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553 Citations
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DC-YOLOv8: Small-Size Object Detection Algorithm Based on Camera Sensor

  • Haitong Lou,
  • Xuehu Duan,
  • Junmei Guo,
  • Haiying Liu,
  • Jason Gu,
  • Lingyun Bi and
  • Haonan Chen

Traditional camera sensors rely on human eyes for observation. However, human eyes are prone to fatigue when observing objects of different sizes for a long time in complex scenes, and human cognition is limited, which often leads to judgment errors...

  • Review
  • Open Access
491 Citations
127,557 Views
42 Pages

A Comprehensive Review of Cyber Security Vulnerabilities, Threats, Attacks, and Solutions

  • Ömer Aslan,
  • Semih Serkant Aktuğ,
  • Merve Ozkan-Okay,
  • Abdullah Asim Yilmaz and
  • Erdal Akin

Internet usage has grown exponentially, with individuals and companies performing multiple daily transactions in cyberspace rather than in the real world. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has accelerated this process. As a result of the widespread...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
326 Citations
78,038 Views
21 Pages

Virtual Reality in Education: A Review of Learning Theories, Approaches and Methodologies for the Last Decade

  • Andreas Marougkas,
  • Christos Troussas,
  • Akrivi Krouska and
  • Cleo Sgouropoulou

In the field of education, virtual reality (VR) offers learners an immersive and interactive learning experience, allowing them to comprehend challenging concepts and ideas more efficiently and effectively. VR technology has enabled educators to deve...

  • Review
  • Open Access
276 Citations
51,703 Views
24 Pages

Techniques and Challenges of Image Segmentation: A Review

  • Ying Yu,
  • Chunping Wang,
  • Qiang Fu,
  • Renke Kou,
  • Fuyu Huang,
  • Boxiong Yang,
  • Tingting Yang and
  • Mingliang Gao

Image segmentation, which has become a research hotspot in the field of image processing and computer vision, refers to the process of dividing an image into meaningful and non-overlapping regions, and it is an essential step in natural scene underst...

  • Review
  • Open Access
235 Citations
30,789 Views
29 Pages

Unlocking the Potential: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in Education

  • Mohammed A. M. AlGerafi,
  • Yueliang Zhou,
  • Mohamed Oubibi and
  • Tommy Tanu Wijaya

20 September 2023

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are poised to revolutionize education by offering immersive and interactive learning experiences. This research comprehensively evaluates the educational applications of AR and VR, specifically emphasiz...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
177 Citations
58,901 Views
50 Pages

22 September 2024

This paper reviews the literature on integrating AI in e-learning, from the viewpoint of cognitive neuropsychology, for Personalized Learning (PL) and Adaptive Assessment (AA). This review follows the PRISMA systematic review methodology and synthesi...

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  • Open Access
175 Citations
16,394 Views
22 Pages

Classifying Brain Tumors on Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Using Convolutional Neural Networks

  • Marco Antonio Gómez-Guzmán,
  • Laura Jiménez-Beristaín,
  • Enrique Efren García-Guerrero,
  • Oscar Roberto López-Bonilla,
  • Ulises Jesús Tamayo-Perez,
  • José Jaime Esqueda-Elizondo,
  • Kenia Palomino-Vizcaino and
  • Everardo Inzunza-González

14 February 2023

The study of neuroimaging is a very important tool in the diagnosis of central nervous system tumors. This paper presents the evaluation of seven deep convolutional neural network (CNN) models for the task of brain tumor classification. A generic CNN...

  • Review
  • Open Access
172 Citations
32,099 Views
23 Pages

Dropout is one of the most popular regularization methods in the scholarly domain for preventing a neural network model from overfitting in the training phase. Developing an effective dropout regularization technique that complies with the model arch...

  • Review
  • Open Access
170 Citations
18,005 Views
40 Pages

A Survey of Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities

  • Abdul Rehman Javed,
  • Waqas Ahmed,
  • Sharnil Pandya,
  • Praveen Kumar Reddy Maddikunta,
  • Mamoun Alazab and
  • Thippa Reddy Gadekallu

18 February 2023

The emergence of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has enhanced the lives of humans and envisioned the concept of smart cities using informed actions, enhanced user interpretations and explanations, and firm decision-making processes. The XAI...

