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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">**Apologies for multiple posting**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Call for papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<i><span style="color:black;background:#FCFCFC">Reconciling Data Analytics, Automation, Privacy, and Security: A Big Data Challenge</span></i><i><span style="color:black"> (</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">RDAAPS) 2021 conference<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://rdaaps.com/conferences/rdaaps21/"><i><span lang="EN-US">http://rdaaps.com/conferences/rdaaps21/</span></i></a></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
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<i>July 17 – 19, 2021, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CANADA<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">RDAAPS
</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB">is the first annual international conference on research in the broadly defined area of data analytics. It brings together researchers from academia, industry,
<span style="color:black">and the </span>public sector to present and discuss various aspects of data analytics, including privacy, security, and automation. This venue is meant to bring together stakeholders whose interests lie at the interface of these concerns,
providing a platform for integrating the needs of industry with state-of-the-art scientific advancements, and inspiring original research on solving enterprise data challenges. RDAAPS seeks papers presenting original research in the areas including, but not
limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Big Data Analytics for Decision Making<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">New models and algorithms for data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB">Scalable data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB">Optimization methods in data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB">Theoretical analysis of data systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB">Analytical reasoning systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB">Decision making under uncertainty<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB">Learning systems for data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB">Large-scale text, speech, image, or graph processing systems<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Accountable Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Privacy-aware data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB">Fairness in data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB">Interpretable and transparent data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-GB">Data analytics incorporating legal and ethical factors<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Strings in Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Patterns in Big Data<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB">Data compression<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB">Bioinformatics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB">Algorithms and data structures for string processing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB">Useful data structures for Big Data<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB">Data structures residing on secondary storage<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Security in Data Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Traceability of decision making<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span lang="EN-GB">Models for forecasting cyber-attacks and measuring impact<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span lang="EN-GB">Data usage in mounting security threats<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span lang="EN-GB">Data analytics for better situational awareness<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Domain knowledge modelling and generation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Novel ontology representations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-GB">Scalability of domain-based reasoning on big data<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5">
<span lang="EN-GB">Modelling and analyzing unstructured data sets<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Automation for data analytics, security, and privacy in manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Application of data analysis in manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-GB">Big data in Industry 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6">
<span lang="EN-GB">Privacy and security in manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Challenges of automation of data analytic processes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Case studies of the automation of data analytics processes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-GB">Architecture for data analytics and security<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7">
<span lang="EN-GB">Built-in privacy and security in data analytics automation<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b>Submission instructions:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Successful papers will address real research challenges through analysis, design, measurement, and deployment of data systems. The program committee will evaluate each paper
using metrics that are appropriate for the topic area. All submissions must describe original ideas, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Submissions must follow the
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html">formatting guidelines</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> of IEEE proceedings, and be submitted electronically as a PDF file through
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;background:#FCFCFC">EasyChair.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-GB"> Submissions not adhering to the specified format and length may be rejected immediately.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The submitted papers can include up to 8 pages in IEEE format, including references, appendices, and
<span style="color:black">figures. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b>Publication:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">All accepted papers will be published in the
<b>IEEE conference proceeding</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Important dates</b><span lang="EN-GB">:</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Deadline for full paper submission: December 21<sup>st</sup>, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8">
<b><span lang="EN-GB">Notification to authors: February 22<sup>nd</sup>, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo8">
<b><span lang="EN-GB">Deadline for camera ready version: March 15<sup>th</sup>, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">We look forward to receiving your submissions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">General Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">M. Jamal Deen, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ridha Khedri, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ridha Khedri, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wendy MacCaull, St. Francis Xavier University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mike Grainge, Adlib Software, Vice President Product Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Neerja Mhaskar, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ridha Khedri, McMaster University, Local Organizer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Neerja Mhaskar, McMaster University, Local Organizer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Andrew LeClair, McMaster University, Publicist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Alicia Marinache, McMaster University, Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Hassan Ashtiani, McMaster University, Publication Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wenbo He, McMaster University, Publication Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mike Grainge, Adlib Software, Industrial Liaison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Program Committee Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Arash Habibi Lashkari, University of New Brunswick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ridha Khedri, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Neerja Mhaskar, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Program Committee Members (Current confirmed list)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Ken Barker, University of Calgary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Solon Pissis, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Wing-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Andrew Malton, Blackberry Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Dan Feng, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Wendy MacCaull, St. Francis Xavier University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Kamel Adi, Université du Québec en Outaouais<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Jian Li, Futurewei Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Maxime Crochemore, King's College London and Université Paris-Est<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Jason Jaskolka, Carleton University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Claude Baron, LAAS-CNRS, INSA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Fazle Rabbi, University of Bergen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Yan Liu, Concordia University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">William F. Smyth, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Costas Illiopoulos, King's College London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Noman Mohammed, University of Manitoba<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Hideo Bannai, Kyushu University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Don Adjeroh, West Virginia University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Shunsuke Inenaga, Kyushu University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Nadia Pisanti, Universita di Pisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Fei Chiang, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Wenbo He, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Hassan Ashtiani, McMaster University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Jamal Deen, McMaster Univeristy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Mourad Debbabi, Concordia University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Giovanni Livraga, University of Milan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Michael Soltys, California State University Channel Islands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Haya Ghalayini, Sheridan College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Matt Broda, Amazon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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