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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">HOLD THE DATE! and</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><br>CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><br>The IBM Cloud Academy,</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>IBM Centers for Advanced Studies and</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>The Institute of Statistical Mathematics <br>invite you to the</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,130,191)"><br>6^th International IBM Cloud Academy Conference</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,130,191)"><br>ICA CON 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Thursday through Saturday, May 24-26, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>at The Institute of Statistical Mathematics <br>(Tokyo, Japan)</span></b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><br><br>Conference website: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference_2018.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">http://www.ibm.com/solutions/education/cloudacademy/us/en/cloud_academy_conference_2018.html</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"> <br>Best papers will be published in special issues of the</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"> International Journal of Cloud Computing (IJCC) </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">and</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"> International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><br>Extended abstracts can be submitted at:</span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><br></span></u></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__easychair.org_conferences_-3Fconf-3Dicacon2018&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=bnH-1gADYV24zkIcB9ijVNlNzzBgd1hysl-Kz4noiQU&s=aJCnioL6DdRX4dkwKYfYC3PyleohA1G-nxq4BJ_4Nag&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:blue">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icacon2018</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><br><br>For more information, contact </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy"><br>Andy Rindos (</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:rindos@us.ibm.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">rindos@us.ibm.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy">) and/or Kozo Kitamura (</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:kitamuk@ism.ac.jp" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">kitamuk@ism.ac.jp</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy">)</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">ICA CON 2018, the 6^th International IBM Cloud Academy Conference, will provide an exciting opportunity for educators, researchers, and practitioners to share ideas and experiences in cloud computing and their impacts. The conference is open to K-12 (secondary) and higher education institutions already or considering implementing cloud technologies and services. </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">The program will include invited keynote talks by Dr. Naguib Attia (VP, IBM Global University Programs), Dr. Mladen Vouk (NC State U Assoc. V Chancellor for Research), Dr. Hiroshi Maruyama (Chief Strategy Officer, Preferred Networks, Inc.) and Dr. Ryo Yoshida (Director, ISM Data Science Center for Creative Design and Manufacturing), as well as technical papers, position papers, workshops and a technology showcase. The technical papers portion of the conference program will feature experience reports and original research papers. The technology showcase will feature poster presentations and demonstrations on cloud computing research or implementations in progress. Selected papers from conference proceedings will be published as a special edition of the International Journal of Cloud Computing (IJCC) (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.inderscience.com_browse_index.php-3FjournalCODE-3Dijcc&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=bnH-1gADYV24zkIcB9ijVNlNzzBgd1hysl-Kz4noiQU&s=TgWLG9HKHANPd-iMibPnIXx0aZZpfUJk8wRvWTXv5-4&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijcc</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">) and</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.inderscience.com_browse_index.php-3FjournalCODE-3Dijcc&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=bnH-1gADYV24zkIcB9ijVNlNzzBgd1hysl-Kz4noiQU&s=TgWLG9HKHANPd-iMibPnIXx0aZZpfUJk8wRvWTXv5-4&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background:white"> International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC; </span></a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.igi-2Dglobal.com_journal_international-2Djournal-2Dcloud-2Dapplications-2Dcomputing_41974&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=00ezEBOCzOgOlhD3dwLLH0JYF0KYmPe9USgcPvpydBg&s=6ry03flYZ3YNI7UYw7zgwlFZhbvCZZYP2iScXJBAMIk&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-cloud-applications-computing/41974</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">). <br></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">In addition, we will provide a hands-on Watson and Cloud workshop (hosted by Prof. Anand Singh), as well as special sessions by faculty from NC State, Clemson, ASU, UMBC and other universities showcasing the application of Watson, analytics, IoT etc. (as cloud services) in support of a diverse set of important real world projects (from tracking the world wide spread of antimicrobial resistance to the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases). </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white"><br>ICA CON 2018 will be an excellent venue for presenting original work, exchanging new ideas, embracing cloudtechnologies, sharing results, business impacts, and experiences, and networking with other leading institutions and businesses that are already implementing cloud solutions. <b><br><br>Call for Papers</b> <br>We invite submission of papers / presentations or posters on the use of cloud computing for educational and research purposes. Of particular interest will be submissions featuring original research or experience reports that address how the transition to cloud computing is helping to transform education. The latter is intended to facilitate the sharing of best practices with real-world examples illustrating improvements in quality, outcomes, lessons learned and return-on-investment.