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Dear Colleagues,

Per request of the JQT Editor (Dr. Fugee Tsung), I am posting the updated Call for Papers for the three special issues:　

Special Issue on “Statistical Process Control for Big Data Streams” This special issue will publish original high-quality papers that deal with all aspects of the statistical process control for big data streams, including but not limited to the following: Online surveillance of high-dimensional and high-frequency big data streams; Offline change detection and abnormality identification in very large data sets; Scalable SPC methods using machine learning techniques; Statistical procedures and fusion algorithms for monitoring heterogeneous, structured or unstructured big data (including images, text documents, network and relational data, etc); SPC methods based on large-scale simultaneous hypothesis testing; Statistical techniques for monitoring and improving the quality of big data.　

Editorial Team : Giovanna Capizzi (Co-Guest Editor), Padua University, email: giovanna.capizzi@unipd.it. Changliang Zou (Co-Guest Editor), Nankai University, email: nk.chlzou@gmail.com. Fugee Tsung (Editor-in-Chief), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, email: season@ust.hk.　

Important Dates: December 31, 2016 - Paper submission deadline. July 31, 2017 -Final decision on paper acceptance. Late 2017 or early 2018 - Publication of the special issue　

Special Issue on “Reliability and Maintenance Modeling with Big Data” This special issue aims to publish original high-quality papers focusing on exciting and novel applications of big data in reliability. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Warranty return predictions; Field failure predictions; Smart maintenance; Reliability monitoring; Inference for reliability models with big data.　

Editorial Team: Yili Hong (Co-Guest Editor), Virginia Tech, email: yilihong@vt.edu. Haitao Liao (Co-Guest Editor), University of Arkansas, email: liao@uark.edu. Emmanuel Yashchin (Co-Guest Editor), IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, email: yashchi@us.ibm.com. Fugee Tsung (Editor-in-Chief), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, email: season@ust.hk.　

Important Dates: December 31, 2016 -Paper submission deadline. July 31, 2017 - Final decision on paper acceptance. Late 2017 or early 2018 - Publication of the special issue　

Special Issue on “Quality Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing” Topics include: Smart sensing scheme for efficient data collection; Non-contact data modelling, monitoring and control; Pervasive monitoring and control; Data analytics for information capture, representation, extraction, and utilization; High fidelity real-time and predictive modelling and simulation of advanced manufacturing processes (e.g., computer experiments design, modeling, calibration and optimization); Robust mathematical models to simulate advanced manufacturing processes and enable complex control algorithms; Design of experiments and statistical quality monitoring for low volume and large product varieties; Uncertainty quantification of manufacturing processes using computer experiments; Designing efficient experiments to augment information from high-resolution and low-resolution models; Complex shapes modelling, monitoring, inspection and optimization; Data fusion for quality engineering.　

Editorial Team: Bianca Colosimo (Co-Guest Editor), Politecnica di Milano, Email: biancamaria.colosimo@ polimi.it. Tirthankar Dasgupta (Co-Guest Editor), Harvard University, email: dasgupta@stat.harvard .edu. Qiang Huang (Co-Guest Editor), University of Southern California, email: qiang.huang@usc .edu. Fugee Tsung (Editor-in-Chief), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, email: season@ust.hk.　

Important Dates: December 31, 2016 - Paper submission deadline. July 31, 2017 - Final decision on paper acceptance. Late 2017 or early 2018 - Publication of the special issue.　

Paper Submission: All papers must be prepared in accordance with the Journal of Quality Technology standards and guidelines, and will be reviewed following the regular review process of the journal. Submission of a manuscript implies that the work has not been published before, and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors are required to prepare a cover letter indicating the submission is for the special issue and to submit the paper in PDF or MS Word via email to: Valerie Funk, Manuscript Coordinator, ASQ (Email: manuscripts@asq.org).