The 11th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT)
Warsaw, Poland
April 6-9, 2020

Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-20/
Workshops: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-20/#workshop
Tutorials: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-20/#tutorial

Important Dates
- Workshops Proposals Due: September 30, 2019
- Paper Submission Due: November 15, 2019
- Acceptance Notification: January 13, 2020
- Camera-Ready Submission: February 10, 2020

ANT 2020 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of:

- Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 1.910), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652)
- International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.524), by Computing and Informatics (http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index)

ANT 2020 will be held in Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.770 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 8th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city limits cover 516.9 square kilometres (199.6 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi). Warsaw is an alpha global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. Its historical Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

ANT 2020 will be held in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/edi40-20/).

Conference Tracks
- Agent Systems, Intelligent Computing and Applications
- Big Data and Analytics
- Cloud Computing
- Context-awareness and Multimodal Interfaces
- Emerging Networking, Tracking and Sensing Technologies
- Human Computer Interaction
- Internet of Things
- Mobile Networks, Protocols and Applications
- Modelling and Simulation in Transportation Sciences
- Multimedia and Social Computing
- Service Oriented Computing for Systems & Applications
- Smart, Sustainable Cities and Climate Change Management
- Smart Environments and Applications
- Systems Security and Privacy
- Systems Software Engineering
- Vehicular Networks and Applications
- General Track

Committees
General Chairs
Atta Badii, University of Reading, UK
Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia

Program Chairs
Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada
Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, IMOB – Hasselt University, Belgium

Local Chair

Nuno Varandas, F6S (Where Founders Grow Together), Portugal

Workshops Chair
Stephane Galland, UTBM, France Program

Vice Chairs
Boulmakoul Azedine, Hassan II University, Morocco
Nik Bessis, Edge Hill University, UK
Kechar Bouabdellah, Oran 1 Ahmed BenBella University, Algeria
Samia Bouzefrane,CEDRIC Lab Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Roberto Di Pietro, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Salem Gharbia, University College Dublin, Ireland
Jason Jaskolka, Carleton University, Canada
Faouzi Kammoun, Ecole Supérieure Privée d'Ingénierie et de Technologies, Tunis
Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, Austria
Flavio Lombardi, Roma Tre University of Rome, Italy
Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA
Ahmed Nait Sidi Moh, University of Picardie Jules Verne, France
Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Stefan Schulte, TU Wien, Austria
Miguel Sepulcre, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain
Khaled Shaaban, Qatar University, Qatar
Yves Vanrompay, Hasselt University, Belgium

Publicity Chairs
Wim Ectors, Hasselt University, Belgium
Joanna Ochelska-Mierzejewska, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Josep-Maria Salanova, CERTH, Greece

International Journals Chair
Michael Sheng, Macquarie University, Australia

Advisory Committee
Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada
Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK
Ibad Kureshi, Inlecomm Systems, Belgium
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy
Peter Sloot, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Peter Thomas, Manifesto Research, Australia

International Liaison Chairs
Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada
Paul Davidsson, Malmo University, Sweden
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia

Technical Program Committee
http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-20/#programCommittees

Steering Committee Chair and Founder of ANT
Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada