In this first discussion, identify your specialization in the PhD program, and what are some of the ideas you have been thinking about as a topic area. Identity research you have located in the area, and identify if you are on CPT. Please see below journals to help you get ideas as well. Make sure as you discuss your topic, it is supported by the literature.
Journal Databases on the UC Library Proquest, ACM, and IEEE:
Journal of the ACM
Communications of the ACM IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
Journal of Cryptology
Software and Systems Modeling
Journal of Machine Learning Research
IEEE Transaction on Software Engineering
Journal of Systems and Software