The 18-th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS-2015) Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan September 2 – 4, 2015 http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/nbis/2015/ http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/nbis/2014/ NBiS-2015 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain PC Co-Chairs Chien-Fu Cheng, Tamkang University, Taiwan Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Hiroaki Kikuchi, Meiji University, Japan Workshop Co-Chairs Fang-Yie Leu, Tunghai University, Taiwan Noriki Uchida, Saitama Institute of Technology, Japan Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy Award Co-Chairs Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan Markus Aleksy, ABB AG Corporate Research Centre, Germany Arjan Durresi, IUPUI, USA Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia Publicity Co-Chairs Ching-Hsien (Robert) Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan Irfan Awan, Bradford University, UK Farookh Hussain, University Technology Sidney, Australia International Liaison Co-Chairs Chuan-Yu Chang, National Yunlin Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, Japan Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Local Arrangement Co-Chairs Ren-Junn Hwang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Chi-Yi Lin, Tamkang University, Taiwan Ching-Ting Tu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Shih-Hao Chang, Tamkang University, Taiwan Finance Chair Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Web Administrator Co-Chairs Tetsuya Oda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Shinji Sakamoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Steering Committee Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Makoto Takizawa, Hosei University, Japan SCOPE The main objective of NBiS is to bring together researchers from both network systems and information systems with the aim of encouraging the exchange of ideas and experience between these two communities. The NBiS-2015 seeks original contributions in all relevant areas, including but not limited to the following topics. 1. Communication Networks and Protocols 2. Databases and Data Mining 3. Cloud, Grid and P2P Computing 4. Semantic Web and Internet Applications 5. Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Applications 6. Multimedia Systems and Applications 7. Mobile and Wireless Networks 8. Network Security and Privacy 9. Social Networks 10. Energy Efficient Networks and Green IT 11. Intelligent Computing and Networking 12. Parallel Computing and Multicore Systems PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Submit a full paper not more than eight pages (Proceedings Manuscript: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 font size, and number each page. The format the Proceedings Manuscript can be found at the following web page:  http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/submission/ . Prepare your paper in PDF file (Adobe format), and submit it electronically to the online submission system (see conference webpage for instructions). Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. Proceedings of the NBiS-2015 will be published by Conference Publishing Service (CPS). SPECIAL ISSUES Presented papers at NBiS-2015 will be considered for publication in some Special Issues in International Journals. IMPORTANT DATES  Submission Deadline: March 25, 2015  Authors Notification: May 25, 2015  Author Registration: June 25, 2015  Final Manuscript:  Conference Dates: September 2-4, 2015 June 25, 2015 WORKSHOPS Several workshops will be held in conjunction with NBiS-2015 Conference. Please visit the website at http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/nbis/2015/.