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C A LL   F O R   P A P E R S

The International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and
Technologies (ANT-2010), 26-28 July, 2010, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Conference Website: http://www.acadiau.ca/ant10/home.php

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IMPORTANT DATES
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• Full Paper Submission (EXTENDED):     February 10, 2010
• Acceptance Notification:              March 20, 2010
• Camera-Ready Submission:              May 01, 2010
• Conference Days:                      July 26-28, 2010

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.

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.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Prospective authors are invited to submit papers to the following
research tracks. Details on topics of each track are available at the
conference website.

- Ambient-oriented Autonomic Networks and Communications
- Ambient Systems Software Engineering
- Ambient Systems Security and Privacy
- Distributed Ambient Artificial Intelligence
- Emerging Ambient Networking, Tracking and Sensing Technologies
- Multimodal Interfaces for Ambient Systems
- Service Oriented Computing for Ambient Systems & Applications
- Smart Environments and Applications in Ambient Systems

PUBLICATION
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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 publication, in
the special issues of:

(1) Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
     http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652
(2) Journal of Service Oriented Computing and Applications
     http://www.springer.com/computer/communications/journal/11761
(3) Journal of Multiagent and Grid Systems
     http://www.iospress.nl/loadtop/load.php?isbn=15741702
(4) Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
     http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/journal/779

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
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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.
http://www.springer.com/series/7899

COMMITTEES
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General Chairs
 Nick Cercone, York University, Canada
 Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan

Program Chairs
 Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK
 Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada
 David Taniar, Monash University, Australia

Advisory Committee
 Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia
 Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada
 Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK
 Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
 Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
 Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
 Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy

Program vice Chairs
 Agustinus Waluyo, Monash University, Australia
 Arantza Aldea, Oxford Brookes University, UK
 Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada
 Jiang Li, Howard University, USA
 Kevin Curran, University of Ulster, Ireland
 Khaled Ali, Ottawa University, Canada
 Markus Aleksy, ABB Corporate Research Center, Germany
 Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
 Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui, The Open University, UK
 Soumaya Cherkaoui, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
 Takahiro HARA, Osaka University, Japan
 Tarek Sheltami, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
 Tom Lunney, University of Ulster, Ireland
 Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan
 Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia
 Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE


Local Arrangement Committee
 Daniel Silver, Acadia University, Canada
 Darcy Benoit, Acadia University, Canada
 Darrell Crooks, Acadia University, Canada
 Duane Currie, Acadia University, Canada
 Elaine Schofield, Acadia University, Canada
 Karen Wilder, Acadia University, Canada
 Richard Cunningham, Acadia University, Canada

Steering Committee
 Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada
 Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University Linz Austria

Awards Chairs
 Mieso Denko, Guelph University, Canada
 Rachid Anane, Coventry University, UK

Publicity Chairs
 Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia
 Jason Gu, Dalhousie University, Canada

Contacts
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 Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK
     Email: m.younas@brookes.ac.uk
 Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada
     Email: elhadi.shakshuki@acadiau.ca
 David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
     Email: david.taniar@infotech.monash.edu.au

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