Track-1: Advancement in networking technologies in era of 5G and beyond, IoT and amalgamated of these technologies with Cloud and varieties of applications domain.Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• 5G and beyond New Radio (NR) specification
• Flexible and programmable RAN
• Cloud-RAN, functional split
• 5G and beyond Ultra-large Cell technologies
• 5G and beyond Small Cell Technologies
• Network Slicing
• Multi-service architectures
• 5G and beyond wireless technologies
• Cloud-based 5G and beyond mobile architectures
• 5G and beyond Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
• Software-Defined Networking (SDN) for 5G and beyond
• Spectrum utilization and sharing
• Massive MIMO Communications
• Dynamic Beamforming techniques
• Multicast / Broadcast in 5G and beyond
• Convergence of RAN and Core Network
• Novel mobility management
• Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)
• Multi-Connectivity/RAT
• Resource (network, relay, cloud-computing, etc.) management techniques in 5G and beyond Wireless
• Device-to-Device Communications and networking
• Cognitive spectrum access
• X-haul transport network
• Self-backhaul / integrated access networks
• Energy-efficient network design and protocols for 5G and beyond
• QoE/QoS management over 5G and beyond
• Dynamic QoS framework as an enabler for disruptive use cases and services
• Network and protocol interoperability in 5G and beyond Wireless Networks
• Heterogeneous cells and communications
• Millimetre-wave communications
• Coordinated and small-scale cell communications
• Machine learning and adaptive techniques for 5G and beyond
• Ultra-reliability and low-latency in 5G and beyond
• 5G and beyond and AI
• 6G technologies
• Smart Cities, Smart Public Places
• Smart Home, and 5G and beyond-based Building Automation
• Smart Agriculture and Water Management
• Cyber-physical systems, Context Awareness, Situation Awareness, Ambient Intelligence
• Collaborative Applications and Systems
• Service Experiences and Analysis
• Cloud services with 5G & Future Networks
• Next-Generation Consumer Electronics with 5G & Future Networks
• Consumer Electronics, Assisted Living, Rural Services and Production
• 5G and beyond Wireless Networks for body sensors
• Crowd-sensing, human-centric sensing
• Big data and 5G and beyond Data Analytics
• Internet Applications Naming and Identifiers
• Social-aware 5G and beyond networks
• Industry of the future, e.g., Industry 4.0
• Semantic Technologies, Collective Intelligence
• Cognitive and Reasoning about Things and Smart Objects
• Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) and 5G and beyond
• Horizontal application development for 5G and beyond
• Design principles and best practices for 5G and beyond application development
• Open Communities, Open API, Open Source
• Testbeds/ Federated Testbed
• Test-bed as a Service for Future Networks
• The architecture of IoT in 5G networks
• Software-defined solutions for IoT
• Energy efficiency and energy harvesting in IoT
• Cooperative and smart sensing techniques
• Channel characteristics and modelling with dense and sparsely populated sensors
• Terminal intelligence and light weight sensors
• Food Chain Tracking & Tracing using Blockchain
• Relay, multi-hop, and cooperative communication in IoT
• Data collection, processing, aggregation, and communication
• Efficient resource allocation schemes, QoS, and QoE in IoT
• Co-existence and device inter-operability of sensors with 5G and beyond networks
• Integrated D2D communication techniques for 5G and beyond networks
• Self-organization and self-healing of IoT networks
• Data processing and anomaly detection for IoT networks
• Cross-layer design and optimization in IoT
• Ubiquitous communication, routing protocols, and network selection in IoT
• Machine-type communications in 5G and beyond systems
• Emerging IoT applications in 5G and beyond networks
• Security issues and solutions for IoT in 5G and beyond networks
• Sensor deployment, placement, control and management issues

