Track I: Information Processing and Intelligence

• Advances in databases

• Information systems

• Information and data management

• Data mining, warehousing and knowledge extraction

• Recommender systems

• Digital rights management

• Processing of Social and Emotional Interactions

• Biological and artificial neural networks

• Biological and artificial immune systems

• Cognitive science

• Neuroscience

• Computational biology

• DNA computing

• Evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms

• Bayesian networks

• Expert systems & intelligent agents

• Swarm intelligence

• Fuzzy logic systems

• Kernel methods – support vector machines

• Ensemble classifiers

• Emerging machine learning paradigms

• Decision making techniques

• Knowledge-based systems

• Ambient-ubiquitous intelligence

• Robotics and automation

• Affective computing

Track II: Multimedia Systems and Networks

• Advances in audio/video and multimedia processing

• Signal mining

• Signal visualization

• Human-machine interaction

• Multimodal systems

• Multimedia systems

• Autonomous Computing

• Distributed computing

• Quantum computing

• Mobile computing

• Green computing

• Trusted computing

• Proactive computing

• Cloud computing

• Ubiquitous computing

• Networking

• Sensing, sensory systems and sensor networks

• Design and implementation

• Real time systems

Track III: Educational Informatics

• Adaptive and personalized learning

• Student modeling

• Intelligent tutoring systems

• E-learning and mobile learning

• Social media and learning

• Educational games

• Computer-supported collaborative learning

• Big data in education and learning analytics

• Affective computing in learning systems

• Smart learning environments

• Virtual and augmented reality in education

• Risk management in education

• Learning management systems

• Content management systems

• Learning technologies for students with special needs

Track IV: Cyber Security

• Watermarking, cryptography, cryptanalysis, steganography, and stegananalysis

• Privacy and authentication

• Malicious software analysis

• Information, computer  and network security

• Infrastructure security

• Forensics

• Biometrics

Track V: Smart Energy and Smart Cities

• Methodologies and tools for assessing the energy status in smart cities

• Intelligent sensors and data analytics  for energy optimization

• Monitoring and control of energy resources

• Smart grid

• Fault detection

• Decision support systems in energy planning and scheduling

• Middleware for urban computing

• Intelligent transportation systems

• Public displays for modern cities

• Impact of urban computing in modern cities

• Case studies and best practices

• Big city data

• Culture for smart cities

Track VI: Healthcare

• E-health, mobile health and smart health

• Infrastucture for smart health

• Advanced devices and robotics for smart health

• Ambient intelligence in assisted living

• Health information systems

• Healthcare management

• Case studies

Track VII: Applications

• E-government and m-government

• E-commerce and m-commerce

• E-entertainment and m-entertainment

• E-legal and m-legal services

• Personalized systems and services

• Enabling technologies, frameworks and standards

• Empirical evaluations

• Simulation and evaluation via simulation

• Case studies

• Applications in culture and heritage

• Applications in tourism

• Applications in natural resource management

• Applications in disabilities and to people at need