[agents] FNC'16 CfPs: The 11th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (Montreal, Canada: August 15-18, 2016)

[Elhadi Shakshuki]

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The 11th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC)
August 15-18, 2016
Montreal, Canada
http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-16/
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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.

IMPORTANT DATES:
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- Paper Submission Due:     March   27, 2016
- Acceptance Notification:    May     14, 2016
- Final Manuscript Due:       June     14, 2016

PUBLICATION:
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All FNC 2016 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com<http://www.Elsevier.com> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com<http://www.sciencedirect.com>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com<http://www.scopus.com>) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com<http://www.scopus.com>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com<http://www.engineeringvillage.com>). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex<http://www.ei.org/compendex>). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). 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.

COMMITTEES:
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General Chairs
  Atta Badii, University of Reading, UK
  Rachida Dssouli, Concordia University, Canada

Program Chairs
  Stephane Galland, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-MontbŽliard, France
  Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada

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

Workshops Chairs
  Zahoor Khan, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
  Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada

Local Arrangements Chairs
  Abdessamad Ben Hamza, Concordia University, Canada
  Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada
  Reza Samavi, MacMaster University, Canada

Publicity Chairs
  Tayseer Alkhdour, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
  Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA
  Francesco Pilla, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Technical Program Committee
  http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-16/#programCommittees

Steering Committee Chair
  Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada