[agents] 2nd International Workshop on Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks (robosense 2013)

[Anis Koubaa (COINS)]

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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.

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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: December 31, 2012 

Notification of Acceptance: February 01, 2013 

Final Manuscript Due: March 01, 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

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

Adel Alimi, National School of Engineering of Sfax, Tunisia

Enrico Natalizio, INRIA, France

Ye-Qiong Song, IINPL / INRIA Lorraine, France

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

 

 

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Anis Koubâa

 

Associate Professor

Prince Sultan University

Leader of COINS Research Lab 

 <http://www.coins-lab.org/> http://www.coins-lab.org 

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

and

Research Associate

CISTER Research Unit 

IPP-ISEP, Porto (PORTUGAL)
 <http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~akoubaa/> http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~akoubaa/


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