Unmanned/Unattended Sensors and Sensor Networks

Papers are solicited related to unattended ground and ocean sensors in the following areas:

• application concepts for unattended ground and ocean sensors (e.g. force protection, counter and nonproliferation, treaty verification, cooperative monitoring, drug/law enforcement, counter-terrorism, border protection, replacement for explosive mine systems, etc.)

• unattended and micro-unattended ground sensor technologies for both ground (built up and open terrain) and ocean/littoral environments including imaging (visible and IR), seismic, acoustic, magnetic, turbulence, chemical and biological sensors and related sensor systems.

• environmental models (seismic, acoustic, etc) and signal source models and characterizations (aircraft, ground vehicles, humans, animals, facilities, etc), unattended and micro-unattended ground sensor technologies for both ground (built up and open terrain) and littoral environments including imaging, seismic, acoustic, magnetic, turbulence, chemical and biological sensors and related sensor systems

• smart sensor, computationally efficient signal and data processing algorithms (e.g. detection, classification, ID, tracking, data fusion, data compression, array initialization and organization, and power management) and related intelligent processing technologies mobile unattended and micro-unattended ground and ocean sensors

• sensor exfiltration and command and control technologies including communications and tag related technologies for systems of unattended ground sensors (e.g. mobile and implanted devices including control, information transmission, and multi-platform and sensor networking approaches and technologies)

• ground and ocean sensor platform developments and system-level technologies and concepts (e.g. modularity, concealment, power management and storage, platform management, emplacement, countermeasures, and tamper proofing). unattended sensor deployment technologies (e.g. air delivery, wall attachment, wall climbing, submerged attachments)

• systems' integration

• biologically inspired sensors

• novel power and energy conversion systems for sensors (e.g. solar, wind, ocean, microbial, motion parasitic).

Papers are solicited related to unmanned ground, air and ocean sensor systems, vehicles and associated sensor networks in the following topic areas:

• intelligent vehicle systems including embedded world and vehicle realtime control models and architectures

• machine perception, path planning and navigation

• intelligent vehicle collaboration and co-ordination with other vehicles and fixed sensor systems

• vehicle mobility, motion control, and novel mobility platforms

• sensor deployment and recovery technologies for unmanned vehicle operations

• vehicle payloads and mission execution

• operator interface, human-robot interactions, man/machine interface

• biologically inspired air, ground and undersea robotic and sensor systems

• vehicle sensor configurations for enhanced mobility, collaboration, and perception

• sensor fusion, sensor field management, and integration

• sensor and vehicle communication systems (e.g. underwater acoustic comms, RF, laser, etc)

• system performance modeling and simulation

• government Programmes: technical and performance challenges

• commercial and civilian UAVs, UGVs, and UUVs.