Topic 1: Information Technology and Computer Science 

• Management Information Systems
• Distributed Computer Systems
• Computer Networks and Communication
• Information Storage
• Trusted Computing and Fault-Tolerant Computing
• Operating Systems
• Software Engineering
• Information Security
• Web Technology

Topic 2: Networking 

• Computer Networks
• Network Security
• Network Communications
• Biometric Sensors and Identification
• Wearable Technology and Body Sensor Networks
• Brain Informatics Sensing and Processing
• Social Computing, Social Internet of Things and Swarm Intelligence Networks
• Human-centric Cyber-Physical Systems
• Internet of Thinking and Creation 
• Crowd Sensing, Sourcing and Wisdom 
• Affective Computing 
• Brain-Computer Interface/Brain-Machine Interface 
• IoP System Modeling, Simulation and Optimization 
• e-Learning and MOOCs 
• Mobile and Smart Healthcare 
• Deep Learning and Urban Computing 
• IoP Applications, Implementation,Exploitation and Challenges
• Security, Privacy and Trust Issues in IoP
• IoP Social and Ethical Issues 

Topic 3: Electronic and Embedded Systems 

• Modern Circuit Theory and Applications
• DSP real-time encoding technology and signal
• Computational Electromagnetics and Electromagnetic Simulation Technology
• Micro-optoelectronic Device Technology
• Embedded Systems
• Sensor Research
• Antenna Technology
• RF Components

Topic 4: Automation and Control, Intelligent Systems 

• NC programming technology
• Mechatronics System Engineering 
• Intelligent Instrumentation and Detection Technology 
• Automation in Mechanical Manufacturing
• Automation Control Systems
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 
• Intelligent System Design 
• Intelligent Decision Support 
• Intelligent Robots 

Topic 5: Applied Mathematics, Computational Methods and Algorithms, Data and Signal Processing 

• Linear and Nonlinear Programming
• Fuzzy Optimization
• Algorithm design and optimization
• Complex Network Systems Theory and its Applications
• Computer Vision 
• Image Processing
• Audio/Speech Processing and Coding
• Signal Processing for Communications