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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The 29th International
Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) will be held in </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Honolulu, Hawaii, USA<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> August 3-6, 2020. </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">ICCCN
workshops are exciting forums to present, discuss, and formulate specialized
topics and emerging hot research topics (new areas, new problems or new
methods). The topic of the proposed workshop should offer a perspective
distinct from and complementary to the research themes of the main conference.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> Workshops for presenting
papers from industry and papers on design and implementations of systems and
services are welcome. As the ICCCN is a premier international conference in the
field, a workshop at the conference will generate high visibility. Accepted and
registered (and presented by one of authors) workshop papers will be published
and included in the conference proceedings. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">We invite you to submit workshop proposals on any topic related
to the broad set of research and application areas covered by the ICCCN
conference. We welcome workshops on topics in network research, practice, and
education. The workshop format itself should favor interaction among
participants and community building. We welcome returning workshops. Potential
topics include, but are not limited to:<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> </span><span></span></span></p>

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  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">5G Wireless Systems<span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Networking Architectures<span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
  (UAV) Communications and Networks<span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Internet of Things</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Big Data Networking<span></span></span></b></p>
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  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Cyber Physical Systems<span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Blockchain </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Mobile Cloud Computing and Services</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
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  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Optical wireless
  networks and visible light communication<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Critical Infrastructure
  Networks (e.g., Smart Grid and Vehicular Networks)<span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Security and Privacy in
  communications, networks, and testbeds</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Social Networking and
  Novel Applications<span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Software-Defined Radio and Software-Defined Networking</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Green communications and
  energy-harvesting networks</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Next Generation Broadband
  Wireless Access Networks</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
  </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Virtualized Infrastructure Systems and
  Architectures</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Submission Guidelines and Publication:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">In general, a
workshop takes one day with 12-16 accepted and registered papers and
presentations. <span> </span>Please send a workshop
proposal by October 18^th, 2019, to</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<b><span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Workshop General Chair</span>s Prof. Kewei Sha<<a href="mailto:sha@uhcl.edu" target="_blank">sha@uhcl.edu</a>>
and Prof. Abdallah Khreishah<<a href="mailto:abdallah@njit.edu" target="_blank">abdallah@njit.edu</a> >.</b> <span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Please note that the proposals
will be reviewed once received and we will try to make the decision and send
the notification back as soon as possible. Early-bird proposals are highly
encouraged and will be given higher priority! For each approved workshop, at
least one</span> <span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">organizer
must commit to attending and running the workshop on site. Please do not
hesitate to send emails to the Chairs if you have any questions.</span><b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span></span></span></b></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The workshop proposal
should include the following information: (1) workshop title; (2) the names of
the organizers (up to two program chairs), their brief bios and contact
information; (3) a description of why and how the workshop will be organized
(half to one page) e.g., relevance and significance of the workshop to the main
conference; (4) a history of the workshop, if not being offered for the first
time; (5) estimated paper submission volume and paper acceptance rate; (6)
expected attendance; (7) length – Full day or half day; (8) indication if a journal
special issue is associated with; (9) how you will advertise to increase paper
submissions; (9) any other relevant information. <span></span></span></p>

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advertise and distribute its Call-For-Paper after receiving the approval
notification. Papers submitted to each workshop should be original and peer reviewed
by its program committee (3 reviews per submitted paper is required). An
accepted paper must be registered and presented by an author at the workshop
venue and must be limited to 6 pages in standard double-column, 10pt font
format. Two additional pages are allowed with the payment of an over-length fee
of $100/page. More updates will be posted on the ICCCN 2020 website and please
refer to the <i><u>Author Information</u></i>
at the website. Please contact the Workshop Chairs with any questions.<span></span></span></p>





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