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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ZH-CN link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='text-justify-trim:punctuation'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD'>******************************************************</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> CALL FOR PAPERS: MSN 2013 (IEEE sponsorship pending approval)</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Workshop Proposal Submission Due: April 1, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Workshop Acceptance Notification: April 15, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Paper submission: August 31, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Notification of Paper Acceptance: October 12, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Camera ready due: October 27, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Conference Registration: November 16, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Conference: December 11-13, 2013</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>******************************************************</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>MSN 2013</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>The 9th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN-2013)</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Dalian, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>December 11-13, 2013</span><br></span><span class=object><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699'><a href="http://ncc.dlut.edu.cn/msn2013/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none'>http://ncc.dlut.edu.cn/msn2013/</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><br><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>MSN 2013 provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange research results and share development experiences in the field of mobile adhoc and sensor networks.Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas in mobile ad hoc and sensor networks:</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Multi-hop Wireless Networks and Wireless Mesh Networks</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Sensor and Actuator Networks</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Vehicle Ad Hoc Networks</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Mobile Social Network</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Delay Tolerant Networks and Opportunistic Networking</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Cyber-Physical Systems</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Internet of Things (Protocols, Architectures & Novel Applications)</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *System Modeling and Performance Analysis</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Routing and Network Protocols</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Data Transport and Management in Mobile Networks</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Resource Management and Wireless QoS Provisioning</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Security and Privacy</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Cross Layer Design and Optimization</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> *Novel applications and Architectures</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Important dates</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Paper submission: August 31, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Notification of Paper Acceptance: October 12, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Camera ready due: October 27, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Conference Registration: October 27, 2013</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Conference: December 11-13, 2013</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Special Issues</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks.</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks.</span><br><br><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Organizing Committee</span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>General Co-Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Keqiu Li, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><keqiu (at) dlut.edu.cn></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><ivan (at) site.uottawa.ca></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><albert.zomaya (at) SYDNEY.EDU.AU></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>TPC Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Hongyi Wu, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><wu (at) cacs.louisiana.edu></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Song Guo, University of Aizu, Japan</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><sguo (at) u-aizu.ac.jp></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><papavass (at) mail.ntua.gr></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Workshop Co-Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Stephan Olariu, Old Dominion University, USA</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><olariu (at) cs.odu.edu></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Xiaofei Liao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><xfliao (at) hust.edu.cn></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Yan Zhang, Simula Research Lab, Norway</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><yanzhang (at) simula.no></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Publicity Co-Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Kui Wu, University of Victoria, Canada</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><wkui (at) cs.uvic.ca></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University, Valencia, Spain</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><jlloret (at) dcom.upv.es></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Yanmin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><yzhu (at) cs.sjtu.edu.cn></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Publication Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><yang.xiang (at) deakin.edu.au></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Kai Lin, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><link (at) dlut.edu.cn></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Local Organization Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Yanming Shen, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><shen (at) dlut.edu.cn></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Xin Yang, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><xinyang (at) dlut.edu.cn></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Finance Chair</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Heng Qi, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><qhclement (at) gmail.com></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Registration Chair</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Liping Suo, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><ncc (at) dlut.edu.cn></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Web Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Xiulong Liu, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><xiulongliudut (at) gmail.com></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Liang Tang, Dalian University of Technology, China</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><tangliang2046 (at) sina.com></span><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Steering Committee Co-Chairs</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, HK</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><csjia (at) cityu.edu.hk></span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK</span><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'><csjcao (at) comp.polyu.edu.hk></span><br><br></span><span class=object><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699'><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msn2013" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none'>https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msn2013</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333'><br><br><span style='background:#FDFDFD'>Papers presenting original and unpublished work are invited and will be evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Submitted papers should be in PDF format and uploaded on easychair. The submission website is</span></span><span class=object><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#336699'><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msn2013" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699;text-decoration:none'>https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msn2013</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#333333;background:#FDFDFD'>. The submitted paper should not exceed eight single-spaced, double-column pages in IEEE style format. Detailed formatting and submission guidelines is available on the conference website. Submissions imply the willingness of at least one author to register, attend the conference, and present the paper. There will be best paper awards to recognize distinguished research.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>