2nd Conference on coastal environmental sensing networks (CESN 2009)
Background
The UMassBoston Center for Coastal Environmental Sensing Networks (CESN) brings together University researchers, Massachusetts business and industry leaders, and state and federal decision-makers, to provide an integrated framework for developing environmental sensor networks, especially in coastal areas.
This research center allows partners to:
1) develop and test new environmental sensors and transfer them to commercial markets,
2) develop "smart" sensor networks for observing complex interactions of coastal systems including "hotspots and hot moments",
3) develop discrete and agent-based models to rapidly analyze and visualize complex and non-continuous data streams, and
4) support environmental decision-making processes. CESN is unique in its development of integrated land-water sensor networks, thus crossing the land-water interface, in focusing on "smart" networks, networks that are not simply automated, but can also "shift attention" to objects and events of interest, and in applying networks to urban environments. A diverse set of applications range from ecological to military to recreational.
Our current focus is very nearshore environments (water depths < 30 meters). We will deploy a testbed sensor network in the Neponset Estuary and Wateshed extending out to Boston Harbor in the Summer of 2009.
CESN 2009
The focus of this conference will be on state-of-the-art technology capabilities, informational needs related to environmental sensing networks, and gathering, processing, and utilizing information from environmental sensing networks to better manage the changing coastal environment. Areas of interest include: xensor technology; xensor networking; cyberinfrastructure; xensor applications; and policy and management-related information and technology needs. The conference is being held in conjunction with Coastal Zone 09.
Conference abstracts
CESN Home Abstract Deadline extended to May 1st at 5:00 pm EST
CESN invites participants to submit complete and original abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Anyone with an interest in the application of sensing networks in the coastal environment is encouraged to submit an abstract, including college and university faculty and their students, researchers, regulators, and industry professionals.
The abstract should follow the "Abstract Preparation and Submission Guidelines" specified in this Call. If selected for a presentation, authors must submit a complete paper (4-5 pages) before the start of the conference. Papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Specific details will follow for those selected to write papers.
All submissions will be subject to review by the CESN Conference Review Board. Papers will be assigned to an appropriate session based on the information provided in the abstract and the judgment of the Review Board. Due to time limitations some abstracts submitted as oral presentations may be selected for poster presentation instead.
Authors may not submit abstracts for papers that have been previously published in another forum; nor may they submit abstracts for papers currently being published or reviewed by another journal or conference.