Topics covered

1. Computer and communication engineering
– Service oriented computing
– Intelligent systems
– Artificial intelligence and robotics
– Software platforms and middleware
– Big data, database systems, cloud computing and platforms
– Internet modeling, semantic web and ontologies,
– Mobile wireless networks
– Communication and information theory
– Computer networks
– Wireless and mobile communications
– Wireless sensor networks
– E-learning / mobile learning

2. Industrial engineering:
– Operations research
– Operations management
– Artificial intelligence
– Project management
– Occupational safety and health engineering
– Decision analysis
– Production planning and control
– Manufacturing and service systems
– Simulation
– Intelligent manufacturing – Ergonomics

3. Architecture:
– Architecture engineering
– Urban planning regulations and participation;
– Urban planning and social inclusion
– Sustainable architecture/design
– Building/cultural heritage in architecture (reconstruction and revitalization of buildings)
– Green cities
– Urbanization of public space
– Ethics in architecture

4. Civil engineering:
– Construction materials
– Engineering structures, liability and durability
– Geo-technical engineering
– Seismology
– Structure safety and prevention of disasters
– Hydraulic and hydro-power engineering

5. Electrical and electronics engineering
– Sensor nodes, circuits, devices
– Parallel and distributed processing architectures and systems
– Image, speech and video processing
– Signal processing
– Electrical circuits and systems
– Semiconductor devices
– Integrated circuits
– Electric drives and application
– Electrical machines, power electronics and industry applications
– Power electronics and power drives
– Power system modeling, simulation and analysis
– Power systems and energy
– Renewable energy

6. Protein engineering
– Biophysics
– Genetic engineering
– Cancer genome biology
– Protein engineered biomaterials
– Applications of genetic and protein engineering
– Novel approaches for genetic and microbiology
– Structure and function of proteins and DNA
– Gene expression analysis
– Pharmacogenomics & pharmacoproteomics

7. Chemistry, chemical and environmental engineering:
– Bio and food technology
– Advanced materials and technology
– Medical and pharmaceutical chemistry and technology
– Separation processes
– Process safety and loss management
– Chemical reactor engineering
– Fuel and energy
– Waste and waste water management
– Air pollution control
– Environmental sustainability

8. Applied mathematics
– Mathematical analysis
– Geometry and topology
– Graph theory and combinatorics
– Probability and statistics
– Applied mathematics: numerical analysis, algebra and computational mathematics
– Teaching Mathematics

9. Education in engineering and natural sciences: