Technical topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

I. Cognitive Computing Technologies and Infrastructure

• Cognitive Computing fundamentals such as mind, language, perception, memory, reasoning, emotion, and problem solving

• Cognitive Computing techniques using artificial intelligence, pattern and speech recognition, and natural language processing

• Cognitive approaches within data mining and machine learning techniques

• Cognitionaware situational awareness systems

• Cognitionled data analytics

• Systems for Brain Machine Interface

• Semantics for Conversation and Pragmatics

II. Cognitive Computing Applications

• Big Data and Cognition

• IoT Streaming approaches for Cognitive Systems

• Deep Learning for Cognition

• Brain Analysis for Cognition

• Big Data Infrastructure for Cognition

• Distributed Data Centers for Cognition

• Consciousness and Awareness Framework

• Cognitive Robots and Software Agents

III. Intelligent Innovation Lifecycle

• Intelligent Producing

• Intelligent Extracting

• Intelligent Understanding

• Intelligent Perceiving

• Intelligent Responding

• Intelliget Deciding

• Intelligent Inferencing

• Intelligent Correlating

• Intelligent Propagating

• Intelligent Billing

• Intelligent Exchanging

• Intelligent Trading

• Intelligent Replicating

• Intelligent Destroying

• Intelligent Repairing

IV. Sensing Intelligence and Internet of Touch 

• Cognitive Sight

• Cognitive Hearing

• Cognitive Taste

• Cognitive Smell

• Cognitive Touch

• Cognitive Temperature

• Cognitive Kinesthetic Sense

• Cognitive Pain

• Cognitive Balance

• Cognitive Acceleration

• Cognitive Internal Stimuli