Including but not limited to the following topics.


DATA COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER NETWORKING
- Cryptography 
- High Speed Networks 
- Mobile Computing 
- Mobile Networks & Wireless LAN 
- Optical Networking 
- Network Based Applications 
- Network Security 
- Next Generation Web 
- Recent Trends in Computer Networks 
- Wireless and Adhoc Network 
- Wireless Multimedia systems 

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

- Agile Software Development - Architecture and Design - Aspect-Orientation - Cloud-Computing - Data Mining Systems - Dependability, Safety, and Reliability - Development Tools and Environments - Databases - Data Warehousing Systems - Empirical Software Engineering - Formal Methods - Human-Computer Interaction - Information Privacy and Security - Process Modeling - Query Processing and Optimization - Programming Languages - Refactoring - Requirements Engineering - Search-Based Software Engineering - Software Economics and Metrics - Software Evolution and Maintenance - Software Reuse - Software Testing and Analysis - Software Visualization - Software Validation and Verification - Recent Trends in Software Engineering

MACHINE LEARNING AND OPTIMIZATION

- Artificial Intelligence - Big Data Analysis, Security Issues in Big Data - Cloud / Grid / Distributed Computing - Cognitive Science - Component Analysis - Data & Knowledge Engineering - Digital Image Processing - Evolutionary Optimization - Information Theoretic Learning - Intrusion Detection/Prevention Techniques - Multi Agent Systems - Multimedia Technologies - Optimization Technique - Recent Trends in Machine Learning - Robotics and Automation - Statistical Learning

VLSI DESIGN AND AUTOMATION

- Communication Circuits - Device/Circuit Simulation and Modeling - Digital Circuits and ASIC - Electronic System Level Design - Emerging Trends and Development in VLSI - Embedded Systems - Low Power CMOS Design - Logic Synthesis and Physical Design - MEMS and Sensors Design - RF, Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits - System-on-Chip and Network-on-Chip - VLSI Testing and Reliability

AEROSPACE COMPUTING

- Aerospace systems and software engineering; - Verification and validation of embedded systems; - Machine learning, and knowledge management for aerospace systems; - Human-automation interaction and - Systems health management for aerospace systems. - Applications of autonomous systems, - Systems engineering principles, and - Safety and mission assurance