[Tccc] CFP: Pervasive Multimedia Sensor Networks (PMSN 2009)

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Call for Papers

2009 International Workshop on Pervasive Multimedia Sensor Networks
(PMSN 2009)
http://lei.shu.deri.googlepages.com/pmsn2009
(In conjunction with EUC 2009)
http://cse.stfx.ca/~euc09/
August 28th~31st, 2009, Vancouver, Canada

Call for Papers

The 2009 International Workshop on Pervasive Multimedia Sensor Networks
(PMSN'09) will be held in conjunction with the 7th IEEE/IFIP
International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC-09),
August 29th-31st, 2009, Vancouver, Canada.

Having the development of low-cost imaging sensors, CMOS cameras,
sensitive
microphones, PMSN have been proposed and drawn lots of attention from
the
research community. PMSN are a new and emerging type of sensor network
that
contains sensor nodes equipped with cameras, microphones, and other
sensors
producing multimedia content. These networks have the potential to
enable a
large class of applications ranging from assisting elderly in public
spaces
to border protection that benefit from the use of numerous sensor nodes
that
deliver multimedia content, e.g., multimedia surveillance networks,
target
tracking, environmental monitoring, and traffic management systems.
PMSNs
require effective harvesting and communication of event features in the
form
of multimedia such as audio, image, and video.

Comparing with traditional wireless sensor networks, a lot of new
challenges
are faced by PMSNs, e.g., energy efficient multimedia processing and
communication, heterogeneous multimedia reliability definitions, tight
QoS
expectations, and high bandwidth demands.

This workshop is intended to provide a forum for presenting, exchanging
and
discussing the most recent advances in different aspects of pervasive
multimedia sensor networks and applications. In particular, this
workshop
will bring together leading researchers, industry professionals, and
research
students to study the special problems and challenges of multimedia
mobile
and wireless environments.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

*New PMSN architectures, deployments, and applications
*New middleware, system, and underlying infrastructure for PMSN
*Integrating PMSN with all IP Networks
*Semantic annotation for multimedia streams in PMSN
*Multimedia stream processing and management for PMSN
*Protocols for supporting real-time and reliable multimedia streaming in
PMSN
*Energy-efficient multimedia gathering and transmission in PMSN
*Cross-layer design and optimization for effective communications in
PMSN
*Context aware approaches for facilitating multimedia streaming in PMSN
*Secure multimedia streaming and transmission, QoS and admission control
in PMSN
*Cooperative transmission for multimedia delivery in PMSN
*Experimental and test bed studies, simulation tools for PMSN
*Information fusion and multimedia aggregation in PMSN
*Joint multimedia processing and communication solutions for PMSN
*Low-bit rate and energy-efficient multimedia source coding for PMSN
*Distributed source coding and multimedia processing in PMSN
*PMSN capacity modeling and theoretical analysis
*Delay-tolerant networking for PMSN
*Physical layer technologies for efficient PMSN

Publication of Proceedings

PMSN 2009 accepted and registered paper will be published (indexed by
EI) in the EUC
2009 proceedings and available through IEEE Xplore digital library.

Distinguished papers accepted and presented in PMSN 2009, after further
revisions,
will be published in the special issue of the following journal:

* ACM Multimedia Systems Journal, Special Issue on "Multimedia
Intelligent Services
and Technologies" (indexed by SCI-E)
* Inderscience International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet),
Special Issue on
"Multimedia Data Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks"
* Journal of Communications (JCM), Special Issue on "Dependable
Computing for
Ubiquitous Services (DCUS)" (indexed by EI)
* International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications
(IJSEIA),
Special Issue on "Workflow Management in the Grid Era".
* International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial
Intelligence (IJMAI),
Special Issue on "Semantic Intelligence". (PDF)

Important Dates

* Submission due: April 20th, 2009
* Acceptance notification: June 1st, 2009
* Camera-ready due: June 15th, 2009
* Conference date: August 28th~31st, 2009

Submission Guidelines:

Prepare your paper with free styles not more than 15 pages in PDF file.
Submit your
paper(s) in PDF format to: pmsn2009@gmail.com

Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, if the paper
be accepted,
at least one of the authors must attend the conference to present the
work. Accepted
papers will be published in proceedings of the EUC-09 conference by IEEE
Computer
Society.

Organizing Committee

General Co-Chairs

* Yanxiang He, Wuhan University, China
* Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, South Korea
* Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
* Naixue Xiong, Georgia State University, USA

Program Co-Chairs

* Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
* Lei Shu, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland
* Yong Zhu, Wuhan University of Science and Engineering, China

Publication Co-Chairs

* Jiming Chen, Zhejiang University, China
* Jinli Cao, La Trobe University, Australia
* Deqing Zou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Technical Program Committee (more to be confirmed)

* Guangjie Han, Hohai University, China
* Lu Yan, University of Hertfordshire, UK
* Weiwei Fang, Beihang University, China
* Lu Liu, University of Leeds, UK
* Qin Xin, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
* Wei Yu, Nanjing University,China
* Min Chen, University of British Columbia, Canada
* Ruhan He, Wuhan Univeristy of Science and Technology, China
* Zheng Yan, Nokia Research Center, Finland
* Dan Yu, Beihang University, China
* Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea
* Chuan Lin, Wuhan University, China
* Wanqing Tu, Glyndwr University, UK
* Jinlei Jiang, Tsinghua University, China
* Jie Xiang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
* Fei Yan, Wuhan University, China
* Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
* Weiqiang Xu, Zhejiang University, China
* Zhangbing Zhou, National University of Ireland, Ireland

Contact:

For further information regarding the workshop and paper submission,
please contact:

* Lei Shu, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University
of Ireland, Galway,
Ireland, Email: lei.shu@deri.org
* Naixue Xiong, Georgia State University, USA,
Email:xiongnaixue@gmail.com

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