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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">------------------------------------------------------------------------<span style="color:#1F497D">-------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Bodoni MT",serif;color:#ED7D31">The 16th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#ED7D31">Leuven, Belgium <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">August 9-12, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-21/">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-21/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Future Networks and Communications (FNC) research effort will help to achieve a major promise of 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. The scope also embraces
novel and evolutionary approaches to tackle network architectures, taking due consideration of users and societal needs for success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#ED7D31">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">- Workshop Proposal Due: February 20, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt">- <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
Paper Submission Due: March 19, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">- Acceptance Notification: May 17, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">- Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#ED7D31">Publication<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">All FNC 2021 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
<a href="http://www.Elsevier.com">www.Elsevier.com</a> 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 special issues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">- International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 4.594), 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 lang="EN-CA">- International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.524), (<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 lang="EN-CA">- International Journal of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (IF: 4.371), by Elsevier (<a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice/">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice/</a>)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">- International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking (IF: 3.030) (Pending), Elsevier (<a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">FNC 2021 will be held in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC
<a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-21/">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-21/</a>).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">FNC 2021 will be held in the city of Leuven. Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometers (16 miles) east of Brussels. It is the 10th largest municipality in Belgium
and the fourth in Flanders. Leuven is home to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven, is one of the largest
hospitals in Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Leuven's Town Hall is one of the best-known Gothic town halls worldwide and Leuven's pride and joy. It took three architects and thirty years to build it. Leuven's 'Hall of Fame' features 236 statues, which were only
added to the façade after 1850. There are 220 men and 16 women in total. On the bottom floor are famous Leuven scientists, artists and historical figures, dressed in Burgundian garb. The first floor is reserved for the patron saints of the various parishes
of Leuven. The facade is adorned by the counts and dukes of Brabant while the towers primarily feature biblical figures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#ED7D31">COMMITTEES:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">-----------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#0070C0">General Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Ladislav Hluchy, Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#0070C0">Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Yves Vanrompay, Hasselt University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#0070C0">Workshops Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#0070C0">International Journals Chair
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Atta Badii, Reading University, UK <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#0070C0">Publicity Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Wim Ectors, Hasselt University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Mohammed Erritali, University Sultane Moulay Slimane, Morocco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Siddardha Kaja, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#0070C0">Advisory Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Roch Glitho, Concordia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Zygmunt J. Haas, Cornell University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Philippe Martins, Telecom Paris Tech, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> Peter Sloot, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> David Taniar, Monash University, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#0070C0">Technical Program Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-21/#programCommittees">
http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-21/#programCommittees</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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