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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- Call for Papers ---------------------- <br><br>The 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2013) <br><br><br><br>25-28 June, 2013 <br><br>Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada <br><br><br>Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/ <br><br>**************************************************************************** <br><br><br><br>IMPORTANT DATES <br><br>=============== <br><br>- Workshop Proposal: October 10, 2012 <br>- Full Paper Submission: December 8, 2012 <br>- Acceptance Notification: February 8, 2013 <br>- Graduate Symposium Abstract: March 8, 2013 <br>- Camera-Ready Submission: March 15, 2013 <br><br><br>ANT-2013 accepted papers will be included 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 (http://www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (http://www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (http://www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (http://www.ei.org/compendex). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of: <br><br>- Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, by Springer http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652 <br>- Journal of Computer and System Sciences, by Elsevier http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-computer-and-system-sciences/ <br>- Social Network Analysis and Mining Journal, by Springer http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/13278 <br>- The Computer Journal, by Oxford http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/ <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, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/SEIT-13/). <br><br><br>Conference Tracks: <br><br>================= <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 <br>- Smart Environments and Applications <br>- Systems Security and Privacy <br>- Systems Software Engineering <br>- Vehicular Networks and Applications <br>- General Track <br><br><br>COMMITTEES <br>========= <br><br>General Chairs <br>Nick Cercone, York University, Canada <br>Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia <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 <br><br>Workshops Chairs <br>Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium <br>Weiwei Fang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China <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><br>Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium <br><br>Tom Bellemans, Hasselt University, Belgium <br><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 <br>Walid Chainbi, University of Sousse, Tunis <br>Nauman Aslam, Northumbria University, UK <br>Bessam Abdulrazak, Sherbrooke University, Canada <br>Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada <br>Bharat Jayaraman, University at Buffalo (SUNY), USA <br>Jayaraj Poroor, Amrita University, India <br>Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada <br>Lyes Khoukhi, University of Troy, France <br>Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK <br>Navonil Mustafee, Swansea University, UK <br><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 <br>Janet Light, University of New Brunswick, Canada <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 <br>Wael M El-Medany, University of Bahrain, Bahrain <br><br>International Liaison Chairs <br>Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait <br>Markus Aleksy, ABB Corporate Research Center, Germany <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 <br>David Taniar, Monash University, Australia <br>Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE <br>Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada <br>Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan <br>Abdelfettah Belghith, University of Manouba, Tunisia <br>Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>