We encourage the submission of original, unpublished research focused on (but not limited to) the following topics of interest: INTERNET OF THINGS Body Area Networks Connected Home Technologies Vehicular Networking M2M Communications Wearable Technology and Consumer Electronics Security eHealth and Telehealth Applications and Services Sensor Technologies and Networks COMMUNICATIONS / SIGNAL PROCESSING Data Storage Power Line Communications Wireless Communications Hybrid Wireless-Fiber Communications Transmission, Access & Optical Systems Communications at High-Frequencies (>75 GHz) Network Coding VERTICAL ISSUES IN COMMUNICATIONS Communications Quality & Reliability Communications Systems Integration & Modeling Enterprise Networking Green Communications Multi-tier and Heterogeneous Networks Cross-layer Design, Cross-layer Security NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE Ad Hoc & Sensor Communications & Networks Cognitive Networks Communications Switching & Routing Software Defined Networking Network Function Virtualization High-Speed Networking Internet Technologies, Protocols and Standards Optical Networking REGULATION AND COMPETITION POLICY OF ICT Business Models and Pricing for ICT Sector Standardization and Normalization of ICTs Software Regulation/Standardization and Equipment Spectrum Management Issues CLUSTER, GRID, P2P AND CLOUD COMPUTING Grid and Cluster Computer Big Data Analysis and Visualization Cloud Computing middleware, stacks, tools Delivery Networks and Services at all layers Cloud Business and Legal Implications Parallel and Distributed Computing SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Intelligent and Bio-inspired Computing Database and Data Mining CSE Education Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing Software Security, Privacy and Trust Service and Internet Computing Dependable, Reliable and Autonomic Computing Real Time Systems Software Architecture COMPUTER AND INFORMATION THEORY Computer Systems Architecture Artificial Intelligence High Performance Computing Coding Theory Pattern Recognition Quantum Computing Cryptography and Data Security COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE & SERVICES Advanced Networking and Applications Communications & Information Security Information Infrastructure Mobile Computing Multimedia Communications Network Operations & Management MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING Computer Vision Visual data Representation Geographic Information Systems 3D Imaging