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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/vsdcps/" target="_blank"><span style=""><font size="3">The IEEE International Workshop on
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/vsdcps/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA" style=""><font size="3">Virtualization and Software-Defined Cyber-Physical Systems
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/vsdcps/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA" style=""><font size="3">(IEEE VSD-CPS 2018)
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<a href="http://netsoft2018.ieee-netsoft.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style=""><font size="3"> IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization </font></span></b></a></p>
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<a href="http://netsoft2018.ieee-netsoft.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style=""><font size="3">(NETSOFT2018)</font></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13pt">
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Communications for Connecting Humanity</span></i><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></i></p>
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<span lang="EN-CA">25-29 June 2018, Montreal, Canada</span><span lang="EN-CA"> </span>
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<a href="http://netsoft2018.ieee-netsoft.org/" target="_blank"><span style="">http://netsoft2018.ieee-netsoft.org/</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt; background:#F7CAAC"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#833C0B">Scope and Topics</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify; border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA">This workshop solicits unpublished research work related to the latest challenges, technologies, solutions, techniques and fundamentals pertaining to communication,
computing, networking, control. </span>Topics of the workshop include but are not limited to: </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Virtualization of power Grid</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Real-time Sensing, Reasoning and Adaptation for Cyber-Physical Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Cloud-integrated Cyber-Physical Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Evolutionary computing for CPS.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Software Defined Security and Privacy in CPS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Computation Models for CPS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Virtualization of SCADA.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Design and Performance Optimization in Cyber-Physical Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Adaptive Control in Cyber-Physical Systems.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Virtualization of industrial applications.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Software Defined Distributed computing for CPS.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Communication and Networking for Cyber-Physical Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Software Defined e-Health.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Software Defined Smart architectures.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Simulation methodologies for CPS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Middleware Challenges in CPS.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA"> Intelligent and collaborative methods for CPS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:120%; border:none; padding:0in"><span lang="EN-CA">Submitted papers must be neither previously published nor under review by another workshop, conference or journal. Only electronic submissions in PDF will be accepted.
Submitted regular papers must be written in English, must be no longer than 6 pages in 10-point font, must render without error using standard PDF viewing tools, must print on US-Letter-sized paper, and must include the author names and affiliations in the
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