If these are the 25 leading IT research projects, then the field is dead. Some of these aren't research, and others don't seem to have much depth to them (e.g., "All About Twitter", "Videoconferencing for Dr. Phil", "Drivers Wielding Cell Phones", "Geeks with Glasses"). Still others sound like technical nonsense (e.g.,"Sniffing out Insider Threats", "Analyzing the Dark Web", "Measuring Boredom").
I agree, esp with "Sniffing out Insider Threats", "Analyzing the Dark Web" being nonsense. Sounds like people blowing smoke up some bureaucrats butt to get funding. If nothing else the dark web project has an overly romantic view of what they are doing.