Workshop on Networked Sensing, Information and Control; Boston, MA, Winter 2006

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Proposal to Fund an International Workshop onNetworked Sensing, Information and ControlSupport is requested for organizing an international workshop on networked sensing,information and control. The workshop will be held in Boston area over two days, Fridayand Saturday, in Jan-Feb 2006 time frame. The meeting will be organized around thetechnical domains dealing with informational and mathematical aspects of networked sensing.On account of breadth and diversity of work in this topic, we expect very broad interestand participation from the systems community (systems and control, signal processing andinformation theory). We are requesting $49,500 in funds to support travel and subsistencefor workshop participants.Intellectual Merit: The aim of the proposed workshop is to bring together researchersstudying informational & mathematical aspects of networked sensing systems. The impor-tance and timeliness of this workshop is evidenced by the explosion of several independentspecial sessions devoted to specific aspects of sensor networks in reputed international confer-ences. Despite these efforts the focus has been on specific and isolated aspects of networkedsensing and there is a need for cross-disciplinary efforts to integrate ideas from the variousresearch communities. The workshop will bring together internationally reputed researchersfrom control, information theory and signal processing focused on the common theme ofdistributed sensing, inferencing, and control over networks.Broad Impact: On account of the contemporaneous nature of the topic, we have no doubtthat there will significant interest evinced by the both the research and industrial communityat large. The workshop will organize panel discussions to address gaps between educationalcurricula and research, as well as between industry and academia. We will also attempt toorganize panel sessions focused on identifying critical divides between the different researchcommunities and constructive ways of bridging these gaps. The workshop will disseminatethe outcome of the workshop through publication of a volume of papers and essays editedby the organizers as well as some members from the program committee.