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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear Colleague,</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Sincere
  apologies for the multiple postings.</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Please
  consider contributing to and/or forwarding to the appropriate groups the
  following opportunity to submit and publish an original research paper to the
  </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:red">7<sup>th</sup> <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering
  Applications (icSoftComp2025)</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">. </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">icSoftComp2025 is scheduled to be <b><span style="color:red">December 09-11,
  2025</span></b> in <b><span style="color:red">Hanoi, Vietnam</span></b>.</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">The
  accepted and presented papers will be published as proceedings with <b><span style="color:red">Springer</span></b><span style="color:red"> </span>in their prestigious <b><span style="color:red">Communications in Computer and Information
  Science (CCIS)</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span>series<span class="gmail-gmaildefault"> (</span>indexed by <b><span style="color:red">Scopus</span></b>, DBLP, Ei Compendex, Google Scholar, and
  Springerlink<span class="gmail-gmaildefault">).</span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">The regular paper submission is due
  on </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:red">August 31, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">. The conference will be held in a </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:red">hybrid
  mode</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">: onsite and online.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">--</span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">warm regards,</span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif"><br>
  KK Patel, Ph.D.,</span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">Charotar University of Science and Technology
  (CHARUSAT)</span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">(Accredited &#39;A+&#39; grade by NAAC, GoI)</span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">(Centre of Excellence by Govt. of Gujarat)</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Email:
  <a href="mailto:kanupatel.mca@charusat.ac.in">kanupatel.mca@charusat.ac.in</a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">Cell: +91-820 010 3724 (WhatsApp)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Arial Narrow&quot;,sans-serif"></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:&quot;Bernard MT Condensed&quot;,serif;color:red;letter-spacing:0.5pt">icSoftComp2025</span><u><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:&quot;Bernard MT Condensed&quot;,serif;color:red"></span></u></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(65,2,190);letter-spacing:0.5pt">7<sup>th</sup> <span style="text-transform:uppercase">International Conference on Soft Computing
  and its Engineering Applications</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(65,2,190)"></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:red;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Hanoi, Vietnam</span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:red;letter-spacing:0.5pt">December 09-11, 2025</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">Conference website:</span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(48,5,187);letter-spacing:1pt"><a href="https://icsoftcomp.org/">https://icsoftcomp.org/</a></span></b></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="color:rgb(48,5,187);letter-spacing:1pt"></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:1pt">Paper submission link: </span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(43,3,189);letter-spacing:1pt"><a href="https://meteor.springer.com/icSoftComp2025" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(43,3,189)">https://meteor.springer.com/icSoftComp2025</span></a></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Important Notes:</span></i></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">===========</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">- The <b>submission deadline</b> is <b><u>31/8/2025</u>
  (extended).<u></u></b></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">- icSoftComp2025
  follows a <b>double-blind peer review</b> system.</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">- Conference
  proceedings by <b>Springer CCIS Series</b>
  (<b>Scopus-indexed</b>)</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">- </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">The conference will be held in a <b>hybrid mode</b>: onsite and online</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">- </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Authors of selected papers
  will be invited to submit extended article versions for a post-conference
  special issue of<span style="color:black"> peer-reviewed Scopus-indexed
  journals.</span></span></p>
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  on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications (icSoftComp2025)</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> aims to provide
  an excellent international forum for the researchers, academicians, students,
  and professionals in the areas of computer science and engineering to present
  their research, knowledge, novel ideas, and innovations. It will
  exhibit an exciting technical program. It will also feature high-quality
  tutorials and workshops, industry panels and exhibitions, and keynotes from
  prominent research and industry leaders.</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">We are open for
  technical paper submissions, proposals for workshops/special sessions, and
  proposals for tutorials.</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">=====</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Venue:</span></i></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Dolce by Wyndham
  Hanoi Golden Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">========</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Speakers:</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></i></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">========</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
  <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">    
  </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Edgar Weippl, University of Vienna, Austria</span></p>
  <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">       
  </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Ahmad Bazzi, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE</span></p>
  <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">       
  </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University of London, London, UK</span></p>
  <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">       
  </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Massimiliano Cannata, SUPSI, Canobbio, Switzerland</span></p>
  <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">       
  </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Unnati Shah, Utica University, Utica, NY, USA</span></p>
  <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">       
  </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Donatella Firmani, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy</span></p>
  <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">       
  </span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Hong Nhung Nguyen, Gachon University, Seoul, South Korea</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">========</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Indexing</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">:</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">========</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Scopus, Google
  Scholar, DBLP, Ei Compendex, and Springerlink</span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">===================</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">Conference series
  link</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">:</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">===================</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.5pt"></span></b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"><a href="https://link.springer.com/conference/icsoftcomp">https://link.springer.com/conference/icsoftcomp</a></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&quot;HP Simplified Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.5pt">====================</span></p>
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