<div>Dear all,<br /><br />I would like to share this information with you, in case it would be interesting for any of you.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />Toni.</div>
<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">==============================</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">==============================</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">====</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> <span id=":3yc.4" tabindex="-1">EvAAL</span>-<span id=":3yc.5" tabindex="-1">ETRI</span> on-site and off-site Indoor Localization Competition</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> <</span><a style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" href="http://evaal.aaloa.org/" target="_blank">http://<span id=":3yc.6" tabindex="-1">evaal</span>.<span id=":3yc.7" tabindex="-1">aaloa</span>.org/</a><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">></span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> In conjunction with <span id=":3yc.8" tabindex="-1">IPIN</span> 2015</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> <span id=":3yc.9" tabindex="-1">Banff</span>, Alberta, Canada</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> 13-16 October 2015</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">==============================</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">==============================</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">====</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">We are pleased to announce the <span id=":3yc.10" tabindex="-1">EvAAL</span> Indoor Localization Competition,</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">which is to be held during the <span id=":3yc.11" tabindex="-1">IPIN</span> 2015 Conference. The competition</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">aims at bringing together academic and industrial research communities</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">to work together on challenging open problems in indoor localization</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">based on mobile devices and sensors, with the purpose of evaluating</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">different approaches and envisioning new research opportunities.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Recent years have witnessed increasing interest in location-based</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">services and applications. In most cases, however, location information</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">is limited by the accessibility to Global Navigation Satellite Systems</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">(<span id=":3yc.12" tabindex="-1">GNSS</span>), which is largely unavailable in indoor environments. While the</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">first commercial indoor positioning systems are starting to emerge, no</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">standards exist yet and the field is quickly evolving.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The competition will consist of two on-site and one off-site tracks,</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">results will be presented during a dedicated session during the <span id=":3yc.13" tabindex="-1">IPIN</span></span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">conference. Prizes will be awarded to the winners.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Data collected from competitors' systems during the on-site tracks at</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">the conference location will be published for the purpose of research</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">and comparison.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Track 1: <span id=":3yc.14" tabindex="-1">Smartphone</span> based positioning</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Track 2: Foot-mounted pedestrian dead reckoning positioning</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Track 3: <span id=":3yc.15" tabindex="-1">Wi</span>-<span id=":3yc.16" tabindex="-1">Fi</span> fingerprinting in large environments (off-site)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">For Track 1 "<span id=":3yc.17" tabindex="-1">Smartphone</span> based positioning", the competitors can use any</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">sensor available on the <span id=":3yc.18" tabindex="-1">smartphones</span> used.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">For Track 2 "Foot-mounted positioning", the candidates can use <span id=":3yc.19" tabindex="-1">MEMS</span></span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">sensors (inertial, compass and pressure sensors); electronic devices</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">such as tablet, notebook, etc. can be used for control and monitoring.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">For Track 3 "<span id=":3yc.20" tabindex="-1">Wi</span>-<span id=":3yc.21" tabindex="-1">Fi</span> fingerprinting", the competitors will have access to</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">a large <span id=":3yc.22" tabindex="-1">Wi</span>-<span id=":3yc.23" tabindex="-1">Fi</span> fingerprint database, to which they will apply their</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">algorithms offline.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The competition will take place during the <span id=":3yc.24" tabindex="-1">IPIN</span> conference and the</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">on-<span id=":3yc.25" tabindex="-1">ste</span> tracks will be sponsored by <span id=":3yc.26" tabindex="-1">ETRI</span>, the Electronics and</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Telecommunications Research Institute based in Korea. For the on-site</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">tracks, competitors will be given the time to <span id=":3yc.27" tabindex="-1">pre</span>-test and setup their</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">solutions prior to the test day, during which the systems will be</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">measured in real-time. For the off-site track, the ground truth will be</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">disclosed during the conference.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Evaluation criteria for the competition, restrictions on the accepted</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">technologies, technical rules to follow and a description of the</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">benchmarks are detailed in the technical annex of this call (to be</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">provided by mid-March). Possible refinements of the annex, also based on</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">participating competitors' comments, will be timely distributed to all</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">participants. The annex will include information such as the site map,</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">the distribution of wireless communication devices and more.