The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Control and Decision: Adaptive control; Robust and H-infinity control; Process control; Variable structure control; Optimal control and optimization; Complex networks and systems; Cooperative control; Data processing; Data-driven control; Identification and estimation; Nonlinear systems; Intelligent systems; Discrete event systems; Game theory; Decision-making theory and method; Decision supporting system and production planning and scheduling; Supervisory control; Hybrid systems; Distributed parameter systems; Stochastic systems; Distributed control systems; Networked control systems; Sensor network systems; Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control; Delay systems; Signal processing; Neural networks; Fuzzy systems; Motion control; Control applications; Control engineering education. 

Automation: Man-machine interactions; Process automation; Intelligent automation; Factory modeling and simulation; Home, laboratory and service automation; Network-based systems; Planning, scheduling and coordination; Nano-scale automation and assembly; Instrumentation systems; CIMS and manufacturing systems.

Robotics: Robot control; Mobile robotics; Mobile sensor networks; Perception systems; Micro robots and micromanipulation; Visual servoing; Search, rescue and field robotics; Robot sensing and data fusion; Medical robots and bio-robotics; Human robot interaction; Space and underwater robots; Tele-robotics; Multirobot systems.

Emerging Technologies: Cyber-physical systems; Smart grids; Renewable energies; Energy management systems;Modeling, control and simulations of biological systems; Micro-electromechanical systems, Electric vehicles and intelligent transportation; Traffic control; Optimization and control of HVAC systems; Integrated systems and processes.