Workshop on Networked Sensing, Information and Control; Boston, MA, Winter 2006

Trustees Of Boston University, Boston

Investigators

Abstract

Proposal to Fund an International Workshop on Networked Sensing, Information and Control Support is requested for organizing an international workshop on networked sensing, information and control. The workshop will be held in Boston area over two days, Friday and Saturday, in Jan-Feb 2006 time frame. The meeting will be organized around the technical domains dealing with informational and mathematical aspects of networked sensing. On account of breadth and diversity of work in this topic, we expect very broad interest and participation from the systems community (systems and control, signal processing and information theory). We are requesting $49,500 in funds to support travel and subsistence for workshop participants. Intellectual Merit: The aim of the proposed workshop is to bring together researchers studying informational & mathematical aspects of networked sensing systems. The impor- tance and timeliness of this workshop is evidenced by the explosion of several independent special sessions devoted to specific aspects of sensor networks in reputed international confer- ences. Despite these efforts the focus has been on specific and isolated aspects of networked sensing and there is a need for cross-disciplinary efforts to integrate ideas from the various research communities. The workshop will bring together internationally reputed researchers from control, information theory and signal processing focused on the common theme of distributed sensing, inferencing, and control over networks. Broad Impact: On account of the contemporaneous nature of the topic, we have no doubt that there will significant interest evinced by the both the research and industrial community at large. The workshop will organize panel discussions to address gaps between educational curricula and research, as well as between industry and academia. We will also attempt to organize panel sessions focused on identifying critical divides between the different research communities and constructive ways of bridging these gaps. The workshop will disseminate the outcome of the workshop through publication of a volume of papers and essays edited by the organizers as well as some members from the program committee.