Prospective authors and researchers are invited to participate and contribute to the discussions of original research in the myriad topics under the following tracks:

Cyber - Physical Systems
Big Data
Reconfigurable Computing
Internet -of- Things
Smart Systems
Contemporary Signal Processing

The topics and research areas that fall under each of these tracks are as below. Any questions on the topics or the suitability of any paper in a given track may be directed to the TPC chair.
Track 1: Cyber Physical Systems

Topics under the Cyber Physical Systems track includes, but not limited to, the following:

Theoretical foundations of Cyber Physical Systems
Test beds and experiences with Cyber Physical Systems
Modelling Cyber Physical Systems
Sensors and Actuator design for Cyber Physical Systems
Sensor Networks for Cyber Physical Systems
Control Theoretic design of Cyber Physical Systems
Simulators and Simulation studies on Cyber Physical Systems
Performance Evaluation of Cyber Physical Systems
Application-oriented Design of Cyber Physical Systems
Cyber Physical Systems Design for Assisted Design
Data Visualization for Cyber Physical Systems
Signal Processing and Applications for Cyber Physical Systems
Synergetic design of computational and physical components
Networked Cyber Physical Systems
Distributed Systems and Networks for Cyber Physical Systems
System Design for Cyber Physical Systems
Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Physical Systems
Future technologies bridging the Cyber and physical worlds
Deep-space Cyber Physical Systems
Experiences with Open Platforms and large scale test beds on Cyber Physical Systems
Use of cognitive principles to achieve efficient Cyber Physical Systems
Inter-planetary Cyber Physical Systems
Under-water cyber physical systems
Cyber physical systems for Assisted Living Care
Context-based Algorithms and solutions for Cyber Physical Systems
File system design for integrated Cyber Physical Systems
Embedded File systems and Cloud computing for Cyber Physical Systems
Cyber Physical System design in Tactical Applications
Cyber Physical Systems for Emergency Response and Disaster management
Automotive Cyber Physical Systems

Track 2: Big Data

Topics under the Big Data track includes, but not limited to, the following:

Query design for Big Data Analysis
Stream data analysis for Big Data Analysis
Substream data analysis for efficient Big Data Analysis
Service Profiles and Models in Big Data
Resource management in Big Data analysis
New Analytics metrics for Big Data
Cloud virtualization
Privacy and Security issues in Big Data
Performance evaluation techniques in Big Data
Cloud Computing in Big Data analysis
Efficient database design for Big Data
File system design for Big Data
Processing over encrypted Big Data
Energy efficient algorithms for Big Data analysis
Novel algorithms for Crowd-sourcing data analysis
Social Network data analysis and visualization
Computing on social networks
On line advertisement algorithms using Big Data analysis
Big data analysis of social networks
Benchmarks for Big Data analysis
Hadoop/MapReduce-based Big Data analysis
Stream Languages and Untraditional data mining
Visual processing of Big Data
Crowd sourcing for Big Data analysis
Analytics as a Service (AaaS)
Data center design for Big Data handling
Archival of Big Data
Storage techniques for Big Data
Data mining in social media
Experiences with real-world data sets

Track 3: Reconfigurable Computing

Topics under the Reconfigurable Computing includes, but not limited to, the following:

Reconfigurable Radio Interfaces
Reconfigurable embedded systems
Design for Reconfigurable computing
Software Defined Radios
Scalable Software Defined Radios
Software Defined Networks
Profile management in Software Defined Networks
Virtual network topology setup and performance evaluation
On the fly networking over SDNs
Programmable network switches and routers
Programmability of Wireless Network Devices
Reconfigurable MAC protocols
Programmability for Bandwidth partitioning in SDRs
Reconfigurable Physical layer technologies
Bandwidth partition approaches in Programmable radio interfaces
Cognitive radios
Cognitive Radio networks
Cognitive Wireless Networks
Cognitive Network Protocol Stack
Data analysis and visualization in Software Defined Networks
Scalability and efficiency of Software Defined Networks
Middleware architectures for reconfigurable computing
Software tool chains for reconfigurable computing
Run time system monitoring and reconfiguration
Energy efficiency in reconfigurable computing
Languages for reconfigurable computer design
System integration issues
Performance evaluation and Benchmarks
Real-world experiences with large scale reconfigurable computers
Heterogeneous Reconfigurable computing

