Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

I. COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS
Networking: Future Internet/Future Networks 
QoS/QoE and Resource Management 
Optical Networks 
Wireless, Mobile, Adhoc and Sensor Networks 
Ubiquitous Networks 
Network Security 
Multimedia Networking etc. 
Communication Systems 
Coding and Information Theory 
Wireless, UWB, Ultrasonic Communications 
Satellite Communications 
Other Emerging Technologies: Network Coding, Software Defined Radio, Cognitive Radio etc.

II. SIGNAL PROCESSING & APPLICATIONS 
Signal, Image, Audio, Video Processing, Analysis and Applications 
Pattern Recognition 
Biomedical Signal Processing and Analysis 
Signal Filtering, Detection and Estimation 
Statistical Signal Processing and Modeling 
Ambient Intelligence 
Computer Vision and Audition

III. OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING 
Design and Management of Optical Networks 
Optical Networks Performance Modeling 
Optical Networks Control and Management 
Optical Modulation and Signal Processing 
Reliable Optical Networks 
Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) 
New Architectures for Optical Routers and Switches 
New Optical Fiber Technologies 
Lasers and Photonic Components 
High Speed optical LANs and Gigabit Ethernet 
QoS. Optical Networks for Future Networks 
Energy Efficiency in Optical Networks 
Convergence of Optical and other Network Technologies 
Optical Networks to Support Cloud Computing 
Radio-over-Fiber 
Free Space and Fiber-Optic Communications

IV. MICROWAVE ENGINEERING
Microwave Devices/Components Design and Techniques 
Passive, Active Devices 
MEMS 
Integration Techniques 
Nano-Scale Devices 
Millimeter-Wave and THz Components etc. 
Antenna Design and Applications 
Wideband 
Multiband 
Smart Antennas 
Antenna Modeling and Measurements 
RF 
Microwave and Milimeterwave Systems and Applications 

Other Related Technologies: Nanoscale Integration of Planar, Free-Space, and Mixed Subsystems; Metamaterial and Applications etc.