The 8th Conference on Communications Networks and Services Research (CNSR2010) will be held in Montreal, Canada May 11- 14, 2010. This year's conference is a joint venture of the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and McGill University. Enquiries should be directed to cnsr2010@unb.ca

The CNSR conference is an international forum for researchers in all fields of information and communication technologies to present and attend high quality technical papers and presentations, and join discussions with colleagues from over 40 countries. The conference has amassed a long list of distinguished keynotes and panellists. CNSR conferences have received technical co-sponsorship from the IEEE Communications Society and the Association of Computing Machinery and the proceedings have been archived in the IEEE Xplore

CNSR2010 invites technical papers describing original, unpublished research in the field of communications, networks and services from both academic and industrial participants. Topics include, but are not limited to:

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper, Tutorial and Workshop Submission Deadline	January 10, 2010
Notification of Acceptance	February 4, 2010
*Final Manuscript Due	February 19, 2010
*Registration Deadline for authors	February 19, 2010
Conference in Montreal	May 11-14, 2010

^*In order to have your paper included in the proceedings; a final camera ready paper must be uploaded and a full registration fee (not student registration fee) paid by February 19th, 2010.

Future details regarding registration and accommodations will be posted to the conference website as details are finalized.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Honourary Conference Chair:

Hussein T. Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada

Conference General Co-Chairs:

Weichang Du, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Fabrice Labeau, McGill University, Canada

Program Co-Chairs:

Brent R. Petersen, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Michael G. Rabbat, McGill University, Canada

Special Session Chairs

David D. Falconer, Session: Cognitive Radio and Use of Spectrum White Space, McGill University, Canada
Tho Le-Ngoc, Session: Telecommunications and Energy, McGill University, Canada

Tutorial and Workshops Chair:

John DeDourek, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Publication Chair:

Wei Song, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Local Arrangements:

Carrie Serban, McGill University, Canada
Lori L. Tozer, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Finance Chair:

Lori L. Tozer, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Publicity Co-chairs

Nazih Khaddaj Mallat, IEEE Montreal Section, Canada
Zhiyong Feng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

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
Brent R. Petersen, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Bradford Nickerson, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Technical Program Committee

Jalal Almhana, Université de Moncton, Canada
Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece
Nauman Aslam, Dalhousie University, Canada
Alireza Attar, University of British Columbia, Canada
Leonardo Badia, IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies, Italy
Michel Barbeau, Carleton University, Canada
Alessandro Bazzi, IEIIT-BO/CNR, University of Bologna, Italy
Nabil Belacel, National Research Council, Canada
Jalel Ben-othman, Université de Versailles, France
Anader Benyamin-Seeyar, Concordia University, Canada
Yevgen Biletskiy, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Peter Bodorik, Dalhousie University, Canada
Dario Bottazzi, University of Bologna, Italy
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
Yassine Bouslimani, Université de Moncton, Canada
Cezar Campeanu, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Dajana Cassioli, RadioLabs - University of L'Aquila, Italy
Periklis Chatzimisios, TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece
Zhizhang (David) Chen, Dalhousie University, Canada
Hongyang Chen, University of Tokyo, Japan
Yuanzhu Chen, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Soumaya Cherkaoui, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Giovanni Cherubini, IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland
Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University, USA
Roy Cideciyan, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
Bruce Colpitts, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Luca De Nardis, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
John DeDourek, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Weichang Du, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Ivan Fair, University of Alberta, Canada
David Falconer, Carleton University, Canada
Xavier Fernando, Ryerson University, Canada
Jinan Fiaidhi, Lakehead University, Canada
Andrea Fiaschetti "Sapienza", University of Rome, Italy
Mario Freire, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Morven Gentleman, Dalhousie University, Canada
Abolfazl Ghassemi, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ali Ghorbani, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Marc Gilg, University of Haute-Alsace, France
Mohamad Haidar, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada
Guang Han, Motorola, USA
Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK
Janelle Harms, University of Alberta, Canada
Eric Hervet, Université de Moncton, Canada
Sajid Hussain, Fisk University, USA
Jacek Ilow, Dalhousie University, Canada
Mary Kaye, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Evangelos Kranakis, Carleton University, Canada
Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada
Fabrice Labeau, McGill University, Canada
Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University, Canada
Changle Li, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, China
Cheng Li, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Antonio Liotta, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
Jianfei Liu, Hebei University of Technology,
Zikuan Liu, Universite de Moncton, Canada
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Dinh-Dung Luong, University of Quebec, Canada
Mike MacGregor, University of Alberta, Canada
Athanassios Manikas, Imperial College London, UK
Maja Matijasevic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Matteo Mazzotti, DEIS University of Bologna, Italy
Abdelhamid Mellouk, UPEC, University Paris-Est Creteil Val de Marne, France
Geoffrey Messier, University of Calgary, Canada
Sabah Mohammed, Lakehead University, Canada
Farid Nait-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France
Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada
Keivan Navaie, Carleton University, Canada
Bradford Nickerson, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Hong Nie, University of Northern Iowa, USA
Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada
Enrico Paolini, DEIS, WiLAB, University of Bologna, Italy
Antonio Peinado, University of Granada, Spain
Brent Petersen, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Przemyslaw Pochec, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Michael Rabbat, McGill University, Canada
Anna Riccioni, University of Bologna, Italy
Joel Rodrigues, IT, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Heung-Gyoon Ryu, Chungbuk National University, Korea
Sid-Ahmed Selouani, Université de Moncton, campus of Shippagan, Canada
Abu Sesay, University of Calgary, Canada
Wei Song, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Marc St-Hilaire, Carleton University, Canada
Seema Verma, University Banasthali Vidyapith, India
You-Chiun Wang, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
Szu-Chi Wang, National Ilan University, Taiwan
Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
Christos Xenakis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Wei Yan, Trendmicro, USA
Qiang Ye, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Li-Hsing Yen, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abbas Yongacoglu, University of Ottawa, Canada
Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Gregory Yovanof, Athens Information Technology, USA
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA

The CNSR Conference has been very fortunate in the past to have support from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), Dalhousie University and the University of Moncton, Canada. We are very thankful and acknowledge their contributions to the success of this conference.

Promotional Material

Poster: [cnsr2010-poster-2009-10-12--1.pdf]