Topics covered include but are not limited to: 1. Machine Intelligence Intelligent Agents, web mining, neural networks, computational intelligence, cooperative systems and semantic web, Internet services and applications, wireless internet applications for distance education, e-commerce, e-government, security, adaptive human-computer interfaces, search engines, distributed databases and smart cards. 2. Communications and Computer Networks Wireless, cellular and mobile communications, ad hoc networks, high performance networking, intelligent networks, network design, control and optimization of communication systems, network reliability and quality of service, network analysis and management, optical systems, network security, and grid computing. 3. Image Processing and Computer Vision Image and video processing, data and image compression, computer graphics and visualization, and computer vision. 4. Computer Hardware and Embedded Systems Computer Architecture design, microprocessors, VLSI, parallel and distributed processing, embedded systems, robotics, and system simulation. 5. Data and Software Engineering Software requirements engineering, software architecture and design, software testing and analysis, software processes and workflows, reverse engineering and maintenance, software tools, Database integration and interoperability, query processing and optimization, data structures, data warehousing and data mining.