Track 4: Internet of Things

Topics under the Reconfigurable Computing Track includes, but not limited to, the following:

Sensor Networks for Internet of Things
Algorithms for Internet of Things
Naming and indexing in Internet of Things
Architectures for Internet of Things
Protocol Design for Internet of Things
Machine to Machine Communications
Wireless Networks
Threat Models and Attack Trees
Compliance, Standardization and Regulation
Impact of Internet of Things (IoT) in Cloud Security
Impact of Big Data Analytics on Privacy
Denial of Service Attacks and prevention mechanisms
Identity Management
Security, Privacy, and Trust in M2M Social Networks
Addressing schemes for Internet of Things
IPv4, IPv6, and IPv* for Internet of Things
End to End communication in Internet of Things
Performance evaluation techniques for Machine to Machine (M2M) communication
Internet of Things and Cloud computing
Internetworking of IoT and other heterogeneous networks
Hybrid cloud computing for Internet of Things
Embedded Cloud Computing for Internet of Things
Middle ware and architectures for M2M Platforms
Web of Things
Efficient Algorithms and architectures for Web of Things
Middlewares and architectures for Web of Things
Scalability of Web of Things
Protocol Design for Web of Things
Semantic Web
Embedded Web Services and Protocols
Approaches for Lightweight structured data
Design of databases and algorithms for Internet of Things
Semantic technologies for IOT services
Energy-efficient Networking protocols
Energy harvesting for Internet of Things
Energy efficient transmission technologies
Ad hoc wireless networks and Internet of Things
Wireless Mesh Networking for Internet of Things
Physical layer approaches for green communications for Internet of Things

Track 5: Smart Systems

Topics under the Smart Systems Track includes, but not limited to, the following:

Technologies for enabling Smart Cities
Devices and Technologies for Smart Transportation
Algorithms and applications for smart environments
Pervasive computing and communication
Approaches for Privacy preservation in smart environment
Efficient data manipulation for smart systems
Artificial intelligence for pervasive computing and communication
Smart dust and sensor networking
Reliability and survivability in smart systems
Smart systems for remote health care
Building-automation technologies
Energy efficient Smart homes
Resource management algorithms for smart environments
Deployment, field trials, test beds, and real-world experiences from smart environments
Robotics and its applications for smart environments
Algorithms for efficient logistics services in smart environments
Intelligent driver-less automobiles
Autonomous system design
Sensor design for smart environments
Security and privacy in smart homes
Zero-energy smart environments and Energy harvesting
Distributed algorithms for Smart environments
Localization approaches in smart environments
RF finger printing in smart environments
Navigation techniques in intelligent transportation techniques
Control theoretic solutions for smart environment systems
Smart Grid solutions
Crowd sourcing in Smart environments
Health care in smart environments
Integration of social networks and smart environments

Track 6: Contemporary Signal Processing

Topics under the Contemporary Signal Processing Track including, but not limited to, the following:

Signal processing for new generation multimedia
Processing techniques for Spoken language
Data compression for audio and video storage
Search, classify, and indexing of multimedia content
Signal processing for data storage and analysis
Signal processing in Sensor networking
Encoding and decoding approaches for data processing
Signal processing for 4G and LTE
Signal processing for nano communications
Signal processing on encrypted multimedia content
Equalization and filtering
Channel estimation approaches for highly noisy environments
Channel estimation for M2M systems
Theory and methods for Signal processing
Channel estimation for Next Generation MIMO systems
Signal processing for Medical Cyber Physical Systems
Modelling and analysis of channels for Inter-Planetary CPS
Machine learning for signal processing
Sensor array-based signal processing
Multichannel signal processing
Bio-signal processing
Signal processing systems design and implementation
Image processing for smart environments
Signal processing for Information forensics
Real world data sets for signal processing
Signal processing for stereovision to 3D transformation
Multimedia Cryptography and Security
Pattern Recognition and Biometrics
Signal Processing with Multimodal input
Human-Machine Interface