Prospective authors are invited to submit papers on the following (but not limited to) topics:

• New technologies and trends in embedded systems
  
• Digital signal processing
  
• Image processing
  
• VLSI Design
  
• Wireless sensor networks
  
• Smart Grids
  
• Wireless network protocols
  
• Robotics
  
• Embedded automotive control
  
• Embedded software development
  
• System-level design issues
  
• Specification and modeling of embedded systems
  
• Hardware/software co-design
  
• Software optimization and compiler techniques
  
• Fault tolerance and reliability
  
• Validation and verification of embedded systems
  
• Multimedia processors
  
• Reconfigurable architectures
  
• Multi-core, multi-threading, and virtualization
  
• Real-time operating systems
  
• Embedded Systems in Medical Electronics
  
• Robotics in Health Care
  
• Distributed embedded systems
  
• Networking and communication
  
• Security and privacy issues in embedded systems.
  
• Embedded control systems
  
• Power management and optimization
  
• Applications of embedded systems
  
• Embedded computing
  
• Real-time scheduling
  
• Performance evaluation