. . --- C A L L F O R P A P E R S --- International Workshop on Data Management for Sensor Networks (DMSN'05) to be held in conjunction with VLDB 2005 August 29, 2005, Trondheim, Norway Sponsored by Intel Research http://db.cs.pitt.edu/dmsn05 ====================================================================== UPDATE: * paper submission deadline extended to May 23 (midnight/EST) * thanks to a gift from Intel, a limited number of travel grants (around $500/$600 per person) will be available to students who want to attend the workshop. Details soon. ====================================================================== Workshop Aim ------------ The workshop will focus on the challenges of data processing and management in networks of remote, wireless, battery-powered sensing devices (sensor networks). The power-constrained, lossy, noisy, distributed, and remote nature of such networks means that traditional data management techniques often cannot be applied without significant re-tooling. Furthermore, new challenges associated with acquisition and processing of live sensor data mean that completely new database techniques must also be developed. Topics of Interest ------------------ We will solicit papers that address all aspects of data management in sensor networks. Particular emphasis will be given to the following topics, as they relate to sensor networks: * data replication and consistency in noisy and lossy environments * database languages for sensor tasking * distributed data storage and indexing * energy-efficient data acquisition and dissemination * in-network query processing * integration of sensor network data into traditional and streaming data management systems * networking support for data processing * techniques for managing loss, uncertainty, and noise * query optimization * privacy protection for sensory data Submitted papers must not have been published or currently be under consideration for publication at another venue. We are primarily interested in position papers, vision papers, system designs and papers that address new challenges for data management in sensor network environments. As such, we expect that the submitted papers will have a strong network component and go beyond traditional database systems. Questions about the conference scope should be directed to the program co-chairs at dmsn05@cs.pitt.edu. Important Dates --------------- Paper submission: May 23, 2005 (midnight EST) Notification: June 27, 2005 Camera-ready due: July 11, 2005 Submission Instructions ----------------------- All submissions will be handled electronically. More details are posted on the web site, http://db.cs.pitt.edu/dmsn05 This year, we plan to have regularly published proceedings, which will be distributed at the workshop. Full papers in PDF format must be submitted by May 23, 2005 (midnight Eastern Standard Time). Papers should be in the VLDB camera ready format (double-column, at most 6 pages in 9pt font). The format of your submission must be for US "Letter" size paper (8.5 by 11 inches). Please note that A4 is not equivalent to US "Letter" size. See http://db.cs.pitt.edu/dmsn05 for more details and a link to the VLDB template. Questions about the submission process should be directed to the program co-chairs at dmsn05@cs.pitt.edu. Workshop Format --------------- Our goal is to fill an important gap in the community by bringing interested database researchers together to identify future research challenges and opportunities. As such, the workshop will be organized in a way to foster interaction and exchange of ideas among the participants. For this reason we expect to have longer than usual Q & A periods after paper presentations and at least one panel discussion. Organizing Committee -------------------- Program Chairs: Alexandros Labrinidis and Samuel R. Madden labrinid@cs.pitt.edu madden@csail.mit.edu CS, U. of Pittsburgh CSAIL, MIT Steering Committee: Panos Chrysanthis, University of Pittsburgh Mike Franklin, University of California, Berkeley Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University Joe Hellerstein, Intel Research and UC Berkeley Program Committee: Amr El Abbadi, University of California, Santa Barbara Luc Bouganim, INRIA John Byers, Boston University Andrew Campbell, Columbia University Ugur Cetintemel, Brown University Mitch Cherniack, Brandeis University Panos K. Chrysanthis, University of Pittsburgh Isabel Cruz, University of Illinois at Chicago Amol Deshpande, University of Maryland Mike Franklin, University of California, Berkeley Minos Garofalakis, Bell Labs Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University Phil Gibbons, Intel Research Carlos Guestrin, Carnegie Mellon University Dimitris Gunopulos, University of California, Riverside Wei Hong, Intel Research George Kollios, Boston University Donald Kossmann, ETH Yannis Kotidis, AT&T Research P.R. Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alexandros Labrinidis, University of Pittsburgh Qiong Luo, HKUST Samuel R. Madden, MIT Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, Irvine Mario Nascimento, University of Alberta Badri Nath, Rutgers University Silvia Nittel, University of Maine Sunil Prabhakar, Purdue University Mema Roussopoulos, Harvard University Simonas Saltenis, Aalborg University Peter Scheuermann, Northwestern University Anthony Stefanidis, University of Maine Niki Trigoni, Birkbeck College, University of London Matt Welsh, Harvard University Vladimir Zadorozhny, University of Pittsburgh