IEEE First International Workshop on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems
for Global and Homeland Security (MASS-GHS07)		 MASS 2007
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Theme and Scope

The development, deployment and coordination of mobile adhoc and sensor systems (MASS)  has been studied for a number of years, and much of this research is beginning to transition into real solutions for a variety of domains. One domain that is ripe for MASS research and development is global and homeland security. Much of the security mission involves the monitoring of various environments (e.g., ports, borders, mass transit hubs, financial centers, power grids, the Internet) and the prediction and detection of threats to these environments. MASS represent a general solution to maintaining security in these environments.

In this workshop we seek to bring together researchers and practitioners representing the state-of-the-art in MASS research and technology targeted toward the global and homeland security domain. Specific topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following. All papers must have a clear, stated, and ideally tested application to global and homeland security.

  • Development of novel sensors and sensor systems for threat detection
  • Efficient and effective deployment of mobile devices and sensors
  • Heterogeneous systems for surveillance and threat detection
  • Novel architectures for use of MASS in Global and Homeland security
  • Secure and fault tolerant coordination and communication
  • Information fusion  for prediction and detection of threats
  • Integration and registration of data from multiple sources
  • Effective decision-making  in dynamic environments
  • Testing and evaluation of MASS for security
  • Simulation and modeling of MASS, environments, and scenarios
  • Simulation and modeling of threats and environments relevant to sensor response
  • Simulation and modeling of temporal threat events relevant to sensor response
  • Prototype models of secure environments
  • Secure smart environments
  • Disaster mitigation and emergency response

Paper Submissions

Papers are limited to six (6) pages and must be formatted according to the IEEE standard 8.5x11, two-column, 10-point format. IEEE Latex and Microsoft Word style files are available here. Papers must be submitted via the EDAS paper management system. After registering with EDAS, you can submit the paper by following the "Submit Paper" tab, scrolling down to the MASS-GHS07 workshop, and clicking on the rightmost Submit icon. Accepted papers will be published by IEEE in the MASS’07 conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference at the full conference rate. Pending approval of a special issue of the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, authors of high-quality papers presented at the workshop will be invited to submit extended versions for this special issue.

Important Dates

  • Submission due: May 25, 2007 (extended)
  • Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2007
  • Final Manuscript due: August 10, 2007
  • Workshop: October 8, 2007

Organizers

  • Larry Holder, Washington State Univ., USA (holder@eecs.wsu.edu)
  • Mohan Kumar, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA (mkumar@uta.edu)
  • Raffaele Bruno, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, Italy (raffaele.bruno@iit.cnr.it)

Program Committee

  • Cesare Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Giuseppe Anastasi, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
  • Paolo Bellavista, Univ. of Bologna, Italy
  • Sajal Das, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA
  • Silvia Giordano, Univ. of Applied Science, Switzerland
  • Ajay Gupta, Western Michigan Univ., USA
  • Jadwiga Indulska, Queensland Univ., Australia
  • William Kaiser, Univ. of California Los Angeles, USA
  • Yonghe Liu, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA
  • Murali Medidi, Washington State Univ., USA
  • Sirisha Medidi, Washington State Univ., USA
  • Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech, USA
  • Vinayak Naik, Univ. of California Los Angeles, USA
  • Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion Univ., USA
  • Leslie Owens, Booz Allen Hamilton, USA
  • Marimuthu Palaniswami, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
  • Adrian Pearce, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
  • Marius Portmann, Univ. of Queensland, Australia
  • Mohammad Rahimi, Univ. of California Los Angeles, USA
  • Mallikarjun Shankar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
  • Behrooz Shirazi, Washington State Univ., USA
  • Mukesh Singhal, Univ. of Kentucky, USA