The 21-th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS-2018)
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
September 5 - 7, 2018
http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/nbis/2018/

NBiS-2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Co-Chairs

Natalia Kryvinska, Comenius University, Slovakia
Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
Markus Aleksy, ABB AG, Germany

PC Co-Chairs

Michal Greguš, Comenius University, Slovakia
Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, Japan
Workshop Co-Chairs
Peter Balco, Comenius University, Slovakia
Yusuke Gotoh, Okayama University, Japan
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada

Award Co-Chairs

Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Publicity Co-Chairs

Kin Fun Li, University of Victoria, Canada
Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
Irfan Awan, Bradford University, UK
Farookh Hussain, University Technology Sidney, Australia

International Liaison Co-Chairs

Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia
Hiroaki Kikuchi, Meiji University, Japan
Marek R. Ogiela, AGH, Poland
Arjan Durresi, IUPUI, USA

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs

Peter Balco, Comenius University, Slovakia
Martina Drahošová, Comenius University, Slovakia

Finance Chair

Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Web Administrator Co-Chairs

Kosuke Ozera, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Donald Elmazi, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Yi Liu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Miralda Cuka, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Steering Committee

Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Makoto Takizawa, Hosei University, Japan

SCOPE

The main objective of NBiS is to bring together researchers from
both network systems and information systems with the aim of
encouraging the exchange of ideas and experience between these
two communities. The NBiS-2018 seeks original contributions in all
relevant areas, including but not limited to the following topics.

* Communication Networks and Protocols
* Databases, Data Mining and Big Data
* Cloud, Grid and P2P Computing
* Semantic Web and Internet Applications
* Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Applications
* Multimedia Systems and Applications
* Mobile and Wireless Networks
* Network Security and Privacy
* IoT and Opportunistic Networks
* Intelligent Computing and Networking
* Parallel Computing and Multicore Systems
* Wireless Sensor Networks

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE

Authors should submit a paper to the main conference with a
maximum of 12 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and
references. Workshop papers should be maximum 10 pages long.
However, authors can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate
fee payment. Papers must be prepared using the Lecture Notes Style
of Springer Proceedings. Submission instructions can be found at the
conference webpage at: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/nbis/2018/.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

All accepted papers of the conference and of workshops will be
included in the conference proceedings published by Springer.
Proceedings will be sent by Springer for indexing in ISI Proceedings,
MetaPress, Springerlink.
SPECIAL ISSUES
Presented papers at NBiS-2018 will be considered for publication in
some Special Issues in International Journals.

IMPORTANT DATES

* Submission Deadline: May 25, 2018
* Authors Notification: June 15, 2018
* Author Registration: June 25, 2018
* Final Manuscript: June 25, 2018
* Conference Dates: September 5-7, 2018

WORKSHOPS:

Several workshops will be held in conjunction with NBiS-2018.
Please visit the website at: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/nbis/
2018/.