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Both academia and industry submissions are encouraged. All location techniques, such as ranging, fingerprinting, infrastructure, or device free, are welcome, except those that require end users’ manual measurements. Contesters can deploy their own infrastructure of up to 10 devices. Normal RF interference is expected, but no jammers for other deployments are allowed. The results must be shown on a portable device, such as a phone or a tablet/laptop that a person can easily carry around.
Demo submissions that do not meet one or more of the guidelines above will be included in the poster session and will be evaluated as a regular submission, but they will not be considered for prizes.
The competition will take place if at least 5 teams respond to this preliminary call for competition.
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Depending on the nature and number of submissions multiple categories might be defined based on the accuracy (i.e., point-based vs. area based), the size, the cost, or the type (i.e., software vs. hardware) of the proposed solution. The final set of categories will be announced after the registration deadline.
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A poster session dedicated to all competition participants will be organized during the conference. Participants will have the opportunity to explain their system to conference attendees.
Results are judged based on both room/zone level accuracy and absolute accuracy, and an award will be given for the top 2 teams in each category. When accuracy ties, infrastructure requirements will be used for tie breaking. The winning team in each category will be invited to present their approach at the conference, and receive a cash award.
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Contesters must submit an abstract describing their approach and deployment requirements by the contest registration deadline. Submissions are treated as confidential until the competition. Submissions must be at most one (1) single-spaced 8.5″ x 11″ pages, including figures, tables, and references. Submission should follow the exact same format as regular, full IPSN 2014 papers. Templates can be found here (opens in new tab).