IPSN

* IPSN is the [[acronym]] for '''IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks'''

==AbOUT IPSN==
IPSN is a [[:wikt:conference|conference]] on [[sensor networks]] with its main focus on [[information processing]] aspects of sensor networks. IPSN draws upon many disciplines including [[signal processing|signal]] and [[image processing]], [[information theory|information]] and [[coding theory]], [[computer networking|networking]] and [[Protocol (computing)|protocols]], [[distributed algorithms]], [[wireless communication]]s, [[machine learning]], [[embedded systems]] design, and [[data base]]s and [[information management]].

==IPSN Events==
IPSN started in year 2001 and following is a list of IPSN events from 2001 to 2007:

* [http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~lu/ipsn07.html 6th IPSN 2007], (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA, April 25-27, 2007
* [http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~ipsn06/ 5th IPSN 2006], Nashville, Tennessee, USA, April 19-21, 2006
* [http://www.ece.wisc.edu/~ipsn05/ 4th IPSN 2005], (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 25-27, 2005
* [http://ipsn04.cs.uiuc.edu/ 3rd IPSN 2004], Berkeley, CA, USA, April 26-27, 2004
* [http://www.parc.com/events/ipsn03/ 2nd IPSN 2003], Palo Alto, CA, USA, April 22-23, 2003
* [http://WWW2.parc.com/spl/projects/cosense/csp/index.html CSP Workshop 2001], (Xerox PARC) Palo Alto, CA (see [[IPSN#History|history subsection]] for name explanation)

==Ranking==
Although there is no official ranking of [[academic conference]]s on [[wireless sensor networks]],
IPSN is widely regarded by researchers as one of the two (along with [[SenSys]]) most [[prestigious]] conferences focusing on [[sensor network]] research. [[SenSys]] focuses more on system issues while IPSN on algorithmic and theoretical considerations. The [[acceptance rate]] for 2006 was 15.2% for oral presentations, 25% overall (25 papers +17 poster presentations, out of 165 submissions accepted).

==History==
IPSN started off as a workshop at [[Xerox Palo Alto Research Center]] in 2001, and it was initially called ''Collaborative Signal Processing Workshop'' (CSP Workshop). Following the success of the first event, in 2003, the workshop defined its focus more on [[sensor networks]] and was renamed ''International Workshop on Information Processing in Sensor Networks'' (IPSN). The event kept the name [[acronym]] IPSN from 2003 onwards but the full name changed from ''International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks'' (2003 - 2004) to ''International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks'' (2005 - 2007). It is expected that IPSN would keep the full name ''International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks'' for the coming years.

==SPOTS Track==
In 2005 IPSN introduced a separate track on '''Sensor Platforms, Tools and Design Methods''' (SPOTS) to the conference. The focus of the IPSN track is more on [[information processing]] [[algorithms]], and the focus of SPOTS track is on platform tools and design methods for [[network embedded sensors]].

==See also==
* [[SenSys]]
* [[EWSN]]
* [[Sensor Networks]]

==External links==
*[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/ipsn/index.html IPSN Bibliography] (from DBLP)
*[http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~almeroth/conf/stats/] Networking Conferences Statistics
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