• Wireless and Mobile Applications
• Resource Management, Wireless QoS
• Wireless Network Architectures
• Mobile Computing
• Wireless Security
• Personal Area Networks, Body Wireless Networks, Bluetooth
• Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks
• Node Placement and Topology Control Issues
• Mobile Wireless QoS, Radio Resource Management
• Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, Radio Access Networks
• Software-defined Radio, Reconfigurable Radio Networks
• Wireless IP Networks, Interworking
• Wireless Multimedia, QoS Adaptation
• Disruption Tolerant Networks and Applications
• Distributed Algorithms for Wireless Networks
• Autonomous Mobile Sensor Networks
• Emerging technologies and Related Issues
• Wireless Information Networks: Power Management, Remote Sensing and Telemetry, WiFi, ZigBee, WiMax, Bluetooth, Wireless Network Protocols, Routing Techniques, Network Architecture, Ad Hoc Networks, Hierarchical Networks, Ubiquitous Computing.
• Data Manipulation: Noise Reduction, Data Quality and Integrity, Sensor Data Fusion, Data Visualization, Aggregation, Classification and Tracking, Pattern Recognition, Reasoning on Sensor Data.
• Sensor Networks Software: Interoperability, Scheduling, Tasking and Control, Internet of Things, Connectivity and Communication, Agent-based Simulation, Programming and Middleware.
• Hardware and Systems: Hardware Design, Packaging, Testing and Reliability, Electronic Interfaces, RFID Readers and Tags, MEMS, Swarm Sensors, Sensor Types for Chemical and Biomedical Applications.
• Sensor Networks and Challenges: Infrastructure Reliability, Energy Efficiency, Self-healing, Data Overload, Security and Vulnerability, Authentication, Fault Tolerance and Diagnosis, Environmental Impact Reduction.
• Sensor Network Applications: Healthcare, Medical Imaging, Environment Monitoring, Industrial and Structural Monitoring, Smart Grids and Energy Control Systems, Smart Buildings and Smart Cities, Home Monitoring and Assisted Living Applications, Wireless Surveillance, Smart Fabrics and Wearables, Defense and Security, Vehicular Networks, and novel applications.
• Ad Hoc Networks: Vehicular Networks, Underwater Networks, Underground Networks, Network Scalability and Capacity, Service Discovery, Middleware for Ad Hoc Networks, Body Area Networks, Personal Area Networks, Protocol Design, MAC and Transport Protocols, Network Control and Management, Quality of Service Provisioning, OFDM, Distributed MIMO, Node Localization, Synchronization, Reliability and Fault Tolerance, Security and Privacy, Performance Modeling and Analysis, Networks for the Smart Grid, and Applications of Ad Hoc Networks.

Track-2: Security and Privacy Challenges

DATA AND SOFTWARE SECURITY

• Security Frameworks, Architectures and Protocols
• Cryptographic Algorithms
• Artificial Intelligence and Security
• Information Hiding and Anonymity
• Vulnerability Analysis and Countermeasures
• Data Integrity
• Database Security
• Content Protection and Digital Rights Management
• Data Mining
• Software Security Assurance
• Security Architecture and Design Analysis
• Security Testing
• Middleware Security
• Data Fraud and Data Fabrication

TRUST

• Computational Models of Trust
• Risk and Reputation Management
• Phishing
• Security and Trust in Pervasive Information Systems
• E-Commerce and Contract Management Tools
• Trusted Platforms
• P2P Transactions and Scenarios
• Common Practice, Legal and Regulatory Issues
• Trust in Social Networks
• Identity and Trust Management
• Intrusion Detection
• Smartcard Technology
• Trustworthy Embedded Devices
• Electronic Payment Fraud

PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

• Privacy-Enhancing Models and Technologies
• Network Deployment and Management
• Web Applications and Services
• Privacy In Cloud and Pervasive Computing
• Authentication, Privacy and Security Models
• Privacy Compliance in Organizations
• Social Media Privacy
• User Profiling in E-Commerce Systems
• E-Voting and Privacy
• Privacy Metrics and Control
• Malware Detection
• Electronic Abuse Protection
• Ethics

MOBILE SYSTEMS SECURITY

• Location-based Services
• GPS-based security
• Mobile Sensing and Sensor Networks
• Bluetooth and RFID Security
• Privacy in Wireless Communications
• Mobile Applications Control
• Privacy-Preserving Protocols
• Vehicular Systems and Networks
• Secure Routing
• Software Vulnerabilities
• Access Control
• Threat Awareness
• 5G and beyond and Blockchain
• 5G and beyond Privacy and Security Concerns
• Identification and Authentication Issues
• Intrusion Detection in 5G and beyond
• Cryptography, Key Management, Authentication and Authorization for 5G and beyond
• Cross-layer Attacks in 5G and beyond
• Security with QoS Optimization in 5G and beyond
• Privacy based Channel Access in 5G and beyond
• 5G and beyond Forensic Science
• Big Data and Information Integrity in 5G and beyond
• Communication Security in 5G and beyond
• Security Standards in 5G and beyond
• Open Communities, Open API, Open Source
• Testbeds

Track-3: Computational Technology

• Quantum Communications, Sensing, Cryptography
• Quantum Photonics & Optics
• Quantum Computing
• Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computation & Information
• Quantum Applications & Simulating Nature
• Quantum Engineering
• Quantum Benchmarks & Measurements
• Quantum Education
• Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Fog/Edge Computing Models
• Mobile Cloud Computing Models
• Software Engineering Practices
• Artificial Intelligence
• Smart Grid Computing Models
• Bioinformatics and Computation
• Sustainable and Energy Efficient Computing Models
• Smart Grid Computing Frameworks
• Internet of Things
• Social and Affective Computing for Web Intelligence
• Adaptive Neural Networks
• Deep Learning
• Autonomic Computing and Machine Vision
• Intelligent Data Mining and Big Data