Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC) 2020 Version 1.0 - Field of Research (FOR)

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  • RDF20-21 - Engineering and technology
  • RDF203 - Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering
  • RDF20301 - Computer engineering
  • RDF2030101 - Systems software
  • RDF2030102 - Computational languages (including domain-specific languages)
  • RDF2030103 - Middleware systems
  • RDF2030104 - Computer systems engineering
  • RDF2030105 - Computer architecture
  • RDF2030106 - Computer memory systems and storage
  • RDF2030107 - Digital hardware and technologies
  • RDF2030108 - Computer configurable hardware
  • RDF2030109 - Computer-aided design
  • RDF2030110 - Hardware and software for computer security
  • RDF2030111 - Machine learning systems
  • RDF2030199 - Computer engineering, n.e.c.
  • RDF20302 - Communications and networks technologies
  • RDF2030201 - Wireless communication systems
  • RDF2030202 - Coding and information theory applied to communications and networks technologies
  • RDF2030203 - Digital communications
  • RDF2030204 - Internet of Things
  • RDF2030205 - Software-defined network (SDN)
  • RDF2030206 - Cloud computing systems
  • RDF2030207 - Service network management systems
  • RDF2030208 - Network protocols and architectures
  • RDF2030209 - Network science and engineering
  • RDF2030210 - Spectrum sharing and management
  • RDF2030211 - Multimedia communication and networking
  • RDF2030212 - Cyber-physical systems
  • RDF2030213 - Cybersecurity and privacy technologies
  • RDF2030214 - Fibre-optic communications technologies
  • RDF2030215 - Optical networks
  • RDF2030216 - Communications and network control systems
  • RDF2030217 - Networked robotics and automation
  • RDF2030299 - Communications and networks technologies, n.e.c.
  • RDF20303 - Data analytics and signal processing
  • RDF2030301 - Learning and adaptive systems
  • RDF2030302 - Artificial intelligence engineering
  • RDF2030303 - Optimization and data analytics algorithms and systems
  • RDF2030304 - Distributed computation and signal processing
  • RDF2030305 - Image and video processing and analysis
  • RDF2030306 - Acoustic signal processing
  • RDF2030307 - Computer vision in data analytics and signal processing
  • RDF2030308 - Cognition and cognitive dynamic systems
  • RDF2030309 - Bio-signal processing and analysis
  • RDF2030310 - Signal processing for security and privacy
  • RDF2030311 - Radar and sonar signal processing
  • RDF2030312 - Remote sensing of signal processing
  • RDF2030313 - Signal processing modelling and simulation systems
  • RDF2030314 - Signal processing theory
  • RDF2030399 - Data analytics and signal processing, n.e.c.
  • RDF20304 - Electrical energy systems
  • RDF2030401 - Power dynamics and control systems
  • RDF2030402 - Power electronics
  • RDF2030403 - Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering)
  • RDF2030404 - Power quality
  • RDF2030405 - Energy storage
  • RDF2030406 - Smart power grids
  • RDF2030407 - Power system operation
  • RDF2030408 - Power system protection
  • RDF2030409 - Electric machines and drive systems
  • RDF2030410 - High-Voltage DC (HVDC) systems
  • RDF2030411 - Power distribution systems
  • RDF2030499 - Electrical energy systems, n.e.c.
  • RDF20305 - Electromagnetics, photonics and optics
  • RDF2030501 - Electricity and magnetism theory
  • RDF2030502 - Applied electromagnetics
  • RDF2030503 - Numerical methods in electromagnetics
  • RDF2030504 - Microwave theory and techniques
  • RDF2030505 - Instruments and circuits for RF microwave and millimeter wave
  • RDF2030506 - Terahertz studies
  • RDF2030507 - Antennas and propagation
  • RDF2030508 - Radar theory and applications
  • RDF2030509 - Metamaterials and metasurfaces sciences
  • RDF2030510 - Photonics and electro-optical engineering
  • RDF2030511 - Optoelectronics
  • RDF2030512 - Integrated optics
  • RDF2030513 - Applied optics
  • RDF2030514 - Optical spectroscopy
  • RDF2030515 - Semiconductor devices
  • RDF2030516 - Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology)
  • RDF2030517 - Optical signal processing
  • RDF2030518 - Quantum photonics
  • RDF2030519 - Optical and data communications
  • RDF2030520 - Fiber optics
  • RDF2030521 - Nonlinear optics
  • RDF2030522 - Ultrafast optics
  • RDF2030599 - Electromagnetics, photonics and optics, n.e.c.
  • RDF20306 - Electronics
  • RDF2030601 - Electrical circuits
  • RDF2030602 - Microelectronic devices
  • RDF2030603 - Circuits and systems
  • RDF2030604 - Mixed-signal integrated circuits
  • RDF2030605 - Very large-scale integrated circuits
  • RDF2030606 - Modeling techniques in electronics
  • RDF2030607 - Microelectronics and integrated circuits
  • RDF2030608 - Industrial electronics
  • RDF2030609 - Microfabrication techniques in electronics
  • RDF2030610 - Thin films
  • RDF2030611 - Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies
  • RDF2030612 - Microelectrical mechanical systems and microsystems design
  • RDF2030613 - Quantum electronics
  • RDF2030614 - Biomedical electronics
  • RDF2030615 - Sensory electronics
  • RDF2030616 - Power semiconductor devices and packaging
  • RDF2030617 - Semiconductor and atomic-scale electronic devices
  • RDF2030618 - Semiconductor and superconducting qubits
  • RDF2030619 - Power management integrated circuits
  • RDF2030620 - Analog and mixed-signal VLSI computing
  • RDF2030621 - Machine learning accelerators
  • RDF2030622 - Electro-optic integrated circuits
  • RDF2030623 - Radio, radar, and mm-wave sensor integrated circuits
  • RDF2030624 - Cryogenic control electronics for quantum processors
  • RDF2030699 - Electronics, n.e.c.
  • RDF20307 - Systems control and automation
  • RDF2030701 - Nonlinear and hybrid control systems
  • RDF2030702 - Game theory and optimal control
  • RDF2030703 - Discrete-event systems
  • RDF2030704 - Systems biology and control
  • RDF2030705 - Control with complex specifications
  • RDF2030706 - Motion control of robots
  • RDF2030707 - Distributed control and estimation
  • RDF2030708 - Networked control systems
  • RDF2030709 - Data-driven estimation, optimization, and control
  • RDF2030710 - Fault-tolerant control
  • RDF2030799 - Systems controls and automation, n.e.c.
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