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A Survey of RISC-V Secure Enclaves and Trusted Execution Environments

by Marouene Boubakri and Belhassen Zouari

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4171; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214171 (registering DOI) - 25 Oct 2025

RISC-V has emerged as a compelling alternative to proprietary instruction set architectures, distinguished by its openness, extensibility, and modularity. As the ecosystem matures, attention has turned to building confidential computing foundations, notably Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and secure enclaves, to support sensitive workloads. [...] Read more.

RISC-V has emerged as a compelling alternative to proprietary instruction set architectures, distinguished by its openness, extensibility, and modularity. As the ecosystem matures, attention has turned to building confidential computing foundations, notably Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and secure enclaves, to support sensitive workloads. These efforts explore a variety of design directions, yet reveal important trade-offs. Some approaches achieve strong isolation guarantees, but fall short in scalability or broad adoption. Others introduce defenses, such as memory protection or side-channel resistance, although often with significant performance costs that limit deployment in constrained systems. Lightweight enclaves address embedded contexts, but lack the advanced security features demanded by complex applications. In addition, early-stage development, complex programming models, and limited real-world validation hinder their usability. This survey reviews the current landscape of RISC-V TEEs and secure enclaves, analyzing their architectural principles, strengths, and weaknesses. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work to present such a consolidated view. Finally, we highlight open challenges and research opportunities, aiming toward establishing a cohesive and trustworthy RISC-V trusted computing ecosystem. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Secure Hardware Architecture and Attack Resilience)

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A Wideband Multi-Linear Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna with Artificial Magnetic Conductor

by Shixing Yu, Kaisheng Yang and Yingmeng Zhang

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4170; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214170 (registering DOI) - 25 Oct 2025

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This paper presents a wideband multi-linear polarization reconfigurable antenna featuring five linear polarization states. We use the semi-ellipsoidal dipoles as the main radiators to broaden the operating bandwidth; the states of linear polarizations are switched by controlling the ON/OFF of PIN diodes between [...] Read more.

This paper presents a wideband multi-linear polarization reconfigurable antenna featuring five linear polarization states. We use the semi-ellipsoidal dipoles as the main radiators to broaden the operating bandwidth; the states of linear polarizations are switched by controlling the ON/OFF of PIN diodes between feeding pads and dipoles to excite a specific pair of dipoles. A 7 × 7 AMC array is added below the antenna to obtain a small height of 0.14 λ₀ (λ₀ is the free space wavelength at the operating frequency). Prototypes of the designed antenna are fabricated, and experimental results illustrate that the proposed antenna yields an impedance bandwidth of 50% (from 2.25 GHz to 3.75 GHz) for all polarization states, stable radiation patterns, and low cross-polarization within the operating band. In addition, the maximum gain reaches 8.1 dBi. The proposed five linear-polarized switching antenna with wide band and low-profile features can be applied in reconfigurable conformal array antennas, thus flexibly realizing linear polarization reconfiguration of conformal arrays in radar and military platforms. Full article

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Wear Leveling in SSDs Considered Harmful: A Case for Capacity Variance

by Ziyang Jiao and Biyuan Yang

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4169; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214169 (registering DOI) - 25 Oct 2025

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The trend of decreasing endurance of flash memory makes the overall lifetime of SSDs more sensitive to the effects of wear leveling. Under these circumstances, we observe that existing wear-leveling techniques exhibit anomalous behavior under workloads without clear access skew or under dynamic [...] Read more.

