Symposia and Workshops
The International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing 2011 (ISSNIP 2011) will incorporate the following symposia and workshops as part of its technical program.
Symposia:
- Symposium on Tracking and Data Fusion
- Symposium on Sensor Networks
- Symposium on Wireless Networks & Autonomous Systems
- Symposium on Environmental Monitoring
- Symposium on Biomedical Sensing and Sensors
- Symposium on Biomimetic Sensors and Neuronal Information Processing
- Special Session on Smart Cities
Symposium on Tracking and Data Fusion
This symposium aims to bring together tracking and data fusion professionals from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent advances, pertinent issues and future directions in tracking and fusion, in particular relating to information processing in networks of intelligent sensors.
Chair: Dr Mark Krieg, MOD, DSTO Australia
Deputy-Chair: Dr Neil Gordon, ISRD, DSTO Australia
Keynote: Ba-Ngu Vo
Technical Program Committee:
Dr Branko Ristic,
DSTO
Dr Samuel Davey, DSTO
Dr Wolfgang Koch, Fraunhofer FKIE
Dr Mark Morelande,
Prof Ba-Ngu Vo,
Dr David Salmond,
Dr Thomas Schön, Linköpings universitet, Sweden
Dr Adrian Bishop, NICTA,
Topics include:
- Theory and Representation: Probability theory; Bayesian inference; Fuzzy sets and logic; Dempster- Shafer, evidential reasoning, logic-based fusion; Random finite set statistics;
- Algorithms: Registration; Detection, localization and signal processing; Automatic target recognition and classification; Nonlinear filtering, tracking and data association; Automated situation assessment, prediction, and behavioural analysis; Distributed tracking and fusion; Process and sensor resource management
- Sensor specific tracking and fusion: Image and video; Radar; Acoustic and seismic sensors; Passive sensors;
- Modelling, Simulation and Evaluation: Target and sensor modelling; Benchmarks; Testbeds; Tracking and fusion performance modelling and evaluation
- Applications: Sensor networks; Persistent surveillance; Defence and intelligence; Security; Robotics and autonomy; Transportation and logistics; Environmental monitoring; Biomedical technologies
Symposium on Sensor Networks
The Sensor Networks track at ISSNIP 2011 is designed to attract diverse participation from researchers and practitioners working at the leading edge in wireless sensor network development. This necessarily covers a broad spectrum of topics, representative of the cross-cutting nature of the area -- from hardware architecture, to operating system design, to algorithms and practical experiments. We solicit original and unpublished manuscripts on various aspects of wireless sensor network development.
Chair: Dr Salil Kanhere The University of New South Wales
Deputy Chair: Professor Rachel Cardell-Oliver The University of Western Australia
Keynote: Karl Aberer Tracey Camp
Keynote: Tracey Camp
Technical Program Committee
Dr. Nadeem Ahmed, University of New South Wales, Australia
Prof. Sammy Chan, City University, Hong Kong
Dr. Supriyo Chatterjea, University of Twente, Netherlands
Dipl.-Ing. Delphine Christin, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Jose Alfredo F. Costa, Federal University (UFRN), Brazil
Dr. Ozlem Durmaz Incel, Bogazici University, Turkey
Dr. Oscar Garcia Morchon, Philips Research, Netherlands
Prof. Christof Huebner, University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany
Dr. Satoko Itaya, NEC, Japan
Prof. Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State University, USA
Dr. Raja Jurdak, CSIRO, Australia
Dr. Vinay Kolar, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
Dr. Navinda Kottege, CSIRO, Australia
Dr. Guoqiang Mao, University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Raluca Marin-Perianu, University of Twente, Netherlands
Dr.-Ing. Parag Mogre, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Dr. Sarfraz Nawaz, Oxford University, UK
Dr. Edith Ngai, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr. Damien O'Rourke, CSIRO, Australia
Dr. Animesh Pathak, INRIA, France
Dr. Mukaddim Pathan, CSIRO, Australia
Dr. Jun Peng, University of Texas Pan American, USA
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Reinhardt, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Dr. Wee-Seng Soh, National University Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Bela Stantic, Griffith University, Australia
Dr. Sameer Tilak, University of California, San Diego, USA
Dr. Andreas Willig, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Dr. Hui Wu, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Hong Zhou, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Dr. Marco Zuniga, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Dr. Hailun Tan, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Topics include:
- Experiences with real-world deployment and applications
- Real-time operating system and middleware support
- Sensor network hardware
- Scalable, energy-efficient and fault-tolerant communication protocols
- Cross-layer design
- Management, Auto-configuration, Fault-tolerance and Reliability
- Security, Trust and Privacy
- Participatory sensing
- Network modelling and simulations
- Data processing, dissemination and aggregation algorithm
- Programming language abstractions
- Localization and time synchronization
Symposium on Wireless Networks & Autonomous Systems
This symposium aims to bring together industry professionals and academics from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent advances, challenges and future directions of wireless networking. Of particular interest within the scope of wireless networking is the joint requirement for secure, reliable and sustainable systems that can be deployed in a flexible manner, to provide guaranteed Quality of Service to the end users in mobile and volatile environments. In addition, the integration and convergence of IP and cellular telephony networks is of great interest.
Chair: Prof Stuart Milner, University of Maryland, USA
Deputy Chair: Prof Anthony Finn, University of SA
Keynote: Stuart Milner & Anthony Finn
Technical Panel:
Maziar Arjomandi, University of Adelaide
Dr. Mitch Bryson, University of Sydney
Dr. Javaan Chahl, DSTO
Prof. Peter Corke, Queensland University of Technology
Dr. Danny Gibbins, University of Adelaide
Dr. Hugh Kennedy, The University of South Australia
A/Prof. Salah Sukkarieh, The University of Sydney
Dr. Paul Thomson, the University of Sydney
Yee Wei Law, The University of Melbourne
Hailun Tan, University of New South Wales
Topics include:
- Localisation for Wireless Networks
- Network Estimation and Processing Techniques
- Mesh, Relay, Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks
- Mobile and Wireless IP
- Wireless Multicasting, Routing
- Robust routing
- Multimedia QoS and Traffic Management
- Congestion and Admission Control
- Wireless Network Security and Privacy
- Performance of E2E Protocols over Wireless Networks
- Interworking Heterogeneous Wireless/Wireline Networks
- Capacity, Throughput, Outage, Coverage
- Scalability in mobile, wireless networks
- Directional wireless transmission
- Broadband wireless networks
- Control and prediction in mobile wireless networks
- Integration of IP backbones with 3G/4G/LTE Cellular Access Networks
- Sensor communications based in cellular, mobile access networks
The symposium will feature technical presentations and invited talks held over three days. Papers are solicited for, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Autonomous Navigation: motion detection & estimation, stereo-vision, obstacle avoidance & tracking, topographic processing, map generation, visualisation, trajectory mapping, mission planning, optic flow techniques, bio-mimetic & insect navigation, homing & cognitive mapping, collision avoidance, advanced guidance & control techniques
- Sensors, Sensing, & Perception: sensor miniaturisation, sensor arrays, image/sensor registration, feature & pattern recognition/representation, automatic target detection & recognition, multi-aspect image processing, data association, multi-sensor fusion, advanced signal processing, parameter estimation, health & usage monitoring systems
- Behaviour & Learning: machine intelligence, machine learning, reinforcement learning adaptive learning, intelligent agents, cognitive modelling, neural networks, Bayesian networks, fuzzy logic, case reasoning, performance analysis & prediction, knowledge representation, hierarchal decomposition, probabilistic reasoning systems
- Multi-UVS Systems & Teaming: multi-agent systems, distributed systems, de-centralised control, self-organising systems, complex adaptive systems, network dynamics, emergent systems, resource management, multi-vehicle control, formation control, cooperative & competitive behaviour, team formation/separation, swarming & swarm intelligence
Symposium on Environmental Monitoring
This symposia will deal with the issues of chemical and biological monitoring in natural systems and the measurement of processes likely to impact on these systems. Papers will cover the detection of contaminants and associated data analysis or conversely the measurement of indicators of ecosystem health and biodiversity. The accompanying workshop sessions will consider such issues as the robustness and accuracy of currently available sensors and the issues surrounding operator analysis of data and the provision of timely and easily interpretable data.
Chair: Prof. Chris Saint, Centre for Water Management and Reuse, University of South Australia
Deputy Chair: A/Prof. Chris Chow, Australian Water Quality Centre, SA Water Corporation
Prof Michael A P Taylor, University of South Australia
Keynote: John Bridgeman
Keynote: Richard Stuetz
Technical Program Committee:
Dr Paul Monis, Australian Water Quality Centre, SA Water Corporation
Dr Peter Hobson, Australian Water Quality Centre, SA Water Corporation
A/Prof David Davey, Centre for Water Management and Reuse, University of South Australia
Prof. Nico Voelcker, Flinders University of South Australia
Mr David Pezzaniti. University of South Australia
Mr Tung Nguyen, Sydney Water Corporation
Dr Fred Leusch, Griffith University
Dr John Bridgeman, University of Birmingham, UK
Dr. Scott Bainbridge, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Dr Tim Wark, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Organisation
Symposium on Biomedical Sensing and Sensors
The aim of the symposium is to cover recent advances and leading research activities in both theory and applications of intelligent sensors for biomedical applications. The symposium will bring together universities, industries, and government researchers to discuss current trends, emergent applications, and future research directions in the area of biomedical sensing and sensors. It will therefore cover a number of themes related to this area, such as biomedical signal processing, biomedical sensors, biomedical sensor network, biomedical imaging, biomedical diagnostic and decision making, biomedical remote sensing, and environmental and radiation effects within the biomedical context. The symposium is part of a multidisciplinary conference which covers intelligent sensors and smart systems, towards various applications ranging from manufacturing and defence to medical science and environmental monitoring. This will offer a unique multidisciplinary insight into a number of interrelated research areas. This insight will be encouraged in all the five symposia in this conference.
