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