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The following topics are dealt with: mobile and wireless communications; optical and photonic communications; antennas and wave propagation; microwave theory and techniques; computational electromagnetics; performance of computer networks; networking technologies, services and protocols; information system security and assurance; software engineering; education technology; intelligent systems; biomedical circuits and systems; advanced computer architecture; neural systems and applications; embedded systems; VLSI systems and applications; image & speech processing; digital signal processing; automotive electronics; biomimetic robotics; humanoid robots; prosthetic applications; humanitarian de-mining robotics; mobile and underwater robotics; advanced topics in robotics; distributed control systems; advanced topics in automatic control; sensors and actuators; manufacturing avionics; renewable energy and distributed generation; power electronic circuits; power electronic applications in power systems; power quality, harmonics and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); power generation, transmission and distribution; electrical machines and drive system topologies; control of hybrid generators; power system dynamics, analysis and control; power system protection; high voltage engineering; power system modeling and simulation.