Technical Papers Sought for IEEE Wireless Hive
Network Conference
WASHINGTON (23 April 2008)
—
Organizers of the
IEEE Wireless Hive Network Conference (IEEE WHNC
2008) are seeking technical papers from authors
presenting the latest research, innovations and
implementations related to the theory and
practice of wireless sensor network systems,
printed electronic device technologies,
cognitive radio and related information system
support.
IEEE
WHNC 2008 (www.ieee-whnc.org)
will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott in
Austin, Texas, on 7-8 August. It will feature
keynote addresses and panel discussions by
leading experts, as well as innovative
technology presentations.
Dr.
Deborah Estrin, a UCLA professor of computer
science with a joint appointment in electrical
engineering, will deliver the 7 August keynote.
She is founding director of the National Science
Foundation-funded Center for Embedded Networked
Sensing at UCLA. Jon Adams, director of Radio
Technology and Strategy for Freescale
Semiconductor, is the 8 August keynote speaker.
Adams is an expert in wireless systems and
communications, focusing on ZigBee, Wi-Fi, WiMAX
and cellular 3G technologies. He is on the IEEE
Industry Standards and Technology Organization
board of directors.
Wireless hive networks (WHN) are local
communities of wireless devices associated with
such items as warehouse shelves, biomedical
sensing and border motion detectors. IEEE WHNC
2008 will draw researchers, engineers and other
practitioners to address WHN protocols, power
generation, semiconductor processes and other
WHN production and efficiency issues.
Authors are invited to submit three- to six-page
papers in IEEE conference format. All
submissions must describe original work not
previously published or currently under review
for publication in another conference or
journal. Topic areas include, but are not
limited to: device technology; system
architecture and implementation; applications;
security; legislative environment and regulatory
policy; and cognitive radio.
The
submission deadline is 15 May 2008. See
www.ieee-whnc.org/whnc2008cfp.pdf
for more information.
Presented papers will be published in the IEEE
conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore. The
"Best Paper Award" will be given to the author
judged to have the best technical paper
presented at the conference.
The
Wireless Hive Networks Manifesto (www.ieee-whnc.org/WHN-Manifesto.pdf)
describes the motivation for the conference. The
preliminary program is posted at
www.ieee-whnc.org/program.html .
IEEE
WHNC 2008 is being held in conjunction with
National Instruments' NIWeek 2008 Worldwide
Graphical System Design Conference and
Exhibition (www.ni.com/niweek) at the
Austin Convention Center.
IEEE-USA, the IEEE TAB New Technology Directions
Committee, National Instruments and the IEEE
Central Texas Section are sponsoring IEEE WHNC
2008. The IEEE Communications Society is a
technical co-sponsor.
IEEE-USA President Russ Lefevre chairs the New
Technology Directions Committee.
IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes
the careers and public policy interests of more
than 215,000 engineers, scientists and allied
professionals who are U.S. members of the IEEE.
IEEE-USA is part of the IEEE, the world's
largest technical professional society with
370,000 members in 160 countries. See
www.ieeeusa.org.
