<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">*************************************************************************************</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">IEEE International Conference on Artificial</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Intelligence of Things (AIoT)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">24–26 July 2024, Melbourne, Australia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://healthcom2024.ieee-healthcom.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://</span></a><a href="http://www.ieee-aiot.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.ieee-</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-decoration:none">aiot</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">*************************************************************************************</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Submission Link:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aiot2024">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=aiot2024</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Best Paper Award and Journal Special Issues</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Three accepted papers will be selected for best paper awards. Selected papers will be recommended to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF: 10.238) and Digital Communications and Networks (IF: 7.9)<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>for potential fast-track publications.<br><br></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Important Dates:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Paper Submission: <b>25 March 2024</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Notification of Acceptance: 10 June 2024</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Final Manuscript (Camera Ready): 3 July 2024</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">IEEE AIoT 2024 aims at bringing together interested parties (universities, research centers, industries and stakeholders) from around the world working in the fields of AI and Internet of Things to exchange opinions, discuss brand-new ideas, developing innovative and emerging solutions, and establishing new collaborations.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two of the most rapidly evolving and interdependent fields of technology. The convergence of these two fields is leading to the creation of an emerging interdisciplinary field, dubbed the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). The AIoT represents the integration of AI technologies into IoT systems and devices, enabling them to interact with their environment in more sophisticated and intelligent ways. By combining IoT with AI, the data collected by distributed nodes can be utilized by applying AI techniques such as machine learning and deep learning. As a result, machine learning capabilities are moved closer to the data source.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The IEEE AIoT Conference aims to explore the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into the Internet of Things (IoT) systems and devices, enabling them to interact with their environment in more sophisticated and intelligent ways. The conference will focus on the following areas:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 22pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(34,34,34)">l</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">AIoT Architectures, Frameworks, and Algorithms: Developing novel AIoT architectures, frameworks, and algorithms for deploying state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning algorithms on IoT and edge devices, realising the so-called Edge AI or Edge Intelligence;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 22pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(34,34,34)">l</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">AIoT Applications: Identifying and exploring new AIoT applications, including healthcare, smart homes, industrial automation, transportation, and digital agriculture;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 22pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(34,34,34)">l</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Standards and Interoperability: Developing standards and protocols for AIoT systems and ensuring interoperability between different platforms and devices; and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 22pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(34,34,34)">l</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ethics and Security: Addressing ethical and security concerns related to AIoT, such as privacy, transparency, and accountability.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Authors are cordially invited to submit their original papers within the eHealth area. The topics include but are not limited to:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">1.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">1. Edge AI and Distributed Intelligence</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">2.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Machine Learning for IoT Applications</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">3.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mobile </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">deployment of LLMs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">4.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Generative AI and LLMs for IoT applications</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">5.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">AI-empowered Robotics and Sensing for IoT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">6.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Smart Cities: AI and IoT Solutions</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">7.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Security and Privacy in AI-driven IoT Systems</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">8.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">5G and its Impact on AI and IoT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">9.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">     </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Blockchain Technology for Securing IoT Devices</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">10.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Human-Machine Interaction in IoT Environments</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">11.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">IoT Sensors and Actuators: Innovations and Advances</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">12.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">AI-driven Data Analytics and Decision-making</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">13.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Energy-Efficient AI Algorithms for IoT Devices</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">14.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">IoT in Healthcare: Applications and Challenges</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">15.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Industrial IoT (IIoT) and AI for Manufacturing</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">16.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Smart Agriculture: AI and IoT in Precision Farming</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">17.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ethical Considerations in AI-powered IoT Systems</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">18.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">IoT Standards and Interoperability</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">19.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in IoT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">20.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">AI-driven Automation in Supply Chain Management</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">21.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">IoT Analytics and Big Data Processing</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">22.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">AI in Edge Devices: Challenges and Solutions</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">23.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Wireless Sensor Networks in AI and IoT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">24.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">IoT for Environmental Monitoring and Sustainability</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">25.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">AI and IoT in Transportation and Logistics</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">26.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Cross-domain Integration of AI and IoT Technologies</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">27.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Privacy, Security, and Trustworthiness</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">28.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Standardization and Interoperability</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">29.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">  </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Demonstrations, Proof-of-Concepts, and Deployments</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 21.2pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 21.2pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Paper Format and Submission</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Perspective authors are invited to submit their papers using EDAS. A full paper should not have more than six (6) IEEE style pages including results, figures and references. One (1) extra page is allowed with an extra charge of $100. Papers will be reviewed with the standard reviewing procedure (with at least 3 independent anonymous reviews). All of the accepted papers will be published on IEEE Xplore®. Articles selected for publication in journals must meet the conditions against self-plagiarism.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The submitted manuscripts shall be prepared in LaTeX or Word using the official IEEE templates. Final submission of the manuscript will be in PDF format, and make sure that the file will print on a printer that uses letter size (8.5 x 11) paper. The official language of the meeting is English.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Organization Committee</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">General Chairs:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Wei Xiang, La Trobe University, Australia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">TPC Chairs:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dusit Niyato, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ruidong Li, Kanazawa University, Japan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Prasad Kodaypak, The XMG, USA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Keynote Chair:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Song Guo, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Tutorial Chair:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Flora Salim, University of New South Wales, Australia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">JaeSeung Song, Sejong University, South Korea</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Workshop Chairs:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Teng Joon Lim, University of Sydney, Australia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Jia Hu, University of Exter, U. K.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Industry Forum Chair:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Henry Leung, University of Calgary</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Poster Chairs:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Pietro Manzoni, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Xiang Sun, University of Mexico, USA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Publicity Chairs:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Zhengxin Yu, Lancaster University, U. K.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Publication Chairs:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Peng Cheng, La Trobe University, Australia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Registration Chair:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Wei Wang, San Diego State University</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Web Chair:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Haihan Nan, Kanazawa University, Japan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Financial Chair:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Kang Han, La Trobe University, Australia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Local Chair:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;background-position:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Phu Lai, La Trobe University, Australia</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:DengXian;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Yu Mincho",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p></div>