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Call for Chapters
+ Book Title: Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks (Second Edition)
Special edition in the ³Studies in Computational Intelligence² Springer
Book Series http://www.springer.com/series/7092

+ Publisher:  Springer

Editors
Dr. Anis Koubaa (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia)/(CISTER Research
Unit, Portugal)
Dr. Abdelmajid Khelil (Huawei Tech., Germany)

Call for Chapters
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 01, 2013
Abstract Acceptance Notification Deadline: March 15, 2013
Full Chapters Due: June 15, 2013
Chapter Acceptance Notification: September 15, 2013
Estimated Publication Date: December 2013

Context and Objectives
Mobile 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 primary objective of book is to provide a reference for cutting-edge
studies and research trends pertaining to robotics and sensor networks,
and in particular for the coupling between them. Research works dealing
with the integration between robots and sensor networks are particularly
sought. The book also looks for contributions about cyber-physical
applications based on robotics and/or sensor networks, such as vehicular
networks, intelligent transportation systems, healthcare monitoring,
industrial automation, etc. Outstanding contributions related to purely
sensor networks or robotics research works are also welcome.

Target Audience
The book is expected to serve broad audience including researchers,
academics, advanced students, and industrials in the field of robotics and
sensor networks.  

Recommended topics
There are three major topics of interest for this book: (1) sensor
networks, (2) mobile robots, and (3) cyber-physical intelligent
applications. Any research work coupling any of these topics is
particularly sought. In addition, efforts related to merging cloud
computing with robotics and sensor networks are of big interest for this
book. Comprehensive tutorials and surveys are also expected.
Details about recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the
following:

1.	Wireless Sensor Networks
€	Cloud computing and sensor networks intgeration
€	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 Modeling Tools
€	Measurement and Experimental Tools
€	Security and Privacy
€	Programming Models and Languages
€	Operating Systems
€	Service-Oriented Architecture
€	Hardware Design and Implementation
2.	Mobile Robots
€	Cloud Computing and Robotic Integration
€	Combinatorial problems and algorithms for robotics
€	Path Planning
€	New robotic platforms
€	Robot programming
€	Multi-Robot Task Allocation (MRTA)
€	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 robotics
€	Probabilistic Exploration and Coverage
€	Object Detection & Collision Avoidance
3.	Cyber-Physical Intelligent Applications
€	Intelligent Transportation Systems
€	Vehicular Networks
€	Health-Care Monitoring
€	Surveillance
€	Smart Home
€	Industrial Automation
€	Internet-of-Things
€	Case Studies

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 01,
2013, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of the proposed chapter.
Submission of abstracts must be done through EasyChair system
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robosense2013

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 15, 2013 about the
status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are
to be submitted by June 15, 2013 through EasyChair
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robosense2013
The Chapter should not exceed 20 pages with respect to Springer format.
All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a single-blind review basis.
Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher
This book will be published by end of 2013 by Springer as an edition of
the book the series ³Studies in Computational Intelligence².
http://www.springer.com/series/7092
For additional information and guidelines regarding the publisher, please
visit www.springer.com

Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 01, 2013
Abstract Acceptance Notification Deadline: March 15, 2013
Full Chapters Due: June 15, 2013
Chapter Acceptance Notification: September 15, 2013
Estimated Publication Date: December 2013

For any inquiry, please contact
Anis Koubaa akoubaa at coins-lab.org