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Assistive Technology: Advances, Applications and Challenges
edited by Paul Whittington and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open
Keywords: accessibility; artificial intelligence; assistive technology; disability; education technology; human-centred design; inclusivity; telehealth; usability
Advances in Intelligent Control Systems
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI; control; image; deep learning; machine learning; electronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Biometric Recognition: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by Yunlong Wang, Zhaofeng He, Caiyong Wang, Jianze Wei and Min Ren
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9798 | Submission Open
Keywords: biometric recognition; face; iris; fingerprint; palmprint; vein; voiceprint; gait; person re-identification; multi-modal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST 2024) submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2036 | Submission Open
Keywords: electronic circuit technologies; electronic system technologies; modeling; design and implementation of circuits and systems; systems and applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Human-Centric Manufacturing and Cyber-Physical Systems in Industry 4.0 and 5.0 Era
edited by , and Peter Drahoš
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1667 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyber-security of cyber– physical systems; industrial Internet of Things and industrial communication; human-centric HMIs based on emerging technologies (virtual; augmented and mixed reality; voice control; motion capture; brain– computer interface; multiplatform web and mobile applications; etc.); mechatronic and ICT systems for automotive industry; intelligent transport; modelling; simulation and control of mechatronic systems; computational intelligence; optimization; computer vision and challenges based on generative artificial intelligence and synthetic data; microcontrollers; FPGA; PLC and modern electronic systems for Industry 4.0 and 5.0; low-code and no-code approaches for software development; business; economic; environmental; sustainable and social aspects of Industry 4.0/5.0; innovative applications of mechatronics and digital engineering in Industry 4.0/5.0 and services (predictive maintenance; mechatronics in sustainability and health care; advanced robotics; education systems; etc.)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Advances in Intelligent Robotics Control
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 475 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent robotics control; autonomous systems; machine learning in robotics; adaptive control; human– robot interaction; real-time control systems; robotic sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Future Technologies for Data Management, Processing and Application
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: data mining; mobile networks; sensor networks; data management; data security; data fusion and integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advanced System Architectures and AI-Driven Innovations for Next-Generation Computing
edited by and Tarik Taleb
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: statistical modeling; performance evaluations; hypothesis test; hyperparameter tuning; artificial intelligence; semantic communication; 6G; networking; cybersecurity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advancements in Signal Processing: Communications, Sensing and Imaging submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: signal processing; communications; sensing; imaging; wireless communications; IoT; visible light communications (VLCs); machine learning; data fusion; biomedical imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Security and Privacy in IoT-Based Systems
edited by , and Lewis Nkenyereye
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT security; privacy-preserving IoT; blockchain for IoT; lightweight cryptography intrusion detection; secure IoT communication; end-to-end IoT security; device authentication; IoT data encryption; firmware security; risk assessment; critical infrastructure security; smart home privacy; regulatory compliance; intrusion detection; artificial internet of things (AIoT); smart environments; generative AI; digital twin; machine learning; smart agriculture; smart factory and manufacturing; smart home; smart city
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Selected Papers from the 2024 International Conference on Science and Engineering of Electronics (ICSEE’2024)
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: electronic field; component technology; circuit design; information transmission; signal analysis; security and protection; cutting-edge technologies
Recent Advances in Software Security and Cryptographic Protocols Using Machine Learning
edited by Seungho Jeon and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open
Keywords: software security; machine learning; cryptographic protocols; malware detection; security and privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances and Challenges in AI/ML for Embedded Systems
edited by Sahar Tahvili, Enislay Ramentol and Leo Hatvani
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); embedded systems; software design; system testing; automated testing; predictive maintenance; fault detection; optimization; real-time systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
End-to-End Autonomous Driving
edited by Haichuan Li and Shizheng Wang
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous driving; deep learning; transformer; path planning; motion control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Blockchain Based Electronic Healthcare Solution and Security: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open
Keywords: humanity solution; blockchain; Zero Trust; healthcare solution; solution; security; intelligent blockchain techniques; human
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Medical Robots Making a Difference in Healthcare
edited by Emmanouil Zoulias
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open
Keywords: health robots; assistance; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
Reinforcement Learning Meets Control: Theories and Applications
edited by Zezhi Tang, Yi Dong, Yunda Yan and Zepeng Liu
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open
Keywords: reinforcement learning; adaptive control; adaptive/approximate dynamic programming; robotics; deep learning; autonomous systems; optimal control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advancements in Distributed Intelligent Security Through AI-Driven Solutions
edited by Kongyang Chen, Jianping Cai and Hao Chen
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed systems; artificial intelligence security; privacy-preserving techniques; cybersecurity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Applications of Computer-Assisted Technologies in Sports Injuries and Rehabilitation
edited by and Jianxin Zhang
submission deadline 9 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2144 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer-assisted rheumatoid arthritis surgery; bone pain preoperative planning; VR/AR technology; MRI bone model and CT bone model; transfer learning approach
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
Applications, Control and Design of Power Electronics Converters submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9030 | Submission Open
Keywords: power semiconductor device; power electronic systems and control; power converters; design and control of power converters/power electronic system; renewable energy systems; power converter applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
AI-Based Solutions for Cybersecurity
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1550 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI solution for cybersecurity; machine learning-based solution for cybersecurity; deep learning-based solution for cybersecurity; AI solution for cloud security; AI solution for privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
New Trends and Methods in Communication Systems, 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced signal processin; radio communications; non-linear system analysis; artificial intelligence; wireless communications; Internet of Things; 5G communications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Activity Recognition in Smart Environments
edited by Qimeng Li, , Fangmin Sun and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: activity recognition; smart environments; machine learning; human– computer interaction; ubiquitous computing; context-aware systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Innovations in Radio Frequency Technologies, Wireless Communication, and Signal Processing
edited by Wensheng Lin, Junli Liang and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: 6G; integrated sensing and communication; radar signal processing; semantic communication; reconfigurable intelligent surface; machine learning; resource allocation and management; information theory; joint source-channel coding; security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Resonant Converter in Power Electronics
edited by , and Dimitar Arnaudov
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: resonant converters; series resonant converters (SRC); parallel resonant converters (PRC); quasi-resonant converters (QRC); zero voltage switching (ZVS); zero current switching (ZCS); high-frequency converters; wireless power transfer; LED drivers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Point Cloud-Based 3D Reconstruction and Visualization
edited by Zhaoxiang Zhang and Yuelei Xu
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: point cloud segmentation; point cloud data; 3D reconstruction; visualization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Gallium Nitride (GaN)-Based Power Electronic Systems
edited by Abdalla Eblabla and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: GaN-based power electronics simulation and modeling; material growth and device technology for GaN power electronics; high-efficiency power conversion; high speed drives; power systems architecture and circuit design; reliability and failure analysis of GaN power electronics; advanced thermal management and packaging of GaN power electronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Selected Papers from Young Researchers in Signal/Image/Video Coding and Processing, 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open
Keywords: image and video coding; visual data compression; deep learning for image/video processing and computer vision; image signal processing; 3D sensing and applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Intelligent Agents for AI-Enabled IoT and Networks
edited by Ruihong Jiang and Ruichen Zhang
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent agents; AI-enabled IoT; large language models; generative AI; reinforcement learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
New Advancements of AI for Fault Detection and Identification Systems for Industrial Automation or Asset Management
edited by , Nandini Sidnal and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: fault detection and diagnosis (FDD); artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial automation; predictive maintenance; motor condition monitoring; machine learning for fault detection; deep learning in fault diagnosis; smart sensors and IoT in industrial systems; edge AI in industrial automation; real-time fault detection; intelligent monitoring systems; anomaly detection in motors; condition-based monitoring (CBM); AI-driven industrial control systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advancements in Hardware-Efficient Machine Learning
edited by Ameer M.S. Abdelhadi
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open
Keywords: hardware-efficient machine learning; machine learning hardware optimization; custom computer architectures for machine learning; configurable machine learning accelerators; hardware-optimized machine learning models; low-latency machine learning inference; energy-efficient machine learning inference and training; hardware-accelerated training for large-scale machine learning models; deep learning model compression; low-power hardware architectures; novel compute paradigms for ML; emerging technologies for hardware-efficient ML; machine learning algorithm– hardware co-design; cross-layer optimization for hardware and ML algorithms; machine learning model compression techniques for hardware efficiency; commodity hardware optimization for machine learning; efficient machine learning model deployment on edge devices; resource-constrained machine learning optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Metasurface-Based Array Antennas for Communication Systems
