[ecoop-info] CFP: Workshop on System Support for the Internet of Things

[Julien Pauty]

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                          CALL FOR PAPERS
          1st International Workshop on System Support for
                       the Internet of Things
                             WoSSIoT'07

                     A workshop of EuroSys 2007
                          Lisbon, Portugal
                            20 March 2007
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Presentation
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The "Internet of  Things" (abbreviated IoT) has added  a new dimension
to the  world of information  and communication technologies:  next to
any  place  connectivity for  anyone,  we  will  have connectivity  to
anything.  "Things"  are potentially all  objects we encounter  in our
everyday  lives.   The IoT  connects  "Things"  and  devices to  large
databases and  networks.  "Things" carry  embedded intelligence, using
for  example RFID (Radio  Frequency IDentification)  as identification
system  and sensor technologies  to detect  changes in  their physical
status and  environment.  Important  economic forecasters such  as the
OECD, the UN and the EU,  predict that the IoT will become a strategic
area  for  new  applications  in  the coming  decades.   Supply  chain
management is currently the  driving application.  It is expected that
advances  in  smart  homes,  smart  vehicles  and  personal  robotics,
together with intelligent  manufacturing processes will become leading
application areas in the near future.  

Future success of the IoT depends not only on technical innovations in
the underlying  hardware (wireless sensors,  nanotechnology, low power
devices,  RFIDs),  but  also  on appropriate  software  methodologies,
technologies  and   tools  in   fields  such  as   operating  systems,
middleware, ubiquitous and pervasive computing technology.

This  workshop aims at  bringing together  researchers working  in the
different  fields related  to the  IoT. This  workshop will  provide a
forum  for identifying  and exploring  system challenges  of  the IoT.
These  challenges   differ  from  the   traditional  systems  research
challenges because of the characteristics of the IoT:

   * the  network  includes both  passive  (RFID)  and active  devices
     (sensor nodes, mobile phones...);
   * Things will not  be general purpose such as  PCs, but will rather
     have a specific role to play; Things need to carry their identity
     and semantics;
   * the  geometrical and  spatiotemporal relationship  of a  Thing to
     other objects need to be first-class entities;
   * the granularity  of Things varies between tiny  sensors and large
     servers;
   * the  scale of  the network  will  increase by  several orders  of
     magnitude;
   * the  IoT is  a  highly volatile  and  extremely dynamic  context,
     making reactivity a very important characteristic;
   * the  inherent vagueness, imprecise  information, and  not knowing
     when Things will be  reachable means that uncertainty becomes the
     rule instead of the exception;
   * the  IoT  raises  strong  privacy  concerns,  which  need  to  be
     addressed.

Topics of interest
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We solicit papers that address  one or several of the following topics
(the  list is  not  exhaustive) in  the  setting of  the  IoT and  its
characteristics mentioned above:

   * data management: context-data, spatiotemporal data, management of
     embedded data;
   * middleware for the IoT;
   * hybrid architectures: passive (RFID) / active (smart objects...);
   * service    orientation:    interoperability   issues,    semantic
     composition of things;
   * deployment:  deploying things  in the  physical  space; deploying
     software on the things themselves;
   * programming paradigms for the IoT;
   * design, implementation, and evaluation of systems for the IoT.

Important Dates
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Paper submission: February, 8 2007
Notification of acceptance: March 5, 2007
Camera-ready paper: March 12, 2007

Submissions
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We welcome papers describing early  work and new ideas. Papers will be
evaluated and selected with respect to their relevance to the workshop
topics,  their novelty  and  presentation quality.  We  hope to  bring
together an  audience covering the  different scopes of  the workshop,
which may also influence the selection process.

Papers should not  exceed 5 pages double column  including figures and
tables  in  standard  ACM  format,  preferably using  10pt  or  larger
font. Papers must be  submitted electronically in printable postscript
or pdf form.

Printed  proceedings will  be distributed  to participants  and papers
will be published on the workshop websites.

Please   send  your   proposals  to   WoSSIoT_at_cs.kuleuven.be  using
"WoSSIoT07" in the email subject.

Organizing committee
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   * Dhoua Ayed (K.U.Leuven)
   * Julien Pauty (K.U.Leuven)
   * Peter Rigole (K.U.Leuven)
   * Yolande Berbers (K.U.Leuven)

Program committee
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   * Dhoua Ayed (K.U.Leuven)
   * Yolande Berbers (K.U.Leuven)
   * Paul Couderc (INRIA)
   * Wolfgang De Meuter (VUB)
   * Isabelle Demeure (INT Evry)
   * Simon Dobson (UCD Dublin)
   * Valerie Issarny (INRIA)
   * Julien Pauty (K.U.Leuven)
   * Peter Rigole (K.U.Leuven)
   * Martin Strohbach (NEC Europe)


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