<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-:1jw" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao"><div id="gmail-:1js" class="gmail-Am gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="邮件正文" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:416px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IEEE 23rd International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications(HPCC-2021);</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IEEE 7th International Conference on Data Science and Systems(DSS-2021);</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IEEE 19th International Conference on Smart City(SmartCity-2021); </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IEEE 7th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor Cloud and Big Systems and Applications(DependSys-2021);  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys-2021)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Haikou, China</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">December 17-19, 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.ieee-cybermatics.org/2021/hpcc" target="_blank">http://www.ieee-cybermatics.org/2021/hpcc</a> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-----------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">INTRODUCTION</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-----------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hope you are well and healthy. The IEEE HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys-2021 Conferences will be held at Haikou, China, December 17-19, 2021. We will be pretty happy to see all authors manage to attend HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys-2021. However,  given the COVID-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, as the safety of people is of the highest priority, we know that special circumstances are best handled by having flexible options, and thus we are offering the option of either physical presence or virtual participation. Please consider to contribute and submit your original research papers to <a name="m_-9015648699751744670_m_4209149697125758677_m_7735622259165690399_m_2640876142655535213_m_703600855808313997_m_-9039056460818106341_m_-149985382556714379_m_-8527761292296878440__Hlk76814299">HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys-2021</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers to HPCC/DSS/SmartCity/DependSys-2021. All accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore and will be indexed by Engineering Index (EI). The authors of selected best papers will be invited post conference to extend their contributions for special issues of prestigious journals to be planned in conjunction with the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">conference.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">----------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IMPORTANT DATES</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">----------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshop Proposal Due:     August 1, 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Paper Submission Deadline:  September 15, 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Authors Notification:        October 1, 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Camera-Ready Paper Due:    November 1, 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conference Date:           December 17 - 19, 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-------------------------------------  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style. Papers are to be submitted as PDF via the site: </span><a href="https://edas.info/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://edas.info/</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-----------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PROCEEDINGS & SPECIAL ISSUES</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-----------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All accepted papers in the main tracks, workshops, special sessions and</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">poster sessions will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings (EI indexed).<br><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Extended versions of selected excellent papers will be considered<br>for publication in several special issues of a number of excellent journals.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">List of </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Special Issues:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 21.15pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SI: Graph-based Machine Learning for Intelligent Transportation Systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 21.15pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SI: Data Science for Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 21.15pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SI: The Nexus Between Edge Computing and AI for 6G Networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 21.15pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IET Communications</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SI: Intelligent Metasurfaces for Smart Connectivity</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 21.15pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Security and Communication Networks</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SI: Protocols, Technologies, and Infrastructures for Secure Mobile Video Communications</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 21.15pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">6.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">MDPI Sensors</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:DengXian"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SI: Recent Advances in Algorithm and Distributed Computing for the Internet of Things</span></p></div></div></div>