<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px">[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email. If you'd like to opt out of these</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">announcements, information on how to unsubscribe is available at the</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">bottom of this email.]</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">The 16th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture and</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Storage (NAS 2022, sponsored by the IEEE)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Philadelphia, PA, October 3-4, 2022</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap"><a rel="noreferrer" href="http://www.nas-conference.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,172,255);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">http://www.nas-conference.org</a></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">#############################################################################</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">The International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px">provides a high-quality international forum to bring together researchers</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss cutting-edge</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">research on networking, high-performance computer architecture, and</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">parallel and distributed data storage technologies. NAS 2022 will expose</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px">participants to the most recent developments in the interdisciplinary areas.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">We invite submissions on a wide range of research topics, including, but</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">not limited to:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Accelerator-based architectures</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Mobile and wireless networks</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Ad hoc and sensor networks</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Network applications and services</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Application-specific reconfigurable (FPGA) or embedded architectures</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Network architecture and protocols</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Network information theory</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Network modeling and measurement</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Architecture for handheld or mobile devices</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Network security</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Architecture, networking or storage modeling and simulation</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Non-volatile memory technologies</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Parallel and multi-core methodologies architectures</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Big Data infrastructure</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-ParallelI/O</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Big Data services and analytics</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Power and energy efficient architectures and techniques</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Cloud computing and storage</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Augmented/Virtual Reality arch</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Processor, cache, memory system architectures</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Data-center scale architectures</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Effects of circuits and emerging technology on architecture</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Software defined networking</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Software defined storage</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Hardware security</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-SSD architecture and applications</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-File systems, object-based storage</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Storage management</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Storage performance and scalability</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-GPU architecture and programming</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Storage virtualization and security</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">-Quantum computing</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">#############################################################################</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Each submission can be either a regular paper (up to 8 pages) or a short</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">paper (up to 4 pages), including all text, figures, tables, footnotes,</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">appendices, references, etc. Authors are invited to submit previously</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">unpublished work for possible presentation at the conference. The</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">program committee will nominate best papers for recognition in the</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px">three conference topic areas. All papers will be evaluated based on their</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">novelty, fundamental insight, experimental evaluation, and potential for</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">long-term impact; new-idea papers are encouraged. All accepted papers</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px">will be published in IEEE digital library. Selected and extended papers will</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">be recommended for journal publications.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Important Dates:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2022</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Author Notification: July 1, 2022</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Camera-ready Paper: July 22, 2022</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Submission Site:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap"><a rel="noreferrer" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nas2022" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,172,255);box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nas2022</a></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">#############################################################################</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Organizing Committee</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">General Chair:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Jie Wu, Temple University</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Program Co-Chairs:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Jun Wang, Univ. of Central Florida</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Ali Butt, Virginia Tech.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Yan Luo, Unvi. of Mass Lowell</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Networking Track Chairs:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Fan Ye, Stony Brook</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Kartik Gopalan, Binghamton</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Architecture Track Chairs:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Xin Fu, Houston</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Nilanjan Goswami, Meta (FaceBook)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Storage Track Chairs:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Ming Zhang, Arizona State Univ.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Janki Bhimani, Florida Intl. Univ.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Local Arrangement Chair:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Yan Wang, Temple University</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Finance and Registration Co-Chair:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">John Zhiyong Xu, Suffolk University</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Anduo Wang, Temple University</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Publication Co-Chairs:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Weijun Xiao, VCU</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Web Chair:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Jianhui Yue, Michigan Tech. Univ.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Publicity Co-Chairs:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Rajorshi Biswas, Penn State Berks</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Chentao Wu, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Steering Committee:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Xubin He, Chair, Temple Univ.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Laxmi N Bhuyan, UCR</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Chita Das, Penn State</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Hong Jiang, UT Arlington</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Changsheng Xie, HUST, China</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">Qing Yang, Univ. of Rhode Island</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44,54,58);font-family:monospace;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">#############################################################################</span><br></div>