Sixth Annual Conference on
Communication Networks and
Services Research (CNSR2008)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
May 5 - 8, 2008
E-mail: cnsr2008@dal.ca

The Sixth Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR2008) will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Monday, May 5 - 8, 2008 at the Lord Nelson Hotel. This annual conference is jointly sponsored by Dalhousie University, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Université de Moncton (UdeM) and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency's (ACOA) Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). Enquiries should be directed to cnsr2008@dal.ca.

The proceedings from CNSR2008 will be archived through the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

CNSR2008 has secured technical co-sponsorship from the IEEE Communication Society, and the in-cooperation status from the ACM SIGWEB and SIGDOC.

TECHNICAL TOPICS

Technical papers 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 in the fields described, either theoretical or applied and have not been published elsewhere. Both industrial and academic contributions are invited.

• Ad Hoc Networks
• Adaptive Web Systems
• Antenna Systems
• Architectures for Voice/Data Services
• Broadband Wireless Networks
• Communication Algorithms
• Communication Systems
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Data Mining
• Digital Broadcast Technologies
• Emerging Communication Technologies
• Emerging Web Technologies
• Intelligent Transceiving Architectures
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• Mobility in Communication Systems
• Network Management
• Network Security
• Optical Networks
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
• Protocol Design
• Quality of Service in Communication Systems
• Radio Propagation
• Sensor Networks
• Signal Processing for Communications
• Software Radio
• Space-Time Coding and Decoding
• Traffic Engineering and Modelling
• Ultra-Wide Band
• Voice Over IP
• Web Information Management
• Web Services
• Wireless Security

TUTORIAL INFORMATION

Prior to the regular conference sessions, one-day tutorial or special sessions will be offered on May 5, 2008. Proposals for the tutorial or special sessions are solicited from both industrial and academic participants.

IMPORTANT DATES

ACCOMMODATIONS

The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites offers delegates attending the CNSR 2008 conference a guestroom rate of $149.00 based on single or double occupancy, plus applicable taxes. To make your reservation online, simply visit the Lord Nelson's website at www.lordnelsonhotel.com and select “Make a Group Reservation”. The Group ID number is 10554 and password is 196. Reservations will be accepted until the room release date of March 24, 2008.

REGISTRATION

The details of conference registration, including the fee schedule, is here.

ORGANISATION

Honourary Conference Chair:

Frank R. Kschischang
University of Toronto
frank@comm.utoronto.ca

Conference General Chair:

Jacek Ilow
Dalhousie University
j.ilow@dal.ca

Program Chair:

Larry Hughes
Dalhousie University
larry.hughes@dal.ca

Technical Program Co-Chairs:

Aaron Gulliver
University of Victoria
agullive@ece.uvic.ca

Raouf Boutaba
University of Waterloo
rboutaba@uwaterloo.ca

Tutorial Chair:

Zhizhang (David) Chen
Dalhousie University
z.chen@dal.ca

Publicity Chair:

Nidal Nasser
University of Guelph
nnasser@uoguelph.ca

Steering Committee:

Technical Program Committee Members:

SPONSORS

PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL

CNSR'08 Poster [pdf]
CNSR'08 Postcard [FRONT pdf] [BACK pdf]

RELATED SITES

• IEEE Communications Society
• Association for Computing Machinery

[Last Revised: 2008 March 21]