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

•  Instrumentation Control and Automation :

Adaptive control; Robust control; Process control; Complex systems; Co-operative control; Identification and estimation; Nonlinear systems; Intelligent systems; Discrete event systems; Hybrid systems; Networked control systems; Sensor networks; Delay systems; Neural networks; Fuzzy systems; Control of biological systems; Precision motion control; Control applications; Control engineering education; Process automation; Intelligent automation; Factory modeling and simulation; Home, laboratory and service automation; Network-based systems; Planning, scheduling and coordination; Nano-scale automation and assembly; Instrumentation systems; Biomedical instrumentation and applications; Measuring Technology and its Application; Data Acquisition; Acoustics and the Ultrasonic Measurement; Measurement of the Basic Physical; Electro Magnetic Interference Measurement; Microwave Measurement; Measurement of the Noise and Vibration; Nondestructive Testing; Light/Radiation Monitoring; Mechanical Measurement; Measurement in Nanotechnology; Measurement in Biomedicine; Measurement in Environment; Remote Sensing and Telemetry; Signal Processing Theory and Method; Adaptive Signal Processing and Blind Signal Processing; Nonlinear Signal Processing; Independent Component Analysis; Audio and Electroacoustics; Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems; Multimedia Signal Processing; Speech Processing; Image and Video Processing; Signal Estimation and Detection; Sensor Array and Multi-channel Processing; Communication Signal Processing; Signal Processing Applications.

•  Cognitive science and technology :

Cognitive and computation models; Human reasoning mechanisms; Modeling brain information processing mechanisms; Brain learning mechanisms; Human cognitive functions and their relationships; Modeling human multi-perception mechanisms and visual, auditory, and tactile information processing; Neural structures and neurobiological process; Cognitive architectures; Brain information storage, collection, and processing; Formal conceptual models of human brain data; Knowledge representation and discovery in neuroimaging; Brain-computer interface; Cognition-inspired complex systems; Expert systems, knowledge representation and reasoning; Reasoning techniques, constraint satisfaction and machine learning; Logic programming, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and uncertainty; State space search, ontologies and data mining; Games, planning and scheduling; Natural languages processing and advanced user interfaces; Cognitive, reactive and proactive systems; Ambient intelligence, perception and vision; Pattern recognition.

•  Optics :

Fiber Optics; Biomedical Optics; Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging; Optical Instrumentation; Optics in Astronomy and Astrophysics; Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology; Optical Communications and Networking; Artificial Vision; Photorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices; System Reliability and Security; Optical Materials; Display Technology; Organic and Bio-photonics; Nanophotonics; Microwave Photonics; Power Photonic; Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials and Devices; Photonic in Communications and Switching; Ultrafast Electronics, Photonics and Optoelectronics; Green Photonics; Photodetectors, Sensors and Imaging; Nonlinear Optics; High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena; Quantum Electronics and Laser Science; Quantum Information and Measurement; Biomedical and Therapeutic Laser Applications; Optoelectronics; Laser Microscopy; Fiber Lasers and Applications; Waveguide Lasers; Semiconductor Lasers and LEDs; Weapons and Military Technology; Plasma Technologies.

•  Micro/Nano Electro-Mechanical System

Smart Material, Design, simulation and analysis tools with experimental verification; Fabrication technologies and processes; Silicon and non-silicon materials; Electro-mechanical integration techniques; Assembly and packaging approaches; Metrology and operational evaluation techniques; System architecture, Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices; Lab-on-Chip and Biochemical Sensors; Medical Microsystems, for example Probes, Implantables, Minimally Invasive Devices, etc; Physical Sensors, for example Inertial Sensors (Gyros, Accelerometers, Resonators), Fluidic Sensors (Flow, Pressure, Density, Viscosity), Sonic and Ultrasonic MEMS Transducers (Microphones, PMUTs), Gas and Chemical Sensors, Force and Displacement Sensors (Tactile, Force, Torque, Stress and Strain Sensor); Electromagnetic transducers, for example electrostatic and magnetic actuators, RF, THz and optic/photonic MEMS Components and Systems; Microactuators; Microdevices for power supply and energy harvesting.

•  Informatics and Information technology

Machine Learning and Data Mining; Classification and Clustering; Multi-resolution Techniques; Information Retrieval; Evolution strategies; Genetic programming and evolutionary programming; Computer Vision and Image Analysis; Intelligent Image, Signal, and Speech Processing; Information Systems; Mobile Computing; Multimedia Applications; Natural Language Processing; Parallel and Distributed Computing; Performance Evaluation; Programming Languages; Re-configurable Computing Systems; Security & Cryptography; Automated Software Engineering; Bioinformatics; Computer Architecture & VLSI; Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems; Computer Games, Graphics & Virtual Reality; Computer Modeling; Computer Networks and Security; Computer Vision; Computer-aided Design/Manufacturing; Computing Ethics; Data Communications, Compression and Encryption; Data Mining; Databases; Digital Library; Distributed Systems; Event Driven Programming; Expert Systems; High Performance Computing; Theoretical Computer Science; User Interface; Dilution of Organizational Boundaries; The centrality of Information System (IS) and IT in Organizational Processes; Innovation and IS; Enterprise Application Integration; Enterprise Resource Planning; Business Process Change; Iterative and Incremental Methodologies; Agile Methodologies; E-Learning and Teaching.