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  • Open Access
164 Citations
55,040 Views
15 Pages

FDA-Approved Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Enabled Medical Devices: An Updated Landscape

  • Geeta Joshi,
  • Aditi Jain,
  • Shalini Reddy Araveeti,
  • Sabina Adhikari,
  • Harshit Garg and
  • Mukund Bhandari

As artificial intelligence (AI) has been highly advancing in the last decade, machine learning (ML)-enabled medical devices are increasingly used in healthcare. In this study, we collected publicly available information on AI/ML-enabled medical devic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
160 Citations
33,932 Views
21 Pages

YOLO-Drone: An Optimized YOLOv8 Network for Tiny UAV Object Detection

  • Xianxu Zhai,
  • Zhihua Huang,
  • Tao Li,
  • Hanzheng Liu and
  • Siyuan Wang

30 August 2023

With the widespread use of UAVs in commercial and industrial applications, UAV detection is receiving increasing attention in areas such as public safety. As a result, object detection techniques for UAVs are also developing rapidly. However, the sma...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
158 Citations
45,001 Views
43 Pages

In the current world of the Internet of Things, cyberspace, mobile devices, businesses, social media platforms, healthcare systems, etc., there is a lot of data online today. Machine learning (ML) is something we need to understand to do smart analys...

  • Review
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154 Citations
60,233 Views
37 Pages

23 February 2023

The greatest technological changes in our lives are predicted to be brought about by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Together with the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and several others, AI is considered to be the most disruptive technology, and...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
150 Citations
37,475 Views
19 Pages

Healthcare Internet of Things (H-IoT): Current Trends, Future Prospects, Applications, Challenges, and Security Issues

  • Mohit Kumar,
  • Ashwani Kumar,
  • Sahil Verma,
  • Pronaya Bhattacharya,
  • Deepak Ghimire,
  • Seong-heum Kim and
  • A. S. M. Sanwar Hosen

Advancements in Healthcare Internet of Things (H-IoT) systems have created new opportunities and solutions for healthcare services, including the remote treatment and monitoring of patients. In addition, the security and privacy of personal health da...

  • Article
  • Open Access
139 Citations
4,554 Views
15 Pages

Graphene Multi-Frequency Broadband and Ultra-Broadband Terahertz Absorber Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance

  • Zihao Chen,
  • Pinggen Cai,
  • Qiye Wen,
  • Hao Chen,
  • Yongjian Tang,
  • Zao Yi,
  • Kaihua Wei,
  • Gongfa Li,
  • Bin Tang and
  • Yougen Yi

When surface plasmon resonance (SPR) occurs, the incident light is absorbed by the surface of the SPR structure, thus minimizing the intensity of the reflected light. Therefore, the SPR method is adopted in this paper to achieve perfect absorption of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
137 Citations
58,121 Views
24 Pages

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an affordable and straightforward optical technique used to detect changes in blood volume within tissue microvascular beds. PPG technology has found widespread application in commercial medical devices, enabling measure...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
134 Citations
58,751 Views
44 Pages

Intelligent Robotics—A Systematic Review of Emerging Technologies and Trends

  • Josip Tomo Licardo,
  • Mihael Domjan and
  • Tihomir Orehovački

Intelligent robotics has the potential to revolutionize various industries by amplifying output, streamlining operations, and enriching customer interactions. This systematic literature review aims to analyze emerging technologies and trends in intel...

  • Review
  • Open Access
133 Citations
52,865 Views
35 Pages

Recently, there has been an evolution toward a science-supported medicine, which uses replicable results from comprehensive studies to assist clinical decision-making. Reliable techniques are required to improve the consistency and replicability of s...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
124 Citations
53,937 Views
38 Pages

4 September 2024

Synthetic data are increasingly being recognized for their potential to address serious real-world challenges in various domains. They provide innovative solutions to combat the data scarcity, privacy concerns, and algorithmic biases commonly used in...

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  • Open Access
124 Citations
31,835 Views
18 Pages

Artificial Intelligence-Based Cyber Security in the Context of Industry 4.0—A Survey

  • Antonio João Gonçalves de Azambuja,
  • Christian Plesker,
  • Klaus Schützer,
  • Reiner Anderl,
  • Benjamin Schleich and
  • Vilson Rosa Almeida

The increase in cyber-attacks impacts the performance of organizations in the industrial sector, exploiting the vulnerabilities of networked machines. The increasing digitization and technologies present in the context of Industry 4.0 have led to a r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
122 Citations
26,247 Views
30 Pages

The concept of learning has multiple interpretations, ranging from acquiring knowledge or skills to constructing meaning and social development. Machine Learning (ML) is considered a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and develops algorithms that...

