Contributed papers are solicited describing original works in electronics, communication engineering and related technologies. Topics and technical areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:

I. COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS

Networking: Cloud & Fog/Edge Computing, Networking and Storage; Networking for Big Data; Social Networks; Network Security; IoT and Applications; AI in Networking; Wireless Networks; New Network Architectures, Paradigms and Applications

Communication Systems: Coding and Information Theory; UWB; Ultrasonic, Under-Water Communications, Satellite Communications/GNSS; Radio-over-Fiber, Free Space and Fiber-Optic Communications; Software Defined Radio, Cognitive Radio; Cooperative Communications, Secured Communication Systems, Massive MIMO; NOMA, 5G Systems, Energy-Harvesting, Millimeter-Wave Communications, Device-to-Device Communications, Green Communications, IRS, UAV-aided Communications.

II. SIGNAL PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS

Image, Video Processing, Analysis and Applications

Computer Vision Systems and Applications

Image Based Human-Computer Interaction

Signal Processing in Biomedical and Communications

Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Function Imaging

PACS and Imaging Informatics, Smart Hospital and Health Care

Ambient Intelligence, Machine Learning and Applications

Audio, Acoustic Signal, Speech and Natural Language Processing

Signal Filtering, Detection and Estimation

Statistical Signal Processing and Modeling

Signal and Image Encryption, Multimedia Security.

Power electronics devices and components

Power converter topologies: high power converters, low power converters

Converter modelling, design and control

Power electronics applications: Electrical drive systems, Renewable energy power systems, Smart grids, Power Quality, Energy management Systems, Industry specific-applications.

III. MICROWAVE ENGINEERING

Microwave, Millimeter-Wave Devices/ Components Design and Techniques: Passive, Active Devices/Components, Integration Techniques, Nano-Scale Devices, Millimeter-Wave and THz Components

Antenna and Propagation: Compact Antennas, Reconfigurable and Smart Antennas, Beam Forming, Massive MIMO Antennas, Phased Arrays, Channel Modeling and Propagation

EM Field Theory and Simulation Techniques

RF, Microwave and Millimeter-wave Systems and Applications: Radar, Sensing and RFID system, Wireless Power Transmission

Other Related Technologies: Nanoscale Integration of Planar, Free-Space, and Mixed Subsystems, 3D Printed RF, RF/Microwave Applications for Internet of Space (IoS).

IV. ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

Digital, mixed-signal, analog/RF/mm-wave integrated circuits and systems

FPGA-based and embedded systems

Emerging technologies, circuits and applications including IoT, autonomous vehicles

EDA: System Design, Synthesis and Optimization; Formal Methods and Verification

Architectures and Systems: NoC, Multi-Core, Video and Multimedia, Embedded Systems, Reconfigurable Computing, System-Level Power Management, IoT Devices, Hardware Security, High Performance/Parallel Computing Platforms for Big Data

Application Systems: Communication, Consumer and Multimedia; Medical and Healthcare; Spacecraft Avionics, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning