Research Topics in AI/ML/DL, Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Robotics
1. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR)
- Reasoning and inference
- Real-time inference
- Commonsense reasoning
- Qualitative reasoning, reasoning about physical systems
- Reasoning about actions and change, action languages
- Reasoning about constraints, constraint programming
- Reasoning about knowledge, beliefs, and other mental attitudes
- Computational aspects of knowledge representation
- Concept formation, similarity-based reasoning
- Contextual reasoning
- Decision making
- Argumentation
- Belief revision and update, belief merging, information fusion
- Description logics
- Explanation finding, diagnosis, causal reasoning, abduction
- Geometric, spatial, and temporal reasoning
- Inconsistency- and exception-tolerant reasoning, paraconsistent logics
- KR and autonomous agents and multi-agent systems
- KR and cognitive robotics
- KR and cyber security
- KR and education
- KR and game theory
- KR and machine learning, inductive logic programming, knowledge acquisition
- KR and natural language processing and understanding
- KR and the Web, Semantic Web
- Knowledge graphs and open linked data
- Knowledge representation languages
- Logic programming, answer set programming
- Modeling and reasoning about preferences
- Multi- and order-sorted representations and reasoning
- Nonmonotonic logics, default logics, conditional logics
- Ontology and epistemology
- Ontology evolution and dynamics
- Ontology formalisms and models
- Ontology-based data access, integration, and exchange
- Applications of KR
- Philosophical foundations of KR
- Uncertainty, vagueness, many-valued and fuzzy logics
- Knowledge-based systems (knowledge acquisition, knowledge discovery and data mining, knowledge representation and management)
- Knowledge media technologies
2. Smart Technology
- Pervasive computing and ambient intelligence
- Hybrid intelligent systems
- Intelligent system architectures
- Intelligent machinima generation
- Explainable recommendation and search
- Intelligent visual computing
- Intelligent tutoring systems
- Intelligent disaster warning system
- Intelligent user interfaces
- Visual intelligence
- Neuromorphic computing and AI
- Anticipatory computing
- Bayesian networks
- Knowledge-base and theory refinement
- Graph mining
- Knowledge discovery (data mining, text mining, and web mining)
- Data mining and knowledge management
- Large scale distributed knowledge management
- Information fusion for decision making under uncertainty
- Secure distributed learning
- Data and knowledge representation standards
- Domain-driven actionable knowledge discovery
- AI-optimized Hardware
- Biometrics
- Multimedia & cognitive informatics
- Pattern recognition
- Data clustering
- Computational social science
- Computational ecology
- Computational behavioral science
- Computational medicine
- Reasoning and evolution
- Evolutionary computation
- Computational intelligence
- Neural computation
- Brain-computer interfaces & computational neuroscience
3. Social Computing and Web Intelligence: Theory and Applications
- Social media analytics
- Social media mining
- Web intelligence
- Web search engines
- Intelligent web mining and applications
- Intelligent web personalization
- Web intelligence applications & search
- Semantic web techniques and technologies
- Web mining and ontology construction
- Social informatics
- Mobile crowdsourcing
- Crowdsourcing to understand website privacy policies
- Learning algorithms for gleaning semantic and structured knowledge from massive social media and web data
- Information extraction
- Intelligent web-based systems
4. Embodies and Ambient Intelligence
- Embodied Intelligence, Sensors and Robotics
- Computer Vision
- Ontology
- Pervasive computing
- Augmented reality
- Radio frequency identification
- health care system
- Smart cities
- Internet of Things
- Ambient asisted living
- Smart healthcare
- Intelligent transportation
- Data science
- Sensing and sensor networks
- Affective computing
- Agents and multi-agent systems
- Context-aware pervasive systems
4. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- AI models
- Responsible and explainable AI
- AI environments
- Self-supervised representation learning
- Human activity recognition
- Action understanding
- Game theory
- AI at scale
- Wireless AI perception
- Physics Informed Deep Learning
- Physics Informed Machine Learning
- Multi-agent systems
- Multi-Agent systems and distributed AI
- Emerging intelligent technologies and applications
- Intelligent computer networks and systems
- Collective intelligence
- Commonsense reasoning
- Probabilistic reasoning
- Computer model (simulator) and model uncertainty
- AI algorithms
- On-device AI
- Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
- AI tools & applications
- AI accelerators
- Photonic Accelerators for AI
- Heuristic and AI planning strategies and tools
- Computational theories of learning
- Artificial narrow intelligence (ANI), Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial superintelligence (ASI)
- Artificial intelligence and information agents on the Internet
- Artificial intelligence systems integration
