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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The 13th International Conference on Queueing Theory and Network
Applications (QTNA2018), July 25-27, 2018, Tsukuba Science City, Japan.
Web site: http://infoshako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/~qtna2018/

Due to requests the deadlines for Full and Short LNCS Papers are changed
as follows:
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New Deadlines for Full and Short LNCS Papers:

Paper Submission Due: March 5, 2018
Acceptance Notification: April 9, 2018
Camera-Ready Papers and Registration Due: April 30, 2018 (No Change)
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Technical Co-Sponsorship: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS):
http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs

Please see the attached CFP file.

Paper Submission: Full LNCS papers (12+ pages) and Short LNCS papers
(6-11 pages) in Springer LNCS format, and Short papers (2-5 pages including
abstract, results and references in Conference format) are welcome. Papers
must be submitted through the EasyChair system:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qtna2018

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

All accepted full LNCS papers and short LNCS papers will be included in
Springer LNCS Proceedings. The Springer LNCS Proceedings in printed and
the conference brochure including the abstracts of accepted full LNCS
papers, short LNCS papers, and short papers with conference program in
electronic version 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 LNCS proceedings and the conference brochure.

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.

For other details please visit QTNA2018's website.

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 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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