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<p class=MsoNormal> C A LL F
O R P A P E R S<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks
and Technologies (ANT-2010) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 26-28 July, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Conference Website:
http://www.acadiau.ca/ant10/home.php<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>*************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>----------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Full Paper Submission: January
10, 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Acceptance Notification: March
15, 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Camera-Ready Submission: May 01,
2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Conference Days: July
26-28, 2010 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks
and Technologies (ANT-2010) is a leading international conference which
provides an international forum for researchers, developers and practitioners
from academia, industry, and government to address research challenges and to
present and discuss research ideas, developments and experiences related to the
ambient systems infrastructure, models, and technologies. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> The general aim of ambient systems is to provide an
environment wherein computing devices exist anywhere and everywhere. In such
systems mobile and embedded computing devices form ad hoc collaboration using
different communication networks (e.g., wireless networks, RFID, etc) in order
to share and exchange information and provide services. Ambient systems pose
new research challenges due to the open and unreliable nature of the
environment and the complexity and heterogeneity of the computing devices and
the underlying communication networks. These characteristics challenge
traditional techniques and demand new ways of approaching the problems related
to the ambient systems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>TOPICS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------- <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Prospective authors are invited to submit papers to the
following research tracks. Details on topics of each track are available at the
conference website.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Ambient-oriented Autonomic Networks and Communications<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Ambient Systems Software Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Ambient Systems Security and Privacy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Distributed Ambient Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Emerging Ambient Networking, Tracking and Sensing
Technologies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Multimodal Interfaces for Ambient Systems <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Service Oriented Computing for Ambient Systems &
Applications <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>- Smart Environments and Applications in Ambient Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PUBLICATION<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the
proceedings of Communications in Computer and Information Science series,
Springer. Selected papers will be invited for possible publication, in the
special issues of: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(1) Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(2) Journal of Service Oriented Computing and Applications<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> http://www.springer.com/computer/communications/journal/11761<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(3) Journal of Multiagent and Grid Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> http://www.iospress.nl/loadtop/load.php?isbn=15741702<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(4) Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>
http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/journal/779<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Submitted technical papers must be no longer than 10 pages
for full papers and 6 pages for short papers including all figures and
references, and must be formatted according to Springer guidelines. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>http://www.springer.com/series/7899 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>COMMITTEES<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>General Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Nick Cercone, York University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University,
Japan <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> David Taniar, Monash University, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Advisory Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Program vice Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Agustinus Waluyo, Institute for Infocom Research,
Singapore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Arantza Aldea, Oxford Brookes University, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Jiang Li, Howard University, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Kevin Curran, University of Ulster, Ireland <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Khaled Ali, Ottawa University, Canada <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Markus Aleksy, ABB Corporate Research Center, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui, The Open University, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Soumaya Cherkaoui, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Takahiro HARA, Osaka University, Japan <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Tarek Sheltami, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Tom Lunney, University of Ulster, Ireland <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Local Arrangement Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Daniel Silver, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Darcy Benoit, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Darrell Crooks, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Duane Currie, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Elaine Schofield, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Karen Wilder, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Richard Cunningham, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University Linz Austria<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Awards Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Mieso Denko, Guelph University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Rachid Anane, Coventry University, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Publicity Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Jason Gu, Dalhousie University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Contacts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>----------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Email: m.younas@brookes.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Email: elhadi.shakshuki@acadiau.ca<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> David Taniar, Monash University, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Email: david.taniar@infotech.monash.edu.au<o:p></o:p></p>
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