Special Sessions
Self-Adaptive Networked Embedded Systems - SANES 2012
Paper Submission: December 19, 2011 (expired)
Authors Notification: January 11, 2012 (expired)
Final Paper Submission and Registration: January 13, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification: January 11, 2012 (expired)
Final Paper Submission and Registration: January 13, 2012 (expired)
Co-chairs
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Juha Plosila University of Turku Finland |
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Waltenegus Dargie Technical University of Dresden Germany |
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All papers accepted in Special Sessions will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed.
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Scope
Self-adaptive systems are capable of monitoring their environment and their own states in order to optimize and match their functions to different scenarios and requirements. The concept of self-adaptiveness belongs to the wide scope of autonomic computing, while focusing on the aspects of self-awareness, context-awareness and self-adaptation. Networked embedded systems may have various forms of communication channels including on-chip/off-chip networks, wired/wireless communication, or have a mixture of different types of channels. With self-adaptive features, networked embedded systems can adjust themselves autonomously towards low energy consumption and high dependability. While existing works propose a diversity of functions for such systems, the issues of scalable method, software/hardware co-design/synthesis, formal analysis and concrete application studies, all call for much wider and more in-depth research effort.
This special session solicits innovative and promising works on the specification, modeling, simulation, and implementation of such systems. It is a follow-up special session of the one successfully held in PECCS 2011.
Self-adaptive systems are capable of monitoring their environment and their own states in order to optimize and match their functions to different scenarios and requirements. The concept of self-adaptiveness belongs to the wide scope of autonomic computing, while focusing on the aspects of self-awareness, context-awareness and self-adaptation. Networked embedded systems may have various forms of communication channels including on-chip/off-chip networks, wired/wireless communication, or have a mixture of different types of channels. With self-adaptive features, networked embedded systems can adjust themselves autonomously towards low energy consumption and high dependability. While existing works propose a diversity of functions for such systems, the issues of scalable method, software/hardware co-design/synthesis, formal analysis and concrete application studies, all call for much wider and more in-depth research effort.
This special session solicits innovative and promising works on the specification, modeling, simulation, and implementation of such systems. It is a follow-up special session of the one successfully held in PECCS 2011.
Ambient Intelligence - AmI 2012
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Juan C. Augusto University of Ulster at Jordanstown U.K. |
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All papers accepted in Special Sessions will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed.
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Scope
Ambient intelligence refers to smart environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people. Ambient intelligence is based on ideas originated in areas such as consumer electronics, telecommunications and computing in the late 1990s. In such an environment devices work together to enhance human activities, using information and knowledge that is hidden in the network connecting these devices. As these devices grow smaller, more connected and more integrated into our environment, technology often becomes invisible to users. Applications of pervasive and embedded computing have been an important driving force on the materialization of a society supported by information processing during the last decades.
The ambient intelligence paradigm builds upon profiling practices, context awareness, and human-centric computer interaction and is characterized by a variety of ubiquitous technologies that can be used to enable ambient intelligence environments.
Ambient intelligence refers to smart environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people. Ambient intelligence is based on ideas originated in areas such as consumer electronics, telecommunications and computing in the late 1990s. In such an environment devices work together to enhance human activities, using information and knowledge that is hidden in the network connecting these devices. As these devices grow smaller, more connected and more integrated into our environment, technology often becomes invisible to users. Applications of pervasive and embedded computing have been an important driving force on the materialization of a society supported by information processing during the last decades.
The ambient intelligence paradigm builds upon profiling practices, context awareness, and human-centric computer interaction and is characterized by a variety of ubiquitous technologies that can be used to enable ambient intelligence environments.
Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing - IEM 2012
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Jay Lee University of Cincinnati U.S.A. |
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All papers accepted in Special Sessions will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed.
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Scope
Industrial engineering deals with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems. Its underlying concepts overlap considerably with disciplines such as operations management, but engineering tends to emphasize mathematical modeling and quantitative methods. While the term originally applied to manufacturing, the use of "industrial" in "industrial engineering" has grown to encompass any methodical or quantitative approach to optimizing how a process, system, or organization operates.
Industrial engineering deals with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems. Its underlying concepts overlap considerably with disciplines such as operations management, but engineering tends to emphasize mathematical modeling and quantitative methods. While the term originally applied to manufacturing, the use of "industrial" in "industrial engineering" has grown to encompass any methodical or quantitative approach to optimizing how a process, system, or organization operates.
Wireless Sensor Networks - WiSeNet 2012
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Co-Chairs
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Pedro José Marrón University of Duisburg-Essen Germany |
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Kin K. Leung Imperial College U.K. |
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All papers accepted in Special Sessions will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed.
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Scope
A wireless sensor network includes spatially distributed sensors to monitor physical conditions, such as temperature, flow, frequency, pressure or motion and to cooperatively transfer data through the network to a main computing center. Modern networks are bi-directional, also enabling control of sensor activity. The development of wireless sensor networks was initially motivated by military applications but nowadays this kind of networks is used in industrial and consumer applications, such as industrial process monitoring and control, diagnosis, maintenance, and many other applications. WiSeNet welcomes contributions related to the design and development of algorithms, platforms, models, and tools to support the whole lifecycle of networked embedded systems.
A wireless sensor network includes spatially distributed sensors to monitor physical conditions, such as temperature, flow, frequency, pressure or motion and to cooperatively transfer data through the network to a main computing center. Modern networks are bi-directional, also enabling control of sensor activity. The development of wireless sensor networks was initially motivated by military applications but nowadays this kind of networks is used in industrial and consumer applications, such as industrial process monitoring and control, diagnosis, maintenance, and many other applications. WiSeNet welcomes contributions related to the design and development of algorithms, platforms, models, and tools to support the whole lifecycle of networked embedded systems.
