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The convergence of the latest computer science and ICT

developments in the areas of micro-devices, mobile communication, hardware

infrastructures, internet and software technologies, image recognition and

processing, parallel computing, complex adaptive systems and bioinformatics

shall be given emphasis. Strong focus shall also be given to mathematics and

statistics applications such as industrial and biological modelling, biomedical,

social and theoretical statistics, computational mathematics, discrete pure

mathematics and physics/engineering.

4. Social Development and Equality. This thematic area focuses on

educational, criminological and social sciences researches and development

initiatives with emphasis on sustainable development, economic development,

gender and development, community development, governance, poverty

alleviation, social behavior, attitude and norms, capacity building, peace

process and conflict resolution, disaster risk management and social

transitions, pedagogy, special education, ICT and education, among others.

This area aims to create inclusive growth and development, social

harmony, and equal opportunities among the different social groups and to

lessen economic divide, inequality and marginalization in the society.

5. Public Health and Welfare. This area deals with researches on protecting

and improving human health and welfare which includes researches on

diseases or conditions that may be transmitted to humans from humans or

animals and vice versa as well as those connected with the environment as a

whole. Disciplines that are also covered are those dealing with epidemiology,