[agents] FNC'14 CFPs: The 9th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications

[Elhadi Shakshuki]

The 9th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications
August 17-20, 2014
Niagara Falls, Canada
http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/

IMPORTANT DATES
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- Paper Submission Due:       April   15, 2014 (Extended)
- Acceptance Notification:      May    24, 2014
- Final Manuscript Due:         June   19, 2014

Future Networks and Communications (FNC) research effort will help achieving a major promise of the emerging technologies such as, ubiquitous access to broadband, supporting vital applications in our daily lives such as health, energy consumption, environment transport, entertainment or education. The scope of FNC is the development of energy-efficient future network infrastructures that support the convergence and interoperability of heterogeneous mobile, wired and wireless broadband network technologies as enablers of the future Internet. This includes but not limited to ubiquitous fast broadband access and ultra-high speed end-to-end optical connectivity, supporting open services and innovative ambient applications. Scope also embraces novel and evolutionary approaches to tackle network architectures, taking due consideration of users and societal needs for success.

FNC research effort will help achieving a major promise of the emerging technologies such as, ubiquitous access to broadband, supporting vital applications in our daily lives such as health, energy consumption, environment transport, entertainment or education. The scope of FNC is the development of energy-efficient future network infrastructures that support the convergence and interoperability of heterogeneous mobile, wired and wireless broadband network technologies as enablers of the future Internet. This includes but not limited to ubiquitous fast broadband access and ultra-high speed end-to-end optical connectivity, supporting open services and innovative ambient applications. Scope also embraces novel and evolutionary approaches to tackle network architectures, taking due consideration of users and societal needs for success.

Publication: All FNC-2014 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Sciences is hosted on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/).

Selected papers will be invited for publication in international journals special issues (http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/#journalSpecialIssues).

Keynote speakers confirmed (http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/#keynoteSpeakers).


COMMITTEES
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General Chairs
  Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
  Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia

Program Chairs
  Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada
  Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Advisory Committee
  Roch Glitho, Concordia University, Canada
  Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK
  Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA
  Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA
  Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
  Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada
  David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
  Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Workshops Chairs
  Karim Djouani, UniversitŽ Paris-Est CrŽteil, France
  Zahoor Khan, Dalhouise University, Canada

Local Arrangements Chairs
  Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada
  Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada
  Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada

Publicity Chairs
  Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB Ð Hasselt University, Belgium
  Shibo He, Arizona State University, USA

Technical Program Committee
  http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/#programCommittees