08:00 - 08:45 Arrival & Registration

08:45 - 09:00 Welcome & Announcements

09:00 - 09:45 Keynote speech

• Needs for Sensor Networks in the Nearshore Environment
  Prof. Robert Chen, Center for Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks (CESN), University of Massachusetts, Boston: abstract / bio

09:45 - 10:05 Coffee Break

10:05 - 11:45 Session 1: MAC/PHY (Session Chair: Shengli Zhou)

• Symbol by Symbol Doppler Rate Estimation for Highly Mobile Underwater OFDM Nathan Parrish (University of Washington), Sumit Roy (University of Washington), Payman Arabshahi (University of Washington)

• On Efficient Channel Estimation for Underwater Acoustic OFDM Systems
  Daniel N. Liu (University of Southern California), Srinivas Yerramalli (University of Southern California), Urbashi Mitra (University of Southern California)

• A Comparison of MAC Protocols for Underwater Networks using a Realistic Channel Simulator
  Federico Guerra (University of Padova), Paolo Casari (University of Padova), Michele Zorzi (University of Padova)

• Capacity Bounds and Power Allocation for Underwater Acoustic Relay Channels with ISI
  Chiranjib Choudhuri (University of Southern California), Urbashi Mitra (University of Southern California)

11:45 - 12:45 Lunch

12:45 - 13:30 Poster & Demo Session

• Extended Abstract: Minimizing Localization Cost with Mobile Anchor in Underwater Sensor Networks
  Keiji Matsumoto (NAIST), Ryo Katsuma (NAIST), Naoki Shibata (Shiga University), Keiichi Yasumoto (NAIST), Minoru Ito (NAIST)

• Extended Abstract: Tradeoffs and Design Choices for a Software Defined Acoustic Modem: A Case Study
  Andrew Gray (University of Washington), Payman Arabshahi (University of Washington), Sumit Roy (University of Washington), Newell Jensen (University of Washington), Leonard Tracy (University of Washington), Nathan Parrish (University of Washington), Chung Hsieh <(University of Washington)

• Extended Abstract: A Toolchain for Rapid Prototyping of Underwater Communication Systems
  Gregory Parsons (North Carolina State University), Shaolin Peng (North Carolina State University), Alexander G. Dean (North Carolina State University)
  

• Work-in-progress Posters: list
  

• Demonstrations: list

13:30 - 15:10 Session 2: Applications (Session Chair: Peter Corke)

• Implementation of an Embedded Sensor Network for the Coordination of Slocum Gliders for Coastal Monitoring and Observation
  Ryan N. Smith (University of Southern California), Jnaneshwar Das (University of Southern California), Hordur Heidarsson (University of Southern California), Arvind Pereira (University of Southern California), Gaurav S. Sukhatme (University of Southern California), David A. Caron (University of Southern California), Burton H. Jones (University of Southern California)
  

• Collaborative Tracking in Mobile Underwater Networks
  Diba Mirza (University of California, San Diego), Curt Schurgers (University of California, San Diego)
  

• Software-Defined Underwater Acoustic Networking Testbed
  Dustin Torres (University of California, Los Angeles), Jonathan Friedman (University of California, Los Angeles), Thomas Schmid (University of California, Los Angeles), Mani Srivastava (University of California, Los Angeles)
  

• Wireless Sensor Networks in Coastal Marine Environments: a Study Case Outcome
  Umberto M. Cella (University of Queensland), Nicholas Shuley (University of Queensland), Ron Johnstone (University of Queensland)

15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 - 17:05 Session 3: Communication Technologies and Protocols (Session Chair: John Heidemann)

• Electromagnetic Wave Wireless Communication in Shallow Water Coastal Environment: Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Results
  Umberto M. Cella (University of Queensland), Nicholas Shuley (University of Queensland), Ron Johnstone (University of Queensland)
  

• Short Paper: Token-based Data Collection Protocols for Multi-Hop Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
  Ping Wang (Tsinghua University), Lin Zhang (Tsinghua University), Bhaskar Krishnamachari (University of Southern California), Victor O.K. Li (University of Hong Kong, China)
  

• Short Paper: Low-Cost Medium-Range Optical Underwater Modem
  Feng Lu (University of California, San Diego), Curt Schurgers (University of California, San Diego)

• Short Paper: The Softwater Modem: A Software Modem for Underwater Acoustic communication
  Brian Borowski (Stevens Institute of Technology), Dan Duchamp (Stevens Institute of Technology)

• Short Paper: Modeling and Performance Analysis of MACA based Protocols for Adhoc Underwater Networks
  Shiraz Shahabudeen (National University of Singapore), Mehul Motani (National University of Singapore)