Message from the General Chair and Program Chair

Abstract

The Twelfth Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) will be held in Washington DC, USA on May 26-28, 2016. This conference broadly focuses on the design, development, and optimization of large scale networked sensor systems. In addition to the established tracks in the previous editions of DCOSS, such as Algorithms and Performance Analysis, Applications, Systems, Real Deployments and Tools, Signal Processing and Information Theory, this twelfth edition includes a new Track of the Year, called "Cloud Computing and Applications to Sensing Systems." DCOSS 2016 includes a high-quality technical program consisting of keynotes, research papers, Poster and Demo session, and Ph.D. Forum. This year we received 65 submissions in response to the call for papers. Each paper was reviewed by at least three experts in the field. After detailed on-line discussions with the Track Chairs, 24 papers were finally accepted, leading to an acceptance ratio of 37%. Specifically, the program covers important aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems, such as mobile crowdsourcing, energy efficiency and communication, routing, tracking and localization, security, and applications and outdoor testbed, to name a few. Additionally, there is one workshop that addresses challenging research topics in sensor networking. We believe the technical program will provide an exciting forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange cutting-edge ideas in distributed sensor systems.