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Call for Papers

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Workshop on Embedded Middleware for Smart Camera and Visual Sensor
Networks (eMCAM)
http://pervasive.uni-klu.ac.at/emcam-08
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held in conjunction with the
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras (ICDSC-08)
September 11, 2008, Stanford, USA

Recent advances in technology have pushed the development of visual sensor
networks which capture and collaboratively process images on distributed
sensor nodes.  Visual sensor network applications demand reasonably
powerful nodes to process and analyze the images in real-time.  These
sensor nodes are realized as resource-constrained embedded system with a
computation and communication performance which lies in between general
purpose networks and wireless sensor networks.  Design methods, middleware
systems and tools are required to efficiently develop reliable visual
sensor network applications.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate research in the area of
middleware for smart camera and visual sensor networks.  We solicit papers
addressing all theoretical and practical aspect such as design methods,
modeling, verification, tools and services.  We particularly encourage
submissions describing prototypes, applications, case studies or
deployments.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Methods for design, deployment and operation
* Design methods for distributed image processing
* Distributed image processing
* Verification
* Modeling

Tools, services
* System-level software and middleware
* Resource monitoring
* Protocols and communication
* Energy-awareness, fault tolerance, privacy, security
* Localization and synchronization
* QoS

Applications and demos
* Mobile, wireless etc.
* Multimedia
* Pervasive and ubiquitous computing

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission: June 20, 2008
Notification:  July 18, 2008
CR-version: July 25, 2008
Workshop: Sept. 11, 2008

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

We invite authors to submit papers no longer than 8 pages in PDF to
emcam-08@icdsc.org. Papers should be formatted following the same
instructions as for the main conference. Accepted papers will be made
available to workshop participants and will be included in the ICDSC
conference CDROM proceedings. Demo presentations are welcomed. If you plan
to present a demo contact the workshop co-chairs.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION

Conference Co-Chairs
* B. Rinner (Klagenfurt Univ., Austria)
* W. Wolf (GA Tech, USA)

Technical Program Committee
* F. Dressler (Univ. Erlangen, Germany)
* V.S. Wold Eide (Univ. Oslo, Norway)
* H. Hellwagner (Klagenfurt Univ., Austria)
* X. Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt, USA)
* J. Liu (Microsoft, USA)
* J. Park (Purdue, USA)
* M. Quaritsch (TU Graz, Austria)
* K. Ramachandran (GA Tech, USA)
* K. Römer (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
* D. Serpanos (Univ. Patras, Greece)
* M. Srivastava (UCLA, USA)