The sixth international workshop on Middleware Tools, Services and Run-time Support for Networked Embedded Systems (MidSens’11) will be co-located with Middleware 2011 (December 12th - December 16th, 2011) in Lisbon, Portugal.

Middleware for networked embedded systems such as sensor networks and robotics is a critical research domain which addresses key challenges that application developers are facing today. The five previous editions of this workshop (MidSens'06, MidSens'07, MidSens'08, MidSens'09 and MidSens'10) attracted researchers from Europe, Asia, and the United States. The MidSens workshop series has served to trigger and guide research efforts to create an integrated middleware vision, which is required to handle the challenges inherent in developing, deploying and managing complex networked embedded applications in an efficient way.

The aim of MidSens’11 is to stimulate research in the specific domain of middleware for networked embedded systems. This year’s focus is on sensor networks and robotics control – a broader focus than the previous editions – since we believe that the extended scope will result in complementary and synergetic submissions from researchers working in both niches. Along with the ‘core’ topic of middleware architectures, services and tool support, MidSens’11 will also seek quality papers describing novel programming languages, run-time support and relevant experience reports. As with previous editions of this workshop, MidSens’11 will investigate how middleware support can relieve developers from low-level, platform specific concerns, while enabling optimal exploitation of available resources. We hope that you will be able to join us in Lisbon on December 12th 2011.

The Call For Papers can be found here, all workshop papers will be uploaded to the ACM Digital Library.

12th August 2011: Due to numerous requests, the paper submission deadline has been extended by one week to August 22nd.

2nd June 2011: Paper submission is now open on the submission page.

28th May 2011: The MidSens'11 Website Goes Live!