Sunday, September 21

8:00 AM -

Registration Opens

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Welcome Message from GC and TPC Chairs

8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Session 1: Smart Cars and Social Network

Chair:
Swarm-based Traffic Lights Policy Selection
Riccardo Belletti (University of Bologna, Italy); Alessio Bonfietti (University of Bologna, Italy); Luca Foschini (University of Bologna, Italy); Michela Milano (University of Bologna, Italy); Daniel Krajzewicz (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
Keypoint-based Binocular Distance Measurement System for Smart Vehicles
Abdelhamid Mammeri (University of Ottawa, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada); Mingchang Zhao (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Vehicular Social Systems: An Overview and A Performance Case Study
Saida Maaroufi (Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada); Samuel Pierre (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)
Power Efficient High-Rate Data Service Provisioning in Vehicular Networks
Javad Hajipour (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Ghasem Naddafzadeh Shirazi (University of British Columbia, Canada); Peyman TalebiFard (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada)

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM

Coffee Break

10:40 AM - 12:30 PM

Session 2: Protocols and Architecture Design

Chair:
Implementing and Evaluating V2X Protocols over iTETRIS: Traffic Estimation in the COLOMBO Project
Paolo Bellavista (University of Bologna, Italy); Federico Caselli (University of Bologna, Italy); Luca Foschini (University of Bologna, Italy)
A Prediction Based Clustering Algorithm for Target Tracking in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
Sanaz Khakpour (UOIT, Canada); Richard W. Pazzi (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada); Khalil El-Khatib (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada)
CAMs Transmission Rate Adaptation for vehicular safety application in LTE
Hosein Soleimani (University of Ottawa, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Big Data Architecture Evolution: 2014 and Beyond
Atif Mohamad (The University of North Dakota, Canada); Hamid Mcheick (University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada); Emanuel Grant (University of North Dakota, USA)

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Session 3: Cloud and VANET Content Delivery

Chair:
Sensor Cloud Computing for Vehicular Applications: from Analysis to Practical Implementation
Zhengguo Sheng (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Xiping Hu (The University of British Colombia, Canada); Peyman TalebiFard (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Ruifeng Chen (Beijing Jiaotong University, P.R. China); Yingjie Zhou (Sichuan University & Columbia University, P.R. China)
Evaluating VANET Information Retrieval Context Aware Systems using the Average Distance Measure ADM
Lobna Nassar (University of Waterloo, Canada); Mohamed Kamel (Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, University of Waterloo, Canada); Fakhri Karray (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Adapting to the Driving Context in Congestion Control for Vehicular Networks
Le Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada); Shahrokh Valaee (University of Toronto, Canada)
Towards a Service Centric Contextualized Vehicular Cloud
Xiping Hu (The University of British Colombia, Canada); Lei Wang (University of Twente, The Netherlands); Zhengguo Sheng (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Peyman TalebiFard (The University of British Columbia, Canada); Li Zhou (National University of Defense Technology, P.R. China); Victor CM Leung (The University of British Columbia, Canada)

Monday, September 22

8:00 AM -

Registration Opens

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker - Ian Akyildiz

Prof. Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, US
Wireless Sensor Networks in Challenged Environments such as Underwater and Underground

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Session 4: Safety and Security Issues

Chair:
Improved Multi-Channel operation for Safety Messages Dissemination in Vehicular Networks
Meysam Azizian (Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada); Eugene David Ngangue Ndih (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada); Soumaya Cherkaoui (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada)
A Model for Situation and Threat/Impact Assessment in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks
Keyvan Golestan (University of Waterloo, Canada); Ridha Soua (University of Waterloo, Canada); Fakhri Karray (University of Waterloo, Canada); Mohamed Kamel (Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Effective Public Key Infrastructure for Vehicle-to-Grid Network
Binod Vaidya (University of Ottawa, Canada); Dimitrios Makrakis (University of Ottawa, Canada); Hussein T Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Trust Based Security Enhancements for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks
Zhexiong Wei (Carleton University, Canada); F. Richard Yu (Carleton University, Canada); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch Break

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster/Discussion Session

3:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Session 5: Query Patterns and Sensor Networks

Chair:
Propagation Modeling and MAC-Layer Performance in EM-Based Underwater Sensor Networks
Jun Li (Communications Research Centre of Canada, Canada); Mylene Toulgoat (Communications Research Centre, Canada); Mathieu Deziel (Communications Research Centre - Government of Canada, Canada); F. Richard Yu (Carleton University, Canada); Simon Perras (Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada)
An Enhanced Security Scheme for Query State Inference in EPCglobal Discovery Services
Abdelmounaim Dahbi (University of Ottawa, Canada); Mazen George Khair (The University of Ottawa, Canada); Hussein T Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Content replication and delivery in vehicular networks
Fabrício Aguiar Silva (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Azzedine Boukerche (University of Ottawa, Canada); Thais R. M. Braga Silva (Federal University of Minas Gerais & Federal University of Viçosa - Florestal Campus, Brazil); Linnyer Beatrys Ruiz (State University of Maringá & INCT NAMITEC, Brazil); Eduardo Cerqueira (Federal University of Paras, Brazil); Antonio A.F. Loureiro (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Wireless Channel Resource Allocation to Support Real-Time Transportation Applications
Sathish Gopalakrishnan (University of British Columbia, Canada)

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Remarks