(The following topics include but are not limited to)
Topic 1: Mathematics
linear algebra
Matrix theory
Vector analysis
Complex analysis
differential equation 
Laplace transform 
Fourier analysis
numerical analysis
probability theory
mathematical statistics
Operations Research
Game theory
control theory
Topic 2: Data Mining
statistics
machine learning
Database management
Data visualization
artificial intelligence
Information retrieval
Statistical Learning Theory
Mathematical optimization
natural language processing
Computer Science:
Computing infrastructure and algorithm design
business intelligence 
Big data technology
Time series analysis
pattern recognition
network analysis
Privacy and Data Security
domain knowledge 
Ethical research
Data cleaning and preprocessing
Technologies applied to specific fields
Topic Three: Data Driven
Data driven mobile computing and wireless communication
Data driven computer network
Data Driven Network Protocol
Data driven telecommunications
Data driven network trust, security, and privacy
Data driven learning
5G network based on big data
Data driven Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Network oriented machine learning and deep learning technologies
Network based models and optimization algorithms
Data driven social network analysis
Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data
Machine Learning and Data Mining of Multimedia in Social Networks
Data driven network models and applications, such as intelligent transportation systems
Cloud computing and applications
System performance analysis
Data driven optimization and decision-making
Data driven modeling and control
Big data analysis and application