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  • Open Access
114 Citations
6,166 Views
26 Pages

Analysis of the Performance Impact of Fine-Tuned Machine Learning Model for Phishing URL Detection

  • Saleem Raja Abdul Samad,
  • Sundarvadivazhagan Balasubaramanian,
  • Amna Salim Al-Kaabi,
  • Bhisham Sharma,
  • Subrata Chowdhury,
  • Abolfazl Mehbodniya,
  • Julian L. Webber and
  • Ali Bostani

Phishing leverages people’s tendency to share personal information online. Phishing attacks often begin with an email and can be used for a variety of purposes. The cybercriminal will employ social engineering techniques to get the target to cl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
106 Citations
19,883 Views
34 Pages

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are integrated systems that combine software and physical components. CPS has experienced rapid growth over the past decade in fields as disparate as telemedicine, smart manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, the Internet of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
102 Citations
30,280 Views
34 Pages

Review of Industry 4.0 from the Perspective of Automation and Supervision Systems: Definitions, Architectures and Recent Trends

  • Francisco Javier Folgado,
  • David Calderón,
  • Isaías González and
  • Antonio José Calderón

16 February 2024

Industry 4.0 is a new paradigm that is transforming the industrial scenario. It has generated a large amount of scientific studies, commercial equipment and, above all, high expectations. Nevertheless, there is no single definition or general agreeme...

  • Review
  • Open Access
102 Citations
11,445 Views
24 Pages

The Impact of 6G-IoT Technologies on the Development of Agriculture 5.0: A Review

  • Sofia Polymeni,
  • Stefanos Plastras,
  • Dimitrios N. Skoutas,
  • Georgios Kormentzas and
  • Charalabos Skianis

Throughout human history, agriculture has undergone a series of progressive transformations based on ever-evolving technologies in an effort to increase productivity and profitability. Over the years, farming methods have evolved significantly, progr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
101 Citations
26,326 Views
35 Pages

Reviewing Federated Learning Aggregation Algorithms; Strategies, Contributions, Limitations and Future Perspectives

  • Mohammad Moshawrab,
  • Mehdi Adda,
  • Abdenour Bouzouane,
  • Hussein Ibrahim and
  • Ali Raad

The success of machine learning (ML) techniques in the formerly difficult areas of data analysis and pattern extraction has led to their widespread incorporation into various aspects of human life. This success is due in part to the increasing comput...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
99 Citations
31,755 Views
29 Pages

The Influence of Emerging Technologies on Distance Education

  • Magdalena Garlinska,
  • Magdalena Osial,
  • Klaudia Proniewska and
  • Agnieszka Pregowska

Recently, during the COVID-19 pandemic, distance education became mainstream. Many students were not prepared for this situation—they lacked equipment or were not even connected to the Internet. Schools and government institutions had to react...

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  • Open Access
93 Citations
8,449 Views
28 Pages

Anomaly Detection in 6G Networks Using Machine Learning Methods

  • Mamoon M. Saeed,
  • Rashid A. Saeed,
  • Maha Abdelhaq,
  • Raed Alsaqour,
  • Mohammad Kamrul Hasan and
  • Rania A. Mokhtar

While the cloudification of networks with a micro-services-oriented design is a well-known feature of 5G, the 6G era of networks is closely related to intelligent network orchestration and management. Consequently, artificial intelligence (AI), machi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
34,601 Views
21 Pages

Thermal Runaway Characteristics and Gas Composition Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries with Different LFP and NCM Cathode Materials under Inert Atmosphere

  • Hengjie Shen,
  • Hewu Wang,
  • Minghai Li,
  • Cheng Li,
  • Yajun Zhang,
  • Yalun Li,
  • Xinwei Yang,
  • Xuning Feng and
  • Minggao Ouyang

During thermal runaway (TR), lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) produce a large amount of gas, which can cause unimaginable disasters in electric vehicles and electrochemical energy storage systems when the batteries fail and subsequently combust or explod...

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  • Open Access
92 Citations
4,407 Views
15 Pages

20 October 2023

Scene classification is one of the areas of remote sensing image processing that is gaining much attention. Aiming to solve the problem of the limited precision of optical scene classification caused by complex spatial patterns, a high similarity bet...

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  • Open Access
90 Citations
15,973 Views
25 Pages

The histrionic growth of mobile subscribers, disruptive ecosystems such as IoT-based applications, and astounding channel capacity requirements to connect trillions of devices are massive challenges of the earlier mobile generations, 5G turned up the...

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  • Open Access
88 Citations
10,714 Views
23 Pages

DenseNet-201 and Xception Pre-Trained Deep Learning Models for Fruit Recognition

  • Farsana Salim,
  • Faisal Saeed,
  • Shadi Basurra,
  • Sultan Noman Qasem and
  • Tawfik Al-Hadhrami

With the dramatic increase of the global population and with food insecurity increasing, it has become a major concern for both individuals and governments to fulfill the need for foods such as vegetables and fruits. Moreover, the desire for the cons...

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  • Open Access
87 Citations
5,656 Views
18 Pages

Smart Load-Based Resource Optimization Model to Enhance the Performance of Device-to-Device Communication in 5G-WPAN

  • Jaganathan Logeshwaran,
  • Thangavel Kiruthiga,
  • Raju Kannadasan,
  • Loganathan Vijayaraja,
  • Ali Alqahtani,
  • Nayef Alqahtani and
  • Abdulaziz A. Alsulami

In wireless personal area networks (WPANs), devices can communicate with each other without relying on a central router or access point. They can improve performance and efficiency by allowing devices to share resources directly; however, managing re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
86 Citations
28,647 Views
63 Pages

Networking Architectures and Protocols for IoT Applications in Smart Cities: Recent Developments and Perspectives

  • Dimitris Kanellopoulos,
  • Varun Kumar Sharma,
  • Theodor Panagiotakopoulos and
  • Achilles Kameas

Numerous municipalities employ the smart city model in large cities to improve the quality of life of their residents, utilize local resources efficiently, and save operating expenses. This model incorporates many heterogeneous technologies such as C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
6,820 Views
32 Pages

SafetyMed: A Novel IoMT Intrusion Detection System Using CNN-LSTM Hybridization

  • Nuruzzaman Faruqui,
  • Mohammad Abu Yousuf,
  • Md Whaiduzzaman,
  • AKM Azad,
  • Salem A. Alyami,
  • Pietro Liò,
  • Muhammad Ashad Kabir and
  • Mohammad Ali Moni

22 August 2023

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has become an attractive playground to cybercriminals because of its market worth and rapid growth. These devices have limited computational capabilities, which ensure minimum power absorption. Moreover, the manu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
5,193 Views
13 Pages

Enhancing Electrical Load Prediction Using a Bidirectional LSTM Neural Network

  • Christos Pavlatos,
  • Evangelos Makris,
  • Georgios Fotis,
  • Vasiliki Vita and
  • Valeri Mladenov

15 November 2023

Precise anticipation of electrical demand holds crucial importance for the optimal operation of power systems and the effective management of energy markets within the domain of energy planning. This study builds on previous research focused on the a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
8,750 Views
24 Pages

YOLO-MBBi: PCB Surface Defect Detection Method Based on Enhanced YOLOv5

  • Bowei Du,
  • Fang Wan,
  • Guangbo Lei,
  • Li Xu,
  • Chengzhi Xu and
  • Ying Xiong

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are extensively used to assemble electronic equipment. Currently, PCBs are an integral part of almost all electronic products. However, various surface defects can still occur during mass production. An enhanced YOLOv5s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
9,548 Views
25 Pages

A New Blockchain-Based Authentication Framework for Secure IoT Networks

  • Ahmad K. Al Hwaitat,
  • Mohammed Amin Almaiah,
  • Aitizaz Ali,
  • Shaha Al-Otaibi,
  • Rima Shishakly,
  • Abdalwali Lutfi and
  • Mahmaod Alrawad

27 August 2023

Most current research on decentralized IoT applications focuses on a specific vulnerability. However, for IoT applications, only a limited number of techniques are dedicated to handling privacy and trust concerns. To address that, blockchain-based so...

  • Review
  • Open Access
79 Citations
18,616 Views
49 Pages

Deep-Learning-Based Approaches for Semantic Segmentation of Natural Scene Images: A Review

  • Busra Emek Soylu,
  • Mehmet Serdar Guzel,
  • Gazi Erkan Bostanci,
  • Fatih Ekinci,
  • Tunc Asuroglu and
  • Koray Acici

The task of semantic segmentation holds a fundamental position in the field of computer vision. Assigning a semantic label to each pixel in an image is a challenging task. In recent times, significant advancements have been achieved in the field of s...

