ESF Exploratory Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks

 ETH Zurich, April 1-2, 2004
 

 

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Workshop Program

  Thursday, April 1  
(Room E13, Building ML, Clausiusstrasse 2, 8006 Zurich)
10:00Coffee and Registration
11:15 Workshop Opening
Welcome, goals of the workshop, short introduction of participants.
Friedemann Mattern: Workshop opening.
Kay Römer: Wireless sensor network research in Europe.
Louis Laurent: ESF presentation.
11:45 Session "Applications"
Werner Weber: An industrial viewpoint on wireless sensor networks.
Rolf Riemenschneider: Sensor networks in the ambient intelligence environment - perspectives in the IST Framework Programme.
Ian Marshall: Sensor networks for environmental applications.
Philippe Bonnet: The Hogthrob project.
Lionel Sacks: Sensor networks for social interaction discovery at land and see.
13:00Lunch at the Dozentenfoyer, top ("J") floor of the ETH Main Building
14:30 Discussion "Applications"
What could be driving applications for European research on sensor networks? Can we identify areas of particular relevance for Europe? How can European industry profit from sensor networks?

Moderators: Alex Buchmann, Ian Marshall, Werner Weber.
16:00Break
16:30 Session "Hardware, Communication, Energy"
Christian Enz: Ultra-low power radios for sensor networks - the WiseNET project.
Michele Zorzi: On issues involving MAC and energy efficiency in sensor networks.
Jan Beutel: Scaling it up - networking using the BTnode platform.
Juan Alonso: Delay tolerant solutions for wireless sensor networks.
Christian Prehofer: Reconfiguration in ad-hoc networks.
17:45 - 18.15 Discussion
20:00Dinner at the restaurant "Zum Grünen Glas", Untere Zäune 15, 8001 Zurich
  Friday, April 2  
(Room J1, Building CLA, Tannenstrasse 3, 8006 Zurich)
8:30 Session "System Aspects and Software Architectures"
Kurt Rothermel: System aspects in sensor networks.
Jörg Kaiser: Towards an experimental infrastructure for smart wireless sensors.
Kay Römer: Software infrastructures and middleware for sensor networks.
Stephane Donnay: Wireless body-area networks (WBAN) for health monitoring applications.
9:45Break
10:15 Discussion "Hardware and Software Platforms and Testbeds"
What are requirements on hardware and software platforms and testbeds? Is there a potential for European sensor network platforms and testbeds?

Moderators: Jan Beutel, Kay Römer, Kurt Rothermel.
11:15Break
11:45 Session "Novel Approaches"
Adam Wolisz: Towards a service definition for wireless sensor networks.
Holger Karl: Quality of service in wireless sensor networks: mechanisms for a new concept?
Thomas Fuhrmann: Applying peer-to-peer mechanisms to sensor networks: opportunities and threats.
Paul Havinga: Cross layer interaction in wireless sensor networks.
13:00Lunch at the Dozentenfoyer, top ("J") floor of the ETH Main Building
14:30 Session "Data Processing"
Erdal Cayirci: End-to-end reliability and data querying in wireless sensor networks.
Alex Buchmann: Data aggregation and storage in sensor networks.
Petteri Alahuhta: Mobile user and data processing in wireless sensor networks.
15:15 Discussion "Research Challenges"
Discuss research in existing European research projects. What potential is there for future coordinated research in Europe? Identify interested parties.

Moderators: Juan Alonso, Philippe Bonnet, Holger Karl.
16:30 - 17:00 Concluding Remarks