The 5th European Wireless Sensor Network conference is being held in historic Bologna, Italy Jan 30th – Feb 1st 2008. Although the call for full papers has passed, the call for poster and demo short submissions is still open until
Monthly Archives: November 2007
November 16, 2007 by Claro Noda | No comments
Data communication and coordination in wireless sensor and sensor-actuator networks
We just stumbled upon this tutorial presented last month in Valencia at SENSORCOMM07, by Ivan Stojmenovic. As a novelty, it showcases theoretical results of beaconless routing with guaranteed delivery, LMST based data gathering, parameterless broadcasting, and generating actuator graphs. The
November 15, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
MobiSys 2008 Call for Papers
The Sixth International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys 2008) will be held June 17-20 in Breckenridge, Colorado. MobiSys 2008 seeks to present innovative and significant research on the design, implementation, usage, and evaluation of mobile computing and
November 15, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Two Post-Doctoral Grants in WSN
The CISTER/IPP-HURRAY Research Unit is opening two post doctoral positions in the area of “Large Scale (Wireless) Sensor Networks”. Further details on related on-going work is available at the following URL: http://www.cister.isep.ipp.pt/cps/ The contract is foreseen to begin as early
November 14, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
U-Cheonggye Stream Based on Infrastructure and services
I found this news about a WSN project in Korea. If you know more about it, let us know! Three main infrastructures and eight technologies will be utilized to realize u-Cheonggye Stream. The eight services can be divided into cultural
November 11, 2007 by Claro Noda | No comments
Procrastination Might Lead to a Longer and More Useful Life
This is the tittle of an interesting paper on WSN to be presented in HotNets-VI, a 2 days ACM supported workshop to be held this week in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Please be aware this is strictly related to WSN. As
November 11, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | 4 Comments
Scholarship in Security in Sensor Networks
A full-time Macquarie University (Australia) Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) is currently available for a PhD investigating the design and analysis of security architecture and protocols for sensor networks.
November 09, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
GPS module for the open hardware mote SquidBee
A GPS module for the open hardware mote SquidBee (http://www.squidbee.org) has been announced. It can be also connected to any Arduino device so from now the open wireless sensor networks join the geolocalitation world! The module tutorial is here. And
November 07, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
WLAN-based vs ZigBee-based M2M networks
When designing monitoring or control devices that will communicate over wireless networks, there are currently two alternatives to consider: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) and ZigBee. Although they were originally designed for very different purposes, they each
November 07, 2007 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Postdoctoral fellow position, Brisbane, Australia
We are seeking a talented and highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow with skills in the areas of: – network level programming – languages – virtual machines – code generation tools. Experience would also be valued in: – code distribution protocols