edited by , Elham Baladi and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open
Keywords: 6G antennas; millimeter-wave antennas; MIMO antennas; on-chip antennas; multibeam antennas; metasurfaces; reconfigurable surfaces; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); multibeam techniques; high-gain and broadband antennas; metamaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Acoustics Sensing, Signal Processing, and Deep Learning Models
edited by Shashidhar Siddagangaiah, Rong-Juin Shyu and Jui-Hsiang Kao
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: acoustics; signal processing; audio; deep learning in audio
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Advances in Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis
edited by Yunfeng Yan and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open
Keywords: condition monitoring; fault detection and diagnosis; reliability analytics of power systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Machine and Deep Learning Applications to Computer Vision and Recognition
edited by Wenxiao Wang, Zihang Jiang, Cai Xu and Yuan Li
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; visual perception; image/video generation; image retrieval; edge computing for vision tasks; multimodal learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Innovations in NLP and Large Language Models: Shaping the Future of AI submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open
Keywords: Natural Language Processing (NLP); Large Language Models (LLMs); Artificial Intelligence (AI); machine learning; deep learning; applied AI; conversational AI; human– computer interaction; NLP applications; LLM applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sustainable Smart Cities
edited by Da Lei, Lin Zhang, Enhui Chen, Mingzhuang Hua and Wendong Chen
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; smart cities; sustainability; urban mobility; traffic management; connected vehicles; autonomous driving; smart parking; data analytics; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
AI in Cybersecurity, 2nd Edition
edited by , , and David Hicks
submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5435 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; cyber defense; cyber intelligence; machine learning; artificial intelligence; intrusion detection; malware analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advanced Control and Motion Planning Algorithms for Smart Robotic Systems
edited by Ho Tho and Takanori Miyoshi
submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart robotic systems; advanced control algorithms; motion planning; trajectory optimization; adaptive algorithms; multi-robot coordination; machine learning in robotics; human– robot interaction; teleoperation; telerobotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
GaN Technology’s Role in Next Generation Electronics Circuits and Power Applications
edited by Egidio Ragonese, and Giacomo Scelba
submission deadline 17 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 661 | Submission Open
Keywords: GaN Systems; GaN technology; power electronic technology and materials; GaN solutions for power converters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Image Fusion and Image Processing
edited by Jiang He, and Renwei Dian
submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: image fusion; image quality improvement; image restoration; image super-resolution; computer vision
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Explainable Machine Learning and Data Mining
edited by , and Nsikak Owoh
submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: explainable AI; interpretable machine learning; model transparency; ethical AI; data mining; post-hoc explanation; fairness and accountability in AI; human– AI interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Emerging Trends in Federated Learning and Network Security
edited by Wei Guo, , Qingzong Li and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; federated learning; network security; data privacy preserving; IoT; smart/intelligent manufacturing; smart grid; intrusion detection and prevention
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Next-Generation Sensing and Communication Technologies
edited by Chang Liu and Xiaodan Shao
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; sensing; wireless communications; internet of things; integrated sensing and communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Artificial Intelligence Applied to Internet of Things
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT applications and protocols; wireless sensor networks; machine learning; smart monitoring; cloud computing; fog computing; e-Health; data mining; smart grid; data aggregation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Recent Advances in Microwave/Millimeter Wave-Integrated Circuits submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open
Keywords: antennas; antenna arrays; microwave components; millimeter wave components; beam-forming networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Advanced Indoor Localization Technologies: From Theory to Application
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Submission Open
Keywords: indoor localization; localization; positioning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Distributed Machine Learning in Blockchain Assisted 5G Fixed Wireless Access Networks submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 1130 | Submission Open
Keywords: fixed wireless access (FWA); fifth generation (5G); distributed machine learning (DML)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
The Role of Digital Technologies in Sustainability Accounting and Reporting submission deadline 12 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 38375 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability accounting; sustainability reporting; non-financial performance; digital transformation; digital technologies; artificial intelligence; blockchain; internet of things; big data; cloud computing; digital accounting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Sequence Data Representation Learning and Applications
edited by , Yongfeng Zhi, Haitao Dong and Wenbo Zhang
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open
Keywords: sequence data representation; sequence data mining and applications; pattern recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
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