Applications

• Distributed computing – Hadoop and Big Data

• Service-Oriented Computing

• Web Services

• Software Engineering

• Cloud Computing

• Information Systems

• E-Commerce

• Pattern Recognition

• Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing

• Artificial Neural Networks

• Data Mining

• Information Retrieval

• Image Processing

• Computer Vision

• Audio and Speech Processing 

• Algorithms

• Optimization Algorithms 

• Complexity Theory 

• Graph Algorithms 

• Randomized Algorithms 

• Approximation Algorithms 

• Innovative Data Mining Algorithms 

• Algorithms for Security and Privacy 

• Numerical Algorithms

• Scheduling and Load Balancing Algorithms

• Fault-tolerant Algorithms

• Network and Peer-to-Peer Algorithms

• Parallel and Distributed Algorithms 

Systems

• Ad hoc, Sensor, Vehicular, Underground and Underwater Networks 

• Cloud, Cluster, Grid and P2P Computing, virtualization 

• Cryptography and Applied Mathematics 

• Distributed Computing 

• Embedded Systems and Robotics, Embedded Systems and VLSI 

• Multi-FPGA reconfigurable systems and architectures 

• Enterprise, data center, and storage-area networks 

• Performance evaluation of networks and distributed systems 

• High Performance Computing 

• Evolutionary Computing 

• Heterogeneous Computing Models and Systems 

• Information Security 

• Intelligent Systems, Next generation Internet 

• Parallel and Multi-core Computing 

• Security, Trust and Privacy 

• Smart phones and Security 

• Social Network behavior, Modeling, and Analysis 

• System/network-on-chip, Wireless Networking 

Education

• Curricular Issues in computing programs 

• Competencies and learning objectives 

• Pedagogy for computing courses 

• Assessment methodology 

• Introductory Computer Science Sequence 

• Systems, Networks, and Architecture courses 

• Parallel and Distributed Computing courses 

• Programming Language and Tools 

• Algorithms, Automata and Discrete Math courses 

• Novel Elective courses 

• Experience and Case Study reports 

• Cyber Security courses 

• Laboratory, Projects, and internship courses 

• Service learning, 

• Collaborative work and Peer learning 

• Computer engineering and Computational Engineering programs 

• Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Curriculum 

• IT Entrepreneurship education