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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>*** First Call for Journal First Papers ***</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>29 September - 2 October 2026,
</b></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>Limassol, Cyprus</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b><a href="https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026">https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026</a></b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration,
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">VARIABILITY 2026 invites Journal-First presentations of papers recently published in
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">leading software engineering journals, including TSE, TOSEM, IST, EMSE, JSS, ASEJ, SoSyM,
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">and reputable open-access journals. This initiative provides authors with the opportunity</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">to engage directly with the VARIABILITY community, while offering attendees a richer and
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">more diverse program. The Journal-First papers remain published in their respective
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">journals, and a one-page summary will be included in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">with a pointer to the original publication.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>Scope</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">To qualify for a Journal-First presentation at VARIABILITY 2026, a paper must meet these</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">criteria:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">It was published on the publisher\u2019s website between May 2024 and March 2026.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">It fits within the scope of VARIABILITY 2026, as described in the research track call</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">(</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#Call-for-Papers">https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#Call-for-Papers</a></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">),</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">and can bring new insights or directions to the community.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">It presents new research results or significant extensions of prior work that have not
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">been presented at SPLC, VaMoS, or ICSR before.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">It has not been presented at, and is not under review for, Journal-First Tracks of other</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">related conferences.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>How to Submit</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Authors of papers that meet the above criteria are invited to submit a short proposal for
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">presentation. The proposal should be one page and include the following:</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Paper title, authors, extended abstract, and a link or DOI to the original journal paper.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">If the journal paper builds on or is related to previously published work (such as a poster
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">or tool demo), the proposal must clearly explain why it should be considered a Journal-</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">First paper.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">All proposals must be submitted as a PDF via EasyChair:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026</a></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">
(Journal-First Track).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Please upload both the proposal PDF and a ZIP file containing the original journal paper.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 Companion Proceedings</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">published by Springer in the LNCS series. A Journal-First proposal must be at most one
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">page long and it must follow the Springer guidelines:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines">https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</a></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">
.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">By submitting your paper for inclusion in these proceedings, you acknowledge that you</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">and your co-authors must comply with Springer\u2019s publications policies</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">(</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/editorial-policies">https://www.springer.com/gp/editorial-policies</a></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">)
including requirements related to </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">research integrity, copyright, and ethical standards. Any alleged violations of these</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">policies may be investigated by Springer and could result in corrective actions, including
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">withdrawal of the paper.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>Evaluation and Selection</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Proposals will be selected based on the quality of the publication and the journal, after
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">confirming that the paper fits the scope of the conference. Since the papers have already
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">been peer-reviewed and accepted by their journals, they will not undergo another</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">technical review. The goal is to include as many papers as possible in the Journal-First
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Track. However, if an unusually high number of papers are received, some might not be
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">accepted. If needed, priority will be given to papers that best align with the conference
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">topics of interests and the structure of the sessions.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>Conference Attendance</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">For each paper accepted into the Journal-First Track, at least one author must register for
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">the conference and attend to give the oral presentation.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>Important Dates (AoE)</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Submission of Papers: 2 April 2026</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Notification of Acceptance: 1 June 2026</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Author Registration: 15 July 2026</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>Organisation</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>General Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Research Track Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Industry Track Chairs</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Journal First Track Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Xhevahire
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">Tërnava</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">,
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Demos and Tools Track Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Projects Showcase Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Hall of Fame Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Tutorials Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Proceedings Chair</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Publicity Chairs</u></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Local Organiser and Finance Chair</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">\u2022
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus</span></div>
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