CFP: The 11th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC)
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 11th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC)
August 15-18, 2016 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-16/
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:
- Workshop Proposal Due: January 13, 2016
- Paper Submission Due: March 27, 2016
- Acceptance Notification: May 14, 2016
- Final Manuscript Due: June 14, 2016
PUBLICATION:
All FNC-2016 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/).
COMMITTEES:
General Chairs
Atta Badii, University of Reading, UK
Rachida Dssouli, Concordia University, Canada
Program Chairs
Stephane Galland, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, 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