The oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface and represent one of the least explored frontiers; yet, the
oceans are integral to climate regulation, nutrient production, oil retrieval, and transportation. Also,
water systems in general are of vital importance to life on Earth and commerce. For these reasons,
there is significant interest in monitoring aquatic environments for scientific, environmental,
commercial, safety, and military purposes.
WUWNet is the premier venue for early work bringing real-time, in-situ sensing and actuation to this
aquatic world. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners in areas
relevant to underwater networks. Thus, many layers of the communication stack - from the physical
layer to the application layer - will be represented. The objective is to serve as a forum for presenting
state-of-the-art research, for exchanging ideas and experiences, and for facilitating interaction and
collaboration.
The workshop will span two days, including presentations of technical papers, a keynote talk, a panel,
and a poster/demo session. The scope of the WUWNet workshop covers a broad range of research
directions related to underwater systems including communications, networking, system integration,
and vehicle coordination.
Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Underwater network architectures
- Efficient underwater communications, with techniques from physical
layer to application
- Cooperative underwater communications, including, PHY, MAC, routing,
and data transfer
- Services for underwater systems, such as localization, time synchronization,
reliable data transfer and security
- Subsea communication for underwater vehicles (gliders, submersibles,
etc.)
- Coordination algorithms for underwater vehicles and sensor nodes,
or human operator interaction
- Modeling, simulation, and testbeds for underwater systems
- Applications that broadly address subsea networks, including coordinated
vehicle systems
- Experimental results from underwater networking trials
- Application requirements for underwater networks presented by end
users
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions for technical papers must describe original research, not
published or currently under review for other workshops, conferences, or
journals.
All papers will be reviewed by the program committee for novelty and contribution.
The workshop accepts two types of papers: full and short. Short papers
can present new ideas or new visions that may influence the direction of
future research, yet they may be less mature than full papers. While an exhaustive
evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight and in-depth
understanding of the issues is expected. Full papers should be more complete
in their evaluation and the maturity of the system and ideas. All
accepted papers, long and short, will be published in the workshop proceedings.
Paper submission will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare
a PDF version of their papers. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages,
and that for short papers is 5 pages in standard ACM conference format.
Please see the workshop website for definitive formatting guidelines and
sample templates.
Furthermore, this year WUWNet will also have a “Demo/Doctoral Symposium,” which will provide
a forum for both graduate and undergraduate students working on research topics relevant to
WUWNet to discuss their goals, methods, and results at an early stage in their research. A 2-page
extended abstract (in standard ACM conference format, with the student as first author) must be
submitted by the deadline provided below.
Last, but not least, a call for work-in-progress posters and demos will be announced separately.
Important Dates:
| Paper registration: |
August 12, 2011 Extended to Sep. 19 |
| Paper submission: |
August 19, 2011 Extended to Sep. 19 |
| Acceptance notification: |
October 23, 2011 |
| Camera-ready date: |
November 11, 2011 |
| Workshop date: |
December 1-2, 2011 |
| Demo/Doctoral Symposium extended abstract submission: |
November 5, 2011 |
| Demo/Doctoral Symposium acceptance notification: |
November 7, 2011 |
| Student travel grant submission: |
November 8, 2011 |
| Student travel grant notification: |
November 10, 2011 |
| Workshop date: |
December 1-2, 2011 |
