Scientific and Engineering Computing

• Algorithms for solving discrete and continuous problems
• Computational optimisation
• Evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms
• Fuzzy systems
• Soft computing
• High performance computing and techniques to gain efficiency
• Kernel methods
• Analysis and visualization of data
• Model fitting and data analysis
• Modeling and simulation
• Numerical simulations

Big Data Applications and Analytics

• Novel Models for Big Data
• Data and Information Quality for Big Data
• High-Performance Computing and Algorithms
• Databases and Data Mining Applications
• Energy-efficient Computing for Big Data
• Feature Selection and Feature Extraction
• Knowledge Discovery
• Mobility and Big Data
• Sequential Data Mining
• Stream Data Mining
• Social Network Mining
• Temporal and Spatial Data Mining
• Big Data Search Architectures, Scalability and Efficiency
• Text, Graph, Video, Multimedia Data Mining
• Big Data Open Platforms
• Modeling and Simulation
• IoT models and applications
• Complex Big Data Applications in Science, Engineering, Medicine, Healthcare, Finance, Business, Law, Education, Transportation, Retailing, Telecommunication
• Big data and digital transformation
• Big Data Analytics in Government, Public Sector and Digital Society

Cluster, Grid, P2P and Cloud Computing

• Autonomic Computing in P2P, Grid, Cloud systems
• Cloud Computing and Applications
• Data Intensive and Computing Intensive Applications
• Economics of P2P, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing
• Grid and P2P Infrastructures for Data Storage and Data Mining
• High performance and Scalable Computing
• Large-scale Collaborative Problem Solving Environments
• Programming models, tools, and environments
• Middleware for Grid, Cloud and P2P Systems and Applications
• Methodology and Practice of Semantic Grid and Web
• Overlay Networks for P2P Systems
• Reputation Aggregation for P2P, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing Systems
• Scalability, Dependability and Reliability
• Scheduling, Resource Discovery and Allocation
• Social Networking and Implications
• Theoretical model for P2P, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing Systems
• Trust Integration and Security
• Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Applications
• Virtual Organizations and Enterprise Computing
• Web and Grid Service-based Applications

Intelligent and Bio-inspired Computing

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Artificial Immune Systems
• Business Intelligence and Multimedia Technology
• Computational Systems Biology and Medical Information
• Computational Neuroscience
• Complex Systems and Fuzzy Systems
• Evolutionary Computation
• Intelligent Computing in Biomedical Signal/Image Analysis/Computational Biology
• Natural Language Processing

Computational Social Systems

• Fundamental theories in SN/MSN
• Solutions to key problems in SN/MSN
• Typical SN/MSN applications
• Socially-inspired design of communications networks
• Various topics related to SN/MSN development platform
• Privacy, security, ethics, culture, and anonymity issues
• Social sensing, Crowdsourced sensing and mobile participatory sensing
• u-Things, u-Science and u-Engineering
• Intelligent transportation systems, and safety-critical systems
• Capacity offloading through D2D Local Area Networks
• Economic, social, psychological inspired incentive mechanisms
• Business models of SN/MSN

Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications

• Space-Time, MIMO and Adaptive Antennas
• Mobile data communication
• Security issues involved in mobile computing
• OFDM, CDMA and Spread Spectrum
• Multimedia in Mobile Computing: Issues, System Design, and Performance Evaluation
• Information Theory
• Multimedia Signal Processing
• Cross Layer Optimization in Wireless Networks
• Cognitive Radio, Ultra-wideband
• Multihop and Cooperative Communications
• Modulation, Coding, Diversity
• Signal Processing in Body Area Networks
• Wireless Emergency and Security Systems

Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing

• Embedded System Software and Optimization
• Embedded System Architectures
• Hardware/Software Co-design and Design Automation
• Real-Time Systems and Operating Systems
• Application-Specific Processors and Devices
• Power-Aware Computing
• Sensor Networks
• System/Network-on-Chip
• Reconfigurable Computing Systems and Applications
• Pervasive Computing and Communications
• Middleware and Peer-to-Peer Computing
• Internet Computing and Applications
• Multimedia and Data Management
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Agents and Distributed Computing
• Security and Fault Tolerance Applications

Advanced Networking and Applications

• Communication Protocol and Architecture
• High-speed Communication and Network
• Wireless Communication and Network
• Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network
• Low-power Network and System
• Wearable Network and System
• Embedded System and Networking
• Internet Technology and IP-based Applications
• Network Control and Management
• Network Performance, Analysis and Evaluation
• Quality of Services (QoS)
• Ubiquitous/Pervasive Networks and Computing
• Ubiquitous Intelligence and Smart World
• Smart Object, Space/Environment and System
• Innovative Networking and Applications
• Social, Ethical & Other Issues of Networked World
• Network and Application Hardware

Security, Privacy and Trust

• Information and System Security
• Computer Security
• Reliable Computing
• Trusted Computing
• Network Security and Privacy
• E-Security

Service and Internet Computing

• Mathematical foundation of Services Computing
• Services Science
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Web Services
• Wireless Grid and Communication Services Delivery Platform
• Grid Applications and System Solutions
• Dependable, Reliable and Autonomic Computing

Distributed and Parallel Computing

• Parallel/Distributed Architectures
• Real-Time Parallel and Distributed Systems
• Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware
• Parallel and Distributed Applications and Web Services
• Parallel I/O Systems and Storage Systems
• Tools and Environments for Parallel & Distributed Software Development
• Analysis and Design of Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
• Distributed Data and Knowledge Based Systems
• Distributed Graphics and VR/AR/MR System
• Distributed AI and Soft/Natural Computing
• Security in Parallel and Distributed Systems

Dependable, Reliable and Autonomic Computing

• Autonomic Computing Theory, Models, Architectures and Communications
• Dependable Automatic Control Techniques and Systems
• Cloud Computing with Autonomic and Trusted Environment
• Reliable Computing
• Hardware and Software Reliability, Verification and Testing
• Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Ubiquitous Computing
• Software Engineering for Dependable Systems

CSE Education

• Computer Aided Education
• Multimedia and Education
• Computer Science and Education Technology
• Computer and Education Training
• Computer and Education Management
• E-learning
• Knowledge Discovering