Honorary Conference Chair

Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, U.K

Conference General Co-Chairs

Jalal Almhana, Université de Moncton, Canada

Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada

Program Co-chairs

Benny Bing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Zikuan Liu, Université de Moncton, Canada

Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

Local Arrangements

Mustapha Kardouchi, Université de Moncton, Canada

Marco Ruest, Université de Moncton, Canada

Tutorial Co-chairs

Éric Hervet, Université de Moncton, Canada

Sid-Ahmed Selouani, Université de Moncton, Canada

Publication Chair

Tang-Hô Le, Université de Moncton, Canada

Finance Chair

Lori Tozer, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Publicity Co-chairs

Nabil Belacel, NRC, Canada

Changle Li, NICT, Japan

Steering Committee

Jalal Almhana, Université de Moncton, Canada

Zhizhang (David) Chen, Dalhousie University, Canada

Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Jacek Ilow, Dalhousie University, Canada

Bradford Nickerson (Chair), University of New Brunswick, Canada

Brent Petersen, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Technical Program Committee

(See Organisation)

IMPORTANT DATES

Proposals for Tutorial:	December 5, 2008
Submission Deadline:	December 5, 2008
Notification of Acceptance:	February 9, 2009
Final Manuscript Due:	March 6, 2009

The Seventh Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR 2009) will be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, May 11-13, 2009 at the Delta Hotel Moncton. This annual conference is jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency's Atlantic Innovation Fund, Université de Moncton, Dalhousie University, and the University of New Brunswick. The proceedings from the CNSR2009 conference will be archived in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library (subject to approval). CNSR 2009 is sponsored in cooperation with the IEEE Communications Society and the Association of Computing Machinery (subject to approval).

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 include but not limited to the following list:

• Adaptive Web Systems
• Ad Hoc Networks
• Antenna Systems
• Architectures for Voice/Data Services
• Broadband Access
• Broadband Wireless Networks
• Communication Systems
• Cognitive Radio
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Cross-layer design of Wireless Networks
• Digital Broadcast Technologies
• Emerging Communication Technologies
• Intelligent Transceiving Architectures
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• Mesh Networks
• Mobile Communication Systems
• Network Data Mining
• Network Management
• Network Security and Cooperation
• Optical Networks
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
• Protocol Design
• Quality of Service
• Sensor Networks
• Software Radio
• Traffic Engineering and Modelling
• Vehicular Technologies
• Web Information Management
• Web Services
• Wireless Security

TUTORIAL INFORMATION

Prior to the regular conference sessions, one-day tutorial will be offered on May 10, 2009. Proposals for the tutorial are solicited from both industrial and academic participants.

BEST PAPER AWARD

Selection of the CNSR2009 best paper award will be based on technical contribution.