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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>please publicize this call widely. We look forward to receive excellent proposals for <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>the first edition of ICAS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>I. Pitas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Chair of the IEEE SPS Autonomous Systems Initiative (ASI)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>IEEE Signal Processing Society</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:webadmin@signalprocessingsociety.org">webadmin@signalprocessingsociety.org</a>><br>Date: Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:39 AM<br>Subject: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#8FB6CC;border-collapse:collapse' id="m_-1080043365537835763bodyTable"><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt' 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style='max-width:225.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#656565'><a href="https://mailchi.mp/7aebf3cb83cb/icip-industry-demos-deadlinextended-36081?e=341f8ba585" target="_blank"><span style='color:#656565'>View this email in your browser</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:3.75pt 0in 0in 0in;background:cover;background-size:cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id="m_-1080043365537835763templateHeader"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;min-width:100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://signalprocessingsociety.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25f275b5af555643e88abfbcb&id=6cefca96ae&e=341f8ba585" target="_blank" title="IEEE ASI"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=564 style='width:5.875in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25f275b5af555643e88abfbcb/images/5d9ca84d-3fc2-42f9-b6ea-1191dba9fe5c.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;background-size:cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id="m_-1080043365537835763templateBody"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;min-width:100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;min-width:100%'><h1 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:19.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#003555'>CALL FOR PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h3 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#003555'>International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS)<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h4 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#008ADA'>Deadline: 17 September 2019<o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020'>The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) is now accepting proposals for the first edition of the IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS).<br><br>The IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS) should be a premier international forum for the technological advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied Autonomous Systems (AS). Since autonomous systems are a multidisciplinary field, research and applied frontiers in areas ranging from theory/methodology to applications should be advanced by results first reported at ICAS sessions and events. ICAS can cover the following AS theory/methodology topics:<br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>AS Theory/Methodology Topics:</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Perception<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Sensor information processing<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Mission planning and control<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Machine learning for perception and control<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Robust/secure mobile communications<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Embedded systems<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Security<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'>Societal issues, e.g., data protection, privacy<o:p></o:p></li></ul></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Application Areas:</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>Autonomous cars<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>Autonomous robotic systems<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>Marine, underwater vessels<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'>Drones and unmanned aircraft<o:p></o:p></li></ul></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020'><br>It is expected that this novel conference will be a highly recognized event using an innovative event model, notably in terms of speaking formats and attendee interaction and usage of emerging multimedia communication tools. The conference should include interactive presentation sessions, potentially both local and remote attendance offerings, and technology demos, new product exhibits and hands-on workshops. ICAS will ideally occur in middle to late 2020 and the timing should not conflict with other SPS conferences and workshops.<br><br>Current IEEE SPS Members and non-members are invited to submit a proposal to host and organize the first edition of ICAS.<br><br>To submit a bid, please submit a pdf document to <a href="mailto:sps-conf-proposals@ieee.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#086D8F'>sps-conf-proposals@ieee.org</span></a> structured as listed below by <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>17<sup>th</sup> September 2019</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:#0D475E;border-collapse:separate!important;border-radius:4px'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:sps-conf-proposals@ieee.org?subject=ICAS%20Proposal" target="_blank" title="Submit a Proposal via Email"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Submit a Proposal</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;word-break:break-word'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 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