[agents] Special Edition - Springer Book "Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks" - 2013

[Anis Koubaa (COINS)]

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Hello

We are pleased to announce the special edition of a Springer Book
“Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks” under the book series “Studies in
Computational Intelligence” http://www.springer.com/series/7092 which
represents one of the largest books series on broadly perceived intelligent
systems in the entire scientific literature.

The book will include selected best papers of the International Workshop on
Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks (RoboSense 2013) as well as other
peer-reviewed invited chapters. The call for papers of RoboSense 2013 is
appended below to this email. 

More information about RoboSense 2013 workshop are available at
http://www.coins-lab.org/events/RoboSense13/ 

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers to RoboSense 2013 workshop.
The best papers will then be selected and authors will be invited to submit
an extended version of their papers to the intended Springer book. At least
30% of new material should be added to the original papers. 

A fast review process will then be made, and notification of
acceptance/rejection will be sent back to authors. 

We look forward to receiving your submission to RoboSense 2013 workshop.

RoboSense TPC Chairs
Springer Book Guest Editors
Anis Koubaa, Abdelmajid Khelil.



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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: January 28, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2013 Final Manuscript Due: March
15, 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
    Nouha Baccour, National School of Engineering of Sfax, Tunisia
    Maher Ben Jemaa, ENIS-REDCAD, Tunisia
    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
    Enrico Natalizio, INRIA, France
    Ye-Qiong Song, IINPL / INRIA Lorraine, France
    Mohamed Tounsi, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
    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