Tracks for the Event :

AI and Data Science

AI and Data Science, an interdisciplinary field of science and engineering, have produced a paradigm shift in the industry, academic, and research sectors. AI and Data Science integrate the theories of computer science, statistics, mathematics and information science to analyze large amount of data from various sources and extract meaningful insights from it. Researchers are invited to submit their original and unpublished works that deal with theories and applications of AI and Data Science in the following and related areas.

  • Data Infrastructure and Computing
  • Data Management
  • Data Analytics
  • Machine Learning and Data Mining
  • Data Ethics and Security
  • Big Data Analysis and Algorithms
  • Theories and Applications of Deep learning
  • Explainable AI
  • Pattern recognition
  • Data Visualization
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Recommender Systems
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • Nature-inspired computing and optimization
  • Emerging applications in various industrial sectors

Antenna and Microwave Techniques

Advances in antennas and microwaves play vital roles in design of various electronic systems used in diverse domains. This track provides a platform for the researchers working in this domain to present their latest research findings and also deliberate on the different directions in which microwave and antenna technologies are growing in recent times. Submission to this track should be an original research work in any of the following, but not limited to, topics as mentioned below:

  • Solid State and low power Microwave Devices and Circuits
  • High-Power Microwave Devices
  • Passive Microwave Devices and Circuits
  • Smart Antennas, Phased and Active Arrays
  • On-chip antennas
  • Microstrip, Planar and Low-gainBroadband and Multiband Antennas
  • Dielectric Resonator Antenna
  • Wireless Power Transfer, Energy Harvesting, and RFID
  • Sub-millimeter Wave/THz Techniques
  • RF MEMS
  • EMI and EMC
  • EBG, PBG, Metamaterials and other novel materials
  • Microwave Photonics and Optics
  • Microwave and millimetre-wave Systems
  • Radar Systems and Microwave Remote Sensing
  • Computational and Numerical Techniques in EM
  • Emerging Microwave Technologies

Communications, Networks and IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing many industries. Communication protocols and networking technologies are fundamental to enabling the IoT. The purpose of this track is to provide researchers and practitioners working on Communications and Networking technologies for IoT systems a means to share experiences, recent developments, future directions, and disseminate successful applications of IoT technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Wireless Communication and Networks
  • Modulation and Coding Techniques
  • Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks
  • Cognitive Radio Networks
  • Network Security
  • Cooperative Communication
  • Vehicular Communication
  • Optical Communication and Networks
  • Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization
  • 5G and IoT Networks
  • Green communications and Networking for IoT
  • IoT Applications and Services
  • Edge, Fog, Cloud

Computational biology and biomedical informatics

As quantitative approaches and computational techniques have revolutionized our understanding of biological systems, the research studies in the field of computational biology and biomedical informatics are becoming more versatile and path-breaking every day. Starting from molecular level interactions to large-scale dynamics, mathematical models and computational tools have become integrated with several intricate questions related to biosystems and medical sciences. In this track, we invite submissions that analyse and model biological systems to gain a deeper understanding with an interdisciplinary quantitative approach. The topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

  • Systems Biology
  • Molecular dynamics
  • Genetics and Epigenetics
  • Bioinformatics and biomedical informatics
  • Chemoinformatics
  • Complex Biological Networks
  • Network medicine
  • Computational models of Synthetic Biological Circuits
  • Nonlinearity and Stochasticity in Biological Dynamics
  • Chaos in Biosystems
  • Quantitative modelling of population dynamics
  • Mathematical and Computational Epidemiology
  • Control in Biological systems
  • Information processing in Biosystems
  • Biomedical signal processing
  • Biomedical Image Understanding
  • Deep Learning in Computational Biology

Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems

Computer Architecture is intimately connected with innovative design and analysis of internal organization of computing systems, based on mathematical simulation, verification and validation, while being targeted to achieve a well-defines set of performance goals. As an embedded system is engaged to perform pre-defined tasks, often with very specific requirements, it is therefore subjected to optimization of size, cost and performance, based on a wide range of disciplines, encompassing microarchitecture, memory system design, compiler, operating systems and real-time systems.
For this track, we solicit original and unpublished works from researchers on the following (but not restricted to) topics:

  • Multicore architectures (including fine-grain parallel processing arrays, task partitioning for multicore network processors)
  • On-chip and multi-chip interconnection networks (including low-latency and low-power on-chip networks, on-chip fault-tolerant communication, locally-clocked and asynchronous on-chip networks)
  • Processor architectures (including low-complexity superscalar processor, techniques for cache utilization)
  • Biologically inspired massively parallel architectures
  • System-level design and simulation techniques for embedded systems
  • Power-aware design and computing
  • Networked sensor devices and systems
  • Multicore SoC (system-on-chip) based embedded systems and applications
  • Multithreading in Embedded system design
  • Hardware software support for real-time applications
  • Multimedia management in Embedded systems
  • Security and dependability support in Embedded systems
  • Real-time operating system (RTOS)
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) for embedded system

Control & Instrumentation

Control System and Instrumentation constitute the two most popular branches of engineering. Instrumentation refers to the art and science of measurement and measuring instruments for indicating, and monitoring physical quantities. Currently control systems activities are multi-disciplinary in nature and measurement and instrumentation are integral part of it. Papers are invited in the following, but not limited to, sub-tracks:

