This document provides information about a state level technical workshop on wireless sensor networks to be held on March 16, 2013. The workshop is organized by the Department of Computer Engineering and E&TC Engineering at Vidya Pratishthan's College of Engineering in Baramati, India. The workshop aims to enable participants to gain experience in designing and simulating wireless sensor network devices and make them aware of related issues. Topics to be covered include introductions to wireless sensor networks and their applications, sensor network algorithms, and future research opportunities. The registration deadline is March 15, 2013 and fees vary for academic staff, students, and other attendees.

1. Contacts for Registration Chair Person State Level Technical Workshop
Prof. S. A. Shinde 9860303851 Dr. S.B. Deosarkar On
Prof. B. H. Deokate 9881020044
Principal, VPCOE, Baramati
Prof. Mrs. A. R. Shastri 9421368600 Wireless Sensor Network
Coordinator
Prof. D. B. Hanchate
16 March 2013
Registration Form Organized By
Speakers
Name …………………………………………………. Department of
Dr. B. P. Patil
Computer Engineering
Address ………………………………………….. Head, E&TC Deptt , AIT, Pune
Dr. S. S. Sonawane
&
Director, Dr. D.Y. Patil School of Engg , Pune E&TC Engineering
Dr. S. J. Wagh
Tele: ………………... Mob:………………...
Principal , Trinity College of Engg., Pune
Prof. Sourmitra Das
Email: ……………………………………………...
Head, Computer Engg. Deptt, Trinity, Pune
Local Organizing Committee
Vidya Pratishthan’s
DD No. ……………….. Date………………..
Prof. (Mrs.) G. J. Chhajed College of Engineering,
Bank …………………………………………... Prof. R. K. Shastri
Prof. (Mrs.) J. S. Sadalage Baramati
Signature Prof. (Mrs.) S. S. Nandgaonkar
Dist. Pune (MS) - 413133, India
Address for Correspondence
Web. www.vpcoe.org
DD should be drawn in favor of “Principal,
Prof. D. M. Padulkar Email. principal@vpcoe.org
VPCOE Baramati” payable at Baramati
Phone: 02112-239528/29, 9420172174

2. About VPCOE: Vidya Pratishthan’s College of A wireless sensor network (WSN) has important Algorithms are designed for efficient working
Engineering was established in the year 1999 applications such as remote environmental of WSN for Structuring, Localization, Schedul-
approved by AICTE New Delhi and affiliated to monitoring and target tracking, particularly in ing and Efficient Coverage.
university of Pune. The college has excellent recent years with the help of sensors that are
Aim of Workshop: The workshop is organized
infrastructure with lush green campus, well smaller, cheaper, and intelligent.
to enable participants to have experience on
equipped laboratories, and state of art designing and simulation of devices, to make
The main characteristics of a WSN include:
computing facilities and library with more than them aware of various issues and encourage
adequate volume of books on various disci- Power consumption constrains them to consider this field as there carrier.
plines of engineering. The college offers UG Ability to cope with node failures
and PG Programme for about 2000 students. Mobility of nodes Who Can Attend : The workshop is open to
VPCOE is recognized as “Remote Centre” of IIT Communication failures all those who having some engineering back-
Bombay through which various courses and Heterogeneity of nodes ground. Industry participant, Academic Insti-
workshops are conducted for students and fac- Scalability to large scale of deployment tute , Student and Researchers may apply for
ulty members. VPCOE is also having collabora- Ease of use the same.
tion with foreign technical universities which Topics to Cover:
One major challenge in a WSN is to produce
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mainly serves basis for exchange of knowledge
low cost and tiny sensor nodes. There are an Wireless Sensor Network: Introduction
and resources.
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increasing number of small companies produc-
ing WSN hardware and the commercial situa- WSN Applications & Live demo of nodes
Wireless Sensor Network:
tion can be compared to home computing in  Internet of Things (TOT)
A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of
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the 1970s. Many of the nodes are still in the
spatially distributed autonomous sensors to Future Internet technology needs & re-
research and development stage, particularly
monitor physical or environmental conditions, search scope
their software.
such as temperature, sound, pressure, etc. and  Sensor Network Algorithms
to cooperatively pass their data through the Energy is the scarcest resource of WSN nodes,
network to a main location. The more modern and it determines the lifetime of WSNs. WSNs Important Date:
networks are bi-directional, also enabling con- are meant to be deployed in large numbers in Last Date of Registration Is 15th March 2013.
trol of sensor activity. various environments, including remote and
hostile regions, where ad-hoc communications Registration Fees:
The development of wireless sensor networks
are a key component. For this reason, algo- Academic Staff : 250 INR
was motivated by military applications such as
rithms and protocols need to address the fol-
battlefield surveillance; today such networks Students: 200 INR
lowing issues:
are used in many industrial and consumer ap-
plications, such as industrial process monitor- Other: 400 INR
Lifetime maximization
ing and control, machine health monitoring.
Robustness and fault tolerance