CNS 2013 - 16th Communications and Networking Symposium (CNS)

The 16th Communications and Networking Symposium (CNS'13) invites experts, researchers, developers, managers, and entrepreneurs in this dynamic field to publish and share their findings with their peers in this symposium and discuss the challenges and successes in their pursuit of advancing their focused areas.
We welcome papers describing design principles as well as applications pertinent to the above tracts with special emphasis on modeling and simulation of communications and networks. Papers are solicited in the following (but not limited to) area of interests for peer review and presentation in the conference:
Cloud Computing
Cloud Performance
Cloud Security
Cloud Interoperability
Hybrid & Enterprise Cloud Architecture
Virtualization & Data Centers
Simulation on the Cloud
Simulation tools for Cloud Computing
Simulation in Healthcare
Electronic Healthcare Records
Military Healthcare System & Infrastructure
Public Healthcare System & Infrastructure
Cyberspace Security
Network Security
Security of Mobile Devices
Big Data modeling and Simulation
Information Retrieval and Search Engines
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Web
Network Security and Management
Network Design and Performance Analysis
Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Communications and Mobile Networks
Traffic Engineering and Measurements
Clusters and Grid Computing & Communications
Distributed Simulation and Real Time Systems
High Level Architecture Simulation and Application
Network Centric Defense Application
Virtual Environments and Virtual Classrooms
Web-Based Simulation and Applications
Peer-to-Peer Communications and Computations
Data Communications and Protocols
NS3 Simulation Case Studies
Large Scale Networks simulation
Simulation Tools for Communications and Networks
Internet and Mobile QoS Architectures
Modeling Techniques, Verification and Validation
Technical Program Committee
Abodolreza Abhari, Ryerson University, Canada
Aftab Ahmad, Norfolk state University, USA
Shakil Akhtar, Clayton State University, USA
Mohamad Badra, LIMOS Laboratory, CNRS France
Bohdan Bodnar, Lemko Corporation, USA
Azzedine Boukerche, SITE, University of San Diego, CA
Arnold Brag, RTI International, USA
Xuejun Cai, Nokia Siemens Networks, China
Jin Seek Choi, Hanyang University, Korea
James Conrad University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA
Max Ehammer, University of SalzMburg, Austria
Hala ElAarag, Stetson University, USA
Alexander Ferworn, Ryerson University, Canada
Jonathan Graham, Norfolk State University, USA
Wolfang Haidegger, Siemens, Austria
Youn-Hee Han, Korea University of Technology and Education, Korea
Wael, Ibrahim, ECPI College of Technology, USA
Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland
Polychronis Koutsakis, McMaster University, Canada
Axel Lehmann, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany
Susan Lincke-Salecker, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, USA
Rasha Morsi, Norfolk State University, USA
Ilkyeun Ra, University of Colorado Denver, USA
Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University, USA
J.K. Kevin Rhee, Information and Communications University, Korea
Anton Riedl, Christopher Newport University, USA
George Riley, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Mona Rizvi, Norfolk State University, USA
Yelena Rykalova, Boston University, USA
Salah Sharieh, McMaster University, CA
Sachin Shetty, Rowan University, USA
Chulho "Charles" Won, California State University, USA
Alenca Zajic, AlZaComm, USA
Lev Sofman, Alcatel-Lucent North America, USA
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA
Junaid Zubairi, SUNY at Fredonia, USA