BodyNets 2012

The 7th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks BodyNets 2012, Oslo, Norway 24 - 26 September 2012 http://bodynets.org/2012

IMPROTANT DATES:

Deadline for workshops, special sessions, and tutorials proposals: February 15, 2012

Paper submission deadline (short papers, work-in-progress papers, poster papers, student papers): April 1, 2012

Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2012

Camera-Ready submission deadline: August 1, 2012

Don't miss out on the opportunity to network with international researchers and practitioners and discuss the latest research findings and trends in Body Area Neetworks at BodyNets 2012, an event connected to the European innovation community through EAI endorsement (http://eai.eu/).

CALL FOR PAPERS

The advancement in sensing, embedded computing, and wireless communication has accelerated the progress of adopting sensor networks to form Body Area Networks (BodyNets). BodyNets integrate and deploy wireless sensors, RFID tags, and other pervasive devices within and around human bodies for constructing diverse and practical systems for physiological monitoring, human computer interaction, and provision of entertainment. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying BodyNets. In this regard, the conference aims to establish a forum to exchange ideas, discuss practices, raise awareness, and share experiences among researchers and practitioners in the field of computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, medicine, and other disciplines in both academia and industry. This conference also allows authors to present new and emerging trends to address the technical, social, system and application issues related to BodyNets.

The Seventh International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets 2012) will be held in Oslo, Norway in September, 2012. The Conference continues its tradition of being the premier forum for presentation of results on cutting-edge research in BodyNets. While the mission of the conference is to share novel basic research ideas as well as experimental applications in the BodyNets area in addition to identifying new directions for future research and development the new scientific topics such as nano communication networks, bio-inspired networks, molecular networks, etc. will be considered. BodyNets 2012 will give researchers a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in the various aspects from molecular to micro level communication to novel applications from medicine to automobile industry. The conference consists of four symposia that cover a broad range of research aspects. In addition, the program will include three outstanding keynote speakers from academia and industry. A panel session on "Nano communications networks: from theory to practical applications" and an industrial track will surely provoke thoughtful discussions. There will also be two tutorials given free of charge to all BodyNets 2012 attendees. We hope that the conference proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to researchers and developers in the area.

TOPICS

The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Network management: In-body, on-body, and around body networks

Scalable, flexible network architectures & deployments

Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets

Fault-tolerance and reliability of BodyNets

2. Embedded Medical Devices:

Wearable system design issues

Integrating BodyNets into the healthcare system

High-Confidence Medical Devices

Medical Device Plug-and-Play

Assistive technologies for independent aging

Interactive Arts

3. Privacy and Security:

Lightweight security solutions for BodyNets

Privacy issues of BodyNets

Authentication and Trustworthiness

Attacks and Countermeasures

4. System and Application:

System design and modeling

Emerging self-powered BodyNets

Pervasive health care and patient monitoring

Entertainment and lifestyle applications

Novel closed-loop applications of BodyNets

Case studies and system deployment

New medical diagnostics and treatments

Ambient assisted living

Smart transportations

Smart homes

Virtual hospitals

5. Networking and Communication

Communication techniques and protocols for BodyNets

Networking and security issues for BodyNets

Advanced propagation and channel model for BodyNets

Novel wireless communication technologies

Cognitive networks for medical bands

6. Nano Communication Networks and Systems

THz communication systems

Molecular communications

Channel modeling

Nano devices

PUBLICATIONS

BodyNets 2012 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings, made available in the ACM Digital Library, as well as in the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit papers of up to 7 pages for full papers, 4 pages for short papers, posters and demos, in ACM Proceedings format (7"x9" print area, single spaced, double column, 9-pt font size). ACM's LaTex and MS WORD templates are located at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. Authors should apply ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The templates provide space for this indexing and point authors to the Computing Classification Scheme at: http://www.acm.org/about/class/1998. Please see http://www.bodynets.org/submission.shtm for details.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES:

Steering Committee

Prof. Athanasios V. Vasilakos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Prof. Chenyang Lu, Washington University

Organising Committee

General Chair:

Prof. Ilangko Balasingham, Oslo University Hospital HF and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Technical Program Co-Chairs:

Prof. Ryuji Kohno, Yokohama National University, Japan and University of Oulu, Finland

Prof. Junichi Suzuki, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA Panels Chair

Dr. Jacob Bergsland, MD, Oslo University Hospital, HF, Norway

Workshop and Tutorial Chair:

Prof. Tadashi Nakano, Osaka University, Japan

Demo and Poster Chair:

Prof. Eduard Alarcon, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain

Dr. Yunhuai Liu, Shenzhen Institutes of Advance Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Publicity Chair:

Dr. Shui Yu, School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia Publication and Local Chair

Dr. Raul Chavez-Santiago, Oslo University Hospital HF, Norway

Web Chair:

Karl Oyri, Oslo University Hospital HF, Norway

Program Track Chairs:

Embedded Medical Devices

Prof. Dirk Plettemeier, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Dr. Catherine Dehollain, EPFL, Switzerland

Privacy and Security

Prof. Gill Tsouri, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

Prof. Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway

System and Applications

Dr. Huan-Bang Li, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan

Dr. Kamran Sayrafian, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA Networking and Communication

Prof. Tor Ramstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway,

Prof. Eryk Dutkiewicz, Macquarie University, Australia Wearable Computing

Prof. Jari Iinatti, University of Oulu, Finland

Prof. Jianqing Wang, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Nano communication networks and systems

Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Telecommunications software and systems group & Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

Prof. Ozgur Akan, Koc University, Turkey

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