CfP 2nd Conf. Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2004) , Fredericton, N.B., Canada May 19-21, 2004

S E C O N D  C A L L  F O R  P A P E R S  		
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2nd Annual Conference on
Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2004)
Fredericton, N.B., Canada May 19-21, 2004

Invited Speakers:
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1. Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh: Director 
                        Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC), 
University of California.
 

2. Dr. Mark Cummings: Special Advisor to the CEO, RFCO Inc. He was the 
CEO and founder of enVia 

 

3. Dr. Bill St. Arnaud: Senior Director Advanced Networks for CANARIE
Inc., Canada's Advanced Internet Development Organization.

Following the great success of CNSR2003 held in Moncton,NB, Canada in 
2003 (http://www.cnsr.info/Events/CNSR2003/events.php), The second CNSR 
project Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services 
Research (CNSR 2004) will provide a forum that showcases current 
research in Communication Networks and Services. The conference features 
research paper presentations and invited speakers. Researchers and 
practitioners will have the opportunity to present their research as 
well as cross-fertilize ideas on communication networks and services 
research among themselves. CNSR2004, sponsored as a joint venture by the 
University of New Brunswick (UNB), Dalhousie University, Universit de 
Moncton (UdeM) and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency's (ACOA) 
Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF), will be held in Fredericton, New 
Brunswick, Canada, May 19 to 21, 2004.

Topics of Interest
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Papers presenting original research in the field of communication 
networks and services research are invited.  The topics and areas to be 
addressed include, but not limited to:

Communication Systems
Communication Hardware
Analysis tools for Communication Systems
Antenna Systems
Digital Broadcast Technologies
Mobil Communication Systems
Knowledge Networks and managements Applications
Architectures for combined Voice and Data Sources
Algorithms and Protocol Design and analysis
Emerging Communication Technologies
Web Information Retrieval
Web Information management
Adaptive Web Systems
Web Services
Emerging Web Technologies

Papers outside these specified areas are also welcome. The only
requirements are that the papers describe current original work in the
field of communication networks and services research, either theoretical
or applied, that has not been published elsewhere.  More information about
CNSR 2004, including details of local arrangements, are available from the
conference web site (http://www.cnsr.info/Events/CNSR2004/events.php).


Important Dates:
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Submission Deadline:  Dec 15,2003
Notification of Acceptance: Feb 16, 2004
Final Manuscript Due:  Mar 15, 2004
Pre-registration:  May 8, 2004
Conference in Fredericton:  May 19-21, 2004


Submissions:
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Paper Format:
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Authors should submit a full paper, not exceeding 8 single-spaced pages 
on letter-size paper, using reasonable margins and at least 9-point 
font. The document should start with the title of the paper, each 
author's name, affiliation, and e-mail address, followed by a 
one-paragraph summary of the results to be presented. To facilitate a 
blind review process, please omit author information for initial 
submissions.


Poster Format:
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Poster presentations offer researchers an opportunity to present
late-breaking results, significant work in progress, or research that is
best communicated in an interactive or graphical format.


Paper or Poster Submission:
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Authors are required to submit their paper or poster in electronic 
format, as an Adobe postscript display format (PDF) file. The paper or 
poster (by electronic submission) MUST be received by Dec 15, 2003. This 
is a FIRM deadline.

Further details of the expected poster format and submission process are
located http://www.cnsr.info/Events/CNSR2004/papers.php

Paper or Poster Submission Deadline: Dec 15, 2003


Simultaneous Submissions:
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Any papers or posters that have been previously published in another
conference proceedings or journal (or which are scheduled for 
publication prior to May 19, 2004)  will not be considered for 
acceptance at CNSR 2004.

Notification:
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Authors will be sent notification of acceptance or rejection of their
paper or poster by e-mail on or before Feb 16, 2004.  Deadline for
Accepted Papers and Posters: A camera-ready copy of each accepted paper 
or poster is required by Mar 15, 2004.

Best Student Paper Award:
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A prize of $300 will be given to the student author(s) of the best 
student authored paper (or split between more than one paper if there is 
a tie). A paper is eligible if the work presented in the paper is 
primarily the work of a student (or students) who are full-time students 
at the time of submission. Eligibility for this award is indicated 
during the paper submission process. The paper must be presented by a 
student (or students) to be eligible for the award. The program 
committee's decision will be final with respect to best paper selection.

Invited Speakers:
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1. Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh: Director 

Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC), University of California. 

 

2. Dr. Mark Cummings: Special Advisor to the CEO, RFCO Inc. He was the 
CEO
and founder of enVia 

 

3. Dr. Bill St. Arnaud: Senior Director Advanced Networks for CANARIE
Inc., Canada's Advanced Internet Development Organization.


Conference Chair:
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Glayn Lewis, CNSR Project Manager
Room ITC-323,
Information Technology Centre
Faculty of Computer Science
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3
Telephone:(506)451-6967
E-mail: glayn@unb.ca


Program Chair:
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Ali A. Ghorbani
Professor,
Faculty of Computer Science
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3
E-mail: cnsr2004@unb.ca

Program Committee Members:
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Jalal Almhana Universite de Moncton
Michel Barbeau Carleton University
Zhizhang (David) Chen Dalhousie University
John Dedourek University of New Brunswick
Michel Fattouche U. of Toronto & Cell-Loc Inc.
Mohsen Guizani University of West Florida
Jerry Hayes Concordia University
Malcolm Heywood Dalhousie University
Larry Hughes Dalhousie University
Jacek Ilow Dalhousie University
Amir K. Khandani University of Waterloo
Evangelos Kranakis CarletonUniversity
Bernd Kurz University of New Brunswick
Teng Joon Lim University of Toronto
Robert McGorman Nortel Networks
Evangelos Milios Dalhousie University
Sagar Naik University of Waterloo
Bradford G. Nickerson University of New Brunswick
Loanis Nikolaidis University of Alberta
Brent Peterson University of New Brunswick
Stephen Marsh, NRC, Ottawa
Mihaela Ulieru University of Calgary
Xuemin Shen University of Waterloo
Ivan Stojmenovic University of Ottawa
Chintha Tellambura University of Alberta
Shahrokh Valaee Universityof Toronto
Chi-Hsiang Yeh Queen's University
Nur Zincir-Heywood Dalhousie University

Sponsors:
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University of New Brunswick
Universit de Moncton
Dalhousie University
Atlantic Canada Opportunties Agency
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Practical Computer Science, especially Data
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