1. Artificial Intelligence

2. IoT and  Networking

Machine Learning.
Deep Learning
Neural Networks.
Evolutionary Computation.
Computer Vision.
Robotics.
Expert Systems.
Speech Processing.
Natural Language Processing
Autonomous Vehicles reshaping the  landscape.
AI impacts on society.
Synthetic media and deepfakes.
Hyper-automation and deep analysis on the rise.
AI big time in healthcare.
Edge AI – abandoning the safe space in cloud.

IoT network design and Cloud networks.
Networking technologies for data centres.
Software defined networking.
Network virtualization technologies.
Embedded system architecture.
Adaptive and cognitive networks.
Wireless networks for IoT and Cloud.
Naming and Addressing: Advertising, Searching, and Discovery
Service Orchestration and Routing
Power, Energy, Efficient resource management, and Energy Harvesting
Things to Cloud: Computation and Communication Gateways
Miniaturization: Sensors, CPU, and network
Semantic technologies: Information and data models for interoperability

3. Image Processing & Computer Vision

4. E-Learning, Cloud and Big Data

Image Security & Forensics
Theoretical Computer Science,
Artificial Intelligence,
Pattern recognition,
Image Processing and analysis,
Computer Graphics,
Virtual Reality,
Document Image Processing,
Distributed Computing,
Signal Processing,
Software Architecture,
Soft Computing,
Bioinformatics,
Evolutionary Algorithms,
Software Engineering,
Ubiquitous Computing,
Perceptual Computing
3D Modeling, Visualization
Robotic Vision

Internet of Things (IoT) for education
Cloud based e-Learning and offer as a service
Big Data and Cloud in Hospital Management Systems (HMS)
Decision support systems, expert systems for knowledge
capturing, extraction and modeling
Mobile learning, ubiquitous learning, possibilities,
challenges and applications
Virtual/online experimentation, labs and scalable
solutions
P2P computing in education Learning management systems(LMS), frameworks and architectures
Open source, open standards, free software in education
MOOCs platforms

5. Cyber Security and Cyber Physical Systems

6. Digital India

Cyber Physical System Security
Cryptography and Data Security,
Data Privacy Preserving, Techniques,
Authentication Protocols
Access control and authorization
Attacks and defenses
Anonymity
Application, Network and System Security
Information Security and Privacy
Cloud security
Distributed systems security
Security and Privacy for the IoT and 5G
Digital Forensics
Intrusion detection and Malware Analysis
Vulnerability analysis and assessment
Mobile and Web security and privacy
Secure Protocols and Design
Security and Privacy Measures and Policies
Privacy Preserving Data Publishing & Mining
Security architectures
Social Networks Analysis and Security

e-Governance
Challenges & Opportunities in creating Digital India
Green Computing
Technological innovations