problems of design, construction and operation of transportation infrastructure
in Arctic and cold regions (ICR);

design, construction and exploitation of high speed railway subgrade (HSS);

geophysical techniques for geological survey and diagnostics (GT);

geological studies for construction and design in permafrost regions (GP);

disaster prevention in geotechnical structures (DP);

stability of slopes, landslides, debris flows and avalanches (SSL);

soil dynamics and earthquake engineering (SD);

geotechnical modelling of the transport facilities base (GM);

use of geosynthetics in construction and reconstruction of transport facilities (GS);

techniques of earth foundation strengthening (FS);

geoenvironmental technologies in construction and reconstruction of transport facilities (GE);

geotechnical problems of underground construction in complex conditions (UC);

transport facilities influence on underground structures (IUS);

frost heave and thaw weakening of subgrade, ballasted subgrade and base of slab track (FH);

experience in construction and maintenance of subgrade in cold regions (SCR);

artificial ground freezing in transportation (AF);

cracking of pavement caused by the natural influences and due to repeated cars passages (PC);

construction, reconstruction and maintenance of bridges and tunnels (BT);

permafrost dynamics in changing climate and under technogenic impact (PD);

transport infrastructure safety (TIS).