Internet + Intelligent Energy Consumption 

Identification of customer behavior
DER management and demand response
Transaction of power consumption right
Energy substitution and management

Emerging Technology Applications

Machine learning and big data analysis
Blockchain for distributed application and transaction
5G network and communication
loud computing and edge computing
Internet of Things (IoT) integrated power systems
Cyber Security Technology
Visualization Analytics for Big Data

Big Data Analytics  

Novel Theoretical and Computational Models
Framework for Data Understanding and Quality
New Data Standards and Programming Models
Infrastructure, Architecture and Platform
Big Data Management and Application
Algorithms and Techniques for Real-world Applications
Visualization Analytics
Multimedia and Multi-structured Data
City-scale Data Mining and Machine Learning
Issues, problems and opportunities in Big Data

Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services

State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology and cybersecurity
Blockchain-based security solutions of smart cities infrastructures
Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and ITS)
Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies
Recent development and emerging trends Blockchain
New models, practical solutions and technological advances related to Blockchain
Theory of Blockchain in Cybersecurity
Applications of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security
Implementation challenges facing blockchain technologies
Blockchain in social networking
Performance metric design, modeling and evaluation of blockchain systems
Network and computing optimization in blockchains
Experimental prototyping and testbeds for blockchains

Big Data Science and Engineering

Networking and Information Security

Blockchain based lightweight data structures for IoT data
Security and Legal Issue in Mobile Applications/Apps
Privacy of Open Data
Access Control and Authentication
Reliability and Security of Content and Data
Usability of Security Technologies and Services
Pricing modeling and policy
Trust and Privacy Issues in Mobile Commerce Environment
Cryptographic Protocols
Models and Languages for Big Data Protection
Privacy Preserving Big Data Analytics
Big Data Encryption

Data-Centric Architectures

Distributed Data Processing Frameworks
Stream Processing Architectures
Edge Computing Architectures
Data Warehousing and OLAP Architectures
Microservices and Containerization
Serverless Computing Architectures
Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures
Security and Privacy in Data-Centric Architectures
Scalable Storage Architectures
AI-Driven Architectures