AD HOC, SENSOR AND MESH NETWORKING SYMPOSIUM

Symposium Co-Chairs
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa (boukerch@site.uottawa.ca)
Nizar Bouabdallah, INRIA, France (nizar.bouabdallah@inria.fr)
Chunxiao Tricia Chigan, Michigan Tech (cchigan@mtu.edu)
Ashfaq Khokhar, University of Illinois at Chicago (ashfaq@uic.edu)

Sponsoring Technical Committees
Ad Hoc & Sensor Communications & Networks
Wireless Communications
Information Infrastructure

Scope
The field of ad hoc, sensor and mesh networking is reemerging amid unprecedented growth in the scale and diversity of computer networking. A Mobile ad hoc network (Manet) is a system of wireless mobile nodes dynamically self organizing in arbitrary and temporary network topologies. People and vehicles can thus be internetworked in areas without a pre-existing communication infrastructure, or when the use of such infrastructure requires wireless extension. Therefore, such networks are designed to operate in widely varying environments, from military networks (with hundreds of nodes) to low-power sensor networks and other embedded systems.  Dynamic topologies, Bandwidth constraints, Energy-constrained operations, Wireless vulnerabilities, and limited physical security are among the characteristics that differentiate Mobile ad hoc networks from fixed multihop networks.

As wireless networks nodes proliferate and as applications using Internet become familiar to a wider class of customers, those customers will expect to use networking applications even in situations where the Internet itself is not available. For example, people using laptop computers at a conference in a hotel might wish to communicate in a variety of ways, without the mediation of routing across the global Internet. Yet today such obvious communications requirements cannot be easily meet using the Internet. Providing solutions to meet such requirements will be the subject of this symposium. The basic solution to meet such requirements is to allow mobile computer users with (compatible) wireless communication devices to set up a (possibly) short-lived network just for the communication needs of the moment- in other words, an ad-hoc network. The ultimate goal is to enable a multitude of users at any place access information from anywhere at any time.

This symposium aims at providing a forum for sharing ideas among researchers and practitioners working on state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges above. We are seeking papers that describe original and unpublished contributions addressing various aspects of ad hoc, sensor and mesh networks.

Topics of Interest    

• Applications and Evolutions of Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks
• Autonomic Networking
• Wireless, Ad Hoc, and Sensor Devices
• Physical Layer Design of Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh  Networks
• Frequency and Channel Allocation Algorithms
• Topology Control and Management
• Algorithms and Modeling for Localization, Target Tracking, and Mobility Management
• Architectures of Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing in Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh  Networks
• MAC Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks
• QoS Provisioning in Medium Access Control and Routing for Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks
• Analytical, Mobility, and Validation Models for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks
• Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Mobile, Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks
• Integrated Simulation and Measurement based Evaluation of Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems
• New Simulation Languages, Methodologies, and Tools for Wireless Systems in Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh  Networks
• Analysis of Correctness and Efficiency of Protocols
• Data Management, Data Aggregation, Data Dissemination, and Query Processing
• Distributed Algorithms in Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh  Networks
• Pricing Modeling and Solutions
• Pervasive and Wearable Computing
• Co-existence Issues of Hybrid Networks
• Energy Saving and Power Control Protocols for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks
• Resource Management Algorithms in Mobile, wireless Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks
• Synchronization and Scheduling Issues in Mobile and Ad Hoc Networks
• Service Discovery for Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks
• Cross-layer Design and Interactions in Ad Hoc, Sensor and Mesh  Networks
• Mobile Service and QoS Management for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
• Survivability and Reliability Evaluation and Modeling for Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks
• Ubiquitous and Mobile Access for Wireless Mesh Networks
• Security and Privacy Issues in Wireless Ad Hoc, Mesh, and Sensor Networks
  

