NeTRA 2007 (Deadline extended)

[NeTRA2007 Workshop Account <netra2007 [at] engr.uvic.ca>]

Dear Colleagues,
  Please find the following CFP for the First International Workshop on
Networking Technology for Robotics and Applications (NeTRA 2007)
organized in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on
Computer
Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2007) in Turtle Bay Resort Honolulu
Hawaii USA on August 16 2007.
   The deadline for paper submission is now April 10, 2007. Submission
instructions are provided on the workshop web site
(http://www.me.uvic.ca/~danielac/NeTRA.html).

Kind regards,

Yan Bai and Daniela Constantinescu, NeTRA 2007 workshop co-chairs


NeTRA 2007 Call for Papers
Web site: hhtp://www.me.uvic.ca/~danielac/NeTRA.html

Important Dates:
Manuscript submission:         April 10, 2007
Acceptance notification: May 15, 2007
Camera-ready papers due: June 1, 2007
Workshop date:                 August 16, 2007

What provisions are required at the control, sensing, planning and
action
levels to ensure reliable task execution by robots connected via
unreliable
networks? This is the key question explored in the First International
Workshop on Networking Technology for Robotics and Applications (NeTRA
2007)
organized in conjunction with ICCCN 2007
http://www.me.uvic.ca/~danielac/NeTRA.html
Networked robotics use wired and wireless network communication channels
such as the Internet and wireless LAN to enable humans to remotely
control
robots and to support inter-robot interactions. They can provide
dexterity,
power and intelligence far beyond the capabilities of a single robot,
but
pose major scientific challenges related to communications, control,
distributed perception, information fusion, and cooperative
manipulation.
These challenges take on additional complexity when considered in
conjunction with quality of service (QoS) support and network security
issues. Yet, as networked robots become more pervasive, they
increasingly
use commercial wired and wireless networks and become more likely
targets of
network security attacks, therefore requiring QoS and security support
for
guaranteed performance.
NeTRA 2007 will provide a forum for researchers to present state-of-the-
art
results in robotics and computer networks, and to discover synergisms
between the two areas that can contribute to the successful deployment
of
interconnected robots. Of great interest are advances in new networked
robotics applications, including home automation, security, exploration
of
harsh environments, medical applications, and service robotics. We
invite
original contributions which include, but are not limited to, the
following
topics of interest:

- Network technologies for service robotics
- Security provisions for internet robots
- Communication in multiple-user/multiple-robot systems
- Ad-hoc robot networks
- Network support for cooperative manipulation
- QoS in networked haptics and teleoperation
- Security and privacy in medical robot networks
- Cooperation among inhomogeneous robots
- Networked robotics applications

Submission Details:
All contributions should be submitted using EDAS (http://edas.info/).
When
login EDAS, please click the "Submit Paper" tab, and then select "ICCCN
2007" and click the associated "Submit Paper" icon. In the tracks page,
please select "NeTRA 2007" to submit your paper.

Papers representing original research, not published or under review
elsewhere, are invited. Submitted papers should follow the standard IEEE
camera-ready format (double-column, 10-pt font), and should be limited
to 6
pages including figures and references. Up to two extra pages are
allowed at
an additional cost of US$150 per page.

All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to
the
authors. The workshop proceedings will be published by the IEEE
Communications Society and the IEEE Digital Library, or Springer's
Lecture
Notes in Computer Science.

Co-chairs contact:
Yan Bai
TSYS Department of Computer Science
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA 31907
Phone: (706) 568-5376
Fax: (706) 565-3529
E-mail: bai_yan [at] colstate.edu

Daniela Constantinescu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Victoria
Victoria BC V8W 3P6 Canada
Tel: (250) 721-6040
Fax: (250) 721-6051
E-mail: danielac [at] me.uvic.ca