The 9th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications
August 17-20, 2014
Niagara Falls, Canada
http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/


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.

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.

All FNC 2014 accepted papers will be printed in the conference proceedings 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 also be indexed 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/).

IMPORTANT DATES

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- Workshop Proposals : January 10, 2014

- Paper Submission Due : March 29, 2014

- Acceptance Notification : May 24, 2014

- Final Manuscript Due : June 19, 2014



COMMITTEES

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General Chairs

Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia

Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada


Program Chairs

Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada
Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA


Advisory Committee

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



Workshops Chairs

Karim Djouani, UniversitŽ Paris-Est CrŽteil, France
Zahoor Khan, Dalhouise University, Canada



Local Arrangements Chairs

Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada

Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada

Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada



Publicity Chairs

Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB Ð Hasselt University, Belgium
Shibo He, Arizona State University, USA



Steering Committee Chair

Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada