[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
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
and
Research Associate
CISTER Research Unit
IPP-ISEP, Porto (PORTUGAL)
http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/~akoubaa/ 
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