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IEEE 14th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT’20)
November  17 – 18, 2020
(Virtual Conference)

https://conferences.uaeu.ac.ae/iit20/en/index.shtml

IIT’20 will be held as a fully online conference on the same dates 17-18 November and will follow the same publication procedures as before. Authors of accepted papers and posters will have the opportunity to present their work online.
 

Paper submission deadline is August 15, 2020 at 11:59PM (UTC-12)


Call for Papers  
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The International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT’20), https://conferences.uaeu.ac.ae/iit20/en/index.shtml , is a premier forum to present and discuss technology advances and research in the field of Information Technology. IIT’20 is the 14th in a series that started back in 2004. IIT’20 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE. The last 11 cycles of the conference were also technically co-sponsored by IEEE, and the proceedings are indexed in IEEE Xplore. IIT’20 aims to bring together leading educators, innovators and entrepreneurs in IT from around the world.  The latest advances in computer science, security and privacy, data science, AI and the internet of things will be explored in the specialized tracks of the IIT’20 conference. Proposals for special sessions are also invited to complement the conference tracks, offering an opportunity for extended form of presentation or interaction than the regular conference program presentations. 

We look forward to your involvement and participation in this year's event. 

Sponsor and Location
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·  IIT'20 is sponsored by the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), College of IT (CIT), technically co-sponsored by the IEEE and its sessions will take place online.
      
Conference Tracks
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· Track 1: Internet of Things 
­	IoT Architectures, and Protocols 
­	IoT Services, Applications, and Systems
­	IoT Addressing and Identification Techniques
­	5G Networks, Network Slicing, and Service Orchestration
­	PC-5, M2M Communication and IoT 
­	Localization, precision, and mobility
­	Network Virtualization, Software Defined Networks, and Autonomous Network Management 
­	Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles (UAV) Platforms, Swarms and Networking.
­	Autonomous vehicle networking
­	Inter-play of IoT Platforms 

· Track 2: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
­	Big data Models and Algorithms
­	Big data Infrastructures
­	Deep Learning Algorithms
­	AI Applications and Systems
­	Multidisciplinary AI
­	Autonomic computing 
­	AI and machine learning for Big Data 
­	Big Data Processing on the Cloud
­	Predictive Analytics
­	Cognitive Computing
­	Data Quality and Privacy
­	Data Integration and fusion
­	Data Summarisation and Visualisation
­	Web search and Information Retrieval

· Track 3: Information Security and Privacy
­	Applications Security 
­	Network & Distributed Systems Security
­	Security and privacy for Big Data & the Cloud 
­	Cryptography and Blockchain
­	Digital Forensics
­	Trust Management
­	Information Security Management & Risk Assessment
­	Cyber-Physical Systems Security
­	Internet of Things (IoT) security
­	Hardware Security

 
Paper Submission
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IIT’20 solicits original manuscripts to the tracks listed above, including but not limited to the above mentioned topics. Submitted papers should not have been previously published and should not be currently under review at any other conference or journal.  Each submitted manuscript (6 pages maximum including figures and references) will be peer reviewed, and acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality. Submission will be through the EDAS conference management system https://edas.info/N26772
Submission guidelines are available on the conference website https://conferences.uaeu.ac.ae/iit20/en/index.shtml. 
Templates for preparing the manuscript are available here https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html


Important Dates
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-Paper submission for all tracks: August 15, 2020 
-Notification of Paper Acceptance: October 1, 2020
-Final camera-ready paper: October 15, 2020
-Conference Days: November 17 – 18, 2020

Pls consult the conference website for further details and updates.

General Chair
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Dr. Taieb Znati, UAE University, UAE
 
Technical Program Co-Chairs
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Dr. Parag Kulkarni, UAE University, UAE 
Dr. Hesham ElSayed, UAE University, UAE
Dr. Mahesh Sooriyabandara, Toshiba of Europe Ltd., UK
 
Track Co-Chairs
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-Internet of Things:
Dr. Manzoor Khan, UAE University
Dr. Hamidou Tembine, NYUAD, UAE and UCLA, USA  

-AI and Data Science
Dr. Mohamed Sharaf, UAE University
Dr. Zeyar Aung, Khalifa University

Security and Privacy
Dr. Saed Al Rabee, UAE University
Dr. Suryadipta Majumdar, SUNY Albany, USA


Other Committees
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–Tutorials:
Dr. Abdelkader Belkacem, UAE University
 
–Student Posters:
Dr. Sofia Ouhbi, UAE University

-Publication:
Dr. Hadeel Elkassabi, UAE University

-Web:
Dr. Mamoun Awad, UAE University

-Registration
Dr. Azam Beg, UAE University

-Publicity
Dr. Marton Gergely, UAE University
Dr. Jose Berengueres, UAE University

-Local Arrangements:
Dr. Saad Harous

-Opening and closing ceremony
Dr. Abderrahmane Lakas, UAE University

Steering Committee
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Dr. Taieb Znati (Chair), UAE University 
Prof. Khaled Shuaib, UAE University
Prof. Adel Serhani, UAE University
Dr. Hesham El-Sayed, UAE University
Dr. Parag Kulkarni, UAE University
Prof. Najah Abed AbuAli, UAE University
Prof. Raed Shubair, Khalifa University