AICT2014 topics include, but are not limited to, the following research and development areas/fields: Cyber Security Issues High Performance Cryptography Visualizing Large Scale Security Data Privacy Preserving Big Data Collection/Analytics Secure Software Development Computer Network Security Mobile Smart Phone and Tablet Security The Nature of Web Application Hacking and New Security Trends Web Application Security Solutions and Best Practices Mobile Applications and Security Security Threats and Vulnerabilities National Approaches and Policies in Cyber Security Cyberconflicts: Models and Deterrence Mechanisms Deep Understanding of and Practical Skills in Software Security Infusing Information Security into the Software-Development Life Cycle Cloud Computing and Security Government Cyber Security Strategy Cyber Security Trends Information Security Compliance, Regulations and Legislation Security Policy Formulation and Implementation Governance Risk and Compliance Web/Internet Security Latest Trends in ICT Application Mobility Web-based system Green IT Technologies Virtualization Concept Social Applications GIS and Remote Sensing Distributed and Parallel Computing Information System Tools, Standards, Architectures, Platforms Advanced database and Web Applications Cloud Computing Distributed Processing Decision Support Systems Concepts and Development of Information Systems New SPI Models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, CaaS, XaaS Location and mobility semantics Social Network Analysis Methods and Applications Context-aware Computing and Location-based Services Web2 and Web3 new development paradigm Web Ontology and Development Semantic Web: Concepts, Technologies and Applications Augmented Reality Service Oriented Architechture Big Data Management and Application Hadoop as a Large-scale Data-processing Technology Software Techniques and Architectures in Cloud/Grid/Stream Computing New Data Standards Programming Models and Environments for Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing to Support Big Data MapReduce-based Solutions New Computational Models for Big Data Data and Information Quality for Big Data Big Data Open Source Platforms New Programming Models for Big Data beyond Hadoop/MapReduce Software Systems to Support Big Data Computing Data Management in the Social Web Big Data as a Service Big Data Industry Standards Large-Scale data Management and Analysis Big Data and Mobility Big Data Analytics in Government, Public Sector and Society in General Complex Big Data Applications in Verious Areas Data-intensive Computing and MapReduce Data Mining and Data Engineering Text Mining and Analysis Semantic-based Data Mining and Data Pre-processing Machine Learning and Data Mining Social Web Search and Mining NoSQL as a new Database Paradigm Visualization and Data Mining Web-Mining Mining Social Media Business Intelligence and Data Mining Social network analysis, theories, models, and applications Algorithms and systems for Web-scale mining Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval Unstructured Information Extraction from the Web Communication, network and hardware Network Interface Virtualization Network Virtualization Concept and Architecture Green Datacenter Higher layers of protocols, application Physical and link layers and lower layers of protocols Simulation, Modeling and analysis and performance evaluations Network management and services Optical Passive and Active components and devices Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks WLAN and Mobile WIMAX, 3G and 4G systems Wireless Local Loop (WLL) Multiple Access Technology Broadband Wireless Access Wireless Multimedia Services Cost-effective Rural, Urban and Community Wireless and Mesh Networks Networking and computing in challenged environment Policies for communication access development Sensor networks / alert systems Mobile-based computing Wireless, ad-hoc, meshed, etc. networks ICT in Business Administration, Finance and Economy ICT for micro/small businesses Business process management, re-engineering and modelling Interfacing with developed business methodologies Case Studies and Testbeds Business Models and Economics of Community and Rural Wireless Networks Internet as base of distributed business models Location and Context Management IT Pressure to Organisation Culture and Change Management Enterprise Resource Planning Customer Relationship Management Supply chain Management Business Intelligence E- and M- Commerce e-Business Strategies ICT in Governance and Government Policy Making e-Government and e-Government strategy e-Planning Public Participation and Information Technologies in citizen governance Government service automation strategies Metadata and public standards Management Resource and Information Management ICT in Education, Humanities, Social Sciences and Research Human-Computer Challenge and Interaction Policy and Legislation for digital environment Web and Society Social impact of ICT in developing countries Public Access to Information and Globalization Different Approaches to Implementation of ICT in S&T Education Industry-University Partnership Organizational e-Learning Strategies Knowledge Management in e-Learning Virtual Classrooms, and Universities Management of Learning Resources Learning & Content Management Systems Mobile Learning Applications e-Commerce Education Standards, Policies and Best Practices in e-Learning e-Learning e-Learning Platforms and Tools Using ICT in development Mobile Communication for Social Change University Management Information Systems Information Technologies in University Administration ICT in Medicine and Health Care Healthcare Management Systems Human-Machine Interfaces for Disabled Persons Mobile technologies for Healthcare applications Support for clinical decision-making Design and development methodologies for Healthcare IT Medical and Nursing Informatics e-Health and Telemedicine