- Hybrid intelligent systems
- Artificial life (ALife or A-Life)
- Conscious AI
- AI hallucinations
- AI and Intelligent agents
- State-space problem representations
- Uninformed and heuristic search
- Game playing and adversarial search
- Logical agents
- Constraint satisfaction problems
- New learning systems and styles
- Intelligent user interfaces
- Brain–computer interface/Mind-machine interface
- Social computing and crowdsourcing systems
- Defense AI technology
- AI for social good
- Decision management
- Knowledge management and business intelligence
- Learning algorithms for gleaning semantic and structured knowledge from massive social media and web data
- Business intelligence systems
- Business process management and workflow mining
- Genetic algorithms and evolutionary computing
- Pattern discovery (association analysis, anomaly detection, and cluster analysis)
- Spatiotemporal data analysis
- Data mining and predictive modeling
- Engineering informatics
- Cheminformatics
- Materials informatics
- Approximate inference for graphical models
- Multimedia techniques for enhanced accessibility systems
- Modeling and organizing large-scale Internet image collections
- Feedback motion planning for robotics
- Financial and stock market monitoring and prediction
- Emerging intelligent technologies
-- Quantum AI
- Quantum machine learning,
- Quantum-inspired soft computing,
- Hybrid classical-quantum neural network models,
- Qubit- and qutrit-based quantum-inspired neural network models,
- Quantum optimization,
- Hybrid classical-quantum algorithms
- Variational quantum algorithms
- Quantum metaheuristics
5. Machine Learning (ML)
- Supervised learning
- Unsupervised learning
- Semi-supervised learning
- Deep learning vs. shallow learning
- Machine learning algorithms and theory
- Learning and inference
- Feature engineering
- Feature selection
- Feature transformations
- Shapley value in machine learning
- Causal modeling and machine learning
- Causal structure learning and inference
- Characterization of causal information in observational data
- Understanding machine learning tasks in light of causality
- Machine learning methods exploiting causal knowledge
- Efficient causal discovery in large-scale data
- Real-world problems for causal analysis.
- Applied machine learning
- Learning dynamical systems
- Learning algorithms for latent variable models
- Fine tuning and transfer learning in ML
- Latent social characteristics learning
- Machine learning for intelligent IoT
- Reinforcement learning
- Advanced learning technologies
- Data mining and machine learning tools
- Machine learning in signal processing
- Reducing dimensionality with principal component analysis (PCA)
- Ontology
- Storytelling in games
- Style transfer
- Ethical computing
- Affective computing
- Cognitive machines
- Cognitive computing systems
- Cognitive modeling
- Medical and diagnostic systems
- Bioinformatics using intelligent and machine learning techniques
- Autonomous multi-robot systems
- Automated planning and scheduling
- Automatic control
- Robotic process automation
- Robot planning and control
- Human-robot interaction
- Machine perception (machine vision, machine hearing, machine touch)
- Multi-modality
- Sensor machine learning
- Vision intelligence and machine learning
- Machine deception
- Machine perception
- Machine learning platforms
- Distributed algorithms in machine learning
- Machine listening and learning
- Machine reading
- Optimization methods for machine learning
- Markov decision process
- Sequential decision making
- Interactive machine learning
- Embedding and representation learning
- Active learning
- Transfer learning
- Spectral learning
- Statistical relational learning
- Statistical methods for machine learning
- Bayesian learning
- Bayesian statistics
- Improving learning efficiency
6. Deep Learning (DL)
- Deep learning and representation learning
- Neural networks and deep learning
- Deep neural networks
- Convolutional neural network
- Manifold learning
- Deep visualization
- Deep learning and computer vision
- Deep learning platforms
- Deep learning hardware accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, and TPUs)
- Deep generative models
- Deep reinforcement learning
- Deep hashing
- Deep reranking
- Query expansion
- Deep token pooling
-- The Main ML Disciplines
- Regression
- Classification
- Clustering
- Dimensionality Reduction
- Ensemble Methods
- Neural Nets and Deep Learning
- Transfer Learning
- Reinforcement Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Word Embeddings
7. Algorithms for ML/DL
-- Commonly Used ML/DL Algorithms
- Linear Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Decision tree
- Linear Discriminant Analysis
- Classification and Regression Trees
- Naive Bayes
- K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN)
- Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ)
- Support Vector Machines (SVM)
- Random Forest
- Boosting
- AdaBoost
- SVM
- K-means Clustering
- Apriori Learning Algorithm
- PCA (Principal Component Analysis)
- Dimensionality reduction
- Gradient boosting algorithm and AdaBoosting
- Stable Diffusion algorithm (text-to-image)
-- Statistical Methods for Machine Learning
- Density Estimation