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  • Open Access
78 Citations
12,883 Views
28 Pages

The most significant threat that networks established in IoT may encounter is cyber attacks. The most commonly encountered attacks among these threats are DDoS attacks. After attacks, the communication traffic of the network can be disrupted, and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
77 Citations
6,205 Views
15 Pages

A Scenario-Generic Neural Machine Translation Data Augmentation Method

  • Xiner Liu,
  • Jianshu He,
  • Mingzhe Liu,
  • Zhengtong Yin,
  • Lirong Yin and
  • Wenfeng Zheng

Amid the rapid advancement of neural machine translation, the challenge of data sparsity has been a major obstacle. To address this issue, this study proposes a general data augmentation technique for various scenarios. It examines the predicament of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
77 Citations
10,645 Views
16 Pages

Machine-Learning-Based IoT–Edge Computing Healthcare Solutions

  • Abdulrahman K. Alnaim and
  • Ahmed M. Alwakeel

18 February 2023

The data that medical sensors collect can be overwhelming, making it challenging to glean the most relevant insights. An algorithm for a body sensor network is needed for the purpose of spotting outliers in the collected data. Methods of machine lear...

  • Review
  • Open Access
76 Citations
25,304 Views
34 Pages

A Survey of Video Surveillance Systems in Smart City

  • Yanjinlkham Myagmar-Ochir and
  • Wooseong Kim

23 August 2023

Smart cities are being developed worldwide with the use of technology to improve the quality of life of citizens and enhance their safety. Video surveillance is a key component of smart city infrastructure, as it involves the installation of cameras...

  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
10,569 Views
15 Pages

20 February 2023

Over the course of the last decade, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research community has received a significant amount of attention. Emergency response operations, such as those that follow a natural disaster, are one of the civil applications th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
12,933 Views
15 Pages

24 October 2023

While solar energy holds great significance as a clean and sustainable energy source, photovoltaic panels serve as the linchpin of this energy conversion process. However, defects in these panels can adversely impact energy production, necessitating...

  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
24,943 Views
29 Pages

25 October 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) advancements, especially deep learning, have significantly improved medical image processing and analysis in various tasks such as disease detection, classification, and anatomical structure segmentation. This work overvi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
73 Citations
87,359 Views
38 Pages

Blockchain-Based E-Voting Systems: A Technology Review

  • Mohammad Hajian Berenjestanaki,
  • Hamid R. Barzegar,
  • Nabil El Ioini and
  • Claus Pahl

The employment of blockchain technology in electronic voting (e-voting) systems is attracting significant attention due to its ability to enhance transparency, security, and integrity in digital voting. This study presents an extensive review of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
11,676 Views
17 Pages

A Dual-Direction Attention Mixed Feature Network for Facial Expression Recognition

  • Saining Zhang,
  • Yuhang Zhang,
  • Ye Zhang,
  • Yufei Wang and
  • Zhigang Song

25 August 2023

In recent years, facial expression recognition (FER) has garnered significant attention within the realm of computer vision research. This paper presents an innovative network called the Dual-Direction Attention Mixed Feature Network (DDAMFN) specifi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
9,543 Views
17 Pages

A Machine Learning-Based Intrusion Detection System for IoT Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCSs)

  • Mohamed ElKashlan,
  • Mahmoud Said Elsayed,
  • Anca Delia Jurcut and
  • Marianne Azer

20 February 2023

The demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is growing rapidly. This requires an ecosystem that meets the user’s needs while preserving security. The rich data obtained from electric vehicle stations are powered by the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosy...

  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
16,529 Views
44 Pages

Integrating Artificial Intelligence Agents with the Internet of Things for Enhanced Environmental Monitoring: Applications in Water Quality and Climate Data

  • Tymoteusz Miller,
  • Irmina Durlik,
  • Ewelina Kostecka,
  • Polina Kozlovska,
  • Adrianna Łobodzińska,
  • Sylwia Sokołowska and
  • Agnieszka Nowy

11 February 2025

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) agents with the Internet of Things (IoT) has marked a transformative shift in environmental monitoring and management, enabling advanced data gathering, in-depth analysis, and more effective decision ma...

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