Cyber Physical Systems: From Theory to Practice
http://www.crcpress.com/

Editors:
Danda B. Rawat,Georgia Southern University, USA
Joel Rodrigues, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal
Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, CANADA            
Call for Chapters
Chapter Proposal/Abstract Submission by: August 15, 2014
Author Notification by: August 25, 2014
Full Chapter Submission by: November 1, 2014

Synopsis and Aim:

After successful deployment of Internet and wireless networks (cellular and Wi-Fi networks) over the past decades, we already have ubiquitous services that provide anywhere, anytime connectivity to the users. Technology has gone through tremendous changes in terms of computing, communications and control to provide wide range of applications in all domains. This advancement provides the  opportunities to bridge the physical components and the cyber space leading to the Cyber Physical Systems (CPS). The notion of CPS is to use computing (sensing, analyzing, predicting, understanding), communication (interaction, intervene, interface management) and control (inter-operate, evolve, evidence-based certification) to make intelligent and autonomous systems. Thus, advances made as well as complexity have increased due to the integration of cyber components with physical systems. Comprehensive knowledge base of CPS domain is required not only for researchers and practitioners, but also for policy makers and system managers. The process of building a knowledge-base for cyber physical systems is possible through the creation of a comprehensive collection of research and trends on the topic.  Unfortunately, such a collection of research on CPS does not exist. The forthcoming book “Cyber Physical Systems: From Theory to Practice” will address significant issues in the field.

The objective of this book is to provide (a medium for researchers and practitioners to present) state-of-the-art of research results and trends related to Science of Cyber-Physical Systems, Technology for Cyber-Physical Systems, and Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems from theory to practice.

Topics of interest (but are not limited to):

• Cyber Physical Systems: Architecture
• Cyber Physical Systems: Modeling and Simulation
• Virtualization of Physical Components in Cyber Physical Systems
• Computing and Control in Cyber-Physical Systems
• Design and Performance Optimization in Cyber Physical Systems
• Cloud-assisted Situation-aware  and decision support in Cyber Physical Systems
• Big-data Processing and Visualization in Cyber-Physical Systems
• Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems
• Game Theory for Cyber Physical Systems
• Control Theory for Cyber Physical Systems
• Tools and Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems
• Sensor-actuator Networks
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Machine-to-machine (M2M) Communication
• Cyber-Physical System Security and Privacy
• Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks for Cyber Physical Systems
• Cyber Physical Systems for Smart Grid
• Intelligent  (Road/Air) Transportation Cyber Physical Systems
• Cyber Physical Systems for Health Care
• Cyber Physical Systems: Tools, test beds and deployment issues
• Cyber Physical Systems: Applications and standardization
• Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System
• Standardization, Applications and Case Studies

Submission Procedure:

Chapter Proposals/Abstracts: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their chapter proposals/abstracts (2-3 pages) by the given deadline by clearly explaining the mission of their proposed chapters to db.rawat@ieee.org and CC to other editors. No specific page format is required for proposals/abstracts. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by the given deadline about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.

Full Book Chapter: Complete  chapters are required to be submitted to db.rawat@ieee.org . Author could use LaTex or any word  processing tools (MS Word, OpenDocument, etc.) while preparing the chapters. A book chapter is required to be 15 to 25 pages (9,500 to 12,500 words).

Important Dates:

Chapter Proposal/Abstract Submission by: August 15, 2014
Author Notification by: August 25, 2014
Full Chapter Submission by: November 1, 2014
Review Results Returned: December 1, 2014
Final Chapter Submission: December 31, 2014
Anticipated Publication Date: Spring 2015

INQUIRIES and SUBMISSIONS should be forwarded electronically to the (corresponding) editor(s):

Danda B. Rawat (Corresponding)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Post Office Box 8045
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460, USA
Tel: +1 (912) 478 - 0539
Fax: +1 (912) 478 - 0537
E-mail: db.rawat@ieee.org

Joel Rodrigues
Department of Informatics
University of Beira Interior
Rua Marquês D'Ávila e Bolama
6201-001 Covilhã - Portugal
Tel. +351 275 242 081 (Ext. 3275)
E-mail: joeljr@ieee.org
             or joel@ubi.pt 

Ivan Stojmenovic
University of Ottawa
SITE, 800 King Edward, Ottawa
Ontario K1N 6N5,
Canada
Email: ivan@site.uottawa.ca
            or  stojmenovic@gmail.com

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**** ACM SenSys 2014 ****
Memphis, TN, USA
November 3-6, 2014
http://sensys.acm.org/2014/workshops/

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The 12th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 2014) is a highly selective, single-track forum for research on systems issues of networked sensing and actuation, broadly defined. Systems of smart sensors and actuators will revolutionize a wide array of application areas by providing an unprecedented density and fidelity of instrumentation. They also present systems challenges because of resource constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, mobility, and scale. This conference provides an ideal venue to address research challenges facing the design, development, deployment, use, and fundamental limits of these systems. Sensing and actuation systems require contributions from many fields, from wireless communication and networking, embedded systems and hardware, energy harvesting and management, distributed systems and algorithms, data management, and applications, so we welcome cross-disciplinary work.

Workshops will be held on Thursday, Nov 6, 2014.

The ideal workshop proposal should focus on a specific emerging research area that is of strategic and long-term interest to the Embedded Networked Sensor Systems community. Interdisciplinary efforts that can leverage the expertise in the SenSys community while reaching out to new application domains, emerging technologies, and data analytics expertise to solve real-world sensing problems, are particularly encouraged. Workshops could have a combination of relevant invited talks from experts in a field, together with research papers and demos in the area.

The proposal should be no longer than three pages, and should clearly provide the following information:
. name of workshop
. theme of workshop
. topic areas of interest (to define scope)
. name(s) and affiliation(s) of main organizer(s)/program chair(s)
. the name of the organizing committee member who will be the main point of contact
. names of potential program committee members
. tentative call for papers with workshop deadlines
. expected number of submissions and participants

The proposal should also specify if it will be a full-day or half-day workshop, and any logistical needs (demos/audio/video projection, etc). If the workshop has been held before, also include its history (number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and number of attendees).

Note that selection priority will be given to proposals arising from previously successful co-located workshops.

Please send proposals in PDF format to the Workshop Chair (davidboyleimperial.ac.uk) by 31 March, 2014.

Important dates:

Proposal Submission Deadline 31 Mar, 2014
Notification of Acceptance 14 Apr, 2014
SenSys 2014 Workshops 06 Nov, 2014