- Nonparametric Regression
- Linear Regression
- Sparsity
- Nonparametric Sparsity
- Linear Classifiers
- Nonparametric Classifiers
- Random Forests
- Clustering
- Graphical Models
- Directed Graphical Models
- Causal Inference
- Minimax Theory
- Nonparametric Bayesian Inference
- Conformal Prediction
- Differential Privacy
- Optimal Transport and Wasserstein Distance
- Two Sample Testing
- Dimension Reduction
- Boosting
- Support Vector Machines
8. Artificial Neural Networks
- Convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
- Recurrent neural networks (RNNs)
- Deep learning algorithms
- Multi-layer feedforward neural networks
- Adaptive Learning
- Patter extraction and detection
- Semantic meaning extraction from imprecise data
- Feedforward Neural Networks
- Radial Basis Function Networks
- Time delay neural network
- Regulatory feedback network
- Probabilistic neural network
- Genetic Scale RNN
- Holographic Associative Memory
- Spiking Neural Networks
- Cascading Neural Networks
- Dynamic Neural Networks
- Neuro-Fuzzy Networks
- One Shot Associative Memory
- Instantaneously Trained Networks
- Hierarchical Temporal Memory
- Oscillating Neural Network
- Growing Neural Gas
- Counter Propagation Neural Network
- Hybridization Neural Network
9. Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Generative AI, and Foundation Models
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Linguistic Intelligence in AI
- Computational linguistics and speech processing
- Speech recognition systems
- Text-to-speech synthesizers
- Automated voice response systems
- Automatic speech recognition
- Language instruction materials
- Biomedical natural language processing
- Machine translation/multilingual processing
- Information extraction and natural language processing
- Natural language generation and understanding
- Automatic text summarization
- Natural language processing and computational linguistics
- Natural language processing: algorithms and tools to extract computable information from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and from the biomedical literature
- Natural language learning
- Natural language understanding (NLU) AI models
- Language generation and conversational AI
- Sentiment analysis (or opinion mining)
- Sentiment analysis tools
- Track brand sentiment
- Language grounding with vision
- Statistical relational learning
- Transfer learning
- Active learning
- Auditory, speech and language processing
- Text analytics and natural language processing (NLP)
- Natural language processing and its connections with data mining, social science and vision
- Spoken language understanding
- Physical commonsense
- Unsupervised speech processing
- Automatic text summarization
- Speech processing and synthesis
- Voice synthesis
- Text-to-Speech (TTS)
- Speech recognition
- Machine learning, natural language processing, and social media
- Conversational search, recommendation, and QA systems
- Online handwriting and gesture recognition technology
- The Themes of NLP (Theme extraction, Sentiment analysis, Named entity recognition, Text summarization, Text classification, Topic modeling, Keyword extraction, Information extraction)
- Prompt and prompt engineering
- LLM fine-tuning vs prompt engineering
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- LLM training
- Efficient training
- Tokenization
- Human collaboration
- Chatbots and virtual assistants
- Healthcare applications
- Limitations of LLMs, such as computational constraints, hallucinations, and limited knowledge
- Reduce and measure hallucinations
- Optimize context length and context construction
- Incorporate other data modalities
- Make LLMs faster and cheaper
- Design a new model architecture
- Develop GPU alternatives
- Make agents usable
- Improve learning from human preference
- Improve the efficiency of the chat interface
- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Generative AI
- Architecture and Model Design
- Image generating and Manipulation
- Natural Language Processing and Text Generation
- Music and Audio Generation
- Prediction and Video Generation
- Unsupervised and Semi-Supervised Learning
- Understanding and enhancing Latent Representations learnt by Generative Models
- Multi-Modal and Cross-Modal Generation
- Robustness and Fairness in Generative AI
- Transfer Learning and Pre-Training
- Generative Models That protect Data Privacy
- Real-World Applications and Deployability
- Multimodal Creativity and AI Collaboration
10. Foundation Models
- 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
11. Computer Vision
- Optical character recognition (OCR)
- Computer vision and speech understanding
- Vision and Language in Computer Vision
- Vision sensor technology
- Computer vision applications (autonomous navigation, visual surveillance, or content-based image and video indexing)
- Fusing 3D scene reconstruction
- 3D perception
- Vision, language, and cognition
- Probabilistic graphical models
- Computational photography
- Medical vision
- Computer vision and machine learning
- Video understanding
- Visual recognition and visual search
- Large-scale image/video retrieval
- Unsupervised visual discovery
- Image and video segmentation
- Vision and language
- Video summarization.