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">A range of topics relevant to cloud computing in education and research will be considered. Here are some areas to show the range of interests and possibilities:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Institutional Strategy and Organization Design for Cloud Computing<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Building the institution's future infrastructure on a cloud<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Management and organization design impacts by clouds<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-ind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olor:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Business Intelligence for education and research purposes using cloud computing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Analytics and predictive analytics in cloud environments</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Big Data in clouds</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Storage management and clouds</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">User Productivity with Cloud Computing<span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Collaboration using cloud computing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Enhancing accessibility through cloud services</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Workloads and Use Cases of cloud for education and research</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Cloud Computing Implementation Strategies</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Data Center migration to cloud computing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Energy Management Considerations</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoList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vice level agreements and clouds</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Security, identity, trust and privacy on clouds</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Software licensing in education for cloud computing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Papers / presentations proposals on the implementation and research issues associated with various commercial or open source virtualization technologies, management and security policies and user applications are also encouraged, as there is presently significant interest in these areas within the academy community. </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Please submit extended abstracts to </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__easychair.org_conferences_-3Fconf-3Dicacon2018&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=bnH-1gADYV24zkIcB9ijVNlNzzBgd1hysl-Kz4noiQU&s=aJCnioL6DdRX4dkwKYfYC3PyleohA1G-nxq4BJ_4Nag&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:blue">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icacon2018</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">.<br>(Initial extended abstracts should be no more than 2 pages; see below for submission format instructions.)<b><br><br>Important dates</b></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">March 20, 2018 (extended)</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Extended Abstract Submission Deadline </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">April 7, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <br>Notification of Paper Acceptance </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">April 30, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <br>Camera Ready Paper Submission and Authors Registration Deadline </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">May 24-26, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <br>Conference Dates</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Review Procedure</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">All submissions will be peer reviewed by appropriate domain experts among those listed on the Technical Committee. The reviewers know that the ICA CON 2018 conference aims to produce innovative as well as quality work, and that authors of selected papers / presentations will be selected and invited to have work published in special issues of the International Journal of Cloud Computing (IJCC; </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijcc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijcc</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">) and</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.inderscience.com_browse_index.php-3FjournalCODE-3Dijcc&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=bnH-1gADYV24zkIcB9ijVNlNzzBgd1hysl-Kz4noiQU&s=TgWLG9HKHANPd-iMibPnIXx0aZZpfUJk8wRvWTXv5-4&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)"> International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC;</span></a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.igi-2Dglobal.com_journal_international-2Djournal-2Dcloud-2Dapplications-2Dcomputing_41974&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=00ezEBOCzOgOlhD3dwLLH0JYF0KYmPe9USgcPvpydBg&s=6ry03flYZ3YNI7UYw7zgwlFZhbvCZZYP2iScXJBAMIk&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:blue">https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-cloud-applications-computing/41974</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Submission Format</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Submissions should follow the guidelines below:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Initial extended abstract up to 2 pages; conference paper submissions should not exceed 10 pages (selected IJCC submissions can be longer)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Anonymized (remove author names and affiliations) for the review process.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">To facilitate the subsequent publication of selected manuscripts, we suggest you check with the guidelines used by the International Journal ofCloud Computing: (</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.inderscience.com_mapper.php-3Fid-3D31&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=bnH-1gADYV24zkIcB9ijVNlNzzBgd1hysl-Kz4noiQU&s=ONLbastsxBnAzNJSGTzmEq2NIdjjFwoStDs92hcakdU&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:blue">http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Submission implies willingness of at least one author to register and present at the conference. </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Again, submissions of extended abstracts can be made at </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__easychair.org_conferences_-3Fconf-3Dicacon2018&d=DwMFaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=PlplT_3hMnM2KDV_kjIC1ii-jlAenw5arJvFKNxwFRo&m=bnH-1gADYV24zkIcB9ijVNlNzzBgd1hysl-Kz4noiQU&s=aJCnioL6DdRX4dkwKYfYC3PyleohA1G-nxq4BJ_4Nag&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:blue">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icacon2018</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">.</span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><br><br>For more information, contact </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy">Andy Rindos (</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:rindos@us.ibm.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">rindos@us.ibm.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy">) and/or Kozo Kitamura (</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="mailto:kitamuk@ism.ap.jp" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">kitamuk@ism.ap.jp</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy">)</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">.