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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>***************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 4th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Warsaw, Poland <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>March 23-26, 2021<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>***************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/EDI40-20/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Workshops: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/EDI40-20/#workshop<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Workshops Proposals Due: October 1, 2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Paper Submission Due: November 1, 2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Acceptance Notification: December 30, 2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Camera-Ready Submission: January 27, 2021<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EDI40 2021 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 4.594), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - International Journal on Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (IF: 3.992), by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice/)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking (IF: 3.030) (Pending), Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.524), by Computing and Informatics (http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EDI40 2021 will be held in Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.770 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 8th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city limits cover 516.9 square kilometres (199.6 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi). Warsaw is an alpha global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political and economic hub. Its historical Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EDI40 2021 will be held in conjunction with the 12th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-21/).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference Tracks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Benefits of Industry 4.0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Big Data and Analytics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Cognitive Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Computational Intelligence<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Fog Computing and Edge Computing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Internet of Everything (IoE)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - Standards for IoT Application Integration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - The New Business Models in Industry 4.0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> - General Track: Digitalization Startegies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Committees<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>General Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Danny Hughes, CTO VeraSense NV, Belgium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Local Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Nuno Varandas, F6S (Where Founders Grow Together), Portugal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Workshops Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Stephane Galland, UTBM, France Program <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Advisory Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Ladislav Hluchy, Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Peter Sloot, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Peter Thomas, Manifesto Research, Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>International Journals Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Michael Sheng, Macquarie University, Australia <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publicity Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Wim Ectors, Hasselt University, Belgium <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Siddardha Kaja, Acadia University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Faouzi Kammoun, Ecole Supérieure Privée d'Ingénierie et de Technologies, Tunis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Technical Program Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/EDI40-21/#programCommittees<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>International Liaison Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Nik Bessis, Edge Hill University, UK <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> David Taniar, Monash University, Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steering Committee Chair and Founder<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada</p></div></body></html>