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This IoA subsumes the Internet of Everything (IoE), the Industrial Internet (II), the Internet of Things (IoT), cyber-physical systems (CPS), and cyber-biological systems (CBS).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Cyber, physical, and biological worlds are becoming increasingly interlinked through CPS and CBS, creating the current IoT. IoE links things, data, people, and processes; II introduces intelligent industrial data. IoA, however, suggests contextually and semantically integrated information. IoA envisions a common software "ecosystem" capable of accommodating any and all sensor inputs, system states, operating conditions, and data contexts — an overarching "Internet Operating System."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>This issue of </span><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IT Professional</span></i><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> aims to provide a snapshot of the opportunities and ongoing advances in the IoA. We seek submissions on all aspects of the IoA, including, but not limited to, the following: <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Smart utility grids<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Smart mass transportation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Smart buildings, factories & homes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Smart medical technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Next-generation air traffic control <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Robots and drones<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Advanced retail and commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Advanced vehicles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IoA and cloud computing<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=300 valign=top style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IoA and mobile computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span 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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IoA impact of policies, standards, and regulations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Impact of IoA on IT industry and IT professionals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:37.5pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>IoA 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style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Feature articles should be no longer than 4,200 words and have no more than 20 references (with tables and figures counting as 300 words each). Illustrations are welcome. 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