Proceedings of the 1st ACM international workshop on Underwater networks

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the First International Workshop on Underwater Networks (WUWNet'06). The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers and practicing engineers from the areas of underwater communications and networking who are interested in applying their expertise to the development of future underwater networks.The call for papers attracted 30 submissions from the United States, Australia, India, South Korea, China, Singapore and Italy. The program committee accepted 10 full-length papers and 6 posters, included as short papers. We are also delighted to include 3 invited speakers. The papers cover a variety of topics in underwater communications, networking, and applications. Specifically, they address acoustic modem technology, applications of autonomous underwater vehicles, methods for localization, network topology discovery, media access control, routing protocols, and deployment considerations. In addition, the program includes a panel entitled: Underwater Networks: Methods, Systems, and Applications. We hope these proceedings will serve as a valuable reference for users, engineers, and researchers interested in underwater networks.