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  • 1.  QTNA2018: Call for papers

    Posted 01-03-2018 02:41
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    Dear Friends and Colleagues,

    On behalf of the Committees of QTNA2018, we are pleased
    to invite you to submit papers to "The 13th International
    Conference on Queueing Theory and Network Applications
    (QTNA2018)" which will be held on July 25-27, 2018, at
    Tsukuba Science City, Japan.

    Technical Co-Sponsorship: Springer Lecture Notes in
    Computer Science (LNCS):
    http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs

    Conference website: http://infoshako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/~qtna2018/
    (Website will be updated continuously.)

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    Important Dates:
    Special Session Proposal Due: January 9, 2018
    Acceptance Notification: January 15, 2018

    Paper Submission Due:
    Full Papers: February 10, 2018
    Short Papers: March 19, 2018

    Acceptance Notification:
    Full Papers: April 2, 2018
    Short Paper: April 30, 2018

    Camera-Ready Papers and Registration Due:
    Full Papers: April 30, 2018
    Short Papers: June 5, 2018
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    The conference is a continuation of the series of
    successful QTNA conferences:

    QTNA2006 (Seoul, Korea), QTNA2007 (Kobe, Japan),
    QTNA2008 (Taipei, Taiwan), QTNA2009 (Singapore),
    QTNA2010 (Beijing, China), QTNA2011 (Seoul, Korea),
    QTNA2012 (Kyoto, Japan), QTNA2013 (Taichung, Taiwan),
    QTNA2014 (Bellingham, USA), QTNA2015 (Hanoi, Vietnam),
    QTNA2016 (Wellington, New Zealand) and
    QTNA2017 (Qinhuangdao, China).

    The QTNA2018 conference aims to promote the knowledge
    and development of high-quality research on queueing
    theory and its applications to networks and other related
    fields. It brings together researchers, scientists and
    practitioners from the world and offers an open forum
    to share the latest important research accomplishments
    and challenging problems in the area of queueing theory
    and network applications. The conference will cover all
    the key topics in queueing theory and network applications.

    Authors of papers presented at QTNA2018 are cordially
    invited to submit the extended versions of their
    conference papers for consideration for possible
    publication in Journal of Industrial and Management
    Optimization (JIMO), SCI-E (SciSearch) as regular papers.
    All submissions will be subject to the same peer reviewing
    process.

    Papers must be submitted through the EasyChair system
    that will be posted on the website of QTNA2018 soon.

    Paper Submission:
    Full papers (at least 12 pages in Springer LNCS format)
    and Short papers (2-5 pages including abstract, results
    and references in Conference format) are welcome.

    You can choose your paper(s)' type(s) when you submit.
    Please refer to QTNA2018's HP for details of the
    papers' submission.

    All accepted full papers will be included in Springer
    LNCS Proceedings. The Springer LNCS Proceedings in
    printed and the Conference Proceedings including the
    abstracts of accepted full papers and short papers in
    <g class="gr_ gr_116 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="116" data-gr-id="116">electronic version</g> will be distributed to all
    participants at the conference site.

    At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must
    register by the deadlines and present at QTNA2018 in
    order for the final paper version to appear in the
    proceedings and conference program brochure.

    Special Sessions:
    Proposals for special sessions are also welcome. Please
    send the proposal with a list of potential presentations
    and a subject "QTNA2018 Special Sessions" to
    qtna2018@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp.

    Submissions of the papers of the accepted special
    sessions should follow Paper Submission above.

    We look forward to having your support and your
    joining with other partners to QTNA2018.

    General Chairs of Organizing Committee (OC):
    Hideaki Takagi, University of Tsukuba, Japan
    Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto University, Japan

    Co-Chairs of Steering Committee (SC):
    Bong Dae Choi, Korea University, Korea
    Yutaka Takahashi, Kyoto University, Japan
    Wuyi Yue, Konan University, Japan

    Co-Chairs of Technical Program Committee (TPC):
    Tuan Phung-Duc, University of Tsukuba, Japan
    Sabine Wittevrongel, Ghent University, Belgium
    Wuyi Yue, Konan University, Japan

    Co-Chairs of Local Organizing Committee (LOC):
    Wuyi Yue, Konan University, Japan
    Tuan Phung-Duc, University of Tsukuba, Japan

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    Tuan Phung-Duc
    University of Tsukuba
    Ibaraki
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