Organizing Committee

Honorary Co-Chairs

Ibrahim Gedeon
TELUS,Canada

 

Kent MacDonald
St. Francis Xavier University,Canada

 


General Co-Chairs

Raouf Boutaba
University of Waterloo,Canada

Wahab Almuhtadi
Algonquin College,Canada


TPC Co-Chairs

Shingo Ata
Osaka City University,Japan

Remi Badonnel
TELECOM Nancy- LORIA/INRIA,France

Jin Xiao
IBM T. J. Watson,USA


Keynotes/DEP Co-Chairs

Claude Brule
Algonquin College,Canada

Nikos Aneroussis
IBM,USA

Mehmet Ulema
Manhattan College,USA

Lucy Cherkasova
Hewlett Packard,USA


Panels Co-Chairs

Prosper Chemouil
Orange,France

Makoto Takano
NTT-AT,Japan

Alexander Clemm
Cisco,USA


Applications/Experience Co-Chairs

Yixin Diao
IBM,USA

Mauro Tortonesi
University of Ferrara,Italy


Posters Co-Chairs

Clarissa Cassales Marquezan
University of Duisburg-Essen,Germany

Steven Latre
Antwerp University,Belgium

 


Dissertation Digest Co-Chairs

Olivier Festor
TELECOM Nancy, France

 

Lisandro Granville
UFRGS, Brazil


Publication Co-Chairs

Filip De Turck
Ghent University-iMinds, Belgium

Voicu Groza
University of Ottawa, Canada

Carlos Raniery P. dos Santos
Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil


Workshop Co-Chairs

Noura Liman
University of Waterloo, Canada

Burkhard Stiller
University of Zurich, Switzerland


Tutorial Co-Chairs

Luciano Paschoal Gaspary
UFRGS, Brazil

Joe Betser
Aerospace Corporation, USA


Demo Co-Chairs

Juergen Schoenwaelder
Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

Branislav Djokic
National Research Council Canada, Canada

Marinos Charalambides
University College of London, UK


Finance Chair

Raed Abdullah
Hydro Ottawa, Canada

Treasurer

Bruce Worthman
ComSoc, USA


Patrons Co-Chairs

Barbara Waruszynski
Defence Research and
Development Canada

Doug Zuckerman
Applied Communication
Sciences, USA

Sreeraman Rajan
Defence Research and Development
Canada, Canada

Omar Cherkaoui
UQAM, Canada


Local Arrangements Co-Chairs

John Grefford
CRO Engineering, Canada

 

Tom Lavrisa
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Canada

 


Publicity Co-Chairs

Canada: Kexing Liu
IEEE Ottawa Section, Canada

 

US:Carol Fung
Virginia Commonwealth
University
USA

Europe:Giovane C. M. Moura
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands

 

Latin America: Aldri Santos,
Federal University of Parana, Brazil

 

Asia Pacific: Hongtaek Ju
Keimyung University, South Korea

 


Exhibits Co-Chairs

Anissa Shaddy
Carleton University, Canada

 

Eric Karmouch
March Networks, Canada

 

Wolfram Lunscher
IEEE Ottawa Section, Canada

 


Young Professionals (GOLD) Program Co-Chairs

Alawi Assaggaf
IEEE Ottawa Section, Canada
 

Choong Seon Hong
Kyung Hee University, South Korea

 

Brendan Jennings
TSSG, Ireland

 


Student Travel Grants Co-Chairs

Sreeraman Rajan
Defence Research and Development
Canada, Canada

 

Edmundo Madeira
UNICAMP, Brazil

 


Webmaster and Social
Media Chair

Alya Othman
Alcatel-Lucent, Canada

 

Secretary

Abdulhak Nagy
Carleton University, Canada 

 

Technical Support and
Student Volunteers
Coordinator

Richard Hagemeye
Algonquin College, Canada


COMSOC Coordinator

Bridget Erlikh
ComSoc, USA

 

Graphic Designer

Max Loskutnikov
ComSoc, USA

 

IT Support

Vincent Rodriguez
ComSoc, USA

 


 


Steering Committee

Raouf Boutaba
University of Waterloo, Canada

 

Marcus Brunner
Swisscom, Switzerland

 

Alex Clemm
Cisco, USA

 

Olivier Festor
Telecom Nancy, France

 

Nobuo Fujii
NTT, Japan

 

Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville
UFRGS, Brazil

 

Aiko Pras
University of Twente, Netherlands

 

Doug Zuckerman
Telcordia Technologies, USA

 

 

 

James Won-Ki Hong
POSTECH, Korea