Technical Program Committee

Antonio A.F. Loureiro Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil
Abdelhafid Abouaissa University of Haute Alsace France
Najah Abu Ali UAE University UAE
Nael Abu-Ghazaleh State University of New York at Binghamton USA
Dharma Agrawal University of Cincinnati USA
Toufik Ahmed University of Bordeaux-1 / CNRS-LaBRI France
Ozgur Akan Middle East Technical University Turkey
Kemal Akkaya Southern Illinois University Carbondale USA
Selim Akl Queen's University Canada
Khaldoun Al Agha University of Paris XI France
Bardia Alavi Cisco Systems Inc. USA
Angeliki Alexiou Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent United Kingdom
Nirwan Ansari NJIT USA
Yuuichi Aoki NEC Corporation Japan
Regina Araujo Federal University of São Carlos Brazil
Chadi Assi Concordia University Canada
Gunther Auer DoCoMo Euro-Labs Germany
Regina Araujo Federal Univ. of Sao Carlos
Abdelmalik Bachir Imperial College London United Kingdom
Masaki Bandai Shizuoka University Japan
Nilanjan Banerjee IBM Research India
Javier Barria Imperial College London United Kingdom
Joao Barros Universidade do Porto Portugal
Dominique Barthel France Telecom R&D France
Stefano Basagni Northeastern University USA
Prithwish Basu BBN Technologies USA
Jalel Ben-othman Université de Versailles France
Brahim Bensaou The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong
Christian Bettstetter University of Klagenfurt Austria
Luciano Bononi University of Bologna Italy
Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah Universite de Technologie - Compiegne France
Nizar Bouabdallah INRIA France
Azzedine Boukerche Univ. of Ottawa Canada
Yassine Bouslimani University of Moncton Canada
Raouf Boutaba University of Waterloo Canada
Torsten Braun University of Bern Switzerland
Matteo Cesana Politecnico di Milano Italy
Ruay-Shiung Chang National Dong Hwa University Taiwan
Periklis Chatzimisios TEI of Thessaloniki Greece
Dazhi Chen Syracuse University USA
Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Sun Yat-Sen University Taiwan
Jiming Chen Zhejiang University P.R. China
Ling-Jyh Chen Academia Sinica Taiwan
Wei Chen The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong
Xiang Chen Motorola Labs USA
Liang Cheng Lehigh University USA
Maggie Cheng Missouri University of Science and Technology USA
Soumaya Cherkaoui University of Sherbrooke Canada
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini Politecnico di Torino Italy
Chun Tung Chou University of New South Wales Australia
Ken Christensen University of South Florida USA
Song Ci University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA
Lin Dai City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Saumitra Das Purdue University, West Lafayette USA
Saumitra Das Purdue University, West Lafayette USA
Zaher Dawy American University of Beirut Lebanon
Mieso Denko University of Guelph Canada
Subhrakanti Dey University of Melbourne Australia
Petar Djukic University of California, Davis USA
Xiaojiang Du North Dakota State University USA
Andrzej Duda Grenoble Informatics Laboratory France
Khalil El-Khatib UOIT Canada
Ehab Elmallah University of Alberta Canada
Mohamed Eltoweissy Virginia Tech USA
Murat Erten TOBB Economics and Technology University Turkey
Afshin Fallahi University of Toronto Canada
Pingyi Fan Tsinghua University P.R. China
Alois Ferscha University of Linz Austria
Fethi Filali Institut Eurécom France
Carlo Fischione University of California at Berkeley Sweden
Chuan Heng Foh Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Vasilis Friderikos King's College London United Kingdom
Laura Galluccio University of Catania Italy
Damianos Gavalas University of the Aegean Greece
Camillo Gentile NIST USA
Kaveh Ghaboosi University of Oulu Finland
Yacine Ghamri Doudane LRSM, Ensiie France
Paolo Giacomazzi Politecnico di Milano Italy
Dhrubajyoti Goswami Concordia University Canada
Sghaier Guizani Qatar University Qatar
Himanshu Gupta SUNY, Stony Brook USA
Harald Haas International Univeristy of Bremen Germany
Stephen Hailes University College London United Kingdom
Habib Hamam University of Moncton Canada
Mounir Hamdi CS Dept., HKUST, KLN, Hong Kong P.R. China
Walaa Hamouda Concordia University Canada
David Harle University of Strathclyde United Kingdom
Christian Hartmann Technische Universitaet Muenchen Germany
Hossam Hassanein Queen's University Canada
Hossam Hassanein Queen's University Canada
Khalifa Hettak Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada
