<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,255)">[Please accept our
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The 20th International Conference on Computer and
Information Technology (CIT-2021) </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/cit2021/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/cit2021/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">London, UK, 20-22 December 2020</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">INTRODUCTION<br>
=============</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.7pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">CIT-2021 is the
20th edition of the highly successful International Conference on Computer and
Information Technology. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for
scientists, engineers and researchers to discuss and exchange novel ideas,
results, experiences and work-in-process on all aspects of computer and
information technology. CIT has become a major platform for researchers and
industry practitioners from different fields of computer and information
technology. Each year, CIT attendees appreciate and benefit from multidisciplinary
exchanges in computer and information technology. In previous years, CIT has
attracted many high quality research papers spanning over the various aspects
of information technology, computing science and computer engineering. These
papers highlight foundational work that strives to push beyond limits of
existing computer technologies, including experimental efforts, innovative
systems, and investigations that identify weaknesses in existing IT services.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.7pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">CIT-2021 is
planned to be hosted in London, UK. However, if the COVID-19 situation and
associated travel restrictions remain, the conference will be held virtually.
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 conference.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SCOPE AND TOP</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CS</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">================</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Track 1:
Computer Science</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Track 2:
Information Technology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Track 3:
Networking and Communications</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Track 4:
Information Security</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.7pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IMPORTANT DATES<br>
================</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Paper Submission Deadline: 8 October 2021</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Authors Notification: 8 November 2021</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Camera-Ready Paper Due: 1 December 2021</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Early Registration Due: 1 December 2021</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conference Date: 20-22 December 2021</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE<br>
==========================</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.7pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All
papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission
website ( </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/cit2021-submission/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/cit2021-submission/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> ) with PDF format. 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 (two columns,
single-spaced, 10 fonts).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.7pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Once
accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings
published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the
authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the
conference.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">JOURNAL
SPECIAL ISSUES</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:22.7pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Distinguished
papers selected from the conferences, after further extensions, will be
recommended for submission and publication in the Special Issues of the
following prestigious journals:</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- IEEE Internet of Things</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.comsoc.org/publications/journals/ieee-tnse" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">IEEE Transactions on Network Science
and Engineering</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Computer Communications (Elsevier)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Soft Computing (Springer)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
(Hindawi)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p></div>