[sigcomm] cfp: International Journal of Sensor Networks Special Issue on "Interdisciplinary Design of Algorithms and Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks"

[Yang, Kun]

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  Call for Papers 
International Journal of Sensor Networks Special Issue on
"Interdisciplinary Design of Algorithms and Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks"

Guest Editors
  Dr. Kun Yang: University of Essex, UK
  Dr. Jie Li: University of Tsukuba, Japan
  Prof. Alan Marshall: Queen's University Belfast, UK
  Dr. Yao Ma: Iowa State University, USA

See the following link for details or read further:

http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=442

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Recent technology advances in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), embedded microprocessors and wireless communication have led to the development of wireless sensor networks. While sensor networks provide ample opportunities to provide various services, its effective deployment in large scale is still challenging due to not only limited battery supply but also various other constraints such as time-varying fading effect, limited bandwidth, different protocols and application requirements. Design of sensor network algorithms using methodologies and mechanisms from other disciplines hold great promise for addressing these challenges and providing more flexible and robust algorithms in wireless sensor networks. 
This issue solicits the state-of-the-art approaches and technical solutions in the area of sensor network algorithms and protocols which specifically utilize the techniques or methodologies borrowed from other disciplines, such as game theory, fuzzy logic, control theory, micro- and macro-economics, to name a few. The application of these inter-disciplinary methods in sensor networks can be any issues involved in the algorithm and protocol design for wireless sensor networks such as network planning, topology control, signal processing, resource management, bandwidth management, power control, mobility management, MAC (Media Access Control), various routing algorithms (including broadcast, unicast and multicast, multi-path or single-path), flow and error control, admission control, QoS (Quality of Service), fault-tolerance, data aggregation and dissemination, network management, specific application design, multimedia over sensor networks. As another dimension, important issues such as energy-awareness, cross-layered design are also highly expected to be addressed.  

This Special Issue is to provide a compelling forum for researchers and practitioners to present their results and to track the state-of-the-art researches that are particularly inspired by nature, society, economic and other disciplines in this rapidly evolving sensor networks field. 

Subject Coverage:
Any paper that bears an inter-disciplinary flavour, e.g., employing the methodology, theory, and techniques from the disciplines listed in Group 1 and tackles the sensor network problems listed in Group 2 is of the interest of this SI.
Group 1: Relevant disciplines include (but not limited to):
*) Fuzzy logic, fuzzy set, fuzzy reasoning
*) Control theory such as from the simple linear proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control to more complex Kalman filter, etc.
*) Game theory, Nash equilibrium 
*) Micro- and macro-economic theory
*) Traditional artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and recent nature-inspired new AI such as neutral networks, genetic algorithms, modern heuristics
*) Any combination of the above and/or others


Group 2: Sensor Network Issues include: - but not limited to
*) Sensor network static and dynamic planning
*) Energy-aware sensor network topology control
*) Novel signal processing
*) Optimal resource management, bandwidth management, power control, mobility management
*) MAC (Media Access Control) algorithms and protocols, including contention-based and collision-free methods
*) Energy-aware routing algorithms, including broadcast, unicast and multicast, multi-path or single-path
*) Flow and error control
*) Admission control, QoS (Quality of Service), fault-tolerance
*) Data aggregation and dissemination, data query
*) Network management, signalling
*) Security and its trade-off with other factors such as energy, delay, computation complexity, etc.
*) Specific application design, multimedia over sensor networks
*) Sensor network testbeds, field experiments, trial and measurements
*) Cross-layer design and development
*) Inter-connection between sensor networks and other types of networks such as cellular networks, the Internet.


Notes for Intending Authors:
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Papers Submission section under Author Guidelines

To submit a paper, please go to Submission of Papers

The Journal webpage: 
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijsnet

This is our preferred route for submitting papers; please use it if at all possible. However, if you experience any problems submitting papers in this way, an alternative route is suggested below.

Important Dates:
Manuscript Submission Due: November 15, 2006
Acceptance Notification: February 15, 2007
Final Manuscript Due: April 15, 2007
Publication: August, 2007 

Editors and Notes
As an alternative to using the Submission of Papers site, you may send one copy in the form of a PDF file attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following (at the same time):

Dr. Kun Yang
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering 
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (1206) 872449
Fax: +44 (1206) 872900
Email: kunyang at essex.ac.uk 

And

Dr. Jie Li
Department of Computer Science
Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering
University of Tsukuba 
Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
Phone: +81-29-853-5521
Email: lijie at cs.tsukuba.ac.jp

with an email copy only to:
Editor-in-Chief
IEL Editorial Office
E-mail: ijsnet at inderscience.com
Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor