Special Issues

Keywords: superconductivity; magnetism; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic materials; superconducting devices; spintronics; magnetic applications; superconducting magnets; coils; and wires; magnetic nanoparticles; interplay between superconductivity and magnetism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Keywords: resource prospecting; element behavior and migration mechanism; ecological risk assessment; geo-health; source tracing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Keywords: language modeling; representation learning; word embeddings; tokenization; computational morphology; information theory; text analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Keywords: building structure; seismic response; numerical simulation; on-site monitoring; non-ductile structure; ductile design; safety assessment; case study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Keywords: ECG preprocessing; ECG feature extraction; ECG disease diagnosis; ECC biometrics; ECG applications using deep learning; biosignal applications using computational intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Keywords: maximum likelihood; artificial intelligence methods in complex networks; artificial intelligence methods in criminal networks; community detection; network mining; methods for the analysis of network structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Keywords: energy; energy technologies; solar energy; wind energy; renewable energy; energy savings; heating; ventilation; air conditioning; energy efficiency; smart systems; cooling; energy efficiency; thermal storage; evaporative cooling; desiccant systems; adsorption; advanced buildings; new power sources; energy recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Keywords: ultrasound medical imaging; ultrasound medical systems; ultrasound ultraportable and handheld systems; ultrasound hardware design; research scanners; real-time implementation; GPU implementation; FPGA implementation; low-computational-cost algorithms; deep learning and neural networks; beamforming and image formation; signal and image processing; 3D imaging; high frame rate; flow imaging; tissue motion; advanced filtering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Keywords: air; soil; water; chemical pollutants – reactions; impact; identification and monitoring; waste materials; wastewater; solid waste; waste treatment; resource recovery; environmental analysis or speciation; human activities; biological activities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Keywords: genesis and evolution of gas/oil and multiscale pores; genetic and distribution patterns of fractures; geological controls on reservoirs quality; hydrocarbon accumulation/depletion mechanisms; petrophysical characterization of formations; fluid flow and fluid& ndash; shale interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Keywords: artificial intelligence; big data; digital landscape

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Keywords: water treatment; metal ion removal; dye removal; pharmaceutical product removal; microbial assays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Sciences and Technology)

Keywords: applied biosciences and bioengineering; nanosciences; chemistry and materials science; computing and artificial intelligence; electrical; electronics and communications engineering; mechanical and aerospace engineering; energy; environmental and earth science; food science and technology; applied physical science

Keywords: vibro-acoustics; vibro-acoustic modelling; vibro-acoustics applications; mechanical vibrations; acoustics; sensors; systems; metrology; standardization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Keywords: gravitational wave; astronomy; relativity; optics; material science; detection theory; signal processing; computer science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Keywords: medical device; medical technologies; regulatory medical device engineering; EU certifications; clinical trials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Keywords: floating and fixed offshore platforms; offshore infrastructures; underwater vehicles; hydrodynamics; ocean environmental engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Keywords: additive manufacturing; solid-state welding; impact welding processes; explosive welding; magnetic pulse welding; diffusion bonding; advanced fusion welding processes; powder metallurgy/sintering; machining; numerical modelling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Keywords: tidal and wave power; wind power; microgrids; energy management; fault detection and diagnosis; fault-tolerant control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Keywords: integrated circuit design; post-moore era technology; system on chip; random access memory; IC test; IC package

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Keywords: Industry 4.0 and beyond; smart manufacturing and automation; digital twins; augmented and virtual reality; cybersecurity in Industry 4.0; blockchain technology; sustainable manufacturing; human-machine collaboration; additive manufacturing; Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of manufacturing; collaborative robots (cobots); education; innovation and change management in the industrial sector; data science; artificial intelligence and machine learning; deep learning; explainable AI and trustworthiness; computer vision; supply chain optimization; quality control and defect detection; energy management and optimization; robotics and automation; natural language processing for customer service; fraud detection and prevention; cybersecurity and threat detection; big data analytics for industry; optimization of industrial processes; precision agriculture; predictive maintenance Internet of Things and Industrial Internet of Things; smart cities and IoT; industrial automation and the IIoT; IoT-enabled smart homes; IoT and environmental monitoring; IoT and supply chain management; IoT and cybersecurity in industrial environments; IoT analytics and machine learning; 5G and the IoT; IoT and IIoT connectivity technologies and standards; IoT and IIoT interoperability and integration with legacy systems and protocols; cloud and edge computing; edge computing use cases and applications across different industries; cloud and edge security challenges and solutions; distributed systems and data management in the cloud and at the edge; edge computing hardware and software platforms and their integration with the cloud; cloud and edge performance and scalability challenges and solutions; edge computing architectures and their integration with cloud providers; edge computing and cloud computing interoperability and integration; edge computing and cloud computing for real-time and mission-critical applications; fog computing and its relationship to cloud and edge computing; edge computing for mobile and wireless networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Keywords: seepage mechanics; porous media; soil and water conservation; groundwater pollution percolation; numerical simulation; theoretical model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Keywords: green and low-carbon; durability; zero maintenance costs; concrete structure; construction technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)