Areas and topics of contributed papers include but are not limited to the following:

A. Control Theory and Systems

A01. Linear Systems and Control

A02. Nonlinear Systems and Control

A03. Constrained Control

A04. Stability and Stabilization

A05. Robust Control

A06. Optimal Control

A07. Adaptive Control and Learning Control

A08. Process Control

A09. Predictive Control

A10. Variable Structure Control

A11. Guidance and Navigation

A12. System Modeling and Identification

A13. Networked Control Systems

A14. Stochastic Systems

A15. Chaotic Systems

A16. Distributed Parameter Systems

A17. Industrial Systems and Manufacturing

A18. Multi-Agent Systems and Distributed Control

A19. Advanced Control Algorithms and Applications

A20. Others

B. Intelligent Automation Systems

B01. Computational Intelligence and Applications

B02. Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Machine Learning

B03. Neural Networks and Control

B04. Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Control

B05. Nature-inspired (e.g., GA, Swarm Optimization) Computing

B06. Complex Networks

B07. Smart Grids

B08. Memristor

B09. NANO, MEMS and Mechatronics Systems

B10. Intelligent Automation, Manufacturing and Management Systems

B11. Biomedical Systems and Biosystems Automation

B12. Intelligent Transportation Systems

B13. Cyber Physical Systems and Sensor Networks

B14. Others

C. Big Data Automation

C01. Big Data Analysis, Compressed Sampling and Visualization

C02. Data-based Modeling and Control

C03. Data-based Diagnosis

C04. Data-based Optimization, Scheduling, and Decision Making

C05. Data-based Operations and Quality Control

C06. Data-based System Performance Analysis

C07. Cloud Control, Computing and Services

C08. Others

D. Engineering Optimization

D01. Intelligent Optimization and Applications

D02. Optimization for Industrial Automation Systems

D03. Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization

D04. Optimization for Decision Making Systems

D05. Others

E. Sensing, Modeling and Analysis

E01. System Modeling and Parameter Estimation

E02. Fault Diagnosis and Safe Operation

E03. System Simulation

E04. Online Monitoring

E05. Measurement Methods and Intelligent Instrumentation

E06. Sensors, Sensor Networks, Sensing and Signal Processing

E07. Others

F. Intelligent Robots and Brain-like Intelligence

F01. Fundamentals of robotics

F02. Industrial Robots and Intelligent Manufacturing

F03. Space Robots

F04. Ocean Robots

F05. Mobile Robots

F06. Medical Robots

F07. Service Robots and Intelligent Society

F08. Rehabilitation Robotics, Haptics and Assistive Technology

F09. Human-robot Interaction

F10. Motion Planning and Algorithms

F11. Sensory and Visual Feedback in Robots

F12. Robotics Applications

F13. Machine Intelligence

F14. Biologically-inspired Intelligence

F15. Brain-like Intelligence

F16. Deep Learning for Control and Automation

F17. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Autonomous Systems

F18. Others

G. Others

H. Invited Sessions

H01. Modeling, Control and Optimization in Air Transportation System

H02. Quantum Control and Quantum Cybernetics

H03. Modeling, Control and Optimization of Electrical Traction System in High-speed Railway

H04. Operator Based Robust Nonlinear Control and Its Application

H05. Modeling, Identification and Control of Distributed Parameter Systems (DPS)

H06. Control and Filtering for Distributed Networked Systems

H07. Advanced Intelligent Control of Autonomous Systems

H08. Application Oriented Image Analysis in Robot Vision and Machine Vision

H09. Autonomous Control of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

H10. Computational Intelligence Based Data-driven Modeling, Optimization and Control

H11. New Development on Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Control

H12. Real-time Computing, Perception, Decision, and Interaction for Autonomous Robots and Robot Operating System