Call for Papers - WSN4DC '13
1st International Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries, 2013 (WSN4DC '13)
24-26 April, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
http://www.wsn4dc.muet.edu.pk/
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Highlights:
* Keynote Speakers: Prof. Sajal K. Das, Prof. Neeraj Suri and Prof. Javier Gonzales.
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GENERAL INFORMATION

After the huge success of two consecutive International Multi-topic ICT conferences (IMTIC’08 & IMTIC’12 www.muet.edu.pk/imtic/) held at Mehran University, the 1st International Symposium on Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries (WSN4DC ’13) jointly organized by Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan, Erasmus Mundus, StrongTies program and International Islamic University Malaysia.

With the emergence of electronics and nanotechnology the pervasive and ubiquitous environments are becoming reality. The key enabler technology for these environments is Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). We have seen lot of WSN advancement during recent past in military domain. The world is now well aware of the power of WSN and its applications, which are endless. The WSN4DC symposium aims to bring together a wide spectrum of international experts to facilitate a creative environment for the promotion of collaboration and knowledge transfer under the domain of WSN usage for Developing Countries (DC). In particular it will facilitate a dialogue between major industry players, entrepreneurs and academia to help create a road-map for the development of tangible research environment in the developing countries. It is an international forum for researchers to exchange information regarding novel aspects of technology, application and service development within the WSN domain.


The symposium program will consist of keynote speakers from both industry and academia and panel discussion. There will be opportunities to attend interactive, high quality, peer reviewed sessions which will provide detailed insights from forward thinkers working in the themes of the conference. Additionally, there will be an exhibition for both international and niche market to display their latest products and services and to undertake a range of networking opportunities.

The proceedings of WSN4DC '13 symposium be published by Springer (TBD).
Additionally, the extended version of selected papers will be published as especial issue in reputed indexed journals (TBD).



TOPICS

Authors are solicited to submit complete unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to, topic areas:

- WSN Applications/Services for Developing Countries
- Mobile WSN.
- Underwater WSN
- VANETS
- Body Area Networks
- Energy Harvesing in WSN
- WSN and Cloud Integration
- WSN and IoT
- QoS and QoI
- WSN MAC, Network and Transport protocols.
- Cross layer approaches
- Security aspects in WSN
- WSN applications in Smart Grid and Energy Management
- WSN in Structural Health Monitoring


INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Authors are invited to submit a full paper electronically as PDF files through Easy Chair (http://www.easychair.org/). The direct link for paper submission is http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wsn4dc13. Details about the submission process including formatting instructions will be available at the conference website (http://www.wsn4dc.muet.edu.pk). All submitted papers are subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members. Accepted papers for presentation in the conference will appear in the proceedings which will be available to the participants during the conference. More details will be made available in subsequent announcements and on our website. The proceedings of WSN4DC '13 symposium will be published by Springer (pending for approval). Additionally, the extended version of selected papers will be published as especial issue in reputed indexed journals.



IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for paper submission: 30 Nov 2012
Notification of acceptance: 15 Jan 2013
Camera-ready manuscript submission: 15 Feb 2013
Early bird Registration: 28 Mar 2013
Symposium: 28-29 Apr 2013


TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Faisal Karim Shaikh, MUET, Pakistan
Bhawani S. Chowdhry, MUET, Pakistan
Habib M. Ammari, UM-Dearborn, USA
Asadullah Shah, IIU, Malaysia


For full list of TPC Members kindly check here http://wsn4dc.muet.edu.pk/committees/

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Please send any enquiry regarding WSN4DC '13 to info@wsn4dc.muet.edu.pk