The trend of decreasing endurance of flash memory makes the overall lifetime of SSDs more sensitive to the effects of wear leveling. Under these circumstances, we observe that existing wear-leveling techniques exhibit anomalous behavior under workloads without clear access skew or under dynamic access patterns and produce high write amplification, as high as 5.4×, negating its intended benefits. We argue that wear leveling is an artifact for maintaining the fixed-capacity abstraction of a storage device, and it becomes unnecessary if the exported capacity of the SSD is to gracefully reduce. We show that this idea of capacity variance extends the lifetime of the SSD, allowing up to 2.94× more writes under real workloads. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Semiconductor Devices and Applications)

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HiSeq-TCN: High-Dimensional Feature Sequence Modeling and Few-Shot Reinforcement Learning for Intrusion Detection

by Yadong Pei, Yanfei Tan, Wei Gao, Fangwei Li and Mingyue Wang

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4168; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214168 (registering DOI) - 25 Oct 2025

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Intrusion detection is essential to cybersecurity. However, the curse of dimensionality and class imbalance limit detection accuracy and impede the identification of rare attacks. To address these challenges, this paper proposes the high-dimensional feature sequence temporal convolutional network (HiSeq-TCN) for intrusion detection. The [...] Read more.

Intrusion detection is essential to cybersecurity. However, the curse of dimensionality and class imbalance limit detection accuracy and impede the identification of rare attacks. To address these challenges, this paper proposes the high-dimensional feature sequence temporal convolutional network (HiSeq-TCN) for intrusion detection. The proposed HiSeq-TCN transforms high-dimensional feature vectors into pseudo-temporal sequences, enabling the network to capture contextual dependencies across feature dimensions. This enhances feature representation and detection robustness. In addition, a few-shot reinforcement strategy adaptively assigns larger loss weights to minority classes, mitigating class imbalance and improving the recognition of rare attacks. Experiments on the NSL-KDD dataset show that HiSeq-TCN achieves an overall accuracy of 99.44%, outperforming support vector machines, deep neural networks, and long short-term memory models. More importantly, it significantly improves the detection of rare attack types such as remote-to-local and user-to-root attacks. These results highlight the potential of HiSeq-TCN for robust and reliable intrusion detection in practical cybersecurity environments. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Deep Learning in Cyber Threat Detection)

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Mutual V2I Multifactor Authentication Using PUFs in an Unsecure Multi-Hop Wi-Fi Environment

by Mohamed K. Elhadad and Fayez Gebali

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4167; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214167 (registering DOI) - 24 Oct 2025

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Secure authentication in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) remains a fundamental challenge due to their dynamic topology, susceptibility to attacks, and scalability constraints in multi-hop communication. Existing approaches based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), blockchain, and fog computing have achieved partial success but [...] Read more.

Secure authentication in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) remains a fundamental challenge due to their dynamic topology, susceptibility to attacks, and scalability constraints in multi-hop communication. Existing approaches based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), blockchain, and fog computing have achieved partial success but suffer from latency, resource overhead, and limited adaptability, leaving a gap for lightweight and hardware-rooted trust models. To address this, we propose a multi-hop mutual authentication protocol leveraging Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs), which provide tamper-evident, device-specific responses for cryptographic key generation. Our design introduces a structured sequence of phases, including pre-deployment, registration, login, authentication, key establishment, and session maintenance, with optional multi-hop extension through relay vehicles. Unlike prior schemes, our protocol integrates fuzzy extractors for error tolerance, employs both inductive and game-based proofs for security guarantees, and maps BAN-logic reasoning to specific attack resistances, ensuring robustness against replay, impersonation, and man-in-the-middle attacks. The protocol achieves mutual trust between vehicles and RSUs while preserving anonymity via temporary identifiers and achieving forward secrecy through non-reused CRPs. Conceptual comparison with state-of-the-art PUF-based and non-PUF schemes highlights the potential for reduced latency, lower communication overhead, and improved scalability via cloud-assisted CRP lifecycle management, while pointing to the need for future empirical validation through simulation and prototyping. This work not only provides a secure and efficient solution for VANET authentication but also advances the field by offering the first integrated taxonomy-driven evaluation of PUF-enabled V2X protocols in multi-hop Wi-Fi environments. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Privacy and Security Vulnerabilities in 6G and Beyond Networks)

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A Multi-View-Based Federated Learning Approach for Intrusion Detection

by Jia Yu, Guoqiang Wang, Nianfeng Shi, Raghav Saxena and Brian Lee

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4166; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214166 (registering DOI) - 24 Oct 2025

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Intrusion detection aims to identify the unauthorized activities within computer networks or systems by classifying events into normal or abnormal categories. As modern scenarios often involve multi-source data, multi-view fusion deep learning methods are employed to leverage diverse viewpoints for enhancing security threat [...] Read more.

