Authors are invited to submit full papers describing original research work in areas including, but not limited to:

Control and Systems: Adaptive and intelligent control, Hybrid control, Digital control theory and development, Robust control, Nonlinear systems and control, Process control, Networked control, Cooperative control, Biocontrol.

Cyber-physical Systems: Smart grid, Intelligent transportation systems, Internet of things, Mobile healthcare, Distributed computing, Infrastructure simulations, Security and privacy, Data integration and visualization, New sensing platform and senses computing.

Energy and Environment: Energy management and control systems, Energy distribution, storage and recovery, Alternative and green energy, Waste management, Waste treatment and recycling, Water network and security, Sensor technologies, Intelligent micro-grids.

Industrial Informatics and Computational Intelligence: Human-machine interactions, Diagnosis and prognosis, Intelligent automation, Intelligent transportation system, Manufacturing execution systems, Networked embedded controllers, Machine-to-machine, Condition based maintenance, Multi-agent systems, Artificial neural network, Fuzzy systems, Genetic algorithm, Evolutionary computing, Machine learning, Data mining, Deep learning.

Mechatronics: Robotics, Sensors and actuators, Sensor fusion, High precision motion control, Micro electromechanical systems, Industrial automation, Remote operation.

Network and Communication Technologies: Network protocols, Mobile computing, Mobile ad hoc networks, Mobile agents, Network architectures, Quality of services, Cross-layer design/optimization, Design and performance evaluation, Traffic control, Wireless systems, MU-MIMO systems.

Optoelectronics and Optical Communication: Fourier optics and signal processing, All-optical networks, Nonlinear optical signal processing, Discrete optical signal processing, Fiber optics sensors, Fiber optics communications

Power Electronics: Power devices and components, Power quality control, FACTS, PFC, STATCOM, Harmonic analysis and compensations, Switching circuits and power converters, Motors and drives, Smart grid, Distribution generation and electrical vehicles, Wireless power transmission, Energy harvesting

Signal and Information Processing: Image processing, Computer vision, Bio-image processing, Audio/video processing, Data processing, Estimation and identification, Remote sensing, Information fusion

Invited and Special Sessions: The Technical Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited and special sessions focusing on topics relevant to the theme of the conference. Prospective organizers should submit proposals to the Invited Session Chairs, Prof. Fanglin Luo (eflluo@ntu.edu.sg) or Prof. Qingwei Gao (qingweigao@ahu.edu.cn) by the date listed in “Important Dates” .