  • Linear System Theory
  • Adaptive & Intelligent Control
  • Nonlinear Systems & Control
  • Process Control & Instrumentation
  • Networked & Distributed Control
  • Optimal & Robust Control
  • Estimation, Modeling & Identification
  • Real Time Systems & Embedded Instrumentation
  • Multi Agent Systems
  • Measurement theory
  • Sensors &Sensor Systems
  • Signal and Image Processing for Instrumentation
  • Sensor DataFusion
  • Stochastic Processes & Control
  • Biomedical Sensors & Signal Analysis

Devices Circuits and Systems

The primary goal of this track is to provide insights into the latest technological developments that are used in all types of electronics from home/consumer systems to service-provider networks. The ability to design and implement reliable and economical solutions in electronics, right from device manufacturing up to implementation of end product to keep up with both the technological advances and the changing market demands is a challenging task that is emphasized in this track. This track is dedicated to publishing good quality original and unpublished articles from all areas of devices, circuits and systems. Multidisciplinary papers that integrate different aspects of system level implementation and integration are also welcome. Papers are invited in the following, but not limited to, sub-topics:

  • Circuits and systems- theoretical approach
  • Circuit analysis and simulation
  • Electronic test and measurements
  • Industrial application circuits
  • Devices and their manufacturing processes
  • Device parameters and their extraction techniques
  • Device modelling and device-circuit co-design
  • Improvement in traditional electronic technologies
  • Emerging electronic technologies
  • Nanoelectronics
  • MEMS
  • Electron Devices and Circuit Design
  • RF circuits
  • Optimization techniques of electronic circuits
  • Algorithms and CAD for Electron Devices and Circuits
  • Fault tolerant electronic system design
  • Testability of devices, circuits and related systems implementation
  • Cells and architectures for integration

Power, Energy and Power Electronics

The track on Power, Energy and Power Electronics seeks original contributions in all aspects of electrical power, power electronics, renewable energy, motor drives and control. Specifically, it covers (but not limited to) the following topics:

  • Power converters
  • Power electronic components and devices
  • Electrical machines
  • Industrial drives
  • Renewable energy & energy storage
  • Smart & Micro Grids
  • Power quality
  • Power flow control
  • Transportation
  • Power engineering education
  • Policy issues in power system
  • High voltage engineering

Robotics and Cybernetics

The objective of this track is to provide the researchers from Academic Institutes and practitioners from industry working in the field robotics a forum for sharing and discussing their theoretical and experimental research findings in the form of design and analysis, modeling and simulation, motion planning and control, sensing and perception, manipulation and interfaces as well as case studies focused on new emerging paradigms and application areas of robotics including but not limited to:

  • Robotics for Industry 4.0
  • Autonomous Robotics for Extreme/Hazardous environments in industries
  • Medical, Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
  • Development of outdoor service robots (security, agriculture, space, exploration, etc.)
  • Micro/Nano Robotics
  • Collaborative Robotics and Human-centred Robotics
  • Telerobotics and Augmented Reality applications in Robotics
  • Bio-inspired systems and control applications in robotics
  • GNC (Guidance, Navigation and Control), artificial intelligence/machine learning, remote sensing and man-machine interfaces applied to single and Multi-robot systems
  • Development of robots under Cybernetics perspective addressing Biology, Medicine or Physiology problems, applying robotic technologies in their solutions

Security and Privacy

Original contribution having practical relevance are invited in the following areas (but not limited to) related to design, development, implementation, analysis, verification, or empirical evaluation and measurement of systems on Security and Privacy.

  • Network and cyber security
  • Cryptography and security solutions
  • Security policy, model and architecture
  • Security & Privacy in cloud/pervasive computing
  • Embedded systems, IoT Security and Privacy
  • Cyber-physical system forensics
  • Hardware security
  • Human aspects of security and privacy
  • Privacy and trust
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property Protection

Signal Processing and Multimedia

Signal processing is a booming area that has wide applications in diverse fields of science and engineering. It works as a foundation for applications related to generation, interpretation, enhancement, and compression of signals like audio, image, video etc. In IEEE INDICION 2021, we welcome original papers related to signal processing and multimedia on the topics but not limited to the following.

  • Multirate and Wavelet Signal Processing
  • Adaptive and Array Signal Processing
  • Statistical Signal Processing
  • Compressive Sensing and Sparse Signal Processing
  • Signal Processing Algorithms
  • Speech, Audio and Acoustic Signal Processing
  • Image and Video Signal Processing
  • Multimedia Signal Processing
  • Radar and Sonar Signal Processing
  • Signal Processing for Computer Vision and Robotics
  • Signal Processing for Communications
  • Machine Learning for Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing
  • Signal Processing Systems and Applications

VLSI and Nanotechnology

VLSI track covers broadly large-scale integrated devices, circuits and systems. Nanotechnology track aims the use of Nanoelectronics covering inter-atomic interactions and quantum mechanical properties, hybrid molecular/semiconductor electronics, one-dimensional nanotubes/nanowires or advanced molecular electronics.
Papers are invited for the following areas and related areas

  • Digital circuits, signal integrity, and IOs
  • Amplifier, filters and Data converters
  • Wireless and optical transceivers
  • Sensors, imagers, and display circuits
  • Memory circuits, architectures, and interfaces
  • VLSI Interconnects
  • High Frequency Devices and circuits
  • Frequency generation and clock circuits
  • Power conversion circuits, Biomedical circuits, Consumer Electronics
  • FPGA-based designs
  • Security and Privacy
  • Test and verification of VLSI Circuits
  • CMOS and Emerging Technologies