1. Machine Learning, Pattern Analysis, Signal and Image Processing

• Image De-nosing/Restoration/Segmentation/Grouping
• Color and Texture
• Image-Based Modeling
• Shape Representation and Matching
• Shape modeling and encoding
• 3D shape recovery
• Occlusion and shadow detection
• Stereo and multiple view geometry
• Reconstruction and camera motion estimation
• Object Detection/Recognition/Tracking/Categorization
• Face and Gesture Analysis
• Medical Image Analysis
• Feature Selection, Dimensionality Reduction, Manifold Learning
• Active and ensemble learning
• Deep learning
• Transfer learning
• Semi-supervised learning and spectral methods
• Model selection
• Reinforcement learning and temporal model
• Statistical/Kernel Methods and Support Vector Machines

2. Information security and Anti-Counterfeit

• Digital Watermarking
• Multidimensional Code
• Cryptography
• Network penetration
• Anti-Counterfeit Material
• Internet protocol

3. Big Data Processing and Application

• Big data storage and management, parallel computing
• Cloud computing
• Ranking and recommendation
• social networks analysis and web mining

4. Artificial intelligence and Cybernetics

• Robotics & control systems
• Fuzzy Systems and Applications
• Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems
• Cybernetics for Informatics