The conference is being organized in five tracks. Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following.

Communication & Networking

Chair: K. C. Ravindranathan, Professor, CET

Co-Chairs: K. A. Navas, Professor, GEC, Kannur and Sindhu D. Pillai, TKMCE, Kollam

    Antennas and Propagation
    Cross-layer designs
    Cognitive radio systems and networking
    Distributed resource allocation and scheduling
    Estimation Theory
    Mobile ad-hoc networks
    Modulation, Coding and Diversity
    Multicarrier communication systems
    Next generation networking and wireless systems Routing protocols and QoS scheduling
    Cooperative communications
    Secure communications and Cryptography

    Space time coding, MIMO and Adaptive antennas
    Underwater wireless communications
    Green telecommunications
    Information theory on energy efficiency
    Smart Grid Protocols
    protocol extensions for energy efficient networks
    Network load balance and smart information storage
    Energy-efficient networking
    Cross-layer optimizations to minimize energy consumption on a network scale
    Industrial electronics

Signal Processing

Chair: R, Venkatesh Babu, IISc, Bangalore

Co-Chairs: Neelam Sinha, IIIT, Bangalore and Sabeena Beevi K, TKMCE, Kollam

    Audio, Speech, Image & Video signal processing
    Signal processing for communications
    Sparse signal processing
    Human-computer interfaces
    Remote sensing
    Array processing

    Multidimensional signal processing
    Wavelets and Filter banks
    VLSI signal processing systems
    Non-linear and Biomedical signal processing
    Learning theory and Pattern recognition
    Image processing
    Sensors and sensing techniques

Power Systems & Power Electronics

Chair: Narayanan G, IISc, Bangalore

Co-Chairs: R. Sreejaya, CET and Sheeba R, TKMCE, Kollam

    Distributed Generation, microgrid and smart grid
    Hybrid Renewable sources
    Power system modelling and simulation
    Power system planning and operation
    Power quality and FACTS technologies
    Energy conversion techniques
    Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Power electronics and Industrial Drives
    Modelling, Simulation and Control of Power converters
    Power converters for Renewable energy systems
    Power semiconductor switches and soft switching

Instrumentation & Control

Chair: V. S. Borkar, IIT, Mumbai

Co-Chairs: Bindu G. R., CET and Asha Ravindranath, TKMCE, Kollam

    Adaptive/Robust systems and control
    Aerospace / Flight control and Surveillance systems
    Biomedical instrumentation and control
    Emerging control theory and applications
    Hybrid systems Intelligent control and instrumentation

    Process control and industrial automation
    Robotics and Automation
    Sensors and Instrumentation systems
    Artificial intelligent and optimization systems
    Bringing Big data to its knees by Deep learning techniques

Computing & Big Data

Chair: Prof. Umesh, IIT, Mumbai

Co-Chairs: Prof. Adbul Nazeer, NIT, Calicut, Prof. Ashraf S, IIIT, Trivandrum and Prof. Shameem Ansar, TKMCE, Kollam

    Algorithmic information theory
    Computability theory Cryptography & Information security
    Theory of computation
    Analysis of algorithms
    Mathematical logic and Formal languages
    Compilers
    Programming languages
    Operating systems
    Database systems
    Computer architecture & Networks
    Computer vision

    Big data
    Data mining
    Artificial intelligence
    Natural language processing
    Cloud computing
    Distributed computing
    Bioinformatics
    Semantic web
    Software engineering
    Web technologies
    E-Learning and E-Governance