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CALL FOR PAPERS (PDF)
Location-awareness is a key component for achieving
context-awareness. Recent years have witnessed an increasing trend of
location-based services and applications. In most cases, however, location
information is limited by the accessibility to GPS, which is unavailable
for indoor or underground facilities and unreliable in urban environments.
Much research has been done, in both the sensor network community and the
ubiquitous computing community, to provide techniques for localization and
tracking in GPS-less environments. Novel applications based on ad-hoc
localization and real-time tracking of mobile entities are growing as a
result of these technologies. It is time to bring leaders from both the
academic and industry research communities to discuss challenging and open
problems, to evaluate pros and cons of various approaches, to bridge the
gap between theory and applications, and to envision new research
opportunities in MELT.
The workshop seeks to provide a forum for the
state-of-the-art technologies in mobile localization and tracking and novel
applications of location-based services. The one-day workshop will have a
combination of invited talks, technical presentations and discussions.
Possible topics of interests include, but are not
limited to:
Technology topics:
- Algorithms
for Localization and Tracking
- Opportunistic
Localization (using existing signals in the environment)
- Environment
Mapping and Map Representations
- Dynamic/ad-hoc
Mapping of Environments
- Cheap
and Accurate Sensing for MELT (RF, Ultrasound, IR, UWB, RFID etc.)
- Collaborative
Localization and Data Fusion
- Combined
Camera/Sensor Localization and Tracking
- Hybrid
Location-Determination (e.g., RF+vision)
- Secure
and Robust Localization
Application topics:
- Search
and Rescue Operations
- Asset
Tracking/Yard Management
- Material/In-process
flow control
- Inventory
Tracking + Location
- Vehicular
Tracking in Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Sports
and Entertainment
- Indoor
Navigators/Activity Recommenders
- Automatic/Robotic
Warehouses/Factories
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Important
Dates
Submission deadline: May 26,
2008
Acceptance notification: June 23, 2008
Camera-ready version: July 7, 2008
Workshop date: September 19, 2008
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Submission
Details
The workshop seeks papers on preliminary technique
results, novel application concepts, software and hardware research
toolkits, statements of open challenging problems, mathematical
formalization and solutions. Selected papers will be grouped, presented and
discussed at the workshop.
All paper submissions will be handled electronically.
Authors should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their
full paper. Papers must be no longer than 6 pages, in font size no smaller
than 10 points, and must fit properly on US "Letter"-sized paper
(8.5 W 11 inches). Margins must be of 1 inch on all edges (top, bottom,
left, and right) of each page.
Papers must be submitted electronically through the EDAS system. The
submission process is the same as the MobiCom08.
Papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program
Committee. Accepted papers will be published by published by ACM Press and
distributed at the workshop; copies of the Proceedings will also be
available for sale from ACM after the workshop.
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