Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. Internet and Web Technologies
2. Web Security
3. Databases and Information Systems
4. Ontology Engineering and Applications
5. Wireless Communications & Sensor Networks
   

AREA 1: Internet and Web Technologies

• Cloud, Grid Computing and P2P Systems;
• Deep/Hidden Web;
• Event Processing and Event-driven Systems;
• Integration of the Web and Internet-connected Objects / IoT;
• Linked Open Data;
• Rich Web UI;
• Semantic Web;
• Web Agents and Web Intelligence;
• Web Data Integration;
• Web Data Mashup;
• Web Data Models;
• Web Information Retrieval;
• Web Metrics and Performance;
• Web Mining and Web Warehousing;
• Web Monitoring and Management;
• Web Security and Trust Management;
• Web-based Business Processes and Web Services;
• Web-based Enterprise Systems and Transactions;
• Web Tools and Languages;
• Web Visualisation;
• XML and Semi-structured Data; and
• Web-based Applications (e.g., Auction and Negotiation, e-Commerce, e-Government, e-Learning, etc.)

AREA 2: Web Security

• Client Side Security
• Server Side Security
• Privacy and Confidentiality
• Authentication and Authorization
• Cryptography
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Security for Mashups
• Web 2.0 and Social Networking Controls
• Security in the Cloud
• Case-studies on Web Security
  

AREA 3: Databases and Information Systems

• Source Integration
• Distributed and parallel Databases
• Data Warehouses and OLAP
• Multimedia Database Applications
• Mobile Databases
• Database Security
• Information Systems Interoperability
• Information System Engineering Methodologies
• Modeling of Distributed Systems
• Formal Methods
• Geographical Information Systems Component-Based Development

AREA 4: Ontology Engineering and Applications

• Networked and modular ontologies
• Ontology-based databases
• Ontology query languages
• Ontology sharing and reuse
• Ontology matching and alignment

AREA 5: Wireless Communications & Sensor Networks

• Mobile and Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
• Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks
• Home Networks
• Ad Hoc Networks of Autonomous Intelligent Systems
• Network measurement, simulation and evaluation
• Security in Wireless Communications
• Novel Architectures for Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
• Performance Analysis of Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
• Self discovered and organizing Network Architectures and Protocols
• Security in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Quality-of -Service (QoS) in Wireless Sensor Networks