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On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Sandra Sendra <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apologies for crossposting > > -------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ----------------- > > International Workshop on Marine Sensors and Systems (MARSS 2011) > October 17-22, 2011, Valencia (Spain) > In conjunction with IEEE MASS 2011 > http://mass2011.upv.es/marss2011/index.html > > > Sensor networks and sensor-based systems support many applications today on > the ground. Underwater operations and applications are quite limited by > comparison. Most applications refer to remotely controlled submersibles and > wide-area data collection systems at a coarse granularity. Underwater sensor > networks have many potential applications such a seismic imaging of undersea > oil fields as a representative application. Oceanographic research is also > based on the advances in underwater data collection systems. > > There are specific technical aspects to realize underwater applications which > can not be borrowed from the ground-based sensors net research. Radio is not > suitable for underwater systems because of extremely limited propagation. > Acoustic telemetry could be used in underwater communication; however > off-the-shelf acoustic modems are not recommended for underwater sensor > networks with hundreds of nodes because they were designed for long-range and > expensive. As the speed of light (radio) is five orders of magnitude higher > than the speed of sound, there are fundamental implications of time > synchronization and propagation delays for localization. Additionally, > existing communication protocols are not designed to deal with long sleep > times and they can not shut down and quickly restart. > > The International Workshop on Marine Sensors and Systems, MarSS, brings > together practitioners and researchers for discussion and work on the > emerging aspects pertaining to the new mechanisms for underwater sensor > networks and applications. > > > Topics of interest: > Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not > under review in any other conference or journal, including, but are not > limited to, the following topic areas: > > • Protocols for underwater sensor networks > • Hardware for marine sensors and systems > • Marine observatories and Infrastructures > • Underwater wired systems > • Underwater wireless sensor networks > • Sensors and system for marine neutrino telescopes > • Acoustic and radio underwater communication > • Aquatic environments and applications > • Unmanned underwater exploration > • Underwater localization and knowledge acquisition > • Scalable underwater monitoring and measurement systems > • Fixed and mobile underwater wireless sensors > • Aquatic surveillance applications > • QoS/Performance in underwater communication > • Surface-floating and underwater sensor communication > • Access control in underwater networks > • Latency effects for critical applications and synchronization > • Synchronization and delays in underwater sensor networks > • Localization in underwater sensor networks > • Advanced underwater sensor-based applications > • Sensor and systems for navigation and tracking > > Important Dates > Paper Submission: 16 July 2011 > Paper Acceptance: 10 August 2011 > Camera-Ready: 26 August 2011 > > > Submission guidelines: > All submissions must be full papers in PDF format and uploaded on EDAS > http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=10975 > > They must not exceed 6 single-spaced, double-column pages using 10 pt size > fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages in IEEE style format. > > > General Chairs > Miguel Ardid, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain > > TPC Chairs > Victor Espinosa, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain > Demetrio de Armas, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain > > Publicity Chairs > Sandra Sendra, Univ. Politécnica Valencia, Spain > > Web Chair > Miguel Garcia, Univ. Politécnica Valencia, Spain > > _______________________________________________ > Desktop_architects mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects > _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
