[Tccc] Call for Book Chapters (2nd call): Visual Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Proposal Submission Deadline (2nd call): 18 March 2010

Full Chapters Due: 15 June 2010

Visual Information Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks:

Technology, Trends and Applications

A book edited by Li-minn Ang and Kah Phooi Seng

University of Nottingham, Malaysia

To be published by IGI Global:
http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=784

Introduction

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have many applications ranging from
environmental monitoring, security management, and medical applications
to smart homes. For video surveillance and smart home applications, the
wireless sensors used are image sensors. A WSN utilizing image sensors
is termed a Wireless Visual Sensor Network (WVSN). Image sensors are
able to provide useful information for recognition, monitoring, and
surveillance. The drawback is the very high amount of data that would be
generated. For battery-powered image sensors, the energy efficient
processing of the images collected and transmitted in the WVSN presents
a challenging problem. Other issues are to do with the collaborative
processing, security and fault tolerance of the WVSN. Privacy and
security assurances of WVSN applications for use in private spaces, such
as homes and communities, must also be addressed for acceptance and
adoption by society.

Objective of the Book

The objective of this book is to provide a central source of reference
on visual information processing in wireless sensor network environments
and its technology, application, and society issues. It will contain
open-solicited and invited chapters written by leading researchers,
academics, and practitioners in the field. All articles will be reviewed
by three independent reviewers. The book will cover the state-of-the-art
as well as latest research discoveries and applications, thus making it
a valuable reference for a large community of audiences.

Target Audience

This book will be an important reference to researchers and academics
working in the interdisciplinary domains of wireless sensor network
technology and multimedia technology and its related areas such as image
processing, pervasive computing, embedded systems, computer networks,
and so forth. It will also be a potential resource for senior
undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Energy efficient models, techniques, and algorithms for WVSN
* Visual processing, collaborative multi-camera processing, image
fusion, and event/change detectors for WVSN
* Image and video compression and communications for WVSN
* Security, encryption, and authentication for WVSN
* Intelligent, bio-inspired, distributed, and fault-tolerant
techniques for WVSN
* Hardware, real-time, and embedded architectures for WVSN (VLSI,
reconfigurable, microcontroller, mote architectures, etc.)
* WVSN simulators, testbeds, and research infrastructures
* Integration of WVSN and other technologies (RFID, audio,
sensors, Internet, etc.)
* Applications of WVSN for assistive living, elderly fall
detection, ambient intelligence, surveillance, smart homes and other
smart environments, vehicular applications, environmental monitoring,
etc.
* Society aspects of WVSN (privacy, security, assurance, adoption
issues, etc.)
* Technical and society tradeoffs for visual processing in WVSN
environments
* Privacy preserving techniques for visual processing in WVSN
environments

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March
18, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals
will be notified by April 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals
and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted
by June 15, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis.

Publisher

The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group
Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea
Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business
Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For
additional information regarding the publisher, please visit
www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com/> . This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2011.

Editorial Advisory Board Members:

Samy El-Tawab, Old Dominion University, USA

Li-Wei Kang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Ashok Kumar, University of Louisana-Lafayette, USA

Kamesh Namuduri, University of North Texas, USA

Hairong Qi, University of Tennessee, USA

Guoping Qiu, University of Nottingham, UK

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document) or by mail to:

Dr. Li-minn Ang (Kenneth), Dr. Kah Phooi Seng (Jasmine)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus)

Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih

Selangor, Malaysia

E-mail: kenneth.ang@nottingham.edu.my

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