<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial"><img src="cid:ii_k0ggkzer0" alt="image.png" width="128" height="49" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right: 0px;"></font><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">  </font><font size="4"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#0b5394">(S P E C I A L   I S S U E)</font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></font></b><font face="arial">   <img src="cid:ii_k0gglo8l1" alt="image.png" width="128" height="51" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right: 0px;"></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial"><br></font></div><p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#0b5394" size="4"><b></b></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><u><a href="https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-internet-things-magazine/cfp/blockchain-enabled-industrial-internet" target="_blank"><b>Blockchain-enabledIndustrial Internet of Things: Advances,Applications and Challenges</b></a></u></font></p><p style="font-family:arial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,112,192);font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Bold";font-weight:bold"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">The </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">IEEE Internet of Things Magazine </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">is soliciting high-quality manuscripts that: a) describe in depth and/or breadth real-world blockchain-based multi-disciplinary </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">IIoT</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"> deployments that align with the above-elaborated special issue, b) present actual experiences in resolving contextual blockchain-related challenges and c) develop and share best practices, vision realizations and lessons learned in this integrated environment, and d) establish guiding principles for technical, operational and business successes. Articles should be general, independent of technical or business specialty, and intended to an audience consisting of all members of the IoT community. Further details are available at the following link:</span><a href="https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-internet-things-magazine/cfp/blockchain-enabled-industrial-internet" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri;text-align:center">https://www.comsoc.org/publications/magazines/ieee-internet-things-magazine/cfp/blockchain-enabled-industrial-internet</a></font></p></div><div style="font-family:arial"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial"><br></div><div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;width:auto"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#0b5394" size="4">IMPORTANT DATES:</font><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><br></span></h3><p class="gmail-m_1171212245714949098m_-9013249439981401374gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 2rem"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#3d85c6">Manuscript Submission Due:</font></span><font color="#000000"> 30 October 2019</font><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#3d85c6">Revision Notification Due:</font></span><font color="#000000"> 30 December 2019</font><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#3d85c6"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Acceptance Notification Due:</span> </font><font color="#000000">30 February 2019</font><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#3d85c6">Final Manuscript Due:</font></span><font color="#000000"> 15 April 2020</font><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#3d85c6">Guest Editorial/Columns Due:</font></span><font color="#000000"> 1 April 2020</font><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><font color="#3d85c6">Expected Publication of the Special Issue:</font></span><font color="#000000"> June 2020</font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font color="#0b5394" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>EDITORIAL TEAM MEMBERS:</b></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold">Maurice Khabbaz</span><span style="color:black">, Notre-Dame University of </span><span style="color:black">Louaize</span><span style="color:black">, Lebanon</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold">Octavia </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold">Dobre</span><span style="color:black">, Memorial University, Canada</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold">Joel Rodrigues</span><span style="color:black">, Instituto Nacional de </span><span style="color:black">Telecomunicaçoes</span><span style="color:black">, Brazil</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold">Sohail</span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold"> Jabbar</span><span style="color:black">, National Textile University, Pakistan</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold">Pin-Han Ho</span><span style="color:black">, </span><span style="color:black">Universoty</span><span style="color:black"> of Waterloo, Canada</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-weight:bold">Mohamed Abdallah</span><span style="color:black">, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar</span></font></p><p class="gmail-m_1171212245714949098m_-9013249439981401374gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:18.4px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 2rem;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p></div><div style="font-family:arial"></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>All the Best</b></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif">Sohail Jabbar, Ph.D.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>