ICCSNT2017 consists of several tracks, including, but not limited to, the following specific topics:

I. Computer Science

1. Computer Applications

• Computational Sciences and Engineering (Biology, Chemistry, Fluid Dynamics, Physics and Astrophysics, Mechanics, Electromagnetics, Climate and Weather Modeling, Geology and Geophysics; Financial and Economical Modeling, Geographical Information Systems, etc.);
• Numerical Methods and Algorithms;
• High Performance Computing and Networking;
• Parallel and Distributed Computing;
• Grid Computing;
• Cluster Computing;
• Supercomputing;
• Graphics and Visualization;
• Computer analysis and simulation of scientific and engineering systems;
• Informatics (Bioinformatics, Medical informatics, Chemical informatics, Neuroinformatics, etc.);
• Systems Biology;
• Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing;
• Computers in Education and Learning Technologies;
• Energy and Power Systems; Test Technologies;
• Other Topics.

2. Software Engineering

• Software metrics;
• Distributed/parallel software systems;
• Software tools and development environments;
• Software policy and ethics;
• Programming languages;
• Knowledge-based software engineering;
• Internet and information systems development;
• Software requirements;
• Software architecture and design;
• Software components and reuse;
• Software testing and analysis;
• Theory and formal methods;
• Human-Computer Interaction;
• Software processes and workflows;
• Software dependability, safety, privacy and reliability;
• Reverse engineering and maintenance;
• Program comprehension and visualization;
• Other topics.

3. Data Mining & Data Engineering

• Data preprocessing and data cleaning;
• Feature selection and extraction;
• Clustering and classification;
• Association rule mining;
• Data warehousing and OLAP;
• Image and multi-media data Mining;
• Text and web mining;
• Information fusion;
• Data Integration, Interoperability, and Metadata;
• Ubiquitous Data Management and Mobile Databases;
• Data Structures and data management algorithms;
• XML data processing and algorithms;
• Distributed, parallel, Peer to Peer databases;
• Databases applications;
• Internet grids and web services;
• Data Streams; Sensor networks;
• Temporal and multimedia databases;
• Systems, Platforms, and Middleware;
• Data storage;
• Other topics.

4. Intelligent Systems

• Artificial intelligence;
• Machine learning;
• Computational intelligence;
• Support vector machines;
• Soft computing;
• Decision trees;
• Nature-inspired computation;
• Pattern recognition;
• Bio-inspired algorithms;
• Neuro-fuzzy techniques;
• Genetic and evolutionary algorithms;
• Intelligent control and automation;
• Semantic web;
• Other topics.

II. Network Engineering

1. Computer Hardware, VLSI, & Embedded Systems

• Processor design;
• VLSI systems design;
• ASIC architectures;
• Power management;
• Parallel/multi-processor architectures;
• Scheduling;
• Interconnect and interface design;
• Performance analysis;
• Quantum computing;
• System-on-a-chip;
• Cache and memory systems;
• FPGA-based design;
• Real-Time Computing;
• Hardware software co-design;
• Software technologies (operating systems, middleware, compiler, ...);
• Fault-tolerance;
• Embedded systems and ubiquitous computing;
• Real-time networking;
• Nano-technology;
• Bio-inspired hardware;
• Other Topics.

2. Communications & Networking

• Wireless Communications and Networking;
• IoT (Internet of things);
• RFID;
• WPAN;
• ZigBee;
• Antennas and Propagation;
• Modulation, Coding and Information Theory;
• Satellite Communications;
• Ultra-Wideband;
• Ad Hoc, body-area and sensor Networks;
• Protocols;
• Nano networks;
• Optical Communications and Networking;
• Mobile Computing;
• Grid, cluster and P2P computing;
• Pervasive/ubiquitous computing;
• Web services and Internet computing;
• Computer and Network Security;
• Biometrics;
• Cryptography;
• Intrusion detection and countermeasures;
• Mobile and Wireless networks security;
• Optical network security;
• Web, E-Business, E-Commerce, E-Government security;
• Other topics.

  3. Multimedia & Signal Processing

• Coding and transmission;
• Enhancement & noise filtering;
• Representation and transforms;
• Restoration;
• Feature extraction;
• Multi-resolution processing and wavelets;
• Watermarking & authentication;
• Interpolation & super-resolution;
• Segmentation;
• Motion analysis & tracking;
• Content-based retrieval;
• Computer and machine vision;
• Imaging techniques;
• Remote sensing;
• Forensics & security;
• Analog and digital signal processing;
• Statistical signal processing;
• Filter design & digital filters;
• Adaptive signal processing;
• Spectral analysis;
• Time-frequency signal analysis;
• Speech & language processing;
• Signal modeling, identification & prediction;
• Biomedical signal analysis;
• Acoustics;
• Sensor array and multi-channel systems;
• Other Topics.

  4. Computer Control, Robotics, & Automation

• Adaptive Control, Robust Control, Process Control, Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Co-Operative Control, Identification and Estimation, Discrete Event Systems;
• Sensor Network Systems, Control Applications, Process Automation, Home, Laboratory and Service Automation, Planning, Scheduling and Coordination, Instrumentation Systems;
• Biomedical Instrumentation and Applications, Robot Control, Mobile Robotics, Micro Robots and Micro-Manipulation, Search, Rescue and Field Robotics, Robot Sensing and Data Fusion;
• Localization, Navigation and Mapping, Dexterous Manipulation, Medical Robots and Bio-Robotics, Space and Underwater Robots, Tele-Robotics;
• Other Topics.