[SDI-Europe] CFP: 3rd Conference on Geosensor Networks, July 2009, Oxford UK

[Kate Lance]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
GEOSENSOR NETWORKS 2009
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13-14 July 2009, Oxford, United Kingdom

Website: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/geosensornetworks/

Sponsored by: University of Oxford

Papers to be published by Springer

Geosensor networks shift the traditional centralized paradigm of
monitoring a geographical area from the macroscale to the microscale,
by using distributed sensors to measure variables of interest (such as
environmental, biological and chemical variables, seismic activity and
geolocated videofeeds). Whilst having the ability to provide data with
unparalleled temporal and spatial resolution, geosensor networks have
pushed the frontiers of traditional GIS research into the realms of
computer science, introducing issues such as data fusion, geolocated
queries, energy efficient data collection and data mining and
interpretation. The incorporation of mobile devices into these
networks allows data acquisition to be undertaken on a spatially
varying sampling resolution, introducing new research avenues such as
co-operative sensing and dynamic coverage. Furthermore, geosensor
networks are not only constrained to passively monitor a region,
through actuators, they also have the ability to influence or modify
their environment.

Research in geosensor networks spans multiple fields, ranging from
strategies for intelligent data acquisition to virtual reality
interactions with environmental dynamics. Of particular interest are
applications of geosensor networks, such as environmental monitoring,
precision agriculture, early warning systems and wildlife tracking.
This workshop seeks to address these issues, by bringing together
leading experts in a two day forum to present novel research and
exchange ideas relating to the state of the art and its future
directions. Real world results are particularly welcomed, as are
reports of interesting or challenging deployments.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Bhaskar Krishnamachari (USC)
Andreas Savvides (Yale)

IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper Submission: 3 April 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 27 April 2009
Camera Ready Papers Due: 5 May 2009
Conference: 13-14 July 2009

TOPICS

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following as
they relate to spatio-temporal applications and geosensor networks:

* Data mining across sensor themes
* Modeling spatio-temporal data streams
* Data stream processing
* Handling uncertainty and imprecision in geospatial data
* Intelligent sensors/sensor fusion
* Location-based queries
* Middleware for pervasive computing
* Mobile computing
* Co-operative sensing and organization
* Peer-to-peer collaboration strategies using geospatial information
* Queries (aggregate and statistical) and reasoning over data streams
* Query optimization over sensor networks
* Real-time updating of geospatial databases
* Sensor information management systems
* Spatiotemporal sensor data mining
* Video and motion imagery analysis for real-time scene and event
modeling and monitoring
* Virtual modeling of large geographic areas
* Time geography
* Privacy, geo-privacy
* Sensor networks and interaction with actuators
* Applications of geosensor networks (e.g. disaster management, early
warning systems, environmental monitoring)
* Real world deployments, issues, challenges and results



      
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