TOPICS include but not limited to 
 Artificial Intelligence in Engineering : Reasoning, Learning, Decision Making, Knowledge Based Systems, Expert Systems
 CAD/CAM/CAE Systems: Product Modeling, Shape Modeling, Manufacturing Process Planning
 Communications Software and Systems in Engineering: Design Methodologies and Tools, Object-oriented, UML, Software Engineering
 Computational Intelligence in Engineering: Machine Learning, Genetic Algorithms, Neural Nets, Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy and Neuro-fuzzy Control
 Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Production Planning and Scheduling, Rapid Prototyping, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Collaborative Engineering, Concurrent Engineering
 Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics Systems: Control, Perception and Recognition, Sensing and Sensor Data Fusion, Intelligent Sensors, Intelligent Motion Control, Service Robots
 Intelligent Signal Processing
 Intelligent Transportation Systems: Navigation Systems, On-board Systems, Real-time Traffic Control
 Man-Machine Systems: Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia Communications, Advanced Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality
 Ontologies and Semantic Engineering: Ontology, Thesaurus, Disambiguation, Semantic Inference, Natural Language Interaction
 Systems Engineering: Systems Analysis, Systems Methodology, Self-Organizing Systems, Systems Integration, Large Scale Systems, Systems Simulation, Diagnosis and Performance Monitoring
 Web Engineering: Intelligent Information Retrieval and Recommendation, Textual and Visual Interaction and Interfaces, User Behavior Analysis and Modeling, Data Modeling, Information Visualization, Knowledge Acquisition