Topics:




1. Communication Theory

1.1) MIMO System Theory
1.2) Network Coding and Space-Time Coding/Modulation
1.3) Turbo/LDPC Codes and Iterative Algorithms
1.4) Multiple Access
1.5) Multiuser Detection
1.6) Multi-Carrier Communications
1.7) Diversity/Multiplexing
1.8) Cross-Layer Design and Optimization
1.9) Information-Theoretic Techniques for Wireless Communications
1.10) Other Subjects

2. Wireless Communication

2.1) Wireless Channel Characterization and Modeling, RF Circuits, etc.
2.2) Basic Techniques and Theory in Wireless Communications (Including Modulation, Coding, Diversity, Performance Analysis, etc.)
2.3) Smart Antenna and MIMO Techniques (Interference Suppression, Transmit and/or Receive Diversity, Space-Time Processing and Coding, etc.)
2.4) Detection and Estimation Techniques (Channel Estimation and Equalization, Timing and Frequency Offset Estimation and Correction, Multi-user Detection, etc.)
2.5) Wireless Access Techniques (OFDM, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, SDMA, etc.) Mobile Satellite and GPS
2.6) Ultra-Wideband Communications, Wireless Networks and Applications
2.7) Software Defined Radio and Cognitive Radio
2.8) Cross-Layer Optimization in Wireless Systems (Emphasize One Physical and Higher Layers)
2.9) Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Link Techniques
2.10) Other Topics Related to Wireless Communications

3. Computer Communication and Networks

3.1) Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs)
3.2) Sensor Networks
3.3) Mobile/Pervasive and Peer-to-Peer Computing
3.4) Network Security
3.5) Network Control and Management
3.6) Switch/Router Architecture
3.7) Traffic Engineering
3.8) Network Performance
3.9) Network Interoperability
3.10) Other Computer Communication and Network Related Topics.

4. Optical and Broadband Communications

4.1) Optical Access Networks (FTTx/PON) and Integrated Optical/ Wireless Access
4.2) Optical Packet/Burst Switching and Automatic Switched Optical
Network (ASON)
4.3) Optical Networks: Architecture, Performance, Protection and Restoration
4.4) Advanced Optical Modulation Formats, Coding and Optical Processing Systems
4.5) Electronic Mitigation of Transmission Impairments
4.6) Microwave Photonics and Microwave/Radio-on-Fiber Systems
4.7) Transmission Systems and High-Speed/Broadband Applications
4.8) Copper Based Broadband Transmission (ADSL/VDSL/BPL/ 10Gbase-T)
4.9) Device, Circuits, Tranceivers for Broadband Communications
4.10) Other topics in OBC (Optical and Broadband Communications)

5. Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications

5.1) Audio, Image and Video Signal Processing
5.2) Virtual Reality and 3-D imaging
5.3) Signal Processing for Media Integration
5.4) Multimedia Communication and Networking
5.5) Multimedia Security and Content Protection
5.6) Multimedia Human-Machine Interface and Interaction
5.7) Multimedia Database and Multimedia Standards
5.8) Multimedia Computing Systems and Appliance
5.9) Hardware and Software for Multimedia
5.10) Other Issues in MSPC Fields

6.Signal Processing Application in Communications

6.1) FIR, IIR and Filterbank Digital Filters
6.2) M-Dimensional Digital Signal Processing
6.3) Discrete-Time Transforms and Wavelets
6.4) Multirate Signal Processing
6.5) Adaptive, Statistical and Nonlinear Signal Processing
6.6) Detection and Estimation
6.7) Audio/Speech and Digital Image and Video Processing
6.8) Digital Signal Processing Implementation and Embedded Systems
6.9) Digital Signal Processing for Communications and Bioengineering Applications/ Bioinformatics
6.10) Other Issues and Emerging Topics in Signal Processing

7.Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence

7.1) Neural Networks: Theory and Methods
7.2) Fuzzy System Theory and Applications
7.3) Evolutionary Computation Theory and Application
7.4) Intelligent Computing with Ant Colonies and Immune Systems
7.5) Granular/Molecular/Quantum Computing
7.6) Chaotic Neural Network/Fuzzy System/Genetic Programming
7.7) Rough Set Theory and Applications
7.8) Support Vector Machines and Neural/Bioinformatics
7.9) Data Mining Theory and Applications
7.10) Other Related Topics

8.Theory, Design and Implementation of Circuits & Systems

8.1) Analog/Digital/mixed Circuits and Systems
8.2) Nonlinear Circuits and Systems
8.3) Physical Design and Testing of VLSI Circuits and Systems
8.4) Circuits and Systems for Communications
8.5) Nanoelectronics and Gigascale Systems
8.6) RF IC, Audio, Video, Image ASIC Design
8.7) Complex Networks and Large Scale Circuits and Systems
8.8) Power Electronics / MEMS/Biomedical CAS/
8.9) 4S (Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS, ATS) Systems
8.10) Other Subjects in CAS Discipline