2017 8th International Conference of Information and Communication Technology for Embedded Systems

• Communication systems and information technology

Communication theory, antenna and propagation, microwave theory and techniques, modulation, coding,
networks, optical communications, wireless/mobile communications and technologies, smart grid technology, IT
biomedical engineering, business and information systems, information security and forensics, information
retrieval and data mining.

• Signal processing, image processing and sensors

Digital filters, speech processing and coding, video processing and coding, intelligent signal processing for
communications and systems, image processing, hardware/software aspects of sensors, wireless sensor networks.

• System architecture:

Multiprocessors, reconfigurable platforms, memory management support, communication, protocols, networkon-chip,
real-time systems, embedded microcontrollers.

• Embedded hardware support and hardware/software co-design:

System-on-a-chip, DSPs, hardware specification, synthesis, modeling, simulation and analysis at all levels for low
power, testable, reliable, verifiable systems, performance modeling, validation, security issues, real-time behavior
and safety critical systems, methodologies, tests and debug strategies, specification and modeling, design
representation, synthesis, partitioning and estimation.

• Embedded software:

Compilers, assemblers and cross assemblers, programming, memory management, object-oriented aspects, virtual
machines, scheduling, concurrent software for SoCs, distributed/resource aware OS, OS and middleware support.

• Application-specific processors and devices:

Network processors, real-time processor, media and signal processors, application specific hardware accelerators,
reconfigurable processors, low power embedded processors, bio/fluidic processors, Bluetooth, hand-held devices.

• Industrial practices and benchmark suites:

System design, processor design, software, tools, case studies, trends, emerging technologies, experience
maintaining benchmark suites, representation, interchange format, tools, copyrights, maintenance, metrics.

• Emerging new topics and applications:

New challenges for next generation embedded computing systems, arising from new technologies (e.g.,
nanotechnology), new applications (e.g., IoT, pervasive or ubiquitous computing, embedded internet tools) and
new principle (e.g., embedded engineering)