Conference Scope and Topics are the following (but are not limited to):

A. Software defined networking(SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) technologies

• Advancement in SDN technology

SDN & Virtualization architectures, Advanced SDN services & validation, Service chaining & orchestration
New controller architectures, Security & management on SDN, Experimentation & deployments

• SDN and NFV

NFV and SDN, Advances NFV infrastructure, NFV management & orchestration
NFV Software architecture, Reliability and availability, Integration of SDN and NFV

• Interworking with legacy networks, Application & management of SDN/NFV

SDN architectures, Experimentation deployments, Management architeture for SDN/ NFV

B. Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things

• Artificial Intelligence

AI for Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence tools and Applications,Knowledge-based Systems, modelling-identification and control of robotic systems, wireless and Mobile sensor networks for robot navigation

• Internet of Things

Mobile IoT, IoT device or circuit design, IoT applications and services, IoT analytics, IoT architecture
Knowledge representation in IoT, Iot for Big data, IoT and Robotics, IoT for smart grids, Case studies and evaluations for IoT

• Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 

Distributed Object-Oriented Systems, Reusable Object-Oriented Architectures and Applications, Safety and Security Critical Software, Development and Maintenance, Software Maintenance and Evaluation, Knowledge Acquisition, Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems, Knowledge Representation and Retrieval, Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques, Time and Knowledge Management Tools, Knowledge Visualization, Knowledge reengineering, Decision Support Systems, Expert Systems

C. Communications and Networks

• Communications and Network Security

Biometric authentication and identity management, network forensics, Data and application security
Availability of communications, Key management and PKI for networks, Intrusion detection and prevention, Mobile security, Outsourcing of network and data communication services, Secure routing, network management, Security for big data, Security in cloud computing, Security in the Internet of Things, Security in peer-to-peer networks and social networks, e-mail security

• Future Networks and Communications

Network Protocols and Architectures, Social Networking, Machine-to-Machine Networking, Home Networks, Wireless and Mobile Networks, Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, Cellular Networks, Content Distribution Networks, Cloud Service & Application, Cloud Computing and Network Virtualization, Future Network applications, LTE-Advanced Network and Communication, Optical Camera Communications, Wireless Sensor Network, Internet-based Computing Model, Parallel and Distributed Processing, MoIP and Computer Networks.