Smart Grid: Intelligent sensors and advanced metering infrastructure, power and energy system applications, the impact of smart grids on distributed energy, energy management systems, wide area protection, communication and control in energy systems, network security systems, interoperability and standards of smart grids, key infrastructure resilience, deployable microgrids, deployment and demonstration projects of smart grids, etc.
Optical Communication and Networks: Design and management of optical networks, modeling of optical network performance, control and management of optical networks, optical modulation and signal processing, reliable optical networks, generalized multi protocol label switching, new architectures of optical routers and switches, new fiber technologies, lasers and optical components, high-speed fiber local area networks and gigabit Ethernet, optical networks for future networks, energy efficiency of optical networks, integration of optical and other network technologies, optical networks supporting cloud computing, fiber radio, free space and fiber communication, etc.
Microwave Engineering: Microwave Device/Component Design and Technology, Passive and Active Equipment, Microelectromechanical Systems, Integrated Technology, Nanodevices, Millimeter and Terahertz Components, Antenna Design and Applications, Broadband, Multiband, Smart Antennas, Antenna Modeling and Measurement, Radio Frequency, Microwave and Millimeter Wave Systems and Their Applications.
Communication networks and systems: QoS/QoE and resource management, optical networks, wireless, mobile, self-organizing, and sensor networks, network security, communication systems, coding and information theory, wireless, ultra wideband, ultrasonic communication, satellite communication, etc.