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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-ZA">We kindly invite you to consider
submitting a paper to the 4th International Conference on Ambient Syatems, Networks, and Technologies (ANT-2013), and/or forward
to the appropriate groups. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-ZA"> <br></span></p><div> ***********************************************************************************************************************</div>
The 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2013)<span> </span><br><div style="direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <span> </span><br> 25-28 June, 2013<br>
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<br><br> Conference Website: <span> </span><a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/" target="_blank">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/</a> <span> </span><br>
****************************************************************************<br><br>IMPORTANT DATES<br>===============<br>- Paper Submission Deadline December 8, 2012<br>- Graduate Symposium Abstract: March 8, 2013<br>
- Acceptance Notification: February 8, 2013<br>- Camera-Ready Due: March 5, 2013<br>- Workshop Proposal Due: October 10, 2012<br><br>ANT-2013
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<span> </span><a href="http://www.Elsevier.com" target="_blank">www.Elsevier.com</a><span> </span>and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com" target="_blank">http://www.sciencedirect.com</a>), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (<a href="http://www.scopus.com" target="_blank">http://www.scopus.com</a>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (<a href="http://www.engineeringvillage.com" target="_blank">http://www.engineeringvillage.com</a>). This includes EI Compendex (<a href="http://www.ei.org/compendex" target="_blank">http://www.ei.org/compendex</a>).
The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI
numbers. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (<a href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/" target="_blank">http://dblp.uni-trier.de/</a>). Selected papers will be invited for publication in special issues of international journals. <span> </span><br>
<br>ANT
2013 will be held in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. Halifax is located on
the far eastern coast of Canada and is approximately a 6-hour flight
from London, UK and a 2-hour flight from Toronto, Ontario. Halifax is a
vibrant and modern city which is home to multiple academic institutions
and where visitors can enjoy a variety of activities and entertainment
from whale watching to Jazz festivals to world-class cuisine. Halifax is
also home to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which contains the
world largest collection of Titanic artifacts. Nova Scotia is a
picturesque province with many National and Provincial parks, and as
stated in the Guinness Book of World Records, has the highest tides in
the world.<br><br>ANT-2013 will be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT,<a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/SEIT-13/" target="_blank">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/SEIT-13/</a>).<br>
<br>Conference Tracks:<br>=================<br>- Agent Systems, Intelligent Computing and Applications<br>- Automatic Networks and Communications<br>- Cloud Computing<br>- Data Management<br>- Emerging Networking, Tracking and Sensing Technologies<br>
- Mobile Networks, Protocols and Applications<br>- Modeling and Simulation in Transportation Sciences<br>- Multimedia and Social Computing<br>- Multimodal Interfaces<br>- Service Oriented Computing for Systems & Applications<span> </span><br>
- Smart Environments and Applications<span> </span><br>- Systems Security and Privacy<br>- Systems Software Engineering<br>- Vehicular Networks and Applications<br>- General Track<br><br>COMMITTEES<br>=========<br><br>General Chairs<br>
Nick Cercone, York University, Canada<br> Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia<span> </span><br><br>Program Chairs<br> Karim Djouani, South African Institute of Technology, South Africa<br> Michael Sheng, University of Adelaide, Australia<br>
Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA<br><br>Advisory Committee<br> Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada<br> Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA<br> Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK<br>
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy<br> Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada<br> Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany<br> Peter Thomas, Manifesto Research, Australia<br> Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA<br>
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan<span> </span><br><br>Workshops Chairs<br> Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium<br> Weiwei Fang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China<span> </span><br><br>Program vice Chairs<br>
Reiner Wichert, Fraunhofer-Institut for Computer Graphics IGD, Germany<br> Senol Erdogan, Maltepe University, Turkey<br> Roberto Di Pietro, Roma Tre University of Rome, Italy<br> Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia<br>
Irena Mlynkova, Charles University, Czech Republic<br> Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA<br> Jiang Li, Howard University, USA<br> Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE<br> Davy Janssens, Hasselt University, Belgium<br>
Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium<br> Tom Bellemans, Hasselt University, Belgium<br> Keivan Kian-Mehr, University of Western Ontario, Canada<br> Mohsen Afsharchi, University of Zanjan, Iran<br> Mohyuddin, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia <span> </span><br>
Walid Chainbi, University of Sousse, Tunis<br> Nauman Aslam, Northumbria University, UK<span> </span><br> Bessam Abdulrazak, Sherbrooke University, Canada<span> </span><br> Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada<span> </span><br>
Bharat Jayaraman, University at Buffalo (SUNY), USA<br> Jayaraj Poroor, Amrita University, India<span> </span><br> Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada<br> Lyes Khoukhi, University of Troy, France<br> Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK<span> </span><br>
Navonil Mustafee, Swansea University, UK<span> </span><br><br>International Journals Chairs<br> Jing He, Victoria University, Australia<br> Jian Yu, Swinburne University, Australia<br><br>Local Arrangement Chairs<br> Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada<span> </span><br>
Janet Light, University of New Brunswick, Canada<span> </span><br> Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada<br> Bessam Abdulrazak, Sherbrooke University, Canada<br><br>Publicity Chairs<br> Agustinus Waluyo, Monash University, Australia<br>
Muhammad Imran, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia<span> </span><br> Wael M El-Medany, University of Bahrain, Bahrain<br><br>International Liaison Chairs<br> Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait<span> </span><br> Markus Aleksy, ABB Corporate Research Center, Germany<span> </span><br>
Adnan Al-Anbuky, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand<br><br>Steering Committee<br> Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada<br> Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University<br> Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany <span> </span><br>
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia <span> </span><br> Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE<br> Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada<span> </span><br> Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan<br> Abdelfettah Belghith, University of Manouba, Tunisia<br>
Nirwan Ansari, University Heights Newark, USA</div>