CLASSIFICATION

ACM/IEEE CLASSIFICATION

source : http://www.acm.org/about/class/1998/

 General Terms:
    *Algorithms
    *Design
     Documentation
     Economics
    *Experimentation
     Human Factors
     Languages
     Legal Aspects
    *Management
    *Measurement
    *Performance
    *Reliability
    *Security
     Standardization
     Theory
    *Verification

source : http://www.computer.org/portal/web/publications/acmtaxonomy

 Computer Systems Organization

   General
        *Emerging technologies
         Hardware/software interfaces
         Instruction set design
         Modeling of computer architecture
        *System architectures, integration and modeling
        *Systems specification methodology
   ......
   Communication/Networking and Information Technology

    *General
        *Architecture
         Data communications
        *Emerging technologies
         Infrastructure protection
         Interprocessor communications
        *Network-level security and protection
         OSI reference model
         Standards
    *Network Architecture and Design
         ATM
         Centralized networks
         Circuit-switching networks
        *Distributed networks
         Frame relay networks
         ISDN
        *Network communications
        *Network topology
         Packet-switching networks
         Store and forward networks
        *Wireless communication
    *Network Protocols
        *Applications
        *Protocol architecture
        *Protocol verification
        *Routing protocols
    *Network Operations
        *Network management
        *Network monitoring
        *Public networks
    *Distributed Systems
        *Client/server
        *Distributed applications
         Distributed databases
        ?Network operating systems
    ?Local-Area Networks
         Access schemes
         Buses
         Ethernet
         High-speed
        ?Internet
         Token rings
    ?Internetworking
         Bridges
         Gateways
        ?Multicast
         Protocols
         Routers
         Standards
    ?Wide-area networks
         CATV
         Optical fiber
        ?Sensor networks
         Telephony
        ?Wireless
    *Mobile Computing
         Algorithm/protocol design and analysis
         Architectures
         Mobile communication systems
         Mobile environments
         Support services
    Miscellaneous