20 January 2008

Call for papers: Data Management in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks for the Information Explosion Era

Call for papers: Data Management in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks for the Information Explosion Era

A special issue of International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems

Recently, ad hoc networks and sensor networks have been designed, developed and applied in many applications such health and cyber infrastructure monitoring, defence against chemical and biological leaks, forest fire etc. Some of these applications generate large amounts of data. We are thus in a time referred to as the “information explosion era”. In the information explosion era, managing data in an environment with limitations on energy consumption, bandwidth, connectivity and frequent disconnections, poses many challenging issues. This special issue is intended to address some of these challenges.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following, within ad hoc and sensor network architectures:
  • Replication and caching
  • In-network data aggregation
  • Data security
  • Content management
  • Context aware computing
  • Mobile agents
  • Query routing and processing
  • Energy-efficient data processing
  • Predicting events and data
  • Inconsistency and reliability
  • Data streaming
  • Middleware and cross-layered architecture
  • Economic models for routing and computing
  • Data indexing
  • Applications in health care and cyber infrastructure
Important Dates
Full Papers Due: 30 May, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: 1 August, 2008
Camera-ready Papers Due: 15 August, 2008

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