Summary
In the last decade, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been successfully deployed to perform numerous automation tasks such as environmental monitoring, surveillance and inventory tracking. By introducing actuation capabilities (in particular controlled-mobility), robots have the potential to improve the capabilities of existing WSNs significantly. Recent advances in robotics as well as the availability of inexpensive robotic platforms have made it feasible to develop hybrid networks in which multiple mobile robots interact with each other and other static sensors to perform complex tasks. On the other hand, design and implementation of such hybrid systems bring forth new algorithmic and systems challenges related to coordination, planning, and resource management.
The goal of this workshop is to explore the algorithmic and systems aspects at the intersection of robotics and sensor networks. We seek work in a variety of areas including:
- Development of hardware and software platforms
- Experiences from deployments
- Resource allocation algorithms
- Novel research challenges and applications
- Localization and route planning
- Sensor tasking, control and planning
Schedule
The workshop will take place on June 10, 2009 from 8:50 AM to 1 PM. Each talk will be 20 minutes long, including questions and answers.
| 08:50 - 09:00 | Welcome |
| 09:00 - 09:50 | Invited Talk (Bill Kaiser) |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Connectivity-based Localization in Robot Networks. (slides) Tobias Jung, Mazda Ahmadi, Peter Stone (UT Austin) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | A Collaborative Communication System Using a Mobile Robot in Wireless Sensor Network. Duck Young Kim, Doo Hyun Kim, Sung Ho Kim, Il Hong Suh, Sung Ho Cho. |
| 10:30 - 11 | Coffee Break |
| 11 - 11:50 | Invited Talk (Gaurav Sukhatme) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Actuated Sensing Systems for High Fidelity Environmental Monitoring. (slides) Diane Budzik, Andrew D. Parker, Maxim A. Batalin, William J. Kaiser (UCLA) |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Cooperative Target Tracking with a Communication Limited Active Sensor Network. (slides) Maciej Stachura, Anthony Carfang, Eric W. Frew (University of Colorado at Boulder) |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Utilizing Sensor-Based Robotic Terrain Coverage. Meral Camci (TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Turkey), Sanem Sariel-Talay (Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey) |
| 12:50 - 13:00 | Closing remarks |
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Dates
- Submission Deadline: April 10, 2009
- Workshop Date: June 10, 2009
Location
- Marina Del Rey, California. Please visit DCOSS website for more information.
Camera Ready instructions
Workshops papers must be prepared using the IEEE-Transactions style (Latex style Attach:file), formatted for A4 paper (using the a4paper option), using 10 point fonts, without page numbers.
Paper submission
The length of submitted articles is a maximum of 6 pages including all references, figures and tables. Papers should strictly follow the IEEE Transactions journals and conferences style (cf. http://www.ieee.org/pubs/authors.html). Papers in PDF format must be submitted to the following URL: https://papers.isi.jhu.edu/hotcrp/RWSN09. All submissions must be original prior unpublished work and not under review elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed and selected based on their originality, merit, and relevance to the workshop. Accepted papers must be presented at the workshop, and will appear in the DCOSS proceedings.
Program Co-Chairs
- Andreas Terzis, Johns Hopkins University
- Volkan Isler, University of Minnesota
Program Committee
- Jorge Cortes, U.C. San Diego
- Rafael Fierro, U. New Mexico
- Eric W. Frew, U. Colorado
- Jie Gao, SUNY Stony Brook
- Tian He, U. Minnesota
- Sonia Martinez, U.C. San Diego
- Yasamin Mostofi, U. New Mexico
- Andreas Savvides, Yale
- Leo Selavo, University of Latvia
- Dezhen Song, Texas A & M
Sends comments or questions to: rwsn09@hinrg.cs.jhu.edu
Last Modified: June 17, 2009, at 01:55 AM