[hpc-announce] [CFP] Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications (DroNet), MobiSys

[Armir Bujari]

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Dear Researchers/Authors,
You are invited to submit your high-quality research findings to 9th ACM 
Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications 
(DroNet) 2023.

Mid. June, 2023 - Helsinki, Finland
DroNet co-located with MobiSys 2023

Website: https://dronet2023.github.io/
Submission link: https://dronet23.hotcrp.com/

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Aims and Scope
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Robot vehicle platforms, often called “drones”, offer exciting new 
opportunities for mobile computing. Autonomous cooperative systems, made 
of intelligent devices (such as drones), may deploy and optimize the 
network to improve its coverage, build routes and fix network partitions 
to ensure the best communication performance, reduce energy consumption, 
and dynamically respond to detected network problems. Innovative 
solutions are built upon these drone networking primitives to accomplish 
cost-effective and wide-ranging mission-critical applications, including 
search and rescue, surveillance, 3D-mapping, farmland and construction 
monitoring, delivery of light-weight objects and products, and video.

DroNet welcomes contributions dealing with all facets of drones as 
mobile computing platforms, including system aspects, theoretical 
studies, algorithm and protocol design, as well as requirements, 
constraints, dependability, and regulations. We are particularly looking 
for papers reporting on experimental results of deployed systems, 
summaries of challenges or advancements, measurements, and innovative 
applications. We welcome in particular also contributions from 
interdisciplinary teams to present robotic work or applications focusing 
on the communication networks enabling the efficient control and 
context-awareness of teams of unmanned autonomous vehicles/systems with 
an emphasis on civilian and aerial applications, while related work on 
underwater/space/ground unmanned systems are also invited.

Topics of Interest
- Novel applications of drones
- Drone system design and deployment
- Drone ad-hoc networks
- Micro flying systems
- Aerial communication protocol design
- Drone operating systems
- Programming systems
- MAC and routing protocols for drone fleets
- Theoretical analysis and models for drone networks
- Solutions for sparse and dense fleets of drones
- Spectrum and regulatory issues
- Mission and context-aware solutions
- Drone coordination
- Mobility-aware 3D communication
- Delay-tolerant networks and ferrying
- Energy-efficient operation and harvesting
- Integration of drones with backend systems
- Drone-based sensor networks
- Positioning and passive/active localization
- Swarm movement, coordination, and behavior
- Autonomous flight
- Artificial intelligence techniques for drones
- Vision and object tracking
- Human drone interaction
- Cooperative surveillance, smart cameras and sensors
- Acceptance, security, and privacy aspects
- Experimental results of aerial communication
- Results from prototypes, test-beds and demonstrations

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Important dates
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- Paper Submission: April 5, 2023 AoE
- Acceptance Notification: April 26, 2023
- Camera Ready: May 5, 2023

Thank you for your consideration.