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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The 13th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (<b>FNC</b>)</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>August 13-15, 2018</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Gran Canaria, Spain </span></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-18/">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-18/</a></span></u></i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>———————————————————————————</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><br><b><span style='color:#0056D6'>Important Dates</span></b><span style='color:#0056D6'><br></span>=============<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>- Paper Submission Due: <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>April 13, 2018</span>. (<span style='color:#0061FF'>Extended</span>)<br>- Acceptance Notification: May 15, 2018<br>- Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Publication</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>==========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>All FNC 2018 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<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/">www.Elsevier.com</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/">www.sciencedirect.com</a>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (<a href="http://www.scopus.com/">www.scopus.com</a>) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (<a href="http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/">http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/</a>). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (<a href="http://www.scopus.com/">www.scopus.com</a>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (<a href="http://www.engineeringvillage.com/">www.engineeringvillage.com</a>). This includes EI Compendex (<a href="http://www.ei.org/compendex">www.ei.org/compendex</a>). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (<a href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/">http://dblp.uni-trier.de/</a>). 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. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the following <b><span style='color:#0056D6'>special issues</span></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>- <span style='color:#006FC9'>Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing</span> (IF:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>1.588), by Springer (<a href="http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652">http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>- <span style='color:#006FC9'>International Journal of Computing and Informatics </span>(IF: 0.504), (<a href="http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index">http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>- <span style='color:#006FC9'>IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine</span> (IF: 3.654), by IEEE (<a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5117645">http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5117645</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>FNC 2018 will be held in conjunction with <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The 15th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC'18)</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-18/" id=LPlnk459952>http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-18/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Venue</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>======<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>FNC 2018 is co-organized & co-hosted by the University of University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. FNC 2018 will be held in Gran Canaria, Spain. Gran Canaria originally meaning "Great [Island] of Dogs" is the second most populous island of the Canary Islands, an African archipelago which is part of Spain, with a population of 847,830 (in 2015) that constitutes approximately 40% of the population of the archipelago. Located in the Atlantic Ocean about 150 kilometres (93 mi) off the northwestern coast of Africa and about 1,350 km (840 mi) from Europe. With an area of 1,560 km2 (602 sq. mi) and an altitude of 1,956 m (6,417 ft) at the Pico de las Nieves, Gran Canaria is the third largest island of the archipelago in both area and altitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Committees</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>==========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>General Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ladislav Hluchy, Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Program Chairs</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Hossam Hassanein, Queens University, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB Ð Hasselt University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Local Chair</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Javier Sanchez Medina, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Workshops Chair</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0061FF'>International Journals Chair </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Salvatore Cuomo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Publicity Chairs</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Wim Ectors, Hasselt University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Monika Davidekova, Comenius University, Slovak Republic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Technical Program Committee</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-18/#programCommittees" id=LPlnk179483>http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-18/#programCommittees</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0056D6'>Advisory Committee</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Roch Glitho, Concordia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Philippe Martins, Telecom Paris Tech, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Peter Sloot, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> David Taniar, Monash University, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>