Symposium A - Computational Signal Processing and Analysis 
• Adaptive/ Array Signal Processing 
• Compressive Sensing 
• Distributed Signal Processing 
• Multi-Rate/ Multi-Channel/ Multi-Resolution/ Multi-Modal Signal Processing 
• Signal Processing Theory, Methods, Design and Implementation 
• Statistical Signal Processing 
• Acoustic Signal Processing 
• Audio/ Music/ Speech/ Spoken Language Processing 
• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing 
• Health Monitoring in Mechanical/ Civil Structures 
• Image/ Video Analytics and Multimedia Applications 
• Machine Vision 
• Remote Sensing and Signal Processing 
• Signal Processing for Cyber Security, Big Data, HCI and Control 
• Underwater Communication and GNSS Signal Processing 
• Modelling of Virtual Humans 
• Musculoskeletal Simulation Model Generation from MRI Datasets 
• Medical Image Computing 
• Computer Assisted Intervention 
• MRI Segmentation Methods 
• Medical Simulation 
• Non-verbal Behaviour 
• Computer Graphics 

Symposium B - Intelligent Embedded Systems 
• Smart Systems - Smart Homes, Healthcare, Smart City, Smart Village, Smart Industries 
• Intelligent Transportation Systems 
• Cyber-Physical Systems 
• Real-Time Systems 
• Heterogeneous Multicore Systems 
• Hardware Software Co-design 
• Multi-agent Systems 
• Adaptive and Intelligent Robotics 
• Soft Computing for Embedded Systems 
• Cognitive Systems 
• Swarm Intelligence 
• Socio-Economic Factors in Intelligent Embedded Systems 
• Green and Sustainable Computing 
• Security for Embedded Hardware 
• Social Robotics 


Symposium C - Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices 
• Functional Electronic Nanomaterials 
• Graphene & other 2D nanomaterials 
• Nanocomposites and Hybrid materials 
• High K-dielectric materials 
• Nanofabrication & Nanolithography 
• Nanoelectronic materials for Energy application 
• Nanoelectronic Devices and Nanosensors 
• Nanomaterials for batteries and supercapacitors 
• MEMS and NEMS 
• Computational Nanoelectronics 
• Plasmonics & Nanophotonics 
• Magnetic nanomaterials and Spintronics 
• Solid state Ionic Memristors and Neuristors 
• Other advanced nanoelectronic devices 

Symposium D - Optical and Microwave Technologies 
• Optical Communication and Networks 
• Free Space Optical Systems & Radio Over Fiber Networks 
• Optical Signal Processing, Devices and Systems 
• Visible Light Communication / Li-Fi 
• All Optical Networks and optical Interconnects for Data Centres 
• Fault Tolerance and Reliability in Optical Networks 
• Green Photonics/Bio-Photonics and Sensors 
• Holography, Microscopy, Computational Imaging and Optical Sensing 
• Microwave/Millimeter-Wave/ THz Monolithic Integrated Circuits and Components (Active/Passive) 
• Metamaterial Antennas and Periodic Structures, Optical Antennas 
• RF Based Wireless Charging and Energy Harvesting 
• Antennas for Mobile and Wireless Communication 
• Smart Antennas, Phased and Active Arrays, Radar and Broadband Antennas 
• EMI/EMC Technologies/Radar Absorption Material and Measurement Techniques 
• Numerical Methods and CAD Techniques for Electromagnetic Theory 

Symposium E - VLSI Design : Circuits, Systems & Applications 

• High performance Arithmetic Circuits 
• Deep-sub-micron Design Issues 
• Low Power Design Techniques 
• High-level Synthesis 
• Analog & Mixed Signal Circuit Design 
• RF IC Design 
• Testing of VLSI Circuits 
• Verification Methodologies 
• Interface Electronic Circuits for Micro/Nano Sensors 
• SoC and NoC Design 
• Architectures for Hardware security, Cryptography and Watermarking 
• Reconfigurable Fabrics 
• Advanced VLSI Circuits involving CNTFET/FINFET/Memristors/Neuristors 
• On-Chip CMOS Memories 
• High Bandwidth Interconnects 

Symposium F - Wireless Communication Networks & Internet of Things 

• Software Defined and Cognitive Networks 
• LTE / LTE-A / WiMAX Modeling 
• Modern Digital Communication Techniques 
• 5G/6G: Communication Architecture and Technology 
• Routing in Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks 
• Cross-Layer Design and Optimization 
• Fault-Tolerant and Opportunistic Networks 
• Trust, Security and Privacy 
• Mobility and Location Management 
• IoT Architecture and Protocols 
• IoT Data Analytics 
• IoT Privacy and Security 
• Fog and Cloud Computing 
• Industrial IoT (IIoT) 
• IoT Applications and Services