<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></p><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I am pleased to announce the resuming of the International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering Series. </font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">Attached please find the CFP  for the 50</span><sup style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal">th</sup><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal"> International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (CIE 50)</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, to be held at American University of Sharjah: Dubai, UAE during October 30- November 2 2023. Please check the conference website,</span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://info.aus.edu/cie50"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(3,73,144)">https://info.aus.edu/cie50</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">,</span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">which also displays information for submission and registration.</span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> </font></span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Please note the deadline for Submission of special sessions proposal is March 30, 2023, and for</font></span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">papers/abstracts are May 30 2023. The proceedings of the conference are indexed as ISSN 2164-8670 for CD-ROM and ISSN 2164-8689 for Online</font></span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> </font></span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Extended versions of some selected papers will be published in a special issue of Computers and Industrial Engineering following the rigorous review process of the journal. Publication in other SCI-indexed international journals is also arranged.</font></span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"></font><br></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">This should be a special conference as this is the golden anniversary of the CIE conference series and we hope to see you there.</font></span><br></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"></span><p style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></p>Best regards,<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yasser 
Dessouky<br>Professor & Chair<br>Industrial & Systems Engineering<br>San 
Jose State University</div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Editor-in-Chief Computers and Industrial Engineering.<br>One Washington Square<br>San Jose, CA 
95192-0085<br>Voice:408-924-4133<br>Fax:408-924-4040<br>email:yasser.dessouky@<a href="http://sjsu.edu" target="_blank">sjsu.edu</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>