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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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Important Dates</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>---------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>- Workshop Proposal Due: February 15, 2019</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>-<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span><span style='background:yellow'>Paper Submission Due: April 30, 2019 (<b>Extended & Final</b>)</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>- Acceptance Notification: May 25, 2019</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>- Final Manuscript Due: June 25, 2019</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Publication</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>-----------------</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>All FNC 2019 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=xapple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/"><span style='color:#954F72'>www.Elsevier.com</span></a><span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/"><span style='color:#954F72'>www.sciencedirect.com</span></a>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (<a href="http://www.scopus.com/"><span style='color:#954F72'>www.scopus.com</span></a>) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (<a href="http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/</span></a>). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (<a href="http://www.scopus.com/"><span style='color:#954F72'>www.scopus.com</span></a>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (<a href="http://www.engineeringvillage.com/"><span style='color:#954F72'>www.engineeringvillage.com</span></a>). This includes EI Compendex (<a href="http://www.ei.org/compendex"><span style='color:#954F72'>www.ei.org/compendex</span></a>). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (<a href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://dblp.uni-trier.de/</span></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 special issues:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>- International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 1.588), by Springer (<a href="http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652</span></a>)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>- International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.504), (<a href="http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index</span></a>) <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>- IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine (IF: 3.654), by IEEE (<a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5117645"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5117645</span></a>)</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>FNC 2019 will be held in conjunction with the 15th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#38571A'>MobiSPC</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>:<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-19/"><span style='color:#954F72'>http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-19/</span></a>).<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>FNC 2019 is co-organized & co-hosted by Acadia and Dalhousie Universities. FNC 2019 will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Halifax is located on the east coast of Canada and is approximately 6-hour flight from London, UK and a 2-hour flight from Toronto, Ontario. Halifax is a vibrant and modern city which is home to multiple academic institutions and where visitors can enjoy a variety of activities and entertainment from whale watching to Jazz festivals to world-class cuisine. Halifax is also home to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which contains the world largest collection of Titanic artifacts. Nova Scotia is a picturesque province with many National and Provincial parks, and as stated in the Guinness Book of World Records, has the highest tides in the world.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>COMMITTEES:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>-----------------------</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>General Chair</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ladislav Hluchy, Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Program Chairs</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ansar Yasar, IMOB - Hasselt University, Belgium</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Local Chairs</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Maen Artimy, Dalhousie University, Canada</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hassan Raza,, Dalhousie University, Canada</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Workshops Chair</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Stephane Galland, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>International Journals Chair</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Atta Badii, Reading University, UK<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Publicity Chairs</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Wim Ectors, Hasselt University, Belgium</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Mohammed Erritali, University Sultane Moulay Slimane, Morocco</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Advisory Committee</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Roch Glitho, Concordia University, Canada</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Philippe Martins, Telecom Paris Tech, France</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Peter Sloot, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>David Taniar, Monash University, Australia</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Technical Program Committee</span></u></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72'><a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-19/#programCommittees">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-19/#programCommittees</a></span></u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>