HONET

AIET & PUA, Alexandria, Egypt
December 28-30, 2009

Call for Papers

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Authors are invited to submit R&D and visionary papers, presenting research work related to the practice and theory of ‘High-capacity Optical Networks & Enabling Technologies’. All submissions must describe original and pertinent research educational goals, and future vision. The topics of interest should include, but not limited to the following:

Nanophotonics & Enabling Technologies	Network Testing, Monitoring, and Field Trials
Emerging Nanotechnologies and Applications	Wireless & Satellite Communication
Optical Internet – the next generation	Wireless Mesh & Sensor Networks
IPV6 - Emerging test-beds	Passive Optical Networks/FTTH/RoF
ICT Service Oriented Architectures	e-Applications
Convergence of Metro/Access Networks	Traffic Engineering and Grooming
Optical Access Networks	Grid Computing/ Multi-Agent Systems
Optical-Wireless Hybrid Networks	Performance Evaluation & Modeling
Security, Survivability and Reliability	Optical Switching

These topics should be discussed in terms of research concepts, state-of-the-art, standards, implementations, developments, field trials/experiments, educational goals and new applications. Submitted or substantially similar papers must not be under review currently for any other publication. The accepted papers will be reviewed using “IEEE standards and criteria”. Authors should note that only the accepted papers that are presented in the workshop/symposium will be eligible for proceedings. The accepted but unattended submissions will be omitted from all proceedings.

Instructions for Authors
All paper submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their papers, which should not exceed seven pages. The format should conform to the guidelines available here, or you can download the sample instructions in template pdf by clicking here. The paper must contain a cover page with title, abstract, and name(s) of author(s) with respective affiliations, postal address(es), phone/fax numbers, and email address(es). The corresponding author must be clearly identified. Additionally, five keywords relevant to the research paper or theme area must also be listed on the cover page. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published in proceedings (details will follow), and indexed with the major indexes.

All HONET papers must be submitted at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=honet09. Deadlines are 11:59pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Important Dates

Paper Submission: October 10, 2009
Acceptance Notification: November 10, 2009
Camera Ready Due: November 30, 2009

Steering Committee Chairs Dr. Hussain Mouftah Distinguished Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada mouftah@site.uottawa.ca

Dr. Mustafa A. G. Abushagur President, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Dubai, UAE maaeen@rit.edu

General Chair(s) Dr. M. Yasin Akhtar Raja University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA raja@uncc.edu

Dr. El-Sayed Abdel-Moety El-Badawy Prof. & Dean Alexandria Higher Institute of Engg. & Tech (AIET), Smouha, 21311 Alexandria, Egypt. sbadawy@ieee.org, deanait@ait.edu.eg

International Co-Chairs Dr. Medhat Shawky Dean Faculty of Engineering, Pharos University (PU) Alexandria, Egypt medhat_shawky@hotmail.com

Dr. Ahmed E. Kamal Professor ECE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Ph: +1 515 294 3580 kamal@iastate.edu

Dr. Rosni Binti Abdullah Dean School of CS, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Penang, Malaysia rosni@cs.usm.my

Dr. Syed M. H. Zaidi Dean School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan drzaidi@seecs.edu.pk

Technical Program Committee Chairs Dr. Nasir Ghani Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of New Mexico, NM, USA nghani@ece.unm.edu

Dr. Awad S. Gerges Department of Physics and Optical Science UNC Charlotte, NC, USA agerges@uncc.edu

Dr. Hadia El-Hennawy Prof & Dean Faculty of Engineering Ain-Shams University, Egypt hadia@shams.eun.eg

Dr. Said I. El-Khamy, Prof EED, Faculty of Engineering Alexandria University, Egypt elkhamy@ieee.org

HONET Secretariat Coordinators Dr. Junaid Ahmed Zubairi Department of Computer Science SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia NY, USA zubairi@fredonia.edu

Dr. Ghada A. El-Khayat, Department of Industrial Engineering, AIET, Alexandria, Egypt ghadaek@gmail.com

Mr. Syed Ali Haider Department of Physics and Optical Science UNC Charlotte, NC, USA shaider1@uncc.edu

Mr. Imran Haider ICT Services School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan imran.haider@seecs.edu.pk

Technical Program Committee

Dr. Harry Perros, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC UA
Ms. Gigi Karmous-Edwards, MCNC, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Dr. Tom Suleski, Center for Optoelectronics & Optical Communication, UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
Dr. Jamie Patton, College of Computing & Informatics, UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
Dr. Jiang (Linda) Xie, College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
Dr. Anita Raja, College of Computing & Informatics, UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
Dr. Borhanuddin Mohd Ali, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Rahmat Budiarto, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dr. Khaled Shuaib, College of IT UAE University, UAE
Dr. Ajay K. Sharma, NIT Jalandhar, India
Dr. Andre Girard, EXFO Optical Systems, Montreal, Canada
Dr. Ali Khayam, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr. Abad Ali Shah, EE Dept., UET Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Junaid A. Zubairi, CS, SUNY, Fredonia, NY, USA
Dr. Qing Liu, ONRL Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Dr. Eesa Bastaki, IEEE Chair UAE, UAE
Mr. James Farmer, Enablence Technologies Inc. (Wave7Optics), USA
Dr. Mahmood H. Nagrial, Univ. of Western Sydney, Australia
Dr. Michael Fiddy, Center for Optoelectronics & Optical Communications, UNC Charlotte, USA
Dr. M. Khizar, Department of Physics & Optical Science, UNC Charlotte, USA
Dr. Murad Al-Shibli, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Zafar Taqvi, NASA, Houston, USA.
Dr. Mohammad Shehab, Software & Information Systems, UNC Charlotte, NC, USA
Dr. Tarek S. Al-Bawab, CE, Jackson State University, USA
Dr. Khaled Harfoush, CS, NC State University, NC, USA;
Dr. Romit Roy Choudhury, EE, Duke University, NC, USA
Dr El-Sayed A. El-Badawy, Prof. & Dean, AIET, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Prof.,Purdue School of Eng.& Technology, USA & AIET, Egypt.
Dr. Said H. Ibrahim, Assoc Prof., ECED. AIET, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Hussein Baher, Prof., AIET, Alexandria, Egypt & Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland
Dr. Said Elnoubi, Prof., EED, Alex. University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Hossam Shalaby, Prof, EED, Alex. University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Hassan El-Kamshoushi, Prof., EED, Alex. University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Abdel-Monem A. Nasser, ECED, AIET, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Mohamed M. Abdel-Aziz, ECED, AIET, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Al, Assoc. Prof., EED, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr Mostafa H. Aly, Prof., ECED, AAST, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Essam Khidr, ECED, AAST, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Adel El-Nadi, Prof., ECED, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Khaled F. El-Sayed, Prof., ECED, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Mahmoud Hanafy, Prof., ECED, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Magdi Ibrahim, Prof., ECED, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Dr. Dia A. Khalil, Prof., ECED, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Mamdouh I. Fouad, Prof., EED, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Dr. Usama Sayed, Assoc. Prof., EED, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Dr. Abdel-Nasser Mohamed, Assoc. Prof, F. of Electronic Eng., Menoufia Univ, Menouf, Egypt.
Dr. Ahmed S. Samra, Assoc Prof., EED, Mansoura Univ., El-Mansoura, Egypt.
Dr. Mohamed E. Nasr, Prof., ECED, Tanta University, Egypt.
Dr. Ahmed El-Sherbiny, Prof. and Dean, National Telecommunication Institute, Cairo Egypt.
Dr. Hoda Baghdady, Assoc. Prof., National Telecommunication Institute, Cairo Egypt.
Mr. Tariq J. Qureshi, Sr. Vice President Ainfiniti, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Dr. Salah Obayya, Prof., Univ. of Glamorgan, UK. (on leave from Mansoura Univ, Egypt)
Dr. Samy El-Ghoneimy, MTC, Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Ashraf El-Meliegy, ADC, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dr. Anwar Helaly, El-Sherook Higher Institute of Engg, Cairo, Egypt.
Mr. Khalid Raza, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, USA

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Dates to remember
Acceptance Notification: Nov. 10, 09
Camera Ready Due: Nov. 30, 2009
Early Registration Ends: Nov. 30, 2009

All deadlines are 11:59pm US Eastern Standard Time (EST)