Intrusion detection aims to identify the unauthorized activities within computer networks or systems by classifying events into normal or abnormal categories. As modern scenarios often involve multi-source data, multi-view fusion deep learning methods are employed to leverage diverse viewpoints for enhancing security threat detection. This paper introduces a novel intrusion detection approach using multi-view fusion within a federated learning framework, proposing an integrated AE Neural SVM (AE-NSVM) model that combines auto-encoder (AE) multi-view feature extraction and Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification. This approach simultaneously learns representative features from multiple views and classifies network samples into normal or seven attack categories while employing federated learning across clients to ensure adaptability and robustness in diverse network environments. The experimental results obtained from two benchmark datasets validate its superiority: on TON_IoT, the CAE-NSVM model achieves a highest F1-measure of 0.792 (1.4% higher than traditional pipeline systems); on UNSW-NB15, it delivers an F1-score of 0.829 with a 73% reduced training time and an 89% faster inference compared to baseline models. These results demonstrate the advantages of multi-view fusion in federated learning for balancing accuracy and efficiency in distributed intrusion detection systems. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Data Security: Challenges, Technologies, and Applications)

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Automated Road Data Collection Systems Using UAVs: Comparative Evaluation of Architectures Based on Arduino Portenta H7 and ESP32-CAM

by Jorge García-González, Carlos Quiterio Gómez Muñoz, Diego Gachet Páez and Javier Sánchez-Soriano

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4165; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214165 (registering DOI) - 24 Oct 2025

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This article presents the design, implementation, and comparative evaluation of two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-based architectures for automated road data acquisition and processing. The first system uses Arduino Portenta H7 boards to perform real-time inference at the edge, reducing connectivity dependency. The second [...] Read more.

This article presents the design, implementation, and comparative evaluation of two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-based architectures for automated road data acquisition and processing. The first system uses Arduino Portenta H7 boards to perform real-time inference at the edge, reducing connectivity dependency. The second employs ESP32-CAM modules that transmit raw data for remote server-side processing. We experimentally validated and compared both systems in terms of power consumption, latency, and detection accuracy. Results show that the Portenta-based system consumes 36.2% less energy and achieves lower end-to-end latency (10,114 ms vs. 11,032 ms), making it suitable for connectivity-constrained scenarios. Conversely, the ESP32-CAM system is simpler to deploy and allows rapid model updates at the server. These findings provide a reference for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) deployments requiring scalable, energy-efficient, and flexible road monitoring solutions. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Computer Vision for Autonomous Driving)

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Exploring Authentication Protocols for Secure and Efficient Internet of Medical Things Systems

by Seungbin Lee, Kyeong A Kang, Soowang Lee and Jiyoon Kim

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4164; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214164 (registering DOI) - 24 Oct 2025

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The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) comprises the application of traditional Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the healthcare domain. IoMT ensures seamless data-sharing among hospitals, patients, and healthcare service providers, thereby transforming the medical environment. The adoption of IoMT technology has made [...] Read more.

