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 **************************************************************************** ********* IMPORTANT DATES ---------------- Full Paper Submission: January 10, 2010 Acceptance Notification: March 15, 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 ----------------------------- 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 ------------------- 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 possible 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 -------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------ 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, Institute for Infocom Research, Singapore 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 ---------- 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