<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-:nc" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao"><div id="gmail-:ng" class="gmail-Am gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:1063px" aria-controls=":sc"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Science Technologies and Applications (IDSTA2023)</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br>in Conjunction with Kuwait Fintech and Blockchain Summit</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.25pt">OCTOBER 24-26, 2023. KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><a href="https://idsta-conference.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://idsta-conference.org/</span></a><a href="https://intelligenttech.org/IDSTA2023/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue"><br><br></span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Huge amount of Data is being generated and transmitted everyday. To be able to deal with this data, extract useful information from it, store it, transmit it, and represent it, intelligent technologies and applications are needed. The International Conference on Intelligent Data Science Technologies and Applications (IDSTA) is a peer reviewed conference that will advance the Data Science field by giving an opportunity for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest findings in the field. It will also invite key persons in the field to share their current knowledge and their future expectations for the field. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science for Applied Public Affairs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science for Business Analytics</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science for Finance</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Computer Science</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Sustainability</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Cybersecurity</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Environmental Science</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Biotechnologies</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Smart City</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science for Human Behaviour Understanding</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Semi-Structured and Unstructured Data</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Data Science and Pattern Recognition</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:norma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" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Submitted papers (.pdf format) must use the A4 IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. Please remember to add Keywords to your submission.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Submitted Full Papers should be 6 to 8 pages long. Up to two additional pages may be added for references. The reference pages must only contain references. Overlength papers will be rejected without review.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Submitted poster papers should be 3 to 4 pages long including all figures and references. </span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Papers submitted to IDSTA must be the original work of the authors. They may not be simultaneously under review elsewhere. Publications that have been peer-reviewed and have appeared at other conferences or workshops may not be submitted to IDSTA. Authors should be aware that IEEE has a strict policy with regard to plagiarism <a href="https://intelligenttech.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=468622ed686abd87f7a2d8862&id=4a5d5484f5&e=a8b33b8e3d" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/plagiarism-faq.html</span></a>. The authors' prior work must be cited appropriately.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br><b>Publication</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">All papers that are accepted, registered, and presented in IDSTA and the workshops co-located with it will be submitted to IEEEXplore for possible publication. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">WORKSHOPS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Many specialized workshops are conducted in conjunction with IDSTA. These workshop includes:</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(88,89,91)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings: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;color:rgb(88,89,91)"><a href="https://idsta-conference.org/Workshops/DMIPA2023/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(50,48,69)">The International Workshop on Digital Medical Image Processing and Applications (DMIPA2023)</span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(88,89,91)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings: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;color:rgb(88,89,91)"><a href="https://idsta-conference.org/Workshops/IoMT-CAS2023/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(50,48,69)">The Internet of Multimedia Things, Communications, Applications, and Security (IoMT-CAS2023)</span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(88,89,91)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings: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;color:rgb(88,89,91)"><a href="https://idsta-conference.org/Workshops/MDNS2023/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(50,48,69)">The International Workshop on Multimedia Data and Networks Security (MDNS2023)</span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(88,89,91)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings: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;color:rgb(88,89,91)"><a href="https://idsta-conference.org/Workshops/DTL2023/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(50,48,69)">The Third International Workshop on Deep and Transfer Learning (DTL2023)</span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(88,89,91)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings: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;color:rgb(88,89,91)"><a href="https://idsta-conference.org/Workshops/COMPandemics2023/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(50,48,69)">The International Workshop on Computing for Pandemics (COMPandemics2023)</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Note that Workshops paper submission deadlines are different from the main conference deadline. Check the workshop websites linked above for more details. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">For any inquiries, contact</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(68,68,68)">   <a href="mailto:info@idsta-conference.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">info@idsta-conference.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">IDSTA organizing committee.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=idsta2023" title="Submit your paper" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:black;letter-spacing:-0.4pt;background:rgb(207,226,243)">Submit your paper</span></b></a></span></p></div></div></div>