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Trends and Prospects in Cybersecurity and Embedded Systems

edited by

Xun Yi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: embedded systems’ security; cyber threat detection; secure system design; cybersecurity regulations; IoT and edge computing vulnerabilities

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

Optoelectronic Processes in Novel Perovskite Materials and Related Applications

edited by Peng Zeng and Fei Zheng

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: perovskite; low-dimensional perovskite; photo physics; hot charge carrier; photodetection; LED; biolabeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Applications of Supply Chain Designs in Renewable Energy and Industrial Systems

edited by

Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico

Joel Antúnez-García

and

Wendy Flores-Fuentes

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: project management; manufacturing; production; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; renewable energy processes

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

Proteins and Peptides from Foods in 2024

edited by

Piotr Minkiewicz

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: physicochemical properties of food proteins and peptides; functional properties of food proteins and peptides; nutritional value of food proteins bioactive; functional; and taste-affecting peptides; allergenicity and its reduction; changes of proteins and peptides during processing; novel sources of proteins and peptides for application in foods; analysis of food proteins and peptides; bioinformatics and cheminformatics methods in food protein and peptide science

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

Advanced Grape Production and Processing Technologies

edited by

Marko Karoglan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: grape production; grape processing; vine growth; canopy management; field practice; climate changes; rootstock; breeding; pathology; food safety

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

Privacy-Preserving and System Security Control Based on Machine Learning

edited by

Emil Pricop

Jaouhar Fattahi

and

Grigore Stamatescu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: privacy preserving; system security; machine learning; differential privacy; adversarial machine learning; secure federated learning; machine learning based attack detection

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

Advances in Personalized and Intelligent Healthcare Systems Based on Artificial Intelligence

edited by Matej Rojc,

Izidor Mlakar

and Antonis Billis

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare systems; artificial intelligence; multilingual conversational chatbot systems; social robots; big data; large language models; speech-to-speech translation; evaluation; personal data security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Waveguide Technology: Developments and Applications

edited by Dror Malka

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: slotwaveguide; multi-slot-waveguide; FV-BPM; FDTD; SOI; silicon; sensor; combiner; splitter; polarization; amplifier; laser; filter; modulator

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Applications for Innovative, Collaborative and Sustainable Development

edited by

Paweł Weichbroth

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; big data; digital landscape

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

The Geophysical Method Applied in Engineering and Environment-Related Fields

edited by Benyu Su and

Rujun Chen

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: geophysical equipment; geophysical method; geophysical forward modeling; geophysical inversion; mineral exploration; groundwater exploration and evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Application of Biomechanics in Sports Science

edited by

Fábio Juner Lanferdini

, Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga and

Cosme Franklim Buzzachera

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports; athletes; biomechanics; adaptation; performance; injury; kinematic; kinetic; dynamometry; electromyography; ultrasonography

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

Human–Robot Collaboration and Its Applications

edited by

Angel Valera

and Marina Valles

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot collaboration; human– robot interaction; Industry 4.0; robot control; artificial intelligence; advanced robotics; industrial robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Research Progress in Manufacturing, Grinding and Polishing of Chemical Machinery

edited by

Pablo Rodriguez

and

Pawan Tyagi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical machinery; advanced manufacturing; grinding; polishing; electropolishing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advancements in Multimedia Algorithms and Services: The Role of 5G and Next-Generation Technologies

edited by

Claudia Rinaldi

and Dajana Cassioli

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G; next-generation networks; multimedia algorithms; multimedia services; real-time communication; immersive experiences; AI in multimedia; AR/VR; IoT; edge computing

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

Extraction of Functional Ingredients and Their Application

edited by

Federica Turrini

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: extraction; functional ingredients; food waste and by-products; nutraceutical; cosmetic; food packaging

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

Ionic Liquids, GUMBOS and nanoGUMBOS: Powerful Tools for Biological and Biochemical Applications

edited by Rocío L. Pérez

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionic liquids; GUMBOS; nanoGUMBOS; biosensors; chemotherapeutic; antibiotics; disinfectants; proteins; biosensors; extraction

