Message from the PMSN 2009 Workshop Chairs

We have been given a very clear signal from the numbers and quality of the papers submitted to this workshop. It is clear that pervasive multimedia sensor networks have attracted increasing enthusiastic researchers from diversified backgrounds. It is necessary for this community to gather regularly to present their research achievements, to exchange ideas, and to find collaborative opportunities for future development. We sincerely hope PMSN 2009 will become a series of many such technical meetings and we wish the community to continuously be involved in organizing the participating in future PMSN events. This year PMSN 2009 received 18 submissions overall, out of which 7 have been accepted for presentation at the workshop. The quality of the submissions was excellent. We were also pleased to see the broad range of subjects addressed by the submissions as being covered by the workshop interests. It is a challenge to organize such an international workshop under a tight time frame. Many people contributed their time and efforts to the success of PMSN 2009. The program committee members and the referees deserve all the praise for providing timely and valuable reviews, and producing the excellent final program. We wish to thank the PMSN 2009 Program Chair for the coordination and organization of the review process. We would also like to thank the workshop chairs of the EUC 2009 organizing committee for encouraging the submission of the proposal for this workshop. Finally, we appreciate the support of the