CALL FOR PAPERS

International Symposium on Emerging Inter-networks, Communication and Mobility (EICM)
To be held with FNC 2014, August 17-20, 2014, Niagara Falls, Canada
URL: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/eicm-14/EICM.htm

Overview

The rapid advances in wired and wireless networks and communications as well as mobile systems have revolutionized the way in which researchers construct these systems. These systems are emerging topics bringing together the essentials from many disciplines.

The main objective of this symposium is to bring together researchers from academia and industry to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the broad areas of networks, communication and mobile systems. Papers that illustrate new ideas, innovative research results, or survey works in the following topics will be solicited.

Topics of interest will include, but are not limited to:

4G Mobile Technology, Including Open Mobile Initiatives
4G Wireless Networks and Systems
Autonomic Systems
Body Networks
Cloud Computing
Cross-layer design and optimization
Energy Efficient Routing Protocols
Energy and QoS aware Protocols
Future Generation Communication Networks
Future Internet and Networking Architectures
High Performance Computing
High-speed Networking
Intelligence for Future Communication Systems
Intelligent Internet Communication
Intelligent Systems for E-communication
MAC and Routing Layer Protocols
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Applications
Mesh, Ad hoc and Sensor Networks
Mobile and Cellular Networks
Mobile Health Care and Medical Applications
Modeling & Simulation of Communication Systems
Network and Communication Security
Network and Forensics Techniques
Network Architecture & Protocol
Network Flow Processing
Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention
Network Management
Network Measurements and Test-beds
Networking Protocols and Architectures
Next Generation Networks and Communications
Optical Fiber/Microwave Communication
Satellite Communication
Scalability and Manageability of Network Architectures
Security & Privacy
Social Networks
Software Defined Networks
Tele-medicine/e-health Networks
Vehicular Networks
Visualization of Network Behaviour
Wireless and Mobile Networks
Wireless Networks

Paper Submission

Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results. The page limit for papers should not exceed 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using Elsevier (http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/PROCS_Template-FNC.docm). Elsevier author guidelines of Procedia are available at: (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/procedia-computer-science/).

Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically using the online conference management system (Please check the website) in PDF format before the deadline (see Important Dates).

The submission processes will be managed by easychair.org. Please select "Symposium on Emerging Inter-networks, Communication and Mobility" when you submit your paper. If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account by clicking "I have no EasyChair account" button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification email from the system and you are ready for submitting your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due date.

Publication

All 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/).

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: May 15, 2014
Author Notification: May 30, 2014
Final Manuscript: June 19, 2014

Symposium Steering Chair
Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada

Symposium Program Chairs
Zahoor Khan, Dalhousie University, Canada
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

Technical Program Committee
Zakaria Al-Qudah, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Markus Aleksy, ABB Corporate Research Center, Germany
Tayseer Alkhdour, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
Kechar Bouabdellah, Oran University, Algeria
Ali El Kateeb, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Stéphane Galland, IRTES-SET, France
Bin Guo, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Shibo He, Zhejiang University, China
M. Shamim Hossain, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Peng Hu, CMC Microsystems, Canada
Nadeem Javaid, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Anis Koubaa, Al-Imam University, Saudi Arabia
Jiang Li, Howard University, USA
Janet Light, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Haroon Malik, University of Waterloo, Canada
S.M.F.D Syed Mustapha, Asia e University, Malaysia
Ali Nafarieh, Dalhousie University, Canada
Mubashir Rehmani, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt, Pakistan
Kashif Saleem, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Riaz Ahmed Shaikh, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Tarek Sheltami, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia
Xianglin Wei, Nanjing Telecommunication Technology Research Institute, China
Ansar Yasser, Hasselt University, Belgium

Symposium Venue
Please visit http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/#conferenceVenue for more information on the venue, the accommodation and visa requirements..

Technical Program
Please visit http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/#conferenceProgram for more information on symposium and FNC conference program.

Registration
Please check http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-14/#registration for more information on registration.

Contacts
- Dr. Zahoor Khan, Dalhousie University, Canada (Zahoor.Khan@dal.ca)
- Dr. Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia (sakib.pathan@gmail.com)

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Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Ph.D., SMIEEE
Founding Head, NDC Laboratory, KICT, IIUM

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Information and Communication Technology
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
Jalan Gombak, 53100, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Tel: +603-61964000 Ext. 5653, Cell: +60163910754
E-Mails: spathan@ieee.org, sakib@iium.edu.my

Personal URL: http://staff.iium.edu.my/sakib/
NDC Lab URL: http://staff.iium.edu.my/sakib/ndclab/