Xiaoyan Hong University of Alabama USA
Ekram Hossain University of Manitoba Canada
Changcheng Huang Carleton University Canada
Chin-Tser Huang University of South Carolina USA
Jane-Hwa Huang National Chiao Tung University Taiwan
Muhammad Ilyas Michigan State University USA
Syed Jafar University of California Irvine USA
Bijendra Jain Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India
Abbas Jamalipour University of Sydney Australia
Michel Jezequel Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Brest France
Tao Jiang Huazhong University of Science and Technology P.R. China
Minho Jo Sungkyunkwan University Korea
Thienne Johnson State University of Campinas - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Brazil
Changhee Joo The Ohio State University USA
Seong-Soon Joo ETRI Korea
Ahmed Kamal Iowa State University USA
Salil Kanhere University of New South Wales Australia
Nei Kato Tohoku University Japan
Ashfaq Khokhar University of Illinois at Chicago USA
Dongkyun Kim Kyungpook National University Korea
Hyogon Kim Korea University Korea
Kun-chan Lan National ICT Australia Ltd. Australia
Ricardo Lent Imperial College London United Kingdom
Alessandro Leonardi University of Catania Italy
Victor Leung The University of British Columbia Canada
Cheng Li Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada
Jie Li University of Tsukuba Japan
Qun Li College of William and Mary USA
Wei Li Texas Southern University USA
Sunho Lim South Dakota State University USA
Leonardo Maccari Univerity of Florence Italy
Allen MacKenzie Virginia Tech USA
Petri Mähönen RWTH Aachen University Germany
Naceur Malouch University of Paris 6 France
Peter Martini University of Bonn Germany
Djamal-Eddine Meddour France Telecom R&D France
Ahmed Mehaoua University of Paris - Descartes France
Abdelhamid Mellouk University Paris XII France
Geyong Min University of Bradford United Kingdom
Jelena Misic University of Manitoba Canada
Sudip Misra Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur India
Adel Ben Mnaouer 7th November University Tunisia
Hamid Nafaa University College Dublin Ireland
Kshirasagar Naik University of Waterloo Canada
Farid Naït-Abdesselam University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille France
Asis Nasipuri University of North Carolina at Charlotte USA
Youssef Nasser Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes France
Ioanis Nikolaidis University of Alberta Canada
Sotiris Nikoletseas University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute Greece
Mirela Notare Barddal University Brazil
Stephan Olariu Old Dominion University USA
Mohamed Ould-Khaoua Sultan Qaboos University Oman
Yi Qian National Institute of Standards and Technology USA
Djamel Sadok Federal University of Pernambuco Brazil
Paolo Santi IIT-CNR Italy
Sidi-Mohammed Senouci France Telecom R&D France
Abdallah Shami The University of Western Ontario Canada
Tarek Sheltami KFUPM Saudi Arabia
Krishna Sivalingam University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) USA
Min Song Old Dominion University USA
Violet Syrotiuk Arizona State University USA
Abd-Elhamid Taha Queen's University Canada
Damla Turgut University of Central Florida USA
Cedric Westphal Docomo Labs USA USA
Vincent Wong University of British Columbia Canada
Linda Jiang Xie University of North Carolina at Charlotte USA
Guoliang Xing City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Guoliang Xue Arizona State University USA
Yuanyuan Yang State University of New York at Stony Brook USA
Mohamed Younis University of Maryland Baltimore County USA
Amr Youssef Concordia University Canada
Moustafa Youssef Nile University Egypt
Jun Zheng University of Ottawa Canada
Albert Zomaya University of Sydney Australia

Presentation Style
The Globecom 2009 Technical Program Committee will go through a rigorous process to review all the papers submitted and select the best ones among them. The accepted papers will be presented in the conference either in a lecture style or in a poster style format. This distinction has no relationship with the quality of the accepted papers whatsoever. It is purely due to the limitations of the conference rooms available for lecture style presentations. Papers will be selected for lecture-style or poster-style presentation, solely based on the need to ensure topic homogeneity in lecture-style sessions.   All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and IEEExplore without any indication of the presentation mode.