Big Data Analytics, Distributed & Parallel Computing, High Performance Computing, Cloud Quality Management & Service level agreement, Cluster, Cloud, & Grid Computing, Mobile Computing, Edge Computing, Fog Computing, Cognitive Computing.

5G Architecture and design, PHY, MAC, routing novel communication protocols for 5G, 5G applications, services and Testbeds, IoT networking in 5G, Security and privacy for 5G, IoT Architectures, New IoT Communication Technologies, Security and Privacy in IoT, Human Interaction with IoT, Computer Vision, Virtual and Augmented Reality, e-Learning Tools, Virtual Learning Environments, Mobile and Web-based Learning, Context-aware pervasive systems.

Intelligent control & intelligent system, Intelligent Management & Decision Making, Intelligent Automation & Manufacturing, Mechatronics & Robotics, Industrial Automation, Computational Intelligence, Nature-inspired Computing and Natural Language Processing, Machine Vision, Adaptive automation systems, Automated fault detection, Automation in life science, Sustainability and green automation.

Digital Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Image processing & acquisition, Video Processing, Artificial Intelligence for multimedia, Multimedia software, hardware and application systems, Multimedia standards, trends and related issues.

Active learning, Clustering & Classification, Online learning, Reinforcement learning, Semi-supervised and Unsupervised learning, Time series analysis, Deep learning architectures, Generative models, Deep reinforcement learning, Learning Theory, Optimization Techniques, Probabilistic Inference, Trustworthy Machine Learning, Applications of Machine Learning.

Business Analytics, Logic based planning, VLSI Designing & Modelling, Simulation & Automation, Process Monitoring, Reliability & Fault tolerance, Embedded Software and Hardware Architecture Techniques.

Global Warming, Automation Applications in Environmental Technology, Waste Management and Waste Water Treatment, Low Carbon Economy and Society, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution Control, Solid Waste Valorisation, Resource and Environment Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Climate Change, Computational Models for Sustainable Development, Biofuels / Biofuels Cells, Environmental Remote Sensing Applications, Environmental Process Simulation, Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Technology.

Future Smart Computing Paradigms, Models of Smart Environments, Algorithms for Smart Computing, Smart Energy Management and Analytics, Smart Grid / Smart City / Smart Mobility, Smart Grid Technologies and Infrastructures, Business Models for Smart Grids, Sensor Networks for Smart Grids, Industrial Applications of Smart Energy Systems, Home Automation and Smart Buildings Technologies.

Manufacturing technologies and applications, Inventory management system, Key technologies for cloud manufacturing, Sustainable manufacturing technologies and practices, Intelligent maintenance decision making, Business process outsourcing, Production planning and control, Challenges and innovations in additive manufacturing, Monitoring, sensing, and control for intelligent machining and inspection, Innovations in materials forming processes, Modern control, automation and reverse engineering.

Mobile ad-hoc networks, Mobile Identity Management, Security access policies, Network security management, Privacy-respecting authentication issues, Sensor N/W, Data Communication, Wireless Communication, Architectural Structure, Design Decisions and Philosophies, Autonomic Management of Ubiquitous Systems, Ubicomp Human-Computer Interaction for Devices, Ubiquitous Systems and Trust.

Semantic web, Data warehousing and Mining, Object and multi agent system, Data mining, Database systems, Web search & Web Security, Search engines, Dataset Dynamics and Synchronization, Web-Based Health- and Bio- Information Systems, Nature-Inspired Models and Approaches for Web Intelligence, Content Management and Semantic Web.

Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, High Voltage Engineering, HVDC-FACTS, Switching Circuits & Power Converters, Power System Monitoring, Control and Protection, Micro Grids& Distributed Generation, Control Communication and Monitoring of Smart Grid, Energy Storage System.