The 2008 IFIP Conference on Wireless Sensors and Actor Networks, Ottawa, Kanada

<P>The <EM>2008 IFIP Conference on Wireless Sensors and Actor Networks (WSAN 08) </EM>will be held from Monday, July 14th, to Tuesday, July 15th, 2008, at the School of Information Technology and Engineering of University Ottawa, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada&#046; Ottawa is Canada&#8242;s national capital, and features a wealth of festivals and cultural activities&#046; It is directly accessible by air from major cities around the world&#046; The conference location is in the city centre, conveniently located near shopping, museums, and public transportation&#046; <BR><B>Keywords:</B> </P> <LI>AAA (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) <LI>Analysis, Simulation and Measurement <LI>Ad&#8211;Hoc Networking <LI>Coordination in Actor Networks <LI>Communication Protocols <LI>Cross&#8211;Layer Optimizations <LI>Energy&#8211;efficient Protocols and Power Management <LI>Information Processing <LI>Localization and Tracking <LI>Middleware <LI>Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks <LI>Operating Systems and Programming Abstractions <LI>Physical Architecture <LI>QoS <LI>Real&#8211;Time Communications in Actor Networks <LI>Robots as Actor Nodes <LI>Security and Privacy <LI>Wireless Multimedia Networking <LI>WSAN Applications </LI>