Topics including but not limited to:

* Algorithms
* Artificial Intelligence
* Audio and Video Encoder/Decoder Technology
* Collaborative Computing
* Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
* Communication Systems and Networks
* Component-Based Software Engineering
* Cryptography and Network Security
* Data Mining and Knownledge Discovery
* E-Commerce and its Applications
* Embedded Systems
* Image, Speech, and Signal Processing
* Information Assurance
* Internet Technology and Applications
* Mobile/Wireless/Ad-hoc Networks
* Natural Language Processing
* Operating Systems
* Parallel and Distributed Computing
* Service-Oriented Computing
* Software Specification and Architecture
* Software Testing
* Visual and Multimedia computing
* Voice-over-IP and Security
* User-Centered Design Methods
* Web-Based Applications