[ecoop-info] ICST - Call for Participation: BodyNets 2007

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

 

 

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    2nd International Conference on Body Area Networks

 

             11-13 June, 2007, Florence (Italy)

 

                 http://www.bodynets.org

 

        Jointly sponsored by:

         - Create-Net

         - ICST

         - AICT "Networks and Telecommunication

           systems" Group

 

        In-technical cooperation with:

         - ACM SIGCHI

         - The European Association for Signal and

           Image Processing (EURASIP)

 

 

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

 

With recent advances in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), their practical applications in general sensing and monitoring are rapidly broadening. Although originally conceived for wide area environment or process monitoring, WSNs are increasingly being used in human computer interaction, brain computer interaction, gaming, and interactive digital arts, as well as in healthcare and patient monitoring. Despite the recent technological developments in sensing, embedded electronics, and sensor networking, several challenging issues need to be addressed. In particular, technological scaling, wireless communication and networking, sensor data processing and presentation are key aspects that need to be investigated in an integrated fashion for enabling visionary applications in the above areas of WSN. The aim of this conference is to bring researchers in WSN to address the technical and application issues related to Body Area Sensor Networks. 

 

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The conference program includes:

•           8 Technical sessions (detailed description on www.bodynets.org). The topics include:

            o          BSN and context awareness.

            o          BSN and Human Computer Interaction 

            o          BSN applications, test-bed and performance evaluation

            o          BSN wireless communication and networking protocols

•           Several invited papers by leading professionals and researchers in the field.

•           A keynote speech from Joseph Paradiso, Director of the Responsive Environments Group at Media Lab, Boston, USA entitled: 'From the Ball Field to the Dance Hall - A Decade of Body Sensor Networks in Medicine, Sports, Entertainment, and the Arts'

 

CONFERENCE LOCATION 

The conference will be held in Florence, at the ‘Convitto della Calza’, located in the ancient centre of the town, from the 11th to the 13th of June 2007.

 

REGISTRATION

Early registration deadline is May 15th, 2007. Reduced registration fees are available for students and members of ACM.

 

 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

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Romano Fantacci (General Chair), University of Florence , Italy

David Tacconi (Vice-Chair), Create-Net, Italy

Guang-Zhong Yang (TPC chair), Imperial College of London, UK

Hsiao-Hwa Chen (TPC chair), NSYSU, Taiwan

Prithwish Basu (TPC chair), BBN Technologies, USA

Francesco Chiti (Local Arrangement Chair), University of Florence , Italy

Jie Li (Publicity Chair), University of Tsukuba, Japan

Yang Yang (Publicity Chair), University College of London, UK

Sinem Coleri Ergen (Publicity Chair), Pirelli/Telecom Italia WSN Lab,Berkeley, US

Giada Mennuti (Sponsorships Chair), University of Florence , Italy

Thomas Watteyne (Web Chair), INRIA / France Telecom, France

Karen Decker (Financial Chair), ICST, US

Zita Rozsa (Conference Coordinator), ICST, Europe

 

STEERING COMMITTEE

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Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Univ. Trento, Italy


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