Localization Systems and Services for Ubiquitous Environments - LOCSUE 2012
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César Benavente-Peces Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain |
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All papers accepted in Special Sessions will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed.
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Scope
More and more services are available nowadays, on the PC or on a mobile device, that depend on the localization of a person. Some of these services are context dependent and may be related to sensor networks in personal environments either outdoors or inside smart homes. Localization can be achieved via a variety of technologies: Indoor localization technologies include Bluetooth, WiFi, RFID, UWB and ultrasounds. Outdoor environments may be tackled with technologies such as WiMAX and GPS. In many useful applications, indoor systems should be integrated with outdoor systems in order to provide global coverage. This special session seeks to bring together researchers from universities, practitioners from companies and also those who belong to governmental agencies interested in the socio-technical issues that shape the networked society of the future. The topic of this special session is relevant for discussing issues such as how technology can contribute to increase efficiency and life quality of people to perform their daily activities in a world of increasing mobility and easy access to all kinds of services. There are applications in tourism, health, sports, the office, etc. We encourage authors to submit papers describing original work, including methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools.
More and more services are available nowadays, on the PC or on a mobile device, that depend on the localization of a person. Some of these services are context dependent and may be related to sensor networks in personal environments either outdoors or inside smart homes. Localization can be achieved via a variety of technologies: Indoor localization technologies include Bluetooth, WiFi, RFID, UWB and ultrasounds. Outdoor environments may be tackled with technologies such as WiMAX and GPS. In many useful applications, indoor systems should be integrated with outdoor systems in order to provide global coverage. This special session seeks to bring together researchers from universities, practitioners from companies and also those who belong to governmental agencies interested in the socio-technical issues that shape the networked society of the future. The topic of this special session is relevant for discussing issues such as how technology can contribute to increase efficiency and life quality of people to perform their daily activities in a world of increasing mobility and easy access to all kinds of services. There are applications in tourism, health, sports, the office, etc. We encourage authors to submit papers describing original work, including methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools.
Reliable Systems - ReliSys 2012
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Joseph Sifakis Verimag France |
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All papers accepted in Special Sessions will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed.
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Scope and Topics
For engineering purposes, reliability is defined as the probability that a device will perform its intended function during a specified period of time under stated conditions. Reliability is key to a wide area of applications, including avionics/aeronautics, space, transport, automotive, telecommunications, smart cards, consumer electronics. The ReliSys special session is a forum for researchers and practitioners to meet and share experiences, theoretical knowledge or application examples of embedded systems related to the following topics:
- Formal Specification, Verification and Test
- Safety and Security
- Critical Systems
- Real Time Systems and Scheduling
- Timed and Hybrid Systems
- Synchronous Languages and Reactive Systems
- Distributed and Complex Systems
For engineering purposes, reliability is defined as the probability that a device will perform its intended function during a specified period of time under stated conditions. Reliability is key to a wide area of applications, including avionics/aeronautics, space, transport, automotive, telecommunications, smart cards, consumer electronics. The ReliSys special session is a forum for researchers and practitioners to meet and share experiences, theoretical knowledge or application examples of embedded systems related to the following topics:
- Formal Specification, Verification and Test
- Safety and Security
- Critical Systems
- Real Time Systems and Scheduling
- Timed and Hybrid Systems
- Synchronous Languages and Reactive Systems
- Distributed and Complex Systems
Simulation and Interaction in Intelligent Environments - SIMIE 2012
Paper Submission: January 5, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification: January 11, 2012 (expired)
Final Paper Submission and Registration: January 18, 2012 (expired)
Authors Notification: January 11, 2012 (expired)
Final Paper Submission and Registration: January 18, 2012 (expired)
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Paul Richard University of Angers France |
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All papers accepted in Special Sessions will be included in the conference proceedings and indexed.
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Scope
The Special Session on Simulation and Interaction in Intelligent Environments (SIMIE) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in innovative technologies that facilitate human communication interaction with machines, environments and other humans. Ambient Intelligence, Multimedia, Virtual Reality and Robotics are becoming more and more important areas of technological development for corporations as well as for universities. Research is active in these challenging areas and applications are numerous in engineering as well as in health care, arts, and other areas. There are well-know examples of immersive virtual environments and telepresence systems such as in robotics, health care and other domains, making it easier to establish collaborative and intelligent environments where people can interact with each other and with artificial agents as well. For exemple , businesses can achieve significant travel cost reductions through the use of virtual meetings. In industrial or remote environments it is possible to tele-operate robots in situations that could be dangerous for humans. SIMIE encourages authors to submit papers describing original work based on diverse perspectives related to HCI, especially involving Virtual Reality, Tele-robotics, Ambient Intelligence, and related technologies, including recent advances in research, applications and tools.
The Special Session on Simulation and Interaction in Intelligent Environments (SIMIE) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in innovative technologies that facilitate human communication interaction with machines, environments and other humans. Ambient Intelligence, Multimedia, Virtual Reality and Robotics are becoming more and more important areas of technological development for corporations as well as for universities. Research is active in these challenging areas and applications are numerous in engineering as well as in health care, arts, and other areas. There are well-know examples of immersive virtual environments and telepresence systems such as in robotics, health care and other domains, making it easier to establish collaborative and intelligent environments where people can interact with each other and with artificial agents as well. For exemple , businesses can achieve significant travel cost reductions through the use of virtual meetings. In industrial or remote environments it is possible to tele-operate robots in situations that could be dangerous for humans. SIMIE encourages authors to submit papers describing original work based on diverse perspectives related to HCI, especially involving Virtual Reality, Tele-robotics, Ambient Intelligence, and related technologies, including recent advances in research, applications and tools.
