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The 4th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2013)</span></font><br><font><span style="font-size:10pt">
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25-28 June, 2013</span></font><br><font><span style="font-size:10pt">
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada</span></font><br><font><span style="font-size:10pt">
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Conference Website: <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/" target="_blank">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-13/</a></span></font><br><font><span style="font-size:10pt">
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IMPORTANT DATES<br>
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- Workshop Proposal: October 10, 2012<br>
- Paper Submission: December 28, 2012 (Extended)<br>
- Acceptance Notification: February 8, 2013<br>
- Graduate Symposium Abstract: March 8, 2013<br>
- Camera-Ready Submission: March 15, 2013<br>
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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
<a href="http://www.Elsevier.com" target="_blank">www.Elsevier.com</a> 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 the special issues of:<br>
<br>
- Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, by Springer<br>
<a href="http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652</a><br>
- Journal of Computer and System Sciences, by Elsevier<br>
<a href="http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-computer-and-system-sciences/" target="_blank">http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-computer-and-system-sciences/</a><br>
- Social Network Analysis and Mining Journal, by Springer<br>
<a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/13278" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/13278</a><br>
- The Computer Journal, by Oxford<br>
<a href="http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/" target="_blank">http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/</a><br>
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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>
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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<br>
- Smart Environments and Applications<br>
- Systems Security and Privacy<br>
- Systems Software Engineering<br>
- Vehicular Networks and Applications<br>
- General Track<br>
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COMMITTEES<br>
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<br>
General Chairs<br>
Nick Cercone, York University, Canada<br>
Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia<br>
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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>
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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>
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Workshops Chairs<br>
Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Hasselt University, Belgium<br>
Weiwei Fang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China<br>
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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<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>
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International Journals Chairs<br>
Jing He, Victoria University, Australia<br>
Jian Yu, Swinburne University, Australia<br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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</span></font></div>