[Tccc] Call for White Papers: NSF Sponsored Workshop on Future Directions in Networked Sensing Systems: Fundamentals and Applications

We would like to call your attention to the attached call for papers for
an NSF sponsored workshop on "Future Directions in Networked Sensing
Systems: Fundamentals and Applications." The workshop will take place
on November 12-13 in Arlington, VA. Workshop participation is by
invitation only. Invitations will be extended based on a review of the
submitted whitepapers. The selection criteria will consider the
quality of the whitepapers and the ability of the workshop organizers
to form a diverse program. Travel expenses for all participants will be
reimbursed by Penn State through an NSF grant. Participants are
required to contributed to a workshop report to be delivered to NSF.
We encourage you to submit your ideas.

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*Call For Papers: NSF Sponsored Workshop*

Future Directions in Networked Sensing Systems: Fundamentals and
Applications

http://www.seas.gwu.edu//~cheng/NSFWorkshop09/index.html//

The Westin Arlington Gateway
Arlington, VA
November 12-13, 2009//

Distributed networked sensing systems have emerged in recent years as a
new technology for observing physical, physiological, urban, social and
other such processes at scales, resolution, and timeliness that no other
types of instruments can. The time has now come for the diverse
community of researchers to identify the new challenges facing networked
sensing systems, that when solved will enable a leap forward in the
applications that they can support and their ability to be deployed.
This requires a vision of the future of networked sensing systems and
the technologies that support them. To facilitate this discussion the
National Science Foundation is sponsoring a workshop with the following
specific objectives:

· To explore advances needed in networked sensing systems to
fully leverage complementary research developments in system software,
communications, embedded processing, energy harvesting, sensing,
actuation, signal processing, control theory, information theory and
science/./

· To identify the new requirements on networked sensing system
posed by emerging applications that move beyond simple monitoring and
event detection towards applications involving real-time control,
complex inferences about personal, social, and urban spaces, human
interaction, and coupling with the web.

· To identify open hard problems that must be solved to enable
networked sensing systems to be deployed on a large scale; these
problems may require holistic solutions.

· To identify future infrastructural and standards developments
in mobile devices, web and cloud computing services, and Internet
architecture that impact networked sensing systems.

Ultimately, our goal is to create a vision for future networked sensing
systems and link it to specific new research directions and programs as
recommendations for NSF to invest in as part of its strategic plan.

We solicit 1 page whitepapers on various topics related to networked
sensing systems including but not limited to: (i) New application
domains, (ii) Challenges in going beyond sensing to real-time control
and actuation, (iii) Theoretical advances such as compressive sensing
with deep implications for networked sensing, (iv) Mobile phone based
participatory sensing with its challenges of human-coupling and privacy,
(v) New radio, sensor, and platform technologies and their architectural
implications, (vi) Looking beyond current networking, timing, and other
relevant standards, (viii) Mechanisms for high-integrity,
trustworthiness, and high quality of information, and (ix) Theoretical
foundations, algorithms and protocols for enabling sensor network
resources to be shared by applications and users from different
administrative domains with different policies. The final agenda will
be driven by the whitepapers received.

The whitepapers must include three paragraphs describing the following:
(i) the credentials of the participant; (ii) the vision of the
participant; (iii) evidence that pursuing this vision will lead to major
advances in the field. Please note, whitepapers that present mature or
already-published work will not be accepted. Acceptance will be based
on several factors including the quality of the whitepaper and the
ability to form a diverse program in terms of topics and participants.
Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. Invitations will be
extended based upon on review of the whitepapers. A limited number of
international participants may be invited. Penn State will pay travel
expenses for all participants through the support of an NSF grant.
All participants are required to contribute to a workshop report that
will be provided to NSF. The report will be edited by the workshop
co-chairs.

Submission Guidelines

Format: 1 page, 12 point font, 1 inch margins

Submit via email to tlp@cse.psu.edu

Important Dates:

September 30: Whitepaper submission deadline
October 15: Invitations extended
December 15: Final Report Due to NSF

Organization
Co-Chairs
Thomas F. La Porta, Penn State University
Mani Srivastava, UCLA

Local Arrangements/
Xiuzhen (Susan) Cheng, The George Washington University

National Science Foundation
Sajal Das
Alhussein Abouzeid

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