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Research Areas
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Bio-Computation
Database & Information Systems
Distributed Systems/Ubiquitous Computing
Geometric Computation
Graphics
Hardware/Architecture
Human Computer Interaction
Internet Systems & Infrastructure
Knowledge Representation & Reasoning
Machine Learning
Math Theory of Computation
Natural Language & Speech
Networks
Probabilistic Methods & Game Theoretic Methods
Programming Languages & Compilers
Robotics, Vision & Physical Modeling
Scientific Computing
Security and Privacy
Software/Operating Systems
Systems Reliability/Dependability
Possible Research Topics and Areas
Following is a set of hot topics in the field of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology on which active research is being conducted by Institutes and Research Organizations across the Globe. Since they are on the public domain, everyone is free to take advantage of them but one should be careful that they do not collide in their research aims and names in the near future so it is recommended that you should chose the topic after careful consideration and modify your research aims accordingly.
Security and Cryptography on WWW
Managing & analyzing large volumes of dynamic & diverse data
Privacy and Databases
A System for Integrated Management of Data, Accuracy, and Lineage
Agile Engineering Methods for Distributed Dependable Systems
Modeling Complex Systems
Design Patterns for Distributed Dependable Control Systems
Agent Oriented Software Engineering
Design and Analysis Methods for Multi-Agent Systems
Software Engineering Methods and Tools for Soft Computing
E-commerce challenges and solutions
Automated E-commerce negotiation agents
Database management system for XML
Tradeoffs in Replication Precision and Performance
Trusted Image Dissemination
Integrating database queries & Web searches
Compiling High-level Access Interfaces for Multi-site Software
Content-based Image Retrieval
Digital Library Technologies
Parallel Query Optimization
Large-scale Interoperation and Composition
Scalable Knowledge Composition
Privacy and Databases
High Performance Knowledge Bases
Computational Game Theory
Multi-Agent Learning
Digital Circuit Optimization
Transactional Coherence and Consistency
Visualizing Large VLSI Datasets
Global Optimization and Self-Calibration of CMOS Analog Circuits
Computational Law
General Game Playing
Logical Spreadsheets
Collaborative Commerce
Global Trading Catalog
Exploration of indigenous language dictionaries
Textual Inferences
Shallow Semantic Parsing
Unsupervised Language Learning
Question Answering with Statistics and Inference
Clustering Models
Statistical Machine Translation
Design of Ad-hoc Wireless Networks for Real-Time Media
Compression and Streaming
Optimized Video Streaming
Image and Signal Processor
Scalable Network Fabrics
High Speed Signaling
System-Level Design Tools and Hardware/Software Co-design
Web Password Hashing
Preventing online identity theft and phasing
Software Quality and Infrastructure Protection for Diffuse Computing
Agile Management of Dynamic Collaboration
Computational modeling of signal transduction pathways
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Validity Check
Electronic Voting
Verification of high-level designs
Statistics and Data Mining
Computer Ethics
Privacy, Right of Freedom Of Information
Standardizing E-Commerce Protocols
Software Metrics and Models
Software Configuration Management Patterns
Approximation Algorithms
Design of Network Topology
Software Development Technologies For Reactive, Real-Time, and Hybrid Systems
Modeling Flexible Protein Loops
Study of Protein Motion
Sensing of Deformable Objects
Adaptive Dynamic Collision Checking
Climbing Robots
Deformable Object Simulation
Robots on Rough Terrain
Textual Inferences
Machine Learning Control
Enterprise Software, Solutions, and Services
E-commerce and the World Wide Web
Future of Web Services
Electronic surveillance
Software Model for Game Programming
Extreme Programming
Agile Software Development
Reliable Component-Based Software Systems
Engineering and Technology Management
Application of Virtual Reality
Digital Convergence
Applications of Data warehousing and data mining
IP Telephony
Genetic Engineering
Security threats through Spy ware
Software Architecture Patterns
Object Oriented Design Patterns and Frameworks
Grid Computing
FPGA
Voice Technology
Controlling Pornography and Computer Crime over Internet
Internet and the Economic Revolution
Ad-Hoc Networks Modeling
Globalization and Computers
Computer Aided Design
Bioinformatics and Biometrix
Computer Technology and Government
Computer Crimes Cyberspace Social Aspects
Human Computer Interaction
Robust IP security
Mechanisms for Friendly Robotics
Multi-directional Motion Planning
Manipulation Planning
Surgical Simulation
Next-Generation Grids and Distributed Systems
Peer to Peer Computing
Distributed Data Management
Design and Manufacturing
Repositories of Reusable Knowledge
Randomized Motion Planning
Technology-Assisted Surgery
Human Motion Simulation
Human-Centered Machine Design
Simulation & Active Interfaces
Graphics System and Architecture
Interactive Workspaces
Computational Photography
Multi-graphics
Real-Time Programmable Shading
Rendering Algorithms
Simulation & Analysis of Muscle Models
Virtual Human Simulation
Compression of synthetic images
Creating digital archives of 3D artworks
3D fax machine
Responsive Workbench
Spreadsheets for Images
Texture Analysis and Synthesis
Visualizing Complex Systems
Volume Rendering
Predicate Abstraction
Verification of transaction-based protocols
Reconfigurable Wireless Networks for Multimode Communications
Smart Photonic Networks
Improving Program Robustness via Static Analysis and Dynamic Instrumentation
High-Level Area and Timing Estimation
Hardware-Software Co-Synthesis
Collaborative Co-Located Information Organization
Enabling Rapid Off-the-Desktop Prototyping
Notebooks that Share and Walls that Remember
Interactive Workspaces
HAL
Logic Programming Techniques
Data Compression and Coding
Human Language Technology
Information Discovery
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Security and Cryptography
Spatial Data
XML and Semi-Structured Data
Supporting co-located, collaborative work with computationally-enhanced tables.
A collaborative work environment
Beyond the Desktop
Interaction with Large Displays
Moving Information and Control
Defense against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Extreme Scale Cluster Architecture
Feedback Based Inter-domain Routing
History-based Anti-spam
Towards Self-Managed Wireless LANs
Interactive Workspaces
Recovery Oriented Computing
A collaborative work environment
Only Software & Recursive Micro-reboots
Decoupled Storage
Space Systems
Inference Web
Web Semantics Technologies
AI-bots
Repositories of Reusable Knowledge
An Object-Oriented Modular Reasoning System
Model-Based Support of Distributed Collaborative Design
Modeling, Analysis and Control of Hybrid Systems
Technology for Enhanced Reuse of Design Objects
Virtual Network System
Active Queue Management
Scaleable Performance Prediction and Efficient Network Simulation
Sensor Networks
TCP Performance
Energy Efficient Wireless Communication
Load Balancing
Multimedia over Networks
Stochastic Network Theory
Web Cache Performance and Analysis
Optical Router
Optimal Routing in the Internet
Parallel Packet Switch
Rate Control Protocol for Short-lived Flows
Single Buffered Routers
TCP Switching
High Performance Switching
Link Adaptation in Wireless Local Area Networks
Mobility in Cellular and Wireless Local Area Networks
Performance Assessment and Traffic Differentiation in Wireless Local Area Networks
Identity Based Encryption
Authenticating Streamed Data
Identity Based Encryption Email system
Intrusion tolerance via threshold cryptography
Security of cryptographic primitives and protocols
Remote Exploration and Experimentation
Reliability Obtained by Adaptive Reconfiguration
Agent Applications and Ontologies
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
Agent Programming and Specification Languages
Concept-Based Retrieval and Interpretation for Large Datasets
Complex and Adaptive Systems
Constraint Programming
Declarative Debugging