Workshop Scope

 In recent years wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have witnessed a paradigm shift from traditional homogeneous to heterogeneous deployments containing a mix of resource constrained sensor nodes and powerful nodes known as actors. The capabilities of actor nodes include enhanced processing ability, powerful wireless transmission, large battery and mobility.  Actor nodes can leverage their capabilities to facilitate better coverage, connectivity and energy efficient operation. Such capabilities offer unprecedented opportunities to serve a diverse range of applications. For instance, actors with mobility can be used to mend a partitioned network, set up new routes, facilitate energy efficient data collection and improve sensor coverage.  Similarly, the some sensor nodes may also be equipped with actuation capability called actuators that perform actions to change the behaviour of environment or the physical system.  Embedding actuation in WSNs opens a realm of opportunities for Wireless Sensor Actuator Network (WSAN) industrial applications requiring monitoring and control. While significant research progress have been made in networking and communication aspects of WSNs, new design paradigms are required for wireless sensor actor and actuator networks (WiSAANs). In particular new ideas are required to address the challenges resulting from introducing actors and actuators in the network. This workshop aims to bring the state-of-art research contributions in theory, design and implementation of communication protocols for WiSAANs.

Only original papers will be considered that have neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere, including web publication. The papers will be reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. All submissions will be handled electronically. Please submit the paper using the following link, EDAS. Authors can submit a PDF or MS-Word file of their paper following the IEEE single-space, two-column format. Papers must not exceed 6 pages. Check the IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, for more information,

http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html.

 

 

Dr. Ramiro Liscano

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

E-mail: ramiro.liscano@uoit.ca

Homepage: http://faculty.uoit.ca/liscano/

 

Dr. Nauman Aslam

School of Computing Engineering and Information Systems

Northumbira University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Email: nauman.aslam@northumbria.ac.uk

Homepage: http://myweb.dal.ca/naslam/