International Workshop on Wireless and Sensor Networks
To be held in conjunction with
2006 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2006)
Columbus, Ohio, USA
August 14-18, 2006
Ad hoc networks are typically formed by a collection of wireless mobile nodes dynamically and temperately, without any established infrastructure or centralized administration. As one of the most convincing applications of ad hoc networks, sensor networks share the similar characteristics, but put more stringent resource constraints at each sensor node. Researches in ad hoc networks have led effective means to implement sensor networks with greater mobility and connectivity. Sensor networks are versatile for various applications, such as surveillance and monitoring systems for commercial and military applications. The various requirements of these applications keep challenging researchers to design better architectures and protocols.
As more applications of sensor networks are developed, we believe that the technology advances in ad hoc and sensor networks will play an important role in our modern civilization. This workshop intends to serve as a platform that brings together researchers and developers in these fields all around the world, so that they can share research results, exchange innovative ideas, and establish potential collaborations in both academia and industry. This workshop will focus on fundamental challenges and issues in the fields of ad hoc and sensor networks. Technical topics of the conference include but are definitely not limited to:
Wireless Local and Metropolitan Area Networks
Wireless Sensor Networks
Bluetooth and ZigBee
Ultra Wide Band Networks
Network Planning and Deployment
Performance Evaluation and Analysis
Roaming and Interoperability
Resource Management
Multiple Access Schemes
Scalability and Capacity
Power-aware Protocols
Routing, Broadcasting and Multicasting
Topology Control
Middleware for Wireless or Sensor Networks
Localization and Synchronization
Location-based Services
Information Assurance for Wireless Networks
Mobile Agents
Industrial Applications
Case Studies
Workshop General Chair
Ten-Hwang (Steve) Lai
Department of Computer and Information Science
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Program Co-Chairs
Chin-Tser Huang
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Min-Te Sun
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Yu Wang
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering