Interdisciplinary & Emerging Fields
machine-learning and artificial intelligence, data analytics, molecular electronics, marine seismology, computational biology, structural biology, nanophotonics, opto-electronic technologies, applied mathematics, quantum information, and quantum computing
Computing
compilers, databases, networking, operating systems, virtualization, distributed computer systems and applications, mathematical and scientific applications, optimization in high-dimensional domains, error-control coding, cryptography, information science, video encoding, and natural-language processing
Life Sciences
biochemistry and molecular biology, computational and structural biology, molecular arrays, nucleic-acid sequencers, fluorescence microscopy, and other scientific instrumentation
Computer Hardware & Electronics
communications hardware, computer-system architecture, controllers, disk arrays, fault-tolerant circuitry, integrated circuits, integrated-circuit manufacturing, optical interconnects, modulators, and detectors, processor architecture, and sensors
Materials Science
conducting polymers, linear and non-linear optical materials, metal-organic frameworks, metamaterials, phase-change materials, and semiconductors
Physics & Chemistry
optics, quantum mechanics, electromagnetics, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry, spectroscopy
Mechanical Devices
complex, computer controlled systems, medical devices, and prosthetics