Areas and Topics



1. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
Broadband Wireless Telecommunication Systems
Signal Processing for Wireless Telecommunication
Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Systems
Modulation and Coding for Wireless Systems
Privacy and Security in Wireless Telecommunication
Mobile IP Networks
Wireless Sensor Networks
Analysis and Design of Wireless LAN / WAN
Audio/Video Streaming
IPv6 Infrastructures
Media Search and Retrieval
Smart Grid

2. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND FIELDS
Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Phenomena
Scattering and Diffraction
General Propagation including Waves in Specialized Media Guided Waves
Antennas and Radiation
Inverse Scattering and Imaging

3. ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Electronic Devices, Circuits, Systems, and Applications
Photonic Devices, Systems, and Applications
Physics, Materials, CAD, Technology and Reliability of Electronic and Photonic Devices down to Nano-scale including Quantum Devices

4. REMOTE SENSING AND DATA INTERPRETATION
Satellite and Airborne High Resolution Remote Sensing Systems for Earth Monitoring and Mapping
New Remote Sensing Technology and Application in Geology, Meteorology, Environment, and Agriculture
SAR and Bistatic SAR Systems: Modeling, Data Processing, and Feature Extraction
InSAR/D-InSAR Systems: Algorithm and Modeling, DEM/3D Generation, Change Detection
ISAR Systems: Modeling and Image Reconstruction Algorithms
Data Cameras and Laser Sensors/LIDAR
Global Satellite Navigational Systems and Applications
GPS Applications
Web GIS / Mobile Mapping
Data Interpretation and Inference

5. REMOTE SENSING AND INTERNET-OF-THINGS
Context Awareness
Context Modeling and Reasoning
Non-Functional Requirements on Context-Aware Services
Model-Driven Design of Context-Aware Systems
Balancing Adaptability and Privacy
Correlating User Context and User Needs
Context-Driven Rule-Based System Adaptability
Quality of Context
Security
Context Aggregation and Inference
Information Sharing
Context Management Infrastructures
Applications and Prototypes
Validation and Case Studies

6. SOCIETAL IMPACT
Telecommunications and Vulnerabilities - Benefits and Values
Remote Sensing and Privacy Risks
Value Sensitive Design
Transparency and Trust
Technical Solutions and Value Tensions
Positioning Technologies and Societal Concerns
Remote Sensing and Data Aspects
Smart Cities and Values
Drone Technology