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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Seventh International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2017), Da Nang, Vietnam, April 16-19, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/icist/">http://conference.cs.cityu.edu.hk/icist/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red'>IMPORTANT: The paper submission deadline has been extended by 10 days - to Friday November 25, 2016!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Seventh International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2017) will be held in Da Nang, Vietnam during April 16-19, 2017, following the successes of previous events. Located at the central Vietnam, Da Nang is a popular beach resort and the second largest seaport in Vietnam, with three UNESCO heritage sites (Huế, Hội An, and Mỹ Sơn) nearby. ICIST 2017 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of research and applications in related fields. The conference will feature plenary speeches given by world renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Authors are invited to submit full-length papers by the submission deadline through the online submission system. The submission of a paper implies that the paper is original and has not been submitted under review or is not copyright-protected elsewhere and will be presented by an author if accepted. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the field based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. The Proceedings has been contracted to be included in IEEE Xplore Digital Library and will be submitted for EI indexing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Important Dates <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Paper submission deadline (updated): November 25, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Camera-ready copy and author registration: January 15, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Conference: April 16-19, 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Contact: Dr. Nian Ashlee Zhang, Publications Chair of ICIST2017, <a href="mailto:nzhang@udc.edu">nzhang@udc.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>