OK. What do folks think - should we unsubscribe Sandra, since she just send another crosspost?
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Dan Kegel <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies are not enough; you have to stop doing it, or we'll bounce > you from the list. > > 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 Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not 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
