<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,64)"><font size="6">Call for Workshop Proposals</font></span></b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:26pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><font size="4"><b><i><u><a href="https://www.iitr.ac.in/mass2020/work1.html" target="_blank"> https://www.iitr.ac.in/mass2020/work1.html </a></u></i></b></font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">The 17th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS 2020) is a premier annual forum for sharing original, novel ideas in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) and smart systems. It aims at bringing together researchers, developers, and practitioners to address recent advances in mobile ad-hoc and smart systems, covering algorithms, theory, protocols, systems & applications, experimental evaluations, and testbeds, security/privacy, as well as AI/ML-based smart design.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 17th edition of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS) will be held in Greater Noida Extension Center (GNEC), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Delhi NCR, India, during October 1-4, 2020. Since its very beginning in 2004, MASS also offers a range of associated workshops, which cover special topics and applications in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. During the last years, up to ten workshops have been held each year in conjunction with MASS, with some of the workshops already having seen their seventh edition. Each workshop will provide an arena for presentations and discussions about a special topic of relevance to MASS.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">IEEE MASS 2020 now invites the submission of workshop proposals.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:1pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/mass2019/Call-for-Papers/call-for-workshops?authuser=0#h.p_IsDyA0RZsznN" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:none"></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Workshop Proposal Submission Instructions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Proposals should be submitted in a maximum 3-page PDF file, containing the following information:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Workshop title</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Abstract (maximum 200 words)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">The topics of the workshop and how they relate to MASS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Workshop organizers, including contact information, short bio, affiliation, and previous experience with organizing scientific events</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Proposed Technical Program Committee (tentative)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Planned review procedures</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Planned format:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 27pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Expected duration of the workshop (half-day or full-day)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt 27pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Keynotes, panels, invited presentations, submitted presentations, etc.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Equipment and space requirements</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">A rough estimate of the number of participants</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Information on previous editions (hosting conference, date, number of paper submissions, and number of attendees), if any.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In every workshop room, a video projector will be available for presentations. Please indicate if you require further equipment, e.g. poster walls, a whiteboard or flip chart. Registration for workshops will be handled in connection with registration for the conference part of MASS. MASS 2020 reserves the right to cancel non-viable workshops.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">The tentative dates of the workshops are:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 27pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Paper Submission Deadline</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">: June 15, 2019</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt 27pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Notification of Acceptance</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">: July 15, 2020</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt 27pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(33,33,33)">§<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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Camera-ready version</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">: July 31, 2020 (Firm deadline)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Important Dates</span></p><p style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(33,33,33)">·<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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Workshop Proposal Submission: April 15, 2020</span></b></p><p style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(33,33,33)">·<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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">Notification: April 22, 2020</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">The workshop proposals should be sent to the MASS 2020 workshop chairs, Jiang (Linda) Xie, Brij Gupta, and Josep Jornet at: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:Linda.Xie@uncc.edu" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">Linda.Xie@uncc.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:bbgupta@nitkkr.ac.in" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">bbgupta@nitkkr.ac.in</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)">, </span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">and </span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="mailto:jmjornet@northeastern.edu" target="_blank">jmjornet@northeastern.edu</a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)"> with the email subject tag [<b>MASS 2020 Workshop Proposal</b>].</span></p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><b style="font-size:small"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><b style="font-size:small"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><b style="font-size:small"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><b style="font-size:small"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><b style="font-size:small"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><b style="font-size:small"><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal"><b style="font-size:small">Regards,</b><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p><blockquote style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="2">Vikas Chouhan</font></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10.5pt 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:top;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"></p></div>