We survey here some foundational issues concerning the field of sensor networks. We discuss progress made with respect to models and basic issues (like self-configuration of the net, reporting an event etc). We also refer to some open, fundamental problems in the field.

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Professor Paul G. Spirakis, born in 1955, obtained his PhD from Harvard University, in 1982. He is currently the Director of the Research and Academic Computer Technology Institute (RACTI) and a Full Professor in the Patras University, Greece. Was acknowledged between the top 50 scientists worldwide in Computer Science with respect to ``The best Nurturers in Computer Science Research'', published by B. Kumar and Y.N. Srikant, ACM Data Mining, 2005. His research interests are Algorithms and Complexity and interaction of Complexity, Game Theory, Computer Systems and Networks. Paul Spirakis has extensively published in most of the important Computer Science journals and most of the significant refereed conferences contributing to over 300 scientific publications. He was elected unanimously as one of the two Vice Presidents of the Council of the EATCS.