CFP: PerNEM 2012

[Simone Silvestri]

  (Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies)

Due to numerous requests the paper submission deadline for the
Second International Workshop on Pervasive Networks for Emergency
Management (In conjunction with IEEE PerCom 2012) is extended to
November 21.

Selected papers will be considered for publication in a Special
Issue of the Computer Journal.

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                       PerNEM 2012 Call for Papers

                  The Second International Workshop on
               Pervasive Networks for Emergency Management
                 (In conjunction with IEEE PerCom 2012)

                   http://san.ee.ic.ac.uk/pernem2012/

                Lugano, Switzerland, March 19-23, 2012


Scope
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After a successful first PerNEM workshop in 2010, we are delighted
to announce the second PerNEM workshop in conjunction with IEEE
PerCom 2012.
The events that took place on 11 September 2001 have brought to the
forefront the unique challenges that occur during a crisis, which
require effective sensing, communications and decision making with
demanding time constraints in highly dynamic environments. Pervasive
systems address these requirements by providing decision support to
rescuers and evacuees, guaranteeing communications and collecting
information that is vital for planning and organising the emergency
operation. This workshop focuses on pervasive networked sensing and
decision making, both wired and wireless, geared towards emergency
management. PerNEM 2012 addresses leading edge research in these
areas through the use of sensing, communication, decision support,
simulation tools and modelling methods with focus on system design,
optimisation and experimental evaluation.


Topics
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PerNEM will bring  together contributions which include but are not
limited to the following areas:

     * Networked sensors for emergency management
     * Pervasive middleware for emergency management
     * Architectures and Systems for Emergency Management Applications
     * Decentralised algorithms for pervasive systems
     * Self-aware and self- adaptive network design and evaluation
     * Network self-healing, security and self-defence
     * Energy efficiency in pervasive networks
     * Wireless Networks for emergency support
     * Mobile sensors for disaster monitoring
     * Wireless Protocols for Emergency Management
     * Networked robotics for wireless communications
     * Emergency Communication Systems
     * Pervasive emergency management systems
     * QoS in critical communications
     * Adaptive Routing for Emergency Situations


Registration and Submission Details
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Accepted papers will be included and indexed in the IEEE digital
libraries (Xplore),showing their affiliation with IEEE PerCom.

Selected papers will be considered for publication in a
Special Issue of the Computer Journal.

All accepted papers need to have a full registration to the
conference (there is no workshop only registration). No-shows
of accepted papers at the workshop will result in those papers
NOT being included in the IEEE digital libraries.

Papers must be 6 pages or less in size, including references,
figures and tables (at least 10pt font, 2-column format). The
IEEE LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as information
for formatting the manuscript can be found here:

http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting

Papers should be submitted via the EDAS PerNEM 2012 page:

http://edas.info//N11345


Paper submission:     Nov 21, 2011
Author notification:  Dec 21, 2011
Camera-ready due:     Jan 27, 2012


Organising Committee
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Erol Gelenbe (Imperial College London, UK)

Georgia Sakellari (University of East London, UK)

Avgoustinos Filippoupolitis (Imperial College London, UK)



Programme Committee
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Christoforos Anagnostopoulos (University of Cambridge, UK)

Gokce Gorbil (Imperial College London, UK)

Eleni Karatza (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Georgios Loukas (University of Greenwich, UK)

Toktam Mahmoodi (King's College London, UK)

Haris Mouratidis (University of East London, UK)

Gulay Oke (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)

Sarvapali D. Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)

Simone Silvestri (University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)

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Simone Silvestri, PhD
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Via Salaria 113, 00198 Rome - Italy
Ph: (+39) 0685768430
web: http://www.dsi.uniroma1.it/~silvestr/