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--></style></head><body lang="NL-BE" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">The 6th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2015)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">(Track on Modeling and Simulation in Transportation Science)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">London, U.K. (2 - 5 June 2015)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">ANT-2015 is a leading international conference for researchers and industry practitioners to share their new ideas, original research results and practical development experiences from all Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies related areas. The ANT-2015 will be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology (SEIT)).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">SCOPE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">The goal of the ANT-2015 conference is to provide an international forum for scientists, engineers, and managers in academia, industry, and government to address recent research results and to present and discuss their ideas, theories, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences on all theoretical and practical issues arising in the ambient systems paradigm, infrastructures, models, and technologies that have significant contributions to the advancement of ambient systems theory, practices and their applications. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">At ANT-2015, there is a dedicated track on Modeling and Simulation in Transportation Sciences (MSTS) organized by the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB), Hasselt University, Belgium. This aim of this track is to bring together communities interested in the computation, knowledge discovery and technology policy aspects of transportation systems. The organizers of ANT-2015 (MSTS track) welcomes papers from researchers in the domains of transportation sciences and engineering, computer science, urban and regional planning, civil engineering, geography, geo-informatics and related disciplines to submit papers for consideration for presentation and for publication in the conference proceedings.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Topics of interest in the MSTS track include (but are not limited to):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Collaborative transport, including collaborative multi-modal transport</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Data mining and statistical learning for travel information</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Human factors including adaptive driving, travel behavior, persuasive technology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Human-computer interfaces in intelligent transportation applications</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Logistics and transportation management</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Mathematical optimization in traffic engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Novel applications targeted to health, mobility, liveability and sustainability</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Renewable energy sources in transportation</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Simulation of traffic, passenger flows, assisted driving or collaborative transport</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Social and institutional information related to travel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Traffic flow and transportation model</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Travel information, including recommender systems and user feedback systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Uncertain information in collaborative transport and assisted traveling</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">All ANT-2015 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 <a href="http://www.Elsevier.com">www.Elsevier.com</a> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com">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">www.scopus.com</a>) and Engineering Village (Ei) (<a href="http://www.engineeringvillage.com">www.engineeringvillage.com</a>). This includes EI Compendex (<a href="http://www.ei.org/compendex">www.ei.org/compendex</a>). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. All accepted papers will also be indexed in DBLP (<a href="http://dblp.uni-trier.de/">http://dblp.uni-trier.de/</a>). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Submitted technical papers must be no longer than 8 pages for full papers and 5 pages for short papers including all figures, tables and references. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically using the online conference management system in PDF format before the deadline (see Important Dates).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">The submission processes will be managed by <a href="http://easychair.org">easychair.org</a>. If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account by clicking "I have no EasyChair account" button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification email from the system and you are ready for submitting your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due date.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">IMPORTANT DATES</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Submission due: 10 January, 2015</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Notification of acceptance: 1 March, 2015.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Camera-ready due: 1 April, 2015.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">· Conference: 2 - 5 June, 2015.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">PROGRAM COMMITTEE (MSTS Track) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Tom Bellemans, Hasselt University (Belgium)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Davy Janssens, Hasselt University (Belgium)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Bruno Kochan, Hasselt University (Belgium)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Muhammad Usman, Hasselt University (Belgium)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Davy Preuveneers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Ghasan Bhatti, OKTAL / University of Toulouse (France)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Stephane Galland, UTBM (France)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Harry Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Marco Luetzenberger, DAI-Labor (Germany)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Paul Davidsson, Malmo University (Sweden)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Johan Holmgren, BTH (Sweden)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Irith Hartman, Haifa University (Israel)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Camille Kamga, State University of NY (USA)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Michal Jakob, Czech Technical University (Czech Republic)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Nicole Ronald, Melborne University (Australia)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Josep Maria Salanova, CERTH (Greece)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">REGISTRATION</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Please visit: <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/#registration">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/#registration</a> for more information.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">VENUE, ACCOMMODATION & VISA REQUIREMENTS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Please visit: <a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/#conferenceVenue">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/#conferenceVenue</a> for more information.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">PROGRAM VICE-CHAIRS </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Dr. Davy Janssens</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Transportation Research Institute</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Hasselt University, Belgium</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">davy.janssens at <a href="http://uhasselt.be">uhasselt.be</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Dr. Tom Bellemans</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Transportation Research Institute</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Hasselt University, Belgium</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">tom.bellemans at <a href="http://uhasselt.be">uhasselt.be</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Dr. Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Transportation Research Institute</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">Hasselt University, Belgium</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">ansar.yasar at <a href="http://uhasselt.be">uhasselt.be</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">If you have any further questions please contact one of the program vice-chairs. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d">You may also visit our website (<a href="http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/">http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-15/</a>) for more details. </span></p></div></body></html>