Sensors & Systems

Organized by
Symposium Chairs
Elena Gaura Cogent Computing, Coventry University, UK	Skandar Basrour Professor. Micro and Nano Systems Group Leader, TIMA Laboratory, FR (speaker biography)
Kenotes: Sensors & Systems joint with MSM and MEMS & NEMS
Nano Electromechanical Devices: Opportunities and Challenges Roger T. Howe Stanford University, US (speaker biography) A Designer’s Guide to CMOS MEMS Gary K. Fedder Carnegie Mellon University, US, (speaker biography)	Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS): Coming Revolution in the Gathering of Information, Ken D. Wise, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, (speaker biography) Micropower Wireless Sensors Anantha P. Chandrakasan Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, (speaker biography)
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Some Novel Applications for Wireless Inertial Sensors Joe Paradiso Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, (speaker biography) Inertial Sensors — Smart Sensor Design Challenges Andrei M. Shkel University of California, Irvine, US, (speaker biography)	Silicon Carbide Micro/Nano Systems for Harsh Environment and Demanding Applications, Mehran Mehregany, Case Western Reserve University, US, (speaker biography)
Confirmed Invited Speakers
Validation for Micro- and Nano-Sensors Manus Henry, Oxford University, UK (speaker biography) Augmented materials – micro and nano sensing Kieran Delaney, University College Cork, IE (speaker biography) Nanotechnology Enabled Research at CNSE: Novel Approaches to Sensing Douglas B. Chrisey, Deputy Director, CNSE, North Dakota State University, US (speaker biography) Silicon MEMS for Photonic Bandgap Devices Eric M. Yeatman Imperial College London, UK (speaker biography)	Micro/Nanofabricated Biochemical Sensors Ashwin A. Seshia University of Cambridge, UK (speaker biography) Micro Power Generation — MEMS and NEMS Systems Skandar Basrour, TIMA Laboratory, FR (speaker biography) Wireless Sensor Networks — System Design and Applications Robert M. Newman, Coventry University, UK (speaker biography) Optical Sensors — Smart Systems Design Davies Monteiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BR (speaker biography)

Special Symposium

As MEMS become key components in pervasive computational systems, microsystem designs are evolving from "stand alone" components to systemically conceptualised application packages. Designers and engineers are beginning to work closely with medics, artists, environmental scientists and other end users to produce holistically designed systems for novel application areas. Recent extraordinary developments include using sense data as a basis for motion capture in new media arts, in-body sensing with radio telemetry and planetary exploration. These add to the impressive array of applications already in common currency, such as environmental sensing, object tracking with RFID and mobile office environments.

This symposium concerns the radical and big thinking required to deliver new capabilities based on microsystem technologies. We are interested in reporting on research and technology which addresses the following challenges:

• MEMS design and integration
• MEMS components, such as RF and optical subsystems
• Sensor and actuator systems -- design and applications
• Signal processing associated with MEMS devices
• Smart and intelligent sensors
• RFID technology and applications
• MEMS markets and economic drivers
• Novel application areas for MEMS, such as in-body sensing, pervasive gaming and the creative arts

We look forward to receiving your submission.

Conference Activities

For this year’s Sensors and Systems we have designed a wide variety of activities which we hope will create a hothouse for new and exciting ideas in MEMS research and development. Along side oral and poster presentations we will have keynotes and invited talks, graduate student activities and workshops (all included in the conference fee). More details will posted on the conference website.

Topics & Application Areas

• MEMS Design and Integration
• Pervasive Sensing
• Sensing Systems
• RF Devices
• Self Contained & Information Delivering Systems
• Intelligent Sensing Environments
• Smart Structures & Spaces
• Middleware Services & Agent Technologies for Intelligent MEMS
• Wireless Intelligent Sensor Networks
• Context Based & Implicit Intelligent Microsystems
• Usability Of Pervasive Sensing System Derived Information
• Wireless/Mobile Service Management & Delivery
• Ad Hoc Sensing/Actuation Networks
• Resource Management in Intelligent Sensor Networks
• Actuator Systems
• Chemical and Gas Sensors
• Bio Sensors
• Optical Sensors
• Mechanical Sensors
• Physical Sensors
• Sensor Applications
• Other

Graduate Activities at Nanotech 2006 - Sensor Systems Symposium

A) Graduate Forum

The Graduate Forum will allow PhD students the opportunity to showcase their work to the Nanotech audience of leading academic and industrial delegates. It will allow them to take advantage of a “master class”, led by prominent experts in their domain and to receive feedback on their work.

Activity format: several 1 hour sessions with four 10min presentations back to back followed by 20 minutes of discussions. The discussions will be led by a panel of two experts and a chair.

Number of students: 12 students will be invited to participate in this activity.

If you would like to be involved, email the symposium chair

Note: abstract submission compulsory through the Symposium website, by the 18th November.

B) Graduate Tutorials

Four tutorials sampling the MEMS sensing domain of research will be offered to graduate students.

The aim of the activity is to allow the students to broaden their horizons by exposing them to neighbouring domains relatively to their PhD work focus.

The tutorials will be of 60-90min long and will be delivered by leading industrial and academic experts.

If you would like to participate, email the symposium chair

Note: no supplementary fee is required for the tutorials, but all attendees must be registered for the Conference. As places are limited, they are going to be offered on a first come first served basis.