Honorary General Chair

Vijay K. Bhargava, University of British Columbia

 

Conference Chair

Jalal Almhana, Université de Moncton

almhanaj@umoncton.ca

 

Program Co-chairs

Michel Barbeau, Carleton University

barbeau@scs.carleton.ca

Ahmed Kamal, Iowa State University, kamal@iastate.edu

 

Local Arrangements

Éric Hervet, Université de Moncton

hervete@umoncton.ca

Marco Ruest, Université de Moncton

ruestm@umoncton.ca

Janice Bourque, Université de Moncton

bourquj@umoncton.ca

 

Tutorial Co-chairs

Z. Liu, Université de Moncton, liuz@umoncton.ca

Robert E. McGorman, Lodex International

 

Publication Chair

Éric Hervet, Université de Moncton

hervete@umoncton.ca

 

Finance Chair

Diane Saurette, University of New Brunswick

dsaurett@unb.ca

 

Publicity Co-chairs

Hsiao-Hwa Chen,

National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

hshwchen@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

Khalil Drira, LAAS, Toulouse, khalil@laas.fr

Wei (Wayne) Li, University of Toledo

wli@brahms.eecs.utoledo.edu

Industry Liaison and Sponsorship Chair

Glayn Lewis, University of New Brunswick, glayn@unb.ca

 

Steering Committee

Jalal Almhana, Université de Moncton

Zhizhang (David) Chen, Dalhousie University

Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick

Jacek Ilow, Dalhousie University

Bernd Kurz, University of New Brunswick

Bradford Nickerson (Chair), University of New Brunswick

The Fourth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2006) will be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, May 24–25, 2006 at the Delta Hotel Moncton. This annual conference is jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Atlantic Innovation Fund, Dalhousie University, Université de Moncton and University of New Brunswick (UNB). The proceedings from the CNSR2006 conference will be archived in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. CNSR 2006 is technically sponsored in cooperation with ACM and the IEEE Communication Society.

 

TECHNICAL TOPICS

Technical full papers, short papers and posters describing original research in the field of communication networks and services are invited. Topics and areas to be presented at the conference are listed below. However, papers outside these areas are also welcome with a requirement that they describe current original work, either theoretical or applied and have not been published elsewhere. Both industrial  and academic contributions are invited.

IMPORTANT DATES

Proposals for Tutorial/Special Sessions:          December 14, 2005

Submission Deadline:                                            January 5, 2006 (Firm)

Notification of Acceptance:                                 February 10, 2006

Author Registration Deadline:                            March 13, 2006

Final Manuscript Due:                                           March 10, 2006

 

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ELECTRONIC and should be uploaded through the CNSR 2006 website: http://www.cnsr.info. Hard copies will not be accepted.

TUTORIAL INFORMATION

Prior to the regular conference sessions, one-day tutorial or special sessions will be offered on May 23, 2006. Proposals for the tutorial or special sessions are solicited from both industrial and academic participants.

 

Adaptive Web Systems

Ad Hoc Networks

Antenna Systems

Architectures for Voice/Data Services

Broadband Wireless Networks

Communication Systems

Communication Algorithms

Data Mining

Digital Broadcast Technologies   

Emerging Communication Technologies

Intelligent Transceiving Architectures

Intrusion Detection Systems

 

Network Management

Mobile Communication Systems

Network Security

Optical Networks

Protocol Design         

Sensor Networks

Software Radio          

Traffic Engineering and Modelling

Voice Over IP

Web Information Management

Web Services

Wireless Security

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

May 24—25, 2006

Communication Networks and Services

Research Conference (CNSR 2006)

www.cnsr.info/Events/CNSR2006

cnsr2006@umoncton.ca

Attahiru S. Alfa, University of Manitoba

Jalal Almhana, Université de Moncton

Hussein Alnuweiri, University of British Columbia

Daniel Amyot, University of Ottawa

Chadi M. Assi, Concordia University

William Atwood, Concordia University

Michel Barbeau, Carleton University

Adel Ben Mnaouer, Nanyang Technical University

Peter Bodorik, Dalhousie University

Agnieszka Bogobowicz, Dalhousie University

Azzedin e Boukerche , University of Ottawa

Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Zhizhang (David) Chen, Dalhousie University

Soumaya Cherkaoui, Université de Sherbrooke

Bruce Colpitts, University of New Brunswick

Mourad Debbabi, Concordia University

John DeDourek, University of New Brunswick

Perti Dini, Cisco

Rudra Dutta, North Carolina State University

Ivan Fair, University of Alberta

Xavier Fernando, Ryerson University

Paul Fortier, Université Laval

Pawel Gburzynski, University of Alberta

Morven Gentleman, Dalhousie University

Nasir Ghani, Tennessee Tech University

Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick

Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University

Janelle Harms, University of Alberta

Hossam Saad Hassanein, Queen's University

Larry Hughes, Dalhousie University

Jacek Ilow, Dalhousie University

Admela Jukan, University of Illinois

Pawel Kabacik, Wroclaw University of Technology

Gigi Karmous-Edwards, MCNC

Amir Khandani, University of Waterloo

Ferhat Khendek, Concordia University

Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University

Thomas Kunz, Carleton University

Bernd Kurz, University of New Brunswick

Henry Leung, University of Calgary

Teng Joon Lim, University of Toronto

Ramiro Liscano, University of Ottawa

Luigi Logrippo, Université du Québec en Outaouais

Mike MacGregor, University of Alberta

Shikharish Majumdar, Carleton University

Stephen Marsh, NRC-IIT

Robert E. McGorman, Lodex International

David Michelson, University of British Columbia

Evangelos Milios, Dalhousie University

Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba

Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph

Shikharesh Majumdar, Carleton University

Adel Ben Mnaouer, NTU, Singapore

Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph

Moïse Ndoh, National Research Council

Bradford Nickerson, University of New Brunswick

Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta

Raman Paranjape, University of Regina

Brent Petersen, University of New Brunswick

Samuel Pierre, Ecole Polytechnique

Kostas Plataniotis, University of Toronto

Jean-Marc Robert, Alcatel Canada

Kave Salamatian, Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Srinivas Sampalli, Dalhousie University

Abdallah Shami, University of Western Ontario

Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, University of Waterloo

Shyamala Sivakumar, St. Mary's University

Krishna Sivalingam, University of Maryland

Ladislav Stacho, Simon Fraser University

Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa

Aaron Striegel, Notre Dame University

Chintha Tellambura, University of Alberta

Mihaela Ulieru, University of Calgary

Shahrokh Valaee, University of Toronto

Vincent Wong, University of British Columbia

Bin Wang, Wright State University

Chunsheng Xin, Norfolk State University

Guoliang Xue, Arizona State University

Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Nur Zincir-Heywood, Dalhousie University

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE