Submission Guidelines

Important note: There may be expected delay in U. S. Visa applications for certain countries. For attendees who need extra time for visa application, please send a title of your paper to zhaohuiw@mtu.edu, mpan2@uh.edu and roee.d@univ.haifa.ac.il to obtain an invitation letter at your earliest convenience.

Submissions of technical papers must describe original research, not published or currently under review at other workshops, conferences, journals, or magazines.

Regular Submissions

All papers will be reviewed by the program committee members for novelty and originality of the contribution. The conference accepts full and short papers. 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. In addition, position papers with 2-page extended abstracts (in standard ACM conference format) can be submitted for fast dissemination of interesting intermediate results of undergoing research and promising progresses.

For standard ACM conference format, here are the suggested templates: Latex and MS Word.

The direct link for paper submission is https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=26569.

Full and Short Papers

Paper registration: August 5, 2019
Paper submission: August 5, 2019
Acceptance notification: September 2, 2019
Camera-ready date: October 15, 2019

Extended Abstracts

Extended abstract submission: August 26, 2019
Acceptance notification: September 2, 2019
Camera-ready: October 15, 2019

Tutorial Proposals

Tutorial Proposal submission: July 22, 2019
Acceptance notification: August 12, 2019

Technical Special Sessions

The direct link for paper submission is https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=26569.

Paper registration: August 12, 2019
Paper submission: August 12, 2019
Acceptance notification: September 2, 2019
Camera-ready date: October 15, 2019

Special Session I: Underwater Mobile Communications and Networking

Description:With the emerging of affordable underwater autonomous vehicles, it becomes clear that underwater mobile platforms are a key enabling technology for exploration and monitoring of the dynamic and harsh ocean environments. Underwater wireless communications are essential for coordination, remote command and control, trajectory planning, and positioning for the mobile platforms. While the last decades have witnessed substantial progress in marine robotics, breakthroughs are overdue in the related communication research.

This special session invites submissions to address challenges in UW-IoT systems. The topics include, but not limited to:

  1. Physical-layer solutions
  2. Networking protocols
  3. Navigation
  4. Coordination within mobile networks
  5. Hardware and software infrastructure for mobile platforms
  6. Typical applications

Special Session II: Underwater Internet of Things (UW-IoT)

Description:Today’s IoT connects about 9 billion devices, excluding smartphones, tablets, and computers. This number is estimated to reach 50 billion by 2020 on the ground, while we are missing out on connecting underwater. The envisioned Underwater Internet of Things (UW-IoT) connects underwater instruments, for example, underwater modems, marine sensors, AUVs, ROVs, bottom-mounted moorings, for aquatic exploration and monitoring. The UW-IoT system can be used for a wide variety of underwater missions such as surveying shipwrecks, detecting early signs of tsunamis, monitoring health of marine habitats. It will create interactive real-time aquatic education and help train the next generation of workforce.

This special session invites submissions to address challenges in UW-IoT systems. The topics include, but not limited to:

  1. Low-power, low-cost transducer and modem designs for UW-IoT
  2. New UW-IoT devices for harsh ocean environments
  3. Heterogeneous UW-IoT networking architecture and protocols
  4. UW-IoT enabled applications, for example, oil & gas production control and optimization, natural disaster early detection, ecological monitoring, archaeological expeditions
  5. UW-IoT networks for aquaculture, fisheries, and surveillance
  6. UW-IoT enabled ocean big data analytics