[agents] RSC 2014: The International Workshop on Robots and Sensor Clouds

[Anis Koubaa (COINS)]

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Call for Papers 
RSC 2014: The International Workshop on Robots and Sensor Clouds
August 17-20, 2014, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

http://rsc.coins-lab.org

Highlight: Best-selected papers will be invited to submit an extended
version of their papers to the special edition of Springer Book on ³Robotics
and Sensor Clouds² under the book series ³Studies in Systems, Decision and
Control². Publication of the Springer book is expected to be on Dec 2014.

Overview 
In the evolving world of wireless technology and computing, there are many
levels of technologies being introduced to the web. With the recent
development and progress of cloud computing field, it is possible for users
and machines to utilize and to share several services. The current power of
robots, communication, storage, fast progress of wireless techniques,
enhanced and different types of sensors, robots and sensor networks are able
to take advantage of these services and provide influential solutions.

In the age of cloud computing, cloud robotics and sensor clouds are two
promising paradigms. Recently, they are increasingly evolving and are likely
to be the most effective way to create and monitor robotic and sensor
networks applications, in particular for service robots and monitoring
applications. Indeed, on the one hand, cloud robotics allow the robots to go
beyond their limited processing capabilities and benefit from Internet
computing resources. On the other hand, robots can be accessed from anywhere
and at anytime through Web interfaces. In the same way, sensor clouds allow
to access, use, monitor and interact with sensor nodes seamlessly through
the Internet. Although there are several solutions already in place, many
challenges remain to be investigated and tackled. RSC 2014 will be held in
conjunction with the Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC)
Conference (MOBISPC-2014) in Ontario, Canada, August 17-20, 2014.

This workshop is seeking original research and position papers dealing with
different aspects and issues with robots and sensor networks in cloud
computing. Also, in an effort to highlight the state-of-the-art and discuss
the challenges and opportunities to explore new research directions.
We strongly welcome submissions that include results, which advance the
state-of-the-art relating to the themes of the workshop. We consider two
main tracks in this workshop: Cloud Robotics and Sensor Clouds. Papers
dealing with both robots and sensor networks clouds are also sought.

Important Dates 
* Paper Submission: April 15, 2014
* Notification of Acceptance: May 30, 2014
* Final Manuscript: June 19, 2014


Springer Special Edition
Best-selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their
papers to the special edition of Springer Book on ³Robotics and Sensor
Clouds² under the book series ³Studies in Systems, Decision and Control².
Publication of the Springer book is expected to be on Dec 2014.

Publication 

All workshops accepted papers will be printed in the conference proceedings
published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science
series. 

Workshop Chairs 
Anis Koubâa (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia)
Elhadi Shakshuki (Acadia University, Canada)

Program Committee (in progress)
Alper Aydemir (NASA/JPL, USA)
Filippo Arrichiello (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio
Meridionale, Italy)
Adel Ben Mnaouer (Canadian University of Dubai, UAE)
Basit Qureshi (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia)
Javier Civera (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Christopher Crick (Oklahoma State University, USA)
Kathik Dantu (University at Buffalo, USA)
Luis Ferreira (CISTER Research Unit, Portugal)
Mohanarajah Gajamohan (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Roch Glitho, (Concordia University, Canada)
Takayuki Kushida, (IBM Research, Japan)
Guoqiang Hu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Jose Ramiro Martinez de Dios (University of Seville, Spain)
Shahid Raza (SICS, Sweden)
Wee Peng Tay (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Farid Touati, (Qatar University, Qatar)
Dan Zhang (Laval University, Canada)