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

Innovative Building Materials: Design, Properties and Applications

edited by

Markssuel Teixeira Marvila

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; Portland cement; pozzolans; geopolymers; natural fibers; ceramic materials; wastes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Dairy Technology and Engineering

edited by Giovanni Barone, Francesca Bot and Essam Hebishy

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy technology; dairy products; sustainable processing; dairy functionality; dairy engineer

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

Research on Biomechanics, Equipment Development, Motor Control and Learning of Human Movements

edited by Mingjiu Yu and

Gongbing Shan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: motion analysis; complicated human movements; everyday and vocational tasks; equipment design and development; ergonomics; biomechanical modeling; motor control; motor learning; biomechanical feedback training

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

Geospatial AI and Informatics for Urban and Ecosystems Analytics

edited by

Henry Bulley

Wenwen Li

and

Monika Kuffer

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: Geospatial AI; GeoAI; data mining; urban ecosystem services; spatiotemporal pattern analysis; urban resilience; sustainability; Sustainable Development Goal 11; landscape change; climate change; disaster risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Degraded Soil Treatment and Influence on Biodiversity

edited by

Marta Bik-Małodzińska

Kamila Rybczyńska-Tkaczyk

and

Anna Jakubczyk

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: soils; soil degradation; soil reclamation; reclamation methods; soil management; biodiversity; biological life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Structural Dynamics and Protective Materials

edited by Hasan Al-Rifaie, Tomasz Jankowiak and

Wojciech Sumelka

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: impact dynamics; protective materials; cellular metamaterials; sandwich panels; shock absorbers; numerical modelling; experimental testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Intelligent Transportation Systems for Sustainable Mobility

edited by Nicholas E. Lownes

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation safety; smart infrastructure; sustainability; automated vehicles; equitable design; multi-modal transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Advanced Drilling, Cementing, and Oil Recovery Technologies

edited by Adesina Fadairo

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced drilling technologies; cementing formulations; oil recovery methods; wellbore stability; enhanced oil recovery (EOR); drilling fluids; well cementing; formation evaluation

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

Smart Lighting and Visual Safety, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yandan Lin

and Minchen Wei

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart lighting; visual safety; human-centric lighting; smart design; interactive design; light pollution; illumination modelling; light booster

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Recent Advances in Modeling, Assessment, and Mitigation of Landslide Hazards, 2nd Edition

edited by

Saeid Moussavi Tayyebi

and

Manuel Pastor

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods and its applications; reliability and risk analysis; continuous and discontinuous models; GIS; remote sensing; and machine learning; landslide susceptibility modeling and mapping; monitoring techniques; early-warning techniques and disaster management systems; landslide mitigation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Muscle Rehabilitation and Bone Injury in Exercise, Sport and Health

edited by

Jan Zabrzyński

and Przemysław Pękala

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: muscle; tendon; trauma; knee; sport; injury; bone; rehabilitation; health

Advance and Smart Manufacturing Processes and Machine Tool Technologies

edited by

Michał Gdula

Lucia Knapčíková

and

Jozef Husar

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision machining; difficult-to-cut materials; multi-axis milling; tool wear; industrial engineering; Industry 5.0; composites; manufacturing engineering; engineering management; smart manufacturing systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Machine Learning Applications in Seismology: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ke Jia

, Wenhuan Kuang,

Kai Deng

and Shiyong Zhou

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; processing of seismic data; phase picking; denoising of seismic data; earthquake location; earthquake detection; focal mechanism; earthquake early warning; earthquake forecast and prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Applications of Signal Analysis in Biometrics

edited by Pengpeng Hu,

Gengshen Wu

and

Vasile Palade

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; biometric authentication; machine learning; security enhancements; feature extraction; multimodal biometrics; pattern recognition; privacy preservation; measurement; image processing

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

Unmanned Surface Vehicles: Design and Control

edited by Haibin Huang, Yifan Xue, Yufei Zhuang,

Weiqin Liu

and

Xinwei Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned surface vehicles; motion control; path planning; swarm control; cooperative and coordinated control; autonomy; ship modeling; wave modeling; intelligent design; performance evaluation; general arrangement design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)