- Learning-based visual reconstruction
- Understanding video contents
- Visual sensing for ecology and conservation
- Smart graphics
- Graphics, human computer interaction, & user experience
- People counting tool
- Colors detection
- Object tracking in a video
- Pedestrian detection
- Hand gesture recognition
- Human emotion recognition
- Road lane detection
- Business card scanner
- License plate recognition
- Handwritten digit recognition
- Iris Flowers Classification
- Family photo face detection
- LEGO Brick Finder
- PPE Detection
- Face mask detection
- Vision-language models (VLMs)
12. Machine Vision, Robotics and Robot Learning
-- Machine Vision
- Human Computer Interaction
- Pattern Recognition
- Image/Video Processing
- Intrusion Detection
- Brain-Machine Interface
- Geographic Information Systems
- Signal Processing
- Medical Diagnosis
- Segmentation Techniques
- Augmented/Virtual Reality
-- Robotics and Robot Learning
- Robot learning
- Robotics and computational perception
- Mobile robots
- Robot navigation
- Distributed robotics
- Wearable robotic systems
- Networked robotic systems
- Swarm robotics
- Swarm intelligence
- Microrobotics
- Soft robotics
13. AI-driven Trustworthy, Secure, and Privacy-Preserving Computing (AidTSP)
- AI-driven TSP (Traveling Salesman Problem) computing
- AI-driven TSP computing in IoT/CPS/Edge/Fog/Cloud paradigms
- AI-driven TSP computing smart data and Big data paradigm
- AI-driven TSP computing with blockchain
- AI-driven TSP computing in activity recognition, HCI
- AI-driven TSP with wearable devices, embedded HW and SW, and applications
- AI-driven TSP with agent-based computing
- AI-driven TSP with nature- and brain-inspired computing
- AI-driven TSP computing against AI-driven malware and fault injections
- AI-driven TSP computing against AI-driven supply chain & hardware attacks
- AI-driven TSP computing in big data capture, classification, and analytics
- AI-driven TSP computing with nano & micro-systems and quantum computing
- AI-driven TSP computing in OS, virtualization, database, and software systems
- AI-driven TSP measures, metrics, verification, and validation
- AI-driven sensing, detection, prevention, and recovery against potential threats
- AI-driven applied cryptography and security protocols
- AI-driven defense against AI-driven threats/attacks
- AI-driven data trust, system trust, service trust, application trust, etc.
- TSP with learning methods (ML/DL/DRL/FL)
- TSP, anonymity, and resilience analysis on AI
- TSP with AI-driven data mining and knowledge discovery
- TSP concerns with AI-driven technologies, such as GAN
- TSP with reactive distributed AI, AI tools, and applications
- Trustworthy ML, DL, DRL, and FL methods and tools
- Trustworthy AutoML, AutoDL, and automatic control
- Trustworthiness with AI-driven authentication, access control, & monitoring
- Theoretical studies on big data system trustworthiness, privacy, and security
- Fairness, explainability, accountability, reliability, and safety with AI
14. The Popular DL Applications
- Virtual Assistants
- Chatbots
- Healthcare
- Entertainment
- News Aggregation and Fake News Detection
- Composing Music
- Image Coloring
- Robotics
- Image Captioning
- Advertising
- Self Driving Cars
- Natural Language Processing
- Visual Recognition
- Fraud Detection
- Personalisations
- Detecting Developmental Delay in Children
- Colourisation of Black and White images
- Adding Sounds to Silent Movies
- Automatic Machine Translation
- Automatic Handwriting Generation
- Automatic Game Playing
- Language Translations
- Pixel Restoration
- Demographic and Election Predictions
- Deep Dreaming