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) comprises the application of traditional Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the healthcare domain. IoMT ensures seamless data-sharing among hospitals, patients, and healthcare service providers, thereby transforming the medical environment. The adoption of IoMT technology has made it possible to provide various medical services such as chronic disease care, emergency response, and preventive treatment. However, the sensitivity of medical data and the resource limitations of IoMT devices present persistent challenges in designing authentication protocols. Our study reviews the overall architecture of the IoMT and recent studies on IoMT protocols in terms of security requirements and computational costs. In addition, this study evaluates security using formal verification tools with Scyther and SVO Logic. The security requirements include authentication, mutual authentication, confidentiality, integrity, untraceability, privacy preservation, anonymity, multi-factor authentication, session key security, forward and backward secrecy, and lightweight operation. The analysis shows that protocols satisfying a multiple security requirements tend to have higher computational costs, whereas protocols with lower computational costs often provide weaker security. This demonstrates the trade-off relationship between robust security and lightweight operation. These indicators assist in selecting protocols by balancing the allocated resources and required security for each scenario. Based on the comparative analysis and a security evaluation of the IoMT, this paper provides security guidelines for future research. Moreover, it summarizes the minimum security requirements and offers insights that practitioners can utilize in real-world settings. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced IoT Security Solutions for Healthcare and Critical Infrastructures)

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The Role of Graph Neural Networks, Transformers, and Reinforcement Learning in Network Threat Detection: A Systematic Literature Review

by Thilina Prasanga Doremure Gamage, Jairo A. Gutierrez and Sayan K. Ray

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4163; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214163 (registering DOI) - 24 Oct 2025

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Traditional network threat detection based on signatures is becoming increasingly inadequate as network threats and attacks continue to grow in their novelty and sophistication. Such advanced network threats are better handled by anomaly detection based on Machine Learning (ML) models. However, conventional anomaly-based [...] Read more.

Traditional network threat detection based on signatures is becoming increasingly inadequate as network threats and attacks continue to grow in their novelty and sophistication. Such advanced network threats are better handled by anomaly detection based on Machine Learning (ML) models. However, conventional anomaly-based network threat detection with traditional ML and Deep Learning (DL) faces fundamental limitations. Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and Transformers are recent deep learning models with innovative architectures, capable of addressing these challenges. Reinforcement learning (RL) can facilitate adaptive learning strategies for GNN- and Transformer-based Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). However, no systematic literature review (SLR) has jointly analyzed and synthesized these three powerful modeling algorithms in network threat detection. To address this gap, this SLR analyzed 36 peer-reviewed studies published between 2017 and 2025, collectively identifying 56 distinct network threats via the proposed threat classification framework by systematically mapping them to Enterprise MITRE ATT&CK tactics and their corresponding Cyber Kill Chain stages. The reviewed literature consists of 23 GNN-based studies implementing 19 GNN model types, 9 Transformer-based studies implementing 13 Transformer architectures, and 4 RL-based studies with 5 different RL algorithms, evaluated across 50 distinct datasets, demonstrating their overall effectiveness in network threat detection. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Enhanced Security: Advancing Threat Detection and Defense)

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3D Human Motion Prediction via the Decoupled Spatiotemporal Clue

by Mingrui Xu, Zheming Gu and Erping Li

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4162; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214162 (registering DOI) - 24 Oct 2025

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Human motion exhibits high-dimensional and stochastic characteristics, posing significant challenges for modeling and prediction. Existing approaches typically employ coupled spatiotemporal frameworks to generate future poses. However, the intrinsic nonlinearity of joint interactions over time, compounded by high-dimensional noise, often obscures meaningful motion features. [...] Read more.

Human motion exhibits high-dimensional and stochastic characteristics, posing significant challenges for modeling and prediction. Existing approaches typically employ coupled spatiotemporal frameworks to generate future poses. However, the intrinsic nonlinearity of joint interactions over time, compounded by high-dimensional noise, often obscures meaningful motion features. Notably, while adjacent joints demonstrate strong spatial correlations, their temporal trajectories frequently remain independent, adding further complexity to modeling efforts. To address these issues, we propose a novel framework for human motion prediction via the decoupled spatiotemporal clue (DSC), which explicitly disentangles and models spatial and temporal dependencies. Specifically, DSC comprises two core components: (i) a spatiotemporal decoupling module that dynamically identifies critical joints and their hierarchical relationships using graph attention combined with separable convolutions for efficient motion decomposition; and (ii) a pose generation module that integrates local motion denoising with global dynamics modeling through a spatiotemporal transformer that independently processes spatial and temporal correlations. Experiments on the widely used human motion datasets H3.6M and AMASS demonstrate the superiority of DSC, which achieves 13% average improvement in long-term prediction over state-of-the-art methods. Full article

