Track Id: TRIBES – I (Theme: Innovations in VLSI and Robotics)

The VLSI and Robotics track focuses on large-scale integrated structures, circuits, and systems, as well as theoretical and experimental research findings in design and study, modeling and simulation, motion planning and control, sensing and perception, manipulation and interfaces, and case studies focused on new emerging paradigms and application areas of robotics.

1. VLSI Circuits and Devices
2. Low power design techniques
3. Memory and computing processor design
4. VLSI Architectures and Systems Integration
5. VLSI Testing and security
6. FPGA based design and Embedded systems
7. Robotics and Embedded Systems
8. VLSI Interconnects and Through Silicon VIAs
9. Nanotechnology and Graphene

Track Id: TRIBES – II (Theme: Advancements in Communication and Signal Processing)

Communication protocols and networking systems are essential to allow the Internet of Things. Signal processing is a burgeoning field with many applications in science and engineering. It serves as a framework for applications that generate, interpret, enhance, and compress signals such as audio, image, and video. This track aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners working on communications and signal processing to share insights, recent advances, future directions, and effective implementations of IoT technologies. Among the topics of concern are, but are not limited to:

1. Communication theory and systems, Information theory
2. Wireless communications
3. 5G systems
4. Vehicular Communication
5. Energy harvesting and green communication
6. Multimedia applications
7. DSP algorithms and architectures
8. Speech and audio processing
9. Biomedical applications

Track Id: TRIBES – III(Theme: Emerging trends in Antennas and Microwave)

Advances in antennas and microwaves are important in the design of different electronic systems used in a number of domains. This track provides a forum for researchers working in this domain to present their most recent research results as well as to address the various directions in which microwave and antenna technologies have evolved in recent years. Submissions to this track should be original research work in any of the topics mentioned below, but not limited to:

1. Antennas and Propagation and Measurement
2. Millimeter-wave/THz and optical antennas
3. Active adaptive and smart antennas
4. Computational Electromagnetics
5. Radar and sensor systems
6. IoT/M2M/RFID systems
7. Wearable devices and systems
8. Photonics and optical communications

Track Id: TRIBES – IV (Theme: Intelligent Computation and Analytics)

The paradigm change of AI and data science and engineering has already begun in the business sector and academia. AI and Data Science incorporate computer science, analytics, mathematics, and information science hypotheses to analyze vast volumes of data from different sources and derive useful insights. Researchers are encouraged to apply original and unpublished works dealing with AI and Data Science hypotheses and applications in the following and related fields.

1. Artificial Intelligence
2. Multi-agent system
3. Multi-objective Optimization
4. Evolutionary Algorithms
5. Semantic Technologies
6. Machine Learning and Deep Learning
7. Data Mining and Big Data Analytics
8. Computer Vision
9. Natural Language Processing

Track Id: TRIBES – V (Theme: Recent Trends in Internet of Things (IOT))

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most recognizable technological developments to emerge in recent years. It refers to the fact that devices of all sizes and shapes, ranging from automobiles to kitchen appliances to heavy machinery, are digitally linked and exchanging information on a global scale. The aim of this track is to encourage researchers and practitioners working on IoT technologies to share their original work on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:

1. Sensors and IoT Device Management
2. Low-Power, Short-Range and Wide-Range IoT Networks
3. IoT for Health and Agriculture
4. Protocols
5. IOT Architecture
6. IOT Enabling Technologies
7. Humanoid Robotics and Automation

Track Id: TRIBES – VI (Theme: Cyber-Physical Systems Security)

Cyber-physical system (CPS) implementations range from large-scale systems such as national power grids to medium-scale systems such as smart homes and small-scale health care systems such as implantable medical devices. The sensitivity of the control system and the information it holds necessitates different levels of protection for these systems. Given the impressive development in both technical domains in recent years, original research papers on related topics such as:

1. Data Access Governance
2. Data Privacy Management Solutions
3. Data Discovery
4. Block Chain
5. Cloud Computing and Data Security
6. Information Processing Security and Cryptography

Track Id: TRIBES – VII(Theme: Applied Mathematics)

We describe applied mathematics as the application of mathematics to real-world problems with the dual purpose of explaining observed phenomena and predicting new, yet unobserved phenomena. As a result, the focus in this track is on both mathematics, i.e. the creation of new approaches to meet the complexities of new problems, and real-world applications. Topics can include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis
2. Financial Mathematics and Stochastic Calculus
3. Algebraic Coding Theory and Information Theory
4. Fractional Calculus and Wavelet Theory
5. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Dynamical Systems
6. Number Theory and Cryptography