CFP: 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Networks (SSN09), 26th October 2009

  2nd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP on SEMANTIC SENSOR NETWORKS 2009 (SSN09)
                           26th October 2009
             http://www.ict.csiro.au/conferences/ssn/ssn09

                         First Call for Papers

 A workshop of the 8th International Semantic Web Conference ISWC 2009
                 25-29 October 2009, Washington DC, USA

Semantic technologies are often proposed as important components of
complex, cross-jurisdictional, heterogeneous, dynamic information
systems. The needs and opportunities arising from the rapidly growing
capabilities of networked sensing devices are a challenging case.

It is estimated that today there are 4 billion mobile devices that can
act as sensors, including active and passive RFID tags. This is
complemented by an even larger number of fixed sensors recording
observations of a wide variety of modalities. Geographically distributed
sensor nodes are capable of forming ad hoc networking topologies, with
nodes expected to be dynamically inserted and removed from a network.
The sensors are increasingly being connected with Web infrastructure,
and the Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) standard developed by the Open GIS
Consortium is being widely adopted in industry, government and academia
alike.  While such frameworks provide some interoperability, semantics
are increasingly seen as a key enabler for integration of sensor data
and broader Web information systems. Analytical and reasoning
capabilities afforded by Semantic Web standards and technologies are
considered important for developing advanced applications that go from
capturing observations to recognition of events and ultimately
developing comprehensive situational awareness. Defence, transportation,
global enterprise, and natural resource management industries are
leading the rapid emergence of applications in commercial, civic, and
scientific operations that involve sensors, web, services and semantics.

The goal of the Semantic Sensor Networks workshop is to develop an
understanding of the ways Semantic Web technologies, including
ontologies, agent architectures and semantic web services, can
contribute to the growth, application and deployment of large-scale
sensor networks and their applications. The workshop provides an
inter-disciplinary forum to explore and promote these concepts.

The workshop is now seeking paper submissions.

Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Semantic support for Sensor Web Enablement
- Spatio-temporal reasoning in sensor networks
- Semantic integration in large-scale heterogeneous sensor networks
- Reasoning with incomplete or uncertain information in sensor networks
- Semantic web services architectures for sensor networks
- Semantic middleware for active and passive sensor networks
- Semantic algorithms for data fusion and situation awareness
- Experience in sensor network applications of semantic technologies
- Rule-based sensor systems
- Ontologies for sensor and RFID networks
- Semantic policy management in shared networks
- Semantic feedback and control
- Semantic discovery of sensors, sensor data  and services
- Emergent semantics and ambient intelligence in sensor systems
- Semantic approaches to status monitoring and configuration of sensor
systems
- Scalability, security, trust and privacy in semantic sensor networks
- Semantic reasoning for network topology management
- Semantic web in sensor data mashups
- Semantic sensor context management and data provenance 
- Citizen sensors, participatory sensing and social sensing

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline: 7th August, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 31st August, 2009
Final Manuscript Deadline: 2nd October, 2009
Workshop: 26th October, 2009

PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers will be reviewed by at least two program committee members for
their technical merit, originality, significance, and relevance to the
workshop. The papers must be in good English and will be published in a
proceedings volume of  CEUR-WS  http://CEUR-WS.org. Instructions for
submission will be made available at the workshop web site
http://www.ict.csiro.au/conferences/ssn/ssn09


COMMITTEE

Chairs:
Kerry Taylor, CSIRO ICT Centre, Canberra, Australia
Arun Ayyagari, The Boeing Company, Seattle, USA
David De Roure, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Advisors:
Amit Sheth, Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, Dayton OH, USA
Manfred Hauswirth, Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National
University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Technical Program:
Thomas Meyer, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa
Mark Cameron, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia
Franz Baader, TU Dresden, Germany
Kevin Page, University of Southampton, UK
Michael Compton, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia
Cory Henson, Wright State University, USA
Luis Bermudez, Southeastern Universities Research Association, USA
Oscar Corcho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
Ralf Denzer, University of Applied Sciences, Saarbrucken, Germany
Kirk Martinez, University of Southampton, UK
Ingo Simonis, Meraka Institute, CSIR, South Africa
Sascha Schlobinski, cismet GmbH, Germany

Contact:
Kerry.Taylor@csiro.au or Arun.Ayyagari@boeing.com or
dder@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Received on Tuesday, 9 June 2009 00:37:01 UTC