2016)
Kauai, Hawaii, USA,
15-18 February 2016
https://wisarn2016.hds.utc.fr

Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for
publication in the
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network systems
(see http://sites.bu.edu/tcns/ for submission instructions).
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Important Dates:
Paper submission: July 31st
Author notification: September 30th
Camera ready: October 20th

Call for papers
Wireless sensor and robot networks (WSRNs) are the confluence point
where the traditional fields of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), robot
networks and control theory meet. In WSRN, nodes collaborate to
accomplish distributed sensing and actuation tasks. Leveraged by the
control and mobility of actors, the networking process and
applications embrace a whole new set of possibilities. Actors may
deploy, repair and relocate sensors to improve coverage, build routes
and fix network partition to ensure data communication, change network
topology to shape routing patterns and balance energy consumption, and
respond to reported events in a timely and effective manner. The
benefits are limited only by imagination. As an emerging field, WSRNs
are in need of new networking techniques, by which they can fully
exploit their particularities and potentials.WiSARN aims to bring
together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification
and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for
current and future applications of WSRN.

Topic of Interest
Original, unpublished contributions are solicited in ALL aspects of
WSRN and traditional wireless sensor networks, robot networks, as well
as robotics and automation. Possible topics include, but are not
limited to:
• Autonomous sensor networks
• Emergent behavior in WSRN
• Modeling and simulation of WSRN
• WSRN architectural and operational models
• Optimal control of networked robots
• Robot advanced motion control by WSRN
• Modeling and control of flying robots
• Autonomic and self-organizing coordination and communication
• Sensor-robot and robot-robot coordination
• Energy-efficient and real-time communication protocols
• Bandwidth-efficient and delay-tolerant communication
protocols
• Distributed control and management in WSRN
• Neighborhood discovery and mobility management
• Communication protocols for swarms of mobile robots
• Map exploration and pattern formation of mobile robots
• Robot task assignment
• Biologically inspired communication
• Ecological systems
• Architectures and topology control
• Localization in WSRN
• Probabilistic integration in WSRN
• Quality of service, security and robustness issues
• Applications and prototypes
• Hybrid networks and wireless Internet
• M2M and D2D communications
• Data management, gathering, aggregation and query processing

Submission Instructions
It is required that the manuscript follows the standard IEEE
camera-ready format (double column, 10-pt font) as well as the
requirement set by EDAS paper submission system. The maximum length of
ICNC paper without over-length charge is FIVE (5) page. The authors
are allowed to pay for up to TWO (2) additional pages at $150 per over
length page. Submitted papers may not have been previously published
in or under consideration for publication in another journal of
conference.
Submissions should be uploaded using this link:
http://edas.info/N20967.

TPC Committee

General Chair:
Ioannis Paschalidis, Boston University, USA

Program Co-Chairs:
Enrico Natalizio, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
Olivier Simonin, INSA de Lyon, France
Danilo Tardioli, Centro Universitario de Zaragoza, Spain