AREA 1: INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS (IIOT) FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS

· Software Architecture and Middleware
· Context-Awareness and Location-Awareness
· Performance Evaluation and Modeling
· Networking and Communication Protocols
· Machine to Machine Communications
· Energy Efficiency
· Software Engineering for IoT and IoE
· Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches Data Analytics
· Technological Focus for Smart Environments
· Smart City Examples and Case Studies
· Architecture for Secure and Interactive IoT
· Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems for Vehicles, Green Systems and Smart City
· Sensor Networks, Remote Diagnosis and Development
· 5G, NVF, SDN and APIs for IoT  
· Transportation Management Traffic Theory, Modeling and Simulation
· Social Implications for IoT Intelligent
· Systems for IoT and Services Computing
· Resilient and Secure IoT with real-world solutions

AREA 2: BIG DATA RESEARCH AND MULTI-DISCIPLINE SERVICES

· Big Data Fundamentals: Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity and Value
· Modeling, Experiments, Sharing Technologies & Platforms
· Analytics, Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering
· Data Center Enabled Technologies
· Networking and Social Networks
· Data Management for Large Data
· Software Frameworks (MapReduce, Spark Etc) and Simulations
· Social Science and Implications for Big Data
· Smart City and Transportation
· Education and Learning
· Business, Finance and Management
· Social Networks Analysis, Media and eGovernment
· Risk Modeling, Simulation, Legal Challenges
· Case Studies of Real Adoption
· Biomedical Experiments and Simulations
· Healthcare Services and Health Informatics
· Security, Privacy, Trust and Risk

AREA 3: SUPPLY CHAIN FUNDAMENTALS

· Strategic supply chain management
· Sustainable supply chain management
· Green supply chain management
· Global supply chain management
· Lean/ flexible/ agile supply chain
· Supply chain risk management
· Supply chain management in an uncertain environment
· Supply chain cooperation and integration
· Supply chain project management
· Business logistics/ Logistics hubs
· Transportation/ distribution management
· Human resource management in supply chain
· Economics and financial management
· Marketing and Supply/ demand management
· Manufacturing or service systems design/ analysis
· Case studies of manufacturing/ service industries (including Automotive, Food, Tourism, Petroleum, Healthcare, Insurance and Banking, military supply chain, etc.)

AREA 4: ADVANCED SUPPLY CHAIN AND IIOT-BD INTEGRATION

· Optimization and decision making: methods and algorithms
· Inventory control, production planning and scheduling
· Artificial Intelligence and Expert System
· The role of information technology in supply chain management and decision making
· Big data and data mining in logistics and supply chain management
· Blockchain in logistics and supply chain management
· Internet of Things (IoT) in logistics and supply chain management
· Quality and productivity control and management of the supply chain manufacturing/ service processes
· Operations management and research
· Analysis of successful supply chain practices
· Supply chain 4.0 and Logistics 4.0

AREA 5: EMERGING AREAS

· Integration of high-tech and services (in any of AI, IoT, Big Data, Blockchain etc)
· Latest development in Blockchain
· Latest development mobile payment technologies with AI, IoT, Big Data and Blockchain
· 5G/6G and Fog/Edge Computing with AI, IoT, Big Data and Blockchain
· Facial recognition
· Emerging and Future Business Models, Operations, Case Studies and Recommendations
· Industry 4.0 and 5.0