WUWNet 13 Kaohsiung, Taiwan November 11 13, 2013 Compiled by Information System Chair, Aijun Song
General Chairs Prof. T.C. Yang, Prof. David Du, and Prof. Jianguo Huang
Overall EIGHTH ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems First time outside of the United States Sponsors (below) and supports (right)
Program highlights Seven technical sessions over three days Keynote on Nov 11 by Professor Arthur Baggeroer from MIT Keynote on Nov 12 by Professor William Kuperman from SIO Plenary talk on Nov 13 by Professor Jen Hwa Guo from National Taiwan University, Taiwan Four invited papers to showcase new tools, instruments, and experiments Panel on standardization of underwater acoustic communications and networking Four selected papers fast tracked to a joint Special Issue of Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) and Physical Communication (Elsevier). A work in progress poster/demo session Five minute oral presentation for each of the extended abstracts/position papers as a new format to facilitate discussions Significant funding support for student participation from different regions Multiple awards: Best student paper awards, best demo award, and outstanding service award Strong support from local hosts in meeting facility, social events, transportation, and logistics (delicious meals and supportive personnel)
Accepted Submissions Submission: 55 Accepted total: 46 11 full papers: 10 regular and 1 invited 16 short papers: 13 regular and 3 invited 19 extended abstracts 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 11 Paper Types 16 19 41% 24% 35% Full papers Short papers Extended abstracts Full papers Short papers Extended abstracts
By Region United States: 12 China Mainland: 24 Taiwan: 5 Europe: 3 Others (Japan and Australia): 2 25 20 15 10 5 0 Papers from Regions 24 12 5 3 2 11.00% 7.00% 4.00% 26.00% US China Mainland Taiwan 52.00% Europe Others
Participants on the site (Registration) So far, 84 in total 30 25 20 Onsite Participation 30 25 Onsite Participation 4.8% 6.0% 23.8% 20 29.8% 15 10 5 4 5 35.7% 0 United States China Mainland Taiwan Europe Others United States China Mainland Taiwan Europe Others
Intended to draw participation from Asian institutions, in addition to our traditional sources (the Untied states and Europe) Gratitude to our host, National Sun Yat sen University, Taiwan, for generous support in meeting facility, social events, transportation, and logistics (delicious meals and supportive personnel) National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan National Kaohsiung University of Applied Science, Taiwan National Taiwan University, Taiwan National Taitung University, Taiwan
Strong local support
Multiple universities/institutions from China Mainland Harbin Engineering University Institute of Acoustics, State Key Laboratory of Acoustics, Beijing Northwestern Polytechnical University Ocean University of China South China University of Technology Tsinghua University Xiamen University Zhejiang University
Participation from Australia, Indonesia, Japan Indonesia: Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute Japan: Marine Acoustics Research Laboratory, Tokyo Australia: University of New South Wales
Keynotes Keynote on November 11: Acoustic Telemetry for the Last Decade and Challenges for the Next One by Professor Arthur Baggeroer from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Keynote on November 12: Acoustic Model and Data Based Signal Processing by Professor William Kuperman from Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Panel discussions Toward Standardization in Underwater Acoustic Communications and Networking Coordinator: Payman Arabshahi, T.C. Yang; Panelists: Jun Hong Cui (remote participation via skype), David Du, Dale Green, James Preisig, and Fuming Zhang
Work in progress posters/demo session
Student travel grants Generous supports from U.S. Office of Naval Research Global National Research Council of Taiwan National Taitung University, Taiwan Aquatic Sensor Network Technology LLC, USA Student travel/participation support (by regions) United States: 4 China Mainland: 5 Taiwan: ~10
Awards Best Student Paper award: Yifan Sun (State University of New York at Buffalo), The Internet Underwater: An IP compatible Protocol Stack for Commercial Undersea Modems Le Son (University of Connecticut, USA), PMAC: A Real world Case Study of Underwater MAC Best demo award: Cost effective Underwater Communication using Six switch Morse Code, by Ming Che Hsieh and Chen Sheng Lin (National Taitung University, Taiwan, R.O.C.) Outstanding service award Aijun Song from the University of Delaware
Journal publication venue (new) Four selected papers fast tracked to a joint Special Issue of Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier) and Physical Communication (Elsevier) PMAC: A Real world Case Study of Underwater MAC [Full Paper]Son N Le (University of Connecticut, USA); Yibo Zhu (University of Connecticut, USA); Zheng Peng (University of Connecticut, USA); Jun Hong Cui (University of Connecticut, USA); Zaihan Jiang (U.S. Naval Research Lab, USA) Joint Time Synchronization and Tracking for Mobile Underwater Systems [Full Paper]Jinwang Yi (Xiamen University, P.R. China); Diba Mirza (University of California, San Diego, USA); Curt Schurgers (Earth, USA); Ryan Kastner (University of California, San Diego, USA) Tracking Time varying Correlated Underwater Acoustic Channels in the Signal Subspace [Full paper]shan Ho Huang (National Sun Yat sen University, Taiwan); T.C. Yang (National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan); Jenho Tsao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) Iterative Estimation of the Time Varying Underwater Acoustic Channel Using Basis Expansion Models [Full paper]hua Yu (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Aijun Song (University of Delaware, USA); Mohsen Badiey (University of Delaware, USA); Fang Jiong Chen (South China University of Technology, P.R. China); Fei Ji (South China University of Technology, P.R. China)
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