Networking of Sensor Systems
Informational Meeting on NSF NeTS Focus Area
The NSF recently issued a new solicitation 04-540 on Research in Networking Technology and Systems. One of the focus areas in this solicitation is the Networking of Sensor Systems. This focus area is concerned with the design and development of protocols, operating systems, and network architectures and with building systems that facilitate constructing networks of sensor systems. The overall goal is to make it as easy to assemble a network of sensor systems in the next few years as it became in the 1980s to assemble a LAN of workstations using the BSD Unix protocol stack and socket interface and Ethernet line cards.
This is a call for participation in a one-day informational meeting that will help potential proposers to get background information on the focus area and on the state of sensor systems research. The meeting has limited seating so please RSVP early.
Objective:
The purpose of the informational meeting is to share with the community the goals and scope of the focus area. By including presentations from researchers, vendors, and applications experts, this meeting will enable attendees to get a sense of the state of the art in sensor networks, and the key challenges facing the focus area and sub-areas thereof. It will help the community better target proposals; PIs will be able to conserve efforts by understanding which proposals would be completely out of scope. Finally, it will start to build a community for the focus area, perhaps encouraging early collaboration and potentially strengthening the pool of submissions.
Date/Time:
20 February 2004, 7:45 AM – 5:15 PM
Meeting materials (slides and video of the presentations) will be available at this website within a week of the meeting date.
Location:
Marina Del Rey Hotel, CA (near Los Angeles International Airport)
Format:
The meeting will start with the cognizant NSF program officer(s) presenting an overview of the focus area, and providing some context for the focus area within the broader networking program at NSF. This presentation will include the technical and logistical details of the focus area, and will be followed by an open question and answer session from the attendees.
This break will then be followed by five panels of approximately one hour each. Each panel will consist of speakers drawn from the community who will cover different aspects of sensor network systems. Each panel will have three panelists who will summarize lessons learned from the first generation of sensor systems, and discuss the challenges in each of the sub-areas.
Registration:
Registration Fee: $50, payable on-site
Soliciting NSF Review Panelists:
NSF review panels play a critical role in selecting proposals for funding and thus help NSF and the community fulfill goals of a given program. NSF would appreciate if you can suggest review panelists who can help with the selection of proposals consistent with the goals of the focus area. Please send an email with names to gparulka@nsf.gov.
Contacts:
E-mail: sensorsystems_meeting@enl.usc.edu.
Please send any questions or problems on this page to: sensorsystems_meeting@enl.usc.edu