Submissions may be targeted within, but not limited to, the following major topics and sub-topics:

1. Software Engineering and Development
- Software Agent Technology
- Middleware Design Techniques
- Component-Based Software Engineering
- Software Architecture
- Software Testing Techniques
- Object-Oriented Technology
- Requirements Engineering
- Software Reuse and Metrics

2. Information Technology and Communication Systems
- Reliability & Modeling Analysis
- Communication Systems and Networks
- Parallel & Distributed Computing
- Mobile/Wireless Computing
- Telecommunications
- Data Mining and Knowledge Recovery
- Distributed Intelligence Systems

3. Business Process and Management
- e-Government Engineering
- Cost Modeling and Analysis
- Technology Transfer
- Business Process Reengineering & Science
- Artificial Intelligence Reengineering, Reverse Engineering
- Design & Process Engineering & Science
- Design Patterns & Frameworks
- Software Process Models Process Management & Improvement
- Safety and Security Critical Software