Focus: Leveraging AI and ML for predictive threat assessment, tactical response, and defense automation.

Sub-Themes:

• Predictive analytics for real-time threat identification
• AI-driven surveillance and detection systems
• Decision intelligence systems for defense logistics and strategy
• Ethical and human-centric challenges in autonomous security systems

Focus: Utilizing big data and statistical tools to inform national policy and strengthen defense governance.

Sub-Themes:

• Statistical modeling for defense forecasting and risk analysis
• Data visualization and decision-support dashboards for governance
• Using analytics to enhance public safety and preventive governance
• Building secure, citizen-centric national data repositories

Focus: Addressing the intersection of technology, ethics, and India’s socio-cultural context in AI-driven governance.

Sub-Themes:

• AI ethics in a culturally plural society: values, norms, and bias mitigation
• Algorithmic fairness and accountability in Indian contexts
• Privacy, data protection, and civil liberties under surveillance technologies
• Digital inclusion, media literacy, and building public trust in technology

Focus: Technical advances in ML/DL for defense, intelligence, and cyber resilience.
Sub-Themes:

• Natural language processing for intelligence analysis in Indian languages
• Neural networks for image and pattern recognition in defense scenarios
• Explainable AI (XAI) approaches for transparent security decision-making
• Adversarial machine learning and counter-AI defense mechanisms

Focus: Strengthening cyber resilience using AI, automation, and secure data infrastructures.
Sub-Themes:

• AI-driven cyber threat intelligence and early warning systems
• Automated detection and mitigation of cyber incidents
• Blockchain and cryptographic solutions for secure defense communications
• Data-driven resilience strategies in critical public and private networks