Notes from Sensys’07
This year Sensys’07 has been successfully held Sydney, AU. The conference accepted 1 paper over 6 meaning an acceptance rate of just above 16%. The best paper award was given to “Tracking Mobile Nodes Using RF Doppler Shifts” by Branislav Kusy, Akos Ledeczi, Xenofon Koutsoukos. The paper follows the traditional physical/theoretical approach (a moot point!) of the guys at Vanderbilt University and recently at Stanford University for Kusy.
The best presentation award was given to “CargoNet: A Low-Cost MicroPower Sensor Node Exploiting Quasi-Passive Wakeup for Adaptive Asynchronous Monitoring of Exceptional Events” by Mateusz Malinowski, Matthew Moskwa, Mark Feldmeier, Mathew Laibowitz, Joseph A. Paradiso. This paper has been developed during the Cargonet project at MIT Boston that utilizes micropower tags for supply-chain management and security applications.
The keynote speaker was Seth Goldstein. He delivered a rather interesting and futuristic talk titled “On the Path Towards Programmable Matter”, here is a video of the “matter in action” that is being developed at Carnegie Mellon University, Claytronics project.
This year Sensys hosted also two workshops on current emerging topics in sensor networks: SenseID: Convergence of RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks and their Applications and Sensing on Everyday Mobile Phones in Support of Participatory Research. The attendance was very good for both the workshops.
Finally, the ACM Sensys 2008 will be held in Raleigh, NC, Nov. 5 - Nov. 7, 2008. The official website can be found here.
Regards,
Antonio Ruzzelli
