◕ Network Security

· Active Defense Systems

· Adaptive Defense Systems

· Analysis, Benchmark of Security Systems

· Applied Cryptography

· Authentication

· Complex Systems Security

· Database and System Security

· Data Protection

· Data/System Integrity

· Distributed Access Control

· Distributed Attack Systems

· Denial-of-Service

· High Performance Network Virtualization

· High Performance Security Systems

· Security in Cloud and Grid Systems

· Security in Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing

· Security and Privacy in Smart Grid

· Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks

· Secure Mobile Agents and Mobile Code

· Security Simulation and Tools

· Trusted Computing

◕ Network Engineering

· Network coding

· Cooperative networking

· Cross-layer optimization and control

· Cyber-physical systems

· Optical networks

· Router and switch design

· Routing & Multicast

· Scaling laws and fundamental limits

· Scheduling and buffer management

· Smart antenna based networking 

· Network measurement and analysis

· Cognitive, Cellular and Mobile Networks

◕ Communication Engineering:

· Communication Architecture

· Data Centers and Big Data Computing

· Peer-to-peer Computing and Communication

· Multimedia and Real-Time Networking

· Algorithms, Modeling and Evaluation

· Sensor/Embedded Networks and Pervasive Computing

· Network Testing and Deployment

· Delay Tolerant Networks