Surface Metrology in Advanced and Precision Manufacturing

edited by

Katarzyna Peta

Felice Sfravara

and

Francesco Tamburrino

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision manufacturing; advanced manufacturing; surface engineering; surface metrology; functional characteristics of surfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Intelligent Systems and Information Security

edited by Grzegorz J. Blinowski and

George Drosatos

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: information security; threat intelligence; cloud and network security; automated incident response; security operations; intelligent systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning

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

Recent Research on Graphene-Based Materials

edited by

Mrinmoy Karmakar

and

Konstantinos Spyrou

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemically modified graphene; composite; self-healing; electrode material; property– performance relationship; cyclic voltammetry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents: Sustainable Green Chemistry

edited by

Dezhong Yang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents; separation; absorption; organic reaction; energy storage; green chemistry

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

Application of Digital Technology in Cultural Heritage

edited by Theodore Ganetsos and

Antreas Kantaros

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive techniques; 3D scanning; 3D printing; Raman spectroscopy; FTIR; SEM; XCT; hyperspectral imaging; machine learning; cultural heritage preservation; digital technology

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

Monitoring, Diagnosis, Analysis, and Control of Stability in Power Systems

edited by Ningning Ma and Lei Chen

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system stability; frequency stability; transient stability; voltage stability; wideband oscillation; stability monitoring; stability diagnosis; stability analysis; stability control

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

Applied Isotope Geochemistry for the Detection of Food Fraud

edited by Elissavet Dotsika and

Georgios Diamantopoulos

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotope analysis; δ 13C; δ 15N; δ 18Ο ; wheat; wine; vinegars; authenticity; food fraud; quality; Greece

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

Aerospace Systems: Nonlinear Dynamics, Intelligent Optimization and Control

edited by Ming Xu and

Xue Bai

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerospace system; space traffic management; trajectory optimization; constellations deployment; spacecraft control; artificial intelligence; nonlinear dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)

New Trends in the Development of Pharmaceutical Forms for Human and Veterinary Use

edited by

Daniel Hernandez-Patlan

and

Bruno Solís-Cruz

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: preformulation studies; physicochemical aspects of drug product development; drug delivery systems; biopharmaceutical aspects; nanotechnology; phytobiotics/natural compounds; therapeutic proteins; human and animal health

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

The Study of Processing Technologies in Additive Manufacturing

edited by Tomás Ballesteros, Alfredo Suárez and Pedro Villanueva-Roldán

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; process optimization; material development; mechanical properties; simulation tools; hybrid manufacturing; sustainability; machine learning; artificial intelligence (AI); industry applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Metallic Mineral Deposits and Geochemistry

edited by Yayun Liang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances; geochemistry; genesis; resources and environment; metallic mineral deposits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

New Insights into Fluid Mechanics: Modeling and Computing

edited by

Kewei Xu

Zhengwei Chen

and Xiao Xue

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; data-driven method; turbulent modeling; flow control; multiphase flow; flow– structure interaction; lattice Boltzmann methods

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

Advances in Oil and Gas Production, Storage and Transportation Technology

edited by Shangfei Song

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil gas storage and transportation; oil gas pipeline; pipeline network; petroleum production; LNG; natural gas; natural gas hydrate; carbon dioxide; hydrogen energy; flow assurance; energy system optimization

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

Advanced Agricultural Technologies: Monitoring, Modeling, and Machine Learning Techniques

edited by

Soonho Hwang

and

Rabin Bhattarai

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; drainage; nutrient; water quality; agricultural modeling; hydrological modeling; machine learning; remote sensing; uncertainty assessment; sustainable agriculture

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

Advances in the Oral Microbiota

edited by Samanta Melgar-Rodríguez, Jaime Díaz-Zúñiga and Gabriel Bermejo

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral cavity; microbiota; oral microbiome; health and diseases; periodontal pathogens; microbial dynamics; pathogens caries; pathogens on oral cancer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Prevention and Treatment of Medical Diseases in Vulnerable Populations: 2nd Edition

edited by