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Said Al Sarawi, The University of Adelaide, Australia
A/Prof. Christophe Fumeaux, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Keynote: J C Chiao
Technical Program Committee:
Nigel Lovell, University of New South Wales
Pierre-Olivier Amblard, GIPSA-lab
John Bekkers, Australian National University
Abdesselam Bouzerdoum, University of Wollongong
Anthony Burkitt, University of Melbourne
Julien Epps, University of New South Wales
Roland Goecke, University of Canberra
Geoffrey Goodhill, University of Queensland
David Grayden, University of Melbourne
Nicolangelo Iannella, University of Adelaide
Shiro Ikeda, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
David O'Carroll, University of Adelaide
David Powers, Flinders University
Marcello Rosa, Monash University
Andre van Schaik, University of Western Sydney
Steven Wiederman, University of Adelaide
Special Session on Smart Cities
This symposium aims to bring together planners, engineers and urban management professionals from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent developments, current research questions and future directions in monitoring, observing and modelling of traffic, energy use and environmental conditions in cities, in particular relating to information obtained from networks of intelligent sensors, and the use of that information in urban systems and traffic systems control and management.
Chair: Professor Michael A P Taylor, University of South Australia
Deputy-Chair: Dr Rocco Zito, University of South Australia
Technical Panel:
Dr Nikolaos Vogiatzis, University of South Australia
Professor Edward Chung, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Wasim Saman, University of South Australia
Dr Slaven Marusic, University of Melbourne
Professor Serge Hoogendoorn, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Dr Jean-Luc Ygnace, INRETS, France
Dr Laurent Herault, CEA-LETI, France
Dr Srjdan Krco, Ericsson, Serbia
Topics Include:
Smart city infrastructure:
- Larger scale deployment of sensors, smart devices, and RFID in buildings and urban areas
- Participatory sensing
- City centric service platforms
- New generation urban traffic control systems
- The 'smart grid' for energy usage
- Deployment issues for smart infrastructure in urban environments
- Experimental testbeds and simulation environments
Innovative applications and services for sustainable living in cities, such as:
- Reducing carbon foot print of cities
- Advanced traveller information systems
- Managing user demand for utilities
- Efficient management of traffic and transportation
- Increased inclusion of citizens
- Understanding the behaviour of city eco-systems
- Long lasting behaviour change towards sustainability, e.g. in energy, water, transport and waste management
Symposium on Biomimetic Sensors and Neuronal Information Processing
Based on the ISSNIP theme of biomimetic sensors, but also targeted more broadly at modellers of biological sensing and neuronal information processing, this symposium will bring together researchers from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on recent advances and future directions on:
- Models of neurobiological sensing and processing
- Biomimetic and neuromorphic applications based on such models.
Co-Chairs:
Dr. Mark McDonnell, University of South Australia
Dr. Jonathan Manton, University of Melbourne
Keynote: Janet Wiles
Keynote: Bruce Graham
Technical Panel:
Amin Abbosh, University of Queensland
Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
Thushara Abhayapala, Australian National University
Mathias Baumert, University of Adelaide
Russell Brinkworth, University of South Australia
Jürg Fröhlich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Ahsan Khandoker, University of Melbourne
Maciej Klemm, University of Bristol
Jimmy Li, Flinders University
Robert McLaughlin, University of Western Australia
Ananda Mohan, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Massey University
Brian Ng, University of Adelaide
Milica Popovich, McGill University
Nigel Lovell, University of New South Wales
Topics Include:
- Biomimetic sensors (e.g. vision, electronic noses)
- Neuromorphic engineering
- Biomimetic computation
- Computational modelling of neural systems
- Theories of neuronal computation
- Mean field models of neuronal information processing
- Role of brain dynamics in processing
- Systems neuroscience
- Relationship of structural networks to functional networks in the brain
- Application of networks science in neuroscientific connectomics research
