BodyNets 2011

BodyNets 2011 The 6th International ICST Conference on Body Area Networks November 7-10, 2011 Beijing, China

http://www.bodynets.org

CALL FOR PAPERS

SCOPE: -- The advancement in sensing, embedded computing, and wireless communication has accelerated the progress of 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 smart health and wellbeing, human computer interaction, and provision of entertainment. This conference will explore the challenges and technical approaches to designing, building, and deploying BodyNets. The conference aims to establish a forum to exchange ideas, discuss practices, raise awareness, and to share cutting edge technology and experiences among researchers and practitioners in the field of computer science, biomedical engineering, medicine, and other disciplines in both academia and industry.

TOPICS: --- The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics covers all aspects of BodyNets including, but are not limited to:

- Embedded Medical Devices - Systems, Applications, Case Studies - Wearable Computing - Signal Processing in BodyNets - Networking and Communications - Privacy and Security - Software Design and Support - Hardware Design and Architectures - Sensors and Actuators - Integrating BodyNets into healthcare - Medical Device Plug-and-Play

PAPER SUBMISSIONS: -- Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 7 pages 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. Please see http://bodynets.org/submission for details.

Sponsoring Technical Committees

BodyNets 2011 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS), and is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI. The conference proceedings will be archived in the ACM Digital Library.

IMPORTANT DATES: -- Full Paper Due:                          May 31, 2011 Notification of Acceptance:              July 31, 2011 Camera-ready Manuscript:                 August 31, 2011 Conference Dates:                        November 7-10, 2011

BodyNets 2011 Organization Chairs: -- General Chairs: Yunhao Liu, HKUST, China Ivan Stojmenovic, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada

Technical Program Chairs: Roozbeh Jafari, UT Dallas, USA Chenyang Lu, Washington Univ., USA