(This article belongs to the Collection Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Techniques)

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Autonomous AI Agents for Multi-Platform Social Media Marketing: A Simultaneous Deployment Study

by Joongho Ahn and Moonsoo Kim

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4161; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214161 - 24 Oct 2025

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This exploratory proof-of-concept study investigated the simultaneous deployment of autonomous, persona-driven Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents across multiple social media platforms using the ElizaOS framework. We developed three platform-specific agents with seven-layer character architectures and deployed them on Twitter/X, Discord, and Telegram for 18 [...] Read more.

This exploratory proof-of-concept study investigated the simultaneous deployment of autonomous, persona-driven Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents across multiple social media platforms using the ElizaOS framework. We developed three platform-specific agents with seven-layer character architectures and deployed them on Twitter/X, Discord, and Telegram for 18 days. The system processed 5389 interactions while gathering feedback from 28 volunteer participants. Addressing three research questions, we found that: (1) automation effectiveness was platform-dependent, with direct support platforms (Telegram, Discord) rated more useful than broadcast-oriented Twitter/X; (2) character design impact depended primarily on platform-persona alignment rather than architectural sophistication; and (3) technical performance showed platform-specific patterns, with median storage times ranging from 9.0 milliseconds (Twitter/X) to 61.5 milliseconds (Telegram) and high variability across all platforms. A notable finding was what we term the “Discord Paradox”—high quality ratings (4.05/5) but lowest preference (8.7%), suggesting platform familiarity and accessibility influence adoption more than agent quality. While the deployment demonstrated technical feasibility and revealed distinct user dynamics across platforms, the findings indicate that platform-specific optimization may be more effective than universal approaches. This exploratory study advances understanding of multi-platform agent deployment for marketing automation, identifying behavioral patterns and platform-specific dynamics that offer testable hypotheses for future systematic research. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI Applications of Multi-Agent Systems)

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Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for IoT-Enabled Healthcare Equipment Maintenance Scheduling

by Francesco Nucci and Gabriele Papadia

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4160; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214160 - 24 Oct 2025

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We study the predictive maintenance scheduling for IoT-enabled medical equipment in multi-facility healthcare networks. The problem involves skill matching, time windows, and risk-aware priorities. We model a multi-skill Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem with IoT-predicted failure intervals and minimize a composite cost for [...] Read more.

We study the predictive maintenance scheduling for IoT-enabled medical equipment in multi-facility healthcare networks. The problem involves skill matching, time windows, and risk-aware priorities. We model a multi-skill Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem with IoT-predicted failure intervals and minimize a composite cost for technician activation and labor, travel/time, risk exposure within the failure window, and lateness beyond it. We propose a hybrid solver coupling a Genetic Algorithm (GA) for rapid exploration and feasible schedule generation with a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) agent warm-started via behavior cloning on GA elites and refined online in a receding-horizon manner. An optional, permissioned blockchain records tamper-evident maintenance events off the control loop for auditability. Across four case studies (10–30 facilities), the hybrid approach reduces total cost by 2.09–10.31% versus pure GA, by 0.57–2.65% versus pure Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), and by 0.93–2.86% versus OR-Tools VRP heuristic baseline. In controlled early-stopping runs guided by admissible GA/DRL time splits, we realized average wall-time savings up to 47.5% while keeping solution costs within 0.5% of full-budget runs and maintaining low or zero lateness and risk exposure. These results indicate that GA seeding improves sample efficiency and stability for DRL in complex, data-driven maintenance settings, yielding a practical, adaptive, and auditable scheduler for healthcare operations. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Systems and Solution in Healthcare Based on AI, Blockchain and IoT)