<br>______________________________________________________________________ <b><br><br>General Co-Chairs:</b> <br>Andy Rindos (IBM) <br>Junji Nakano (ISM)<b><br><br>Steering Committee:</b> <br>Diem Ho (IBM) <br>Yaser Jararweh (JUST) <br>Imre Kocsis (BME) <br>Yi Pan (GSU) <br>Andras Pataricza (BME)<br>Jim Spohrer (IBM)<br>Yannis Viniotis (NCSU)<br>Mladen Vouk (NCSU) <br>Yelena Yesha (UMBC)<b><br><br>Program Committee Co-Chairs:</b> <br>Elhadj Benkhelifa (Staffordshire U)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Yaser Jararweh (JUST) <br>Toshikazu Kato (Chuo University)<b><br><br>Proceedings Co-Chairs:</b></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">B.B. Gupta (N ​ITK) <br>Keisuke Honda (ISM)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Publicity Co-Chairs:</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <br>Mohammad Alsmirat (JUST)<br>Moayad Aloqaily (Carleton U)<br>Zilong Ye (Cal State) <b><br><br>Local Chair:</b> <br>​​Kozo Kitamura (ISM)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Technical Committee:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Andrea Bondavalli (U of Florence) <br>Andrea Ceccarelli (U of Florence) <br>Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Duke)<br>Jeff Chase (Duke)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Rada Chirkova (NCSU)<br>Paula Cray (NCSU)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mike Devetsikiotis (UNM)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Xiaojun Ding (Yulin Normal U) <br>Patrick Dreher (NCSU)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Louis Freund (SJSU) </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Hiroka Hamada (ISM)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Akihito Hiromori (Osaka U) <br>Lap Huynh (IBM)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Szeberényi Imre (BME-IIT) <br>Anupam Joshi (UMBC)<br>Karuna Joshi (UMBC)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Zsolt Kocsis (IBM)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Hamid Krim (NCSU)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Wei Lu (Beijing Normal U) <br>Richard Lucic (Duke)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Henrique Madeira (U of Coimbra<br>Alisha Malloy (NCCU)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Fabio Martinelli (IIT-CNR) <br>Young Oh (IBM)<br>Robert Owor (ASU)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dimitrios Serpanos (U Patras) <br>Anand Singh (NCSU)<br>Nasseh Tabrizi (ECU)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mio Takei (ISM) </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ling Tian (U Elec Sci & Tech of China) <br>Kishor Trivedi (Duke)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Marco Vieira (U of Coimbra) <br>Kuangching Wang (Clemson)<br>Yingwei Wang (UPEI)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Xuefeng Yan (Nanjing U Aeronautics & Astronautics) <br>Xianqing Yu (IBM)<br>_____________________________________________________________________ </span><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>Location: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><br>Institute of Statistical Mathematics</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Founded in 1944, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) is Japan's premiere national research institute for statistical science. Founded in 1944, it has been part of the Research Organisation of Information and Systems (ROIS), and is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction. Its new campus in Tachikawa (which is hosting ICACON 2018), its primary goals include reinforcing of inter-university research through the development of Networks of Excellence (NOEs), while supporting long-term open and collaborative joint research projects that contribute to academic and social development.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Tokyo, Japan</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Tokyo is the capital city of Japan with over 9 million people in the city proper. It is also one of the country's 47 prefectures, with a total population exceeding 13 million. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with upwards of 37.8 million people. Formerly known as Edo, it has been the de facto seat of Japanese government since 1603, and has been the home of the Emperor of Japan since 1868. It is also an economic powerhouse, ranked first in the Global Economic Power Index and third in the Global Cities Index, and hosts over 50 of the Fortune Global 500 companies. As a major international finance center, the city houses the headquarters of several of the world's largest investment banks and insurance companies, and serves as a hub for Japan's transportation, publishing, electronics and broadcasting industries. While it is ranked as one of the most expensive cities in the world (as far as cost-of-living), it has also been named the most liveable and safest city in the world by numerous magazine polls.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:white;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Tokyo is rich in historical and cultural sights. The chief attraction of Tokyo's Marunouchi district is the Imperial Palace with its beautiful 17th-century parks surrounded by walls and moats, as well as the Nijubashi Bridge leading to its interior. One can also visit Edo Castle, built in 1457 and located in Tokyo's Chiyoda district. The Sensō-ji Temple in the Asakusa district, established in AD 645 and rebuilt numerous times, is the city's most famous shrine. Its highlights include the Kaminari-mon Gate with its 3.3-meter-high red paper lantern, the much-loved Incense Vat (reputed to drive away ailments) and the temple doves (Kannon's "sacred messengers" and fortune-tellers). The Meiji Shrine, dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken, first completed in 1926 and then rebuilt after being destroyed during WWII, remains one of Tokyo's most important religious sites. Surrounded by a 175-acre evergreen forest, the shrine's highlights include its Inner Precinct (Naien) with its museum containing royal treasures, and the Outer Precinct (Gaien), home to the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery. Ueno Park is an oasis of green in the heart of busy Tokyo, and one of its most popular tourist attractions. The park boasts the Ueno Park Zoo (Japan's oldest zoo, famous for the pandas presented by the People's Republic of China), the Aqua-Zoo (one of the largest aquariums in Asia) and numerous temples and museums to explore, including the reed-fringed Shinobazu pond around a little island with its Bentendo Temple, the 17th-century Toshogu Shrine with its 256 bronze and stone lanterns. Tokyo also has many museums, including the Tokyo National Museum, the country's largest museum and specializing in traditional Japanese art, and the National Museum of Western Art. And Ginza is Tokyo's busiest shopping area.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">

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