TRACK 1 - Waveforms and Signal Processing  

Paper Topics:

• Advanced Antenna and RF Technology
• Anti-jamming Techniques
• Cognitive Radios
• Compressive Sensing
• Cooperative Communication
• Distributed Communication
• Distributed Sensing
• Dynamic Spectrum Management
• Free-space Optical and Laser-based Communications
• Millimeter Wave Communication
• Modified Commercial Wireless Communication
• Modulation and Coding
• Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Communication
• Physical-layer Security
• Propagation and Channel Modeling
• Radar-Communications Coexistence
• Radar Signal Processing
• Radio Localization and Time Transfer
• Satellite Communications
• Signal Processing for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
• Underwater Communications
• Wireless Relay Networks
• Wireless Sensor Networks

TRACK 2 - Networking Protocols and Performance  

Paper Topics:

Types of networks:

• Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
• Mesh Networks
• Sensor Networks
• Optical Networks
• Hybrid Optical-RF Networks
• Internetworks
• Heterogeneous Networks
• Underwater Networks

Networking Paradigms:

• Content-Based Networks
• Cognitive Networks
• Delay/Disruption Tolerant networks
• Network Coding
• Cross-Layer Design
• Overlay Networks and Virtualization
• Software-Defined Networking
• Networked Control System

Network Control Algorithms:

• Resource and State Discovery
• Link Adaptation
• Medium Access Control
• Routing
• Multicasting/Anycasting
• Flow Control
• Congestion Control
• Error Control
• Topology Control

Enhancement, Modelling, and Analysis of Performance:

• Quality of Service Provision
• Energy Saving and Harvesting for Low-Power Networks
• Capacity and Throughput Analysis
• Network Science

TRACK 3 - Cyber Security and Trusted Computing  

Paper Topics:

• Advanced Persistent Threats Detection and Mitigation
• Application Security and DevOps
• Anonymity, Deception, and Privacy
• Attack, Detection, Prevention, and Mitigation
• Commercial Solutions for Classified Program Security
• Communication System Security
• Critical Infrastructure Security
• Cyber Operations and Defense
• Cyber Physical System Security
• Deception in Cyber Security
• Identity and Risk Management
• Joint Tactical Network Security
• Key Management
• Malware Detection and Forensic Analysis
• Moving Target Defense and Deception
• Network Security and Privacy
• Security and Privacy for Peer to Peer and Device to Device Communications
• Security Tools for Communication and Information Systems
• Security for Next-generation Networks
• Security and Privacy in Social Media
• Security in Virtual System Environment
• Software Defined Network Security Management
• System Security Testing and Evaluation Methods and Tools
• System Vulnerability Detection and Mitigation
• Tactical Cloud Security
• Threat Monitoring and Analysis
• Trusted Physical Layer Security
• Wireless Mobile Network Security and Privacy
• Dynamic Spectrum Access System Security
• Security in Tactical Radios
• Network Security for Vehicular Communications
• Internet of Things (IoT) Security
• Cellular System Security and Protection
• Security for Distributed Systems
• Security in High Performance Computing and Massively Parallel Processing Environments

TRACK 4 - System Perspectives  

Paper Topics:

• Airborne Networks
• Airborne Relay Communications Networks
• Communications for Support of Autonomous Systems
• Communications in Contested Environments
• Communications-on-the-Move
• Disadvantaged Networks
• IED Detection/Geolocation
• Integrated EW and Communications
• Interference Mitigation in Military Communications Systems
• Military Performance Standards for Communications
• Protected MILSATCOM
• Radio-Aware Routing Protocols for Terrestrial and Satellite Communications
• Resilient Communications Architecture
• Satellite Communications and Networks
• Small (Micro-, Nano- and Pico-) Satellites for Communications
• Software Defined Radios in Military Communications
• Space Networks
• Spectrum Situational Awareness
• System Architecture
• System Modeling and Simulations for Military Communications
• Test Beds, Experiments, Exercises and Demonstrations

TRACK 5 - Big Data and Machine Learning for Tactical Networks  

Paper Topics:

• Big Data Challenges in Tactical Networks
• Big Data and streaming analytics in Tactical Networks
• Machine Learning with sparse dirty data
• Adversarial Machine Learning
• Robust Machine Learning
• Adversarial Reasoning
• Distributed and Adaptive Online Learning
• Novel computing architectures for resource-constrained machine learning
• Applications of Machine Learning in
  • Tactical Network Management
  • Intrusion Detection in Tactical Networks
  • Dynamic Spectrum Access
  • Wireless localization
  • Resource management in tactical networks
  • Self organizing networks
• Internet of Battlefield Things
• Other selected topics in communications