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Reconfigurable Circularly Polarized Phased Array

by Eduardo S. Silveira, Fúlvio F. Oliveira, Bernardo M. Fabiani, Juner M. Vieira, Daniel B. Ferreira and Daniel C. Nascimento

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4159; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214159 - 24 Oct 2025

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This paper presents the design, construction, and tests of a polarization-reconfigurable phased array antenna. The proposed array allows the polarization at the main lobe maximum direction to be electronically reconfigured between right-hand (RHCP) and left-hand circular polarization (LHCP). Single-fed microstrip antennas, each with [...] Read more.

This paper presents the design, construction, and tests of a polarization-reconfigurable phased array antenna. The proposed array allows the polarization at the main lobe maximum direction to be electronically reconfigured between right-hand (RHCP) and left-hand circular polarization (LHCP). Single-fed microstrip antennas, each with four tunable varicap diodes, are employed in the phased array to achieve a low axial ratio (AR) at the steering angles. Special attention is given to the microstrip antenna design and varicap modeling, which involves the use of measured data and search algorithms running in an electromagnetic/circuit co-simulation environment. To illustrate the proposed approach, a six-element linear phased array at 2.2 GHz has been built and tested in an anechoic chamber. The experimental results demonstrate an AR below 1 dB in both RHCP and LHCP states over a wide range of steering angles, and even in a multibeam configuration, validating our design method. Full article

(This article belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)

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Sensor Phase Information Compensation Method Based on MQPSO

by Fengcai Cao, Ruyu Luo, Wenhao Li, Yonghong Tian and Jian Li

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4158; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214158 - 23 Oct 2025

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In the source location of underground explosions, the phase non-consistency among sensors can cause significant errors in the extraction of the time difference in the arrival of seismic waves, seriously affecting the accuracy of source location. To address the above-mentioned problem, this paper [...] Read more.

In the source location of underground explosions, the phase non-consistency among sensors can cause significant errors in the extraction of the time difference in the arrival of seismic waves, seriously affecting the accuracy of source location. To address the above-mentioned problem, this paper proposes a phase compensation method based on the Multi-strategy Quantum behaved Particle Swarm Optimization (MQPSO) algorithm. First, this method calibrates the phases of vibration sensors to obtain the phase differences among sensors. Second, it uses the MQPSO intelligent optimization algorithm to correct the phase differences among vibration sensors. Finally, simulations and field tests are carried out for verification. The experimental results show that after adopting the phase compensation method with MQPSO, the range of phase differences in sensors is reduced by an average of 91% compared with the uncompensated state. This fully verifies that the phase compensation method of MQPSO can effectively complete the phase consistency calibration of sensors, providing important support for the source location of underground explosions. Full article

(This article belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)

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Development of High-Power DC Solid-State Power Controllers Using SiC FETs for Aircraft Electrical Systems

by Xin Zhao, Chuanyou Xu, Ke Ma, Xuanlyu Wu, Xiliang Chen, Xiangke Li and Xiaohua Wu

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4157; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214157 - 23 Oct 2025

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The growing demand for improved interruption performance characteristics in emerging aircraft high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical networks motivates the rapid development of solid-state power controllers (SSPCs). This article presents a comprehensive design procedure for a 270 V 300 A SSPC utilizing discrete SiC [...] Read more.

