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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Rome, Italy. June 10-13, 2019</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>A blockchain is a distributed ledger for recording transactions and/or data in a meaningful order, maintained by many connected nodes without a trusted central authority. Blockchain has a great potential to create new foundations for most distributed systems by efficiently establishing trust among nodes, especially in emerging networks. Such a fundamental technology to enable decentralization play an important role in a wide spectrum of topics such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), edge computing, cloud computing, fog computing, mobile computing, social networking, wireless communication, vehicular network, and even more other fields. At the same time, there is a lack of fundamental study on the limitation of blockchain such as scalability, security, privacy, efficiency, availability and dependability. Hence, the development and deployment of blockchain-based systems and applications will likely exhibit new requirements and complicated challenges, which brings more open issues and exciting directions for research communities.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in cloud computing, distributed systems, cryptography, security, and networking, from academia and industry, who are interested in the applications and theory of blockchains and related protocols.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" align="left" style="text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Theories of blockchain and distributed ledger technology</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Distributed data store for blockchain</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Distributed transaction for blockchain</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Distributed consensus and fault-tolerance mechanism</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Deployment and feasibility study in emerging networks such as VANET, connected vehicles, edge/fog computing</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in cloud computing</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in mobile, fog, and edge computing</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in vehicular network</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in the Internet of things (IoT)</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in social networking</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain and financial network</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in supply chain management</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain in mobile cellular networks</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blockchain and governance/policy/regulation</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Game theory and blockchain</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Real-world blockchain-based system analysis and optimization</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Experience papers with blockchain</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Security, privacy and trust of blockchain</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Decentralization, scalability, and security trade-off</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Simulation and performance evaluation techniques</span></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="left" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Secure smart contract</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Special Issues: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The best papers will be invited for a full-length journal paper in one of the following special issues:</span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Paper submission:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are pleased to invite you to submit original contributions to BAT 2019 via the official submission system at </span><span class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bat2019" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bat2019</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. This can include, technical and experimental, theoretical, conceptual, or a survey. All submissions will be peer-reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">IMPORTANT DATES</span></b></p>
<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submission Date: February 20th, 2019 </span></p>
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<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Lewis Tseng, Boston College, USA</span></p>
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<p class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Moayad Aloqaily, Gnowit Inc. Ottawa, Canada <br>
</span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7883772368916196554m_6422046986976750230gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><i>Best Regards</i></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><i>Moayad Aloqaily, PhD, P.Eng.</i></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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