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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>It is a pleasure to invite you to the 23<sup>rd</sup> International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE ITSC 2020). The conference is the annual flagship event organized by the Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) and will take place in the island of Rhodes, Greece on 20-23 September 2020. You can find more information and details at the conference website </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.ieee-itsc2020.org"><span lang=EN-GB>https://www.ieee-itsc2020.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><br>IEEE ITSC 2020 welcomes papers and presentations in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), dealing with new developments in theory, analysis, simulation and modelling, experimentation, demonstration, case studies, field operational tests, and deployments. IEEE ITSC 2020 particularly invites and encourages prospective authors to share their work, findings, perspectives and developments as related to implementation and deployment of advanced ITS applications. Both ITS researchers and ITS industry practitioners are encouraged to present their work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:2.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>The IEEE ITSC 2020 topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=381 valign=top style='width:285.9pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Intelligent vehicles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Autonomous and cooperative systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Information and Communication Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Field trials, tests, and deployment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Sensor technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Traffic control and management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Security, privacy and safety systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Smart mobility<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=381 valign=top style='width:285.9pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Products and services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Modelling, control and simulation algorithms and techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Air, road, rail, waterways transportation networks and systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Logistics and supply chain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Big data and naturalistic datasets<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Deep learning and Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.7pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Human factors and behavioural modelling<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>The deadline to submit your Special Session and Regular Papers is 02 March 2020. The deadline to submit your Workshop Papers is 12 March 2020. You can find more information concerning the important dates and the paper submission process at the IEEE ITSC 2020 website </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.ieee-itsc2020.org"><span lang=EN-GB>https://www.ieee-itsc2020.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>We look forward to meeting you soon in Rhodes!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=308 valign=top style='width:231.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>Dr. Evangelos Mitsakis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>General Chair - IEEE ITSC 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>[e] </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:emit@certh.gr"><span lang=EN-GB>emit@certh.gr</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=308 valign=top style='width:231.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>Dr. Meng Lu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>Program Chair - IEEE ITSC 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-GB>[e] </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:wklm@xs4all.nl"><span lang=DE-AT>wklm@xs4all.nl</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>