The growing demand for improved interruption performance characteristics in emerging aircraft high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical networks motivates the rapid development of solid-state power controllers (SSPCs). This article presents a comprehensive design procedure for a 270 V 300 A SSPC utilizing discrete SiC cascode devices. Due to the high fault current and limited power of single switches, parallel SiC FETs are essential for interrupting high fault currents in SSPCs. Consequently, the challenge of current balancing among parallel devices is addressed in this paper by adopting a passive current balancing strategy based on an irregular-shaped busbar. Furthermore, considering the voltage spikes arising from the power loop parasitic inductance and TVS characteristics during fault interruption, an RC-TVS-based transient voltage mitigation circuit is proposed to suppress these peak voltages. Moreover, thermal models for overload and short-circuit conditions were developed to optimize the thermal management system to ensure reliable operation of the SSPC. Finally, a prototype of 270 V/300 A SSPC has been built to validate the key characteristics of the proposed high power SSPC. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering)

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Validating a Wearable VR Headset for Postural Sway: Comparison with Force Plate COP Across Standardized Sensorimotor Tests

by David Saucier, Kaitlyn McDonald, Michael Mydlo, Rachel Barber, Emily Wall, Hunter Derby, Jennifer C. Reneker, Harish Chander, Reuben F. Burch and James L. Weinstein

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4156; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214156 - 23 Oct 2025

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This study seeks to determine the efficacy of a novel, virtual reality (VR)-based sensorimotor assessment tool, VIST Neuro-ID, in comparison to the gold standard. This was achieved through computing common postural sway metrics, as well as comparing these metrics across population groups including [...] Read more.

This study seeks to determine the efficacy of a novel, virtual reality (VR)-based sensorimotor assessment tool, VIST Neuro-ID, in comparison to the gold standard. This was achieved through computing common postural sway metrics, as well as comparing these metrics across population groups including sex and age (50–60 vs. 61–75). Sensorimotor assessments were conducted within the VIST Neuro-ID VR software while participants stood on a force plate. A proxy for center-of-pressure measurement was developed using the six-degree-of-freedom data collected from the head-mounted display used with the VR system. Moderate-to-high (r = 0.542–0.906) Pearson’s correlations were found between VIST Neuro-ID and the force plate for all eight postural sway metrics that were computed. Both systems detected significant differences (p < 0.05) across age groups for all metrics, except for two-dimensional path length from the force plate. Several significant differences were found across sexes, including AP and resultant sway velocity from the force plate, and resultant and AP root-mean-square from the HTC Vive Pro Eye. This indicates potential for VR to be used to collect vital postural sway metrics needed for assessing patient function, while also highlighting potential to identify balance patterns related to aging. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Latest Advancements in Wearable Technologies: Sensors, Devices, Smart Wear and Exoskeletons)

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BoxingPro: An IoT-LLM Framework for Automated Boxing Coaching via Wearable Sensor Data Fusion

by Man Zhu, Pengfei Huang, Xiaolong Xu, Houpeng He and Lijie Zhang

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4155; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214155 - 23 Oct 2025

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The convergence of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has enabled personalized sports coaching, yet a significant gap remains: translating low-level sensor data into high-level, contextualized feedback. Large Language Models (LLMs) excel at reasoning and instruction but lack a native understanding [...] Read more.

The convergence of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has enabled personalized sports coaching, yet a significant gap remains: translating low-level sensor data into high-level, contextualized feedback. Large Language Models (LLMs) excel at reasoning and instruction but lack a native understanding of physical kinematics. This paper introduces BoxingPro, a novel framework that bridges this semantic gap by fusing wearable sensor data with LLMs for automated boxing coaching. Our core contribution is a dedicated translation methodology that converts multi-modal time-series data (IMU) and visual data (video) into structured linguistic prompts, enabling off-the-shelf LLMs to perform sophisticated biomechanical reasoning without extensive retraining. Our evaluation with professional boxers showed that the generated feedback achieved an average expert rating of over 4.0/5.0 on key criteria like biomechanical correctness and actionability. This work establishes a new paradigm for integrating sensor-based systems with LLMs, with potential applications extending far beyond boxing to any domain requiring physical skill assessment. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Techniques and Applications in Prompt Engineering and Generative AI)

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VClass Engager: A Generative AI-Based System for Enhancing Student Engagement in Synchronous Online Classes

by Ali Alammary

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4154; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214154 - 23 Oct 2025

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Student disengagement remains a major barrier to effective learning in synchronous online classrooms, where lack of interaction, limited feedback, and screen fatigue often contribute to passive participation. Despite the growing use of generative AI, there is a notable lack of empirical research investigating [...] Read more.

