Submission Guidelines:

The workshop accepts both regular full papers and short papers. Short papers present new ideas or new visions that may influence the direction of future research, yet they may be less mature than full papers. While an exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Short papers will be reviewed the same way as full papers by the technical program committee and will be published in the workshop proceedings.

All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF or PostScript version of their papers. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages, and that for short papers is 4 pages. Both types of papers should be submitted using the same submission procedure. However, the title of short papers must start with the word "Short Papers:", i.e., "Short Papers: Rest of the Title." All papers should use font size that is not smaller than 10 points, and must fit properly on US letter-sized paper (8.5x11 inches) with 1-inch margins. For detailed instructions for the paper submission procedure and format, please check here.

Submitted papers will be judged based on their quality and novelty through a rigorous peer-reviewing process. All accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings. Some papers that cannot be included in the main workshop program may be accepted as extended abstracts. If the authors agree, these papers will be included in the proceedings as 2-page extended abstracts and will be presented at the workshop in a poster session. The call for posters and demos will be announced separately.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: May 9, 2008 Extended to May 18, 2008
Acceptance notification: June 19, 2008
Camera-ready version due: July 7, 2008 Extended to July 14, 2008
Workshop date: September 15, 2008

The work-in-progress poster session will provide a forum for researchers to showcase new and emerging work and obtain feedback on ongoing research from workshop attendees. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Network architecture design
• Efficient acoustic communications
• Cooperative underwater communications
• Medium access control
• Routing and forwarding
• Reliable data transfer
• Security and robustness
• Power management
• Data storage and management
• Localization and time synchronization
• Data fusion, dissemination, tracking
• Network modeling and simulations
• Capacity analysis
• New techniques for aquatic applications
• Network planning and deployment
• New applications for underwater networks
• Acoustic propagation modeling
• Underwater network simulations
• Underwater acoustic and optical testbeds

Poster Submission Instructions:

Please submit an extended abstract (no more than 2 pages) of your poster as a PDF e-mail attachment to with the subject line reading "WUWNet Poster Submission" before the deadline. Please be as specific as possible in describing what you will show. Accepted abstracts will be posted and maintained on the workshop website.

Important Dates:

Extended abstract due date: 11:59pm (EST), August 15, 2008
Notification of acceptance: August 22, 2008
Web abstract due date: August 31, 2008
Workshop date: September 15, 2008

Work-In-Progress Poster Committee:

Benyuan Liu (UMASS, Lowell)
Tommaso Melodia (SUNY Buffalo)
Liuqing Yang (Univ. of Florida)
Shengli Zhou (Univ. of Connecticut)

Demonstrations of innovative research, applications, and hardware/software products are solicited. Demonstrations of technology, platforms, applications and products for all aspects of underwater networks, communications, and models are of strong interest. Submission from both industry and universities are encouraged.

Demo Submission Instructions:

Please submit an extended abstract (no more than 2 pages) of your demo as a PDF e-mail attachment to:

with the subject line reading "WUWNet Demo Submission" before the deadline. Please be as specific as possible in describing what you will demonstrate or exhibit. The extended abstract should include a short description of space and equipment requirements. Accepted abstracts will be posted and maintained on the workshop website.

Important Dates:

Extended abstract due date: 11:59pm (EST), August 15, 2008
Notification of acceptance: August 22, 2008
Web abstract due date: August 31, 2008
Workshop date: September 15, 2008

Demo Committee:

Zhongwen Guo (Ocean University of China, Tsingtao)
Soo-Hyun Park (Kookmin University, Korea)
Chengshan Xiao (Missouri S&T University)
Shengli Zhou (Univ. of Connecticut)

Posters and demos whose first author is a student are eligible to compete for the awards. The posters and demos will be judged by the workshop audience. To cast your vote, please follow the procedure below.

Each participant with NON-STUDENT registration has two plastic coins, one red and one black, in his/her bag distributed during the registration. After the poster/demo session, each participant writes down the identification number of his/her favorite poster on the red plastic coin, and the identification number of his/her favorite demo on the black plastic coin, then places the coins into a collection box. At the end of the session, the coins will be counted, and the winner(s) announced at the closing of the workshop. The following prizes will be awarded.

Poster prizes:

• First prize:       $400
• Second prize: $200
• Third prize:      $100

Demo prizes:

• First prize:       $400
• Second prize: $200