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">A "competitor" can be any individual or group of individuals working as</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">a single team, associated to a single or a number of organizations.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Competitors apply for admission to the competition by providing a short</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">(2 to 4 pages) technical description of their system, including details</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">on algorithms and protocols. The Program Committee will accept or</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">refuse the application in a short time, based on technical feasibility</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">and logistic constraints. In case of acceptance, competitors are invited</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">to submit a paper to the conference. The paper will be subjected to</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">peer review: accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span id=":3yc.28" tabindex="-1">IPIN</span> 2015. Competitors may choose to not submit a paper, but in any</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">case they are required to make an oral presentation of their system</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">during a dedicated session at the <span id=":3yc.29" tabindex="-1">IPIN</span> conference.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Results from the competition and the raw data from the competitors'</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">systems will be published after the competition. Application by guests,</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">who will have the opportunity to test their systems in the same way as</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">competitors, but whose results will not be disclosed, will be granted on</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">an individual base. One full registration to the conference is required</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">from each competitor or guest system; registration covers the</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">presentation of a paper describing the system.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The winners of the competition will be announced during the conference.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span id=":3yc.30" tabindex="-1">ETRI</span> will award a 2000$ prize to the best placed teams of tracks 1 and</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">2, together with a paid invitation to hold a talk at <span id=":3yc.31" tabindex="-1">ETRI</span> (KR). The</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">winner of track 3 will receive a prize worth 500$.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">We encourage submissions from both academia and industry (there are no</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">restrictions on the composition of competing teams) with the aim of</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">seeking innovative solutions based on mobile devices and sensors for</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">indoor applications. Please check the conference web site for more</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">information and regular updates on the progress of the competition.</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Important Dates</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">---</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Admission request: 10 June 2015</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Notification of admission and invitation to submit a paper: shortly after request</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span 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tabindex="-1">php</span>?c=20021</a><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">></span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Technical annex: soon to be published on <</span><a style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" href="http://evaal.aaloa.org/" target="_blank">http://<span id=":3yc.35" tabindex="-1">evaal</span>.<span id=":3yc.36" tabindex="-1">aaloa</span>.org</a><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">></span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">---</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Organizing Committee</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">--------------------</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Competition chair: Francesco <span id=":3yc.37" tabindex="-1">Potortì</span> <</span><a style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" href="mailto:Potorti@isti.cnr.it" target="_blank"><span id=":3yc.38" tabindex="-1">Potorti</span>@<span id=":3yc.39" tabindex="-1">isti</span>.<span id=":3yc.40" tabindex="-1">cnr</span>.it</a><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">></span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Local chair: Kyle <span id=":3yc.41" tabindex="-1">O'keefe</span> (CA)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">On-site software chair: Michele <span id=":3yc.42" tabindex="-1">Girolami</span> (<span id=":3yc.43" tabindex="-1">CNR</span>-<span id=":3yc.44" tabindex="-1">ISTI</span>, IT)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Off-site track chair: <span id=":3yc.45" tabindex="-1">Joaquín</span> Torres <span id=":3yc.46" tabindex="-1">Sospedra</span> (<span id=":3yc.47" tabindex="-1">Universitat</span> <span id=":3yc.48" tabindex="-1">Castellón</span>, ES)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span id=":3yc.49" tabindex="-1">TPC</span> chair (on-site): Paolo <span id=":3yc.50" tabindex="-1">Barsocchi</span> (<span id=":3yc.51" tabindex="-1">CNR</span>-<span id=":3yc.52" tabindex="-1">ISTI</span>, IT)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span id=":3yc.53" tabindex="-1">TPC</span> chair (off-site): <span id=":3yc.54" tabindex="-1">Raúl</span> <span id=":3yc.55" tabindex="-1">Montoliu</span> <span id=":3yc.56" tabindex="-1">Colás</span> (<span id=":3yc.57" tabindex="-1">Universitat</span> <span id=":3yc.58" tabindex="-1">Castellón</span>, ES)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" /><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">==============================</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">==============================</span><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma; font-size: 11px; color: #2e3a69;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Antoni Pérez Navarro</span> <br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació [Responsable de les assignatures de Física i Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica]</span> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Universitat Oberta de Catalunya</span> <br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 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