Student disengagement remains a major barrier to effective learning in synchronous online classrooms, where lack of interaction, limited feedback, and screen fatigue often contribute to passive participation. Despite the growing use of generative AI, there is a notable lack of empirical research investigating the application of generative AI in addressing engagement challenges in synchronous online sessions. This study introduces VClass Engager, a novel experimental system that utilizes generative AI to foster student participation and deliver instant, personalized feedback during live virtual sessions. The system integrates several features, including instant analysis of student answers to chat questions, real-time AI-generated feedback, and a leaderboard that displays students’ cumulative scores to promote sustained engagement. To assess its effectiveness, the system was evaluated across multiple courses. Engagement was measured by tracking participation in three in-class formative questions, and response quality was analyzed using a cumulative link mixed model (CLMM). In addition, a post-session survey captured students’ perceptions regarding usability, motivational impact, and feedback quality. Results demonstrated statistically significant increases in student participation and response quality in sessions using VClass Engager compared to baseline sessions. Survey responses revealed high levels of satisfaction with the system’s ease of use and motivational aspects. By combining AI and gamification, this study provides early empirical evidence for a promising approach to enhancing engagement in synchronous online learning. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Intelligent User Interfaces and Human-Computer Interactions with Large Language Models)

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A Lightweight, Explainable Spam Detection System with Rüppell’s Fox Optimizer for the Social Media Network X

by Haidar AlZeyadi, Rıdvan Sert and Fecir Duran

Electronics 2025, 14(21), 4153; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14214153 - 23 Oct 2025

Abstract

Effective spam detection systems are essential in online social media networks (OSNs) and cybersecurity, and they directly influence the quality of decision-making pertaining to security. With today’s digital communications, unsolicited spam degrades user experiences and threatens platform security. Machine learning-based spam detection systems [...] Read more.

Effective spam detection systems are essential in online social media networks (OSNs) and cybersecurity, and they directly influence the quality of decision-making pertaining to security. With today’s digital communications, unsolicited spam degrades user experiences and threatens platform security. Machine learning-based spam detection systems offer an automated defense. Despite their effectiveness, such methods are frequently hindered by the “black box” problem, an interpretability deficiency that constrains their deployment in security applications, which, in order to comprehend the rationale of classification processes, is crucial for efficient threat evaluation and response strategies. However, their effectiveness hinges on selecting an optimal feature subset. To address these issues, we propose a lightweight, explainable spam detection model that integrates a nature-inspired optimizer. The approach employs clean data with data preprocessing and feature selection using a swarm-based, nature-inspired meta-heuristic Rüppell’s Fox Optimization (RFO) algorithm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time the algorithm has been adapted to the field of cybersecurity. The resulting minimal feature set is used to train a supervised classifier that achieves high detection rates and accuracy with respect to spam accounts. For the interpretation of model predictions, Shapley values are computed and illustrated through swarm and summary charts. The proposed system was empirically assessed using two datasets, achieving accuracies of 99.10%, 98.77%, 96.57%, and 92.24% on Dataset 1 using RFO with DT, KNN, AdaBoost, and LR and 98.94%, 98.67%, 95.04%, and 94.52% on Dataset 2, respectively. The results validate the efficacy of the suggested approach, providing an accurate and understandable model for spam account identification. This study represents notable progress in the field, offering a thorough and dependable resolution for spam account detection issues. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Concepts, Techniques, Analytics and Applications)

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