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DySPAN 07, IEEE Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks,
17-20 April 2007, The Burlington Hotel, Dublin Ireland.
http://www.ieee-dyspan.org/

Wireless Sensor Networks, blazing the road to the Internet of the Future
At VTC 2007 Spring, Dublin, April 28, 2007
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Organised by Neeli Prasad, CTIF, Aalborg University, Denmark, Gabriele Kotsis,
University of Linz, Austria, Dirk Pesch Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), Ireland and
Paulo De Sousa, EC, Belgium
Advances in technology are acting as enablers for the development of innovative
applications and services in sensor environments. Data for wide variety of parameters of
the physical world will be collected, analysed and processed in the systems. Networks of
these nodes will support the individuals in their every day lives in an unobtrusive way
which requires adaptiveness and intelligence in all building blocks of such systems.
Wireless Sensor Networks and Personal Networks are therefore expected to promote a
variety of application domains with a huge potential for the industry, for the individual
user and for the society.
Application domains such as the car industry or the health care sector are setting the
requirements and define by their specific needs the path for future technology
developments.
In this workshop key players from academia and industry will discuss new trends in
wireless sensor networks. Presentations and discussions on visions for technology-driven
research but also share opinions on emerging needs for wireless sensor-based
applications and services thus being drivers for further technological innovations.
The goal of this Workshop is to create the vision for the sensor and personal networks.
Speakers will be invited from industry and academia from Europe, North America and
Asia. There will be presentations from the IST projects CRUISE, eSENSE, MAGNET
Beyond, Embedded WiseNETS, PULSERS Phase II, DIADALOS, UbiSec&Sens, etc.

Tentative Programme
General aspects
• Overview/the state of the art of wireless sensor networks
• Overview/the state of the art of personal networks
• The disappearing computer, the disappearing network, the disappearing sensor . . .
• Scenarios and requirements
• Applications and services
• Socio-economic impact and issues
• Security and privacy
• Business models
Technology and applications
• Personal sensor networks (e.g. well being, health)
• Ambient intelligence
• Large scale sensor networks
• Specific applications and specific sensor networks
o Medical
o In vehicle
o Between vehicles
o Intelligent houses / buildings
o Traffic and control systems
Panel session topics:
• Personalised Sensor networks the next 5-10 years
• Where is Europe?
• Barriers, technical and others