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Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Innovations and Challenges
edited by Hanqing Yang, , Zening Li and Zhengmao Li
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7265 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen energy; fuel cells; smart grid; energy conversion; hydrogen vehicle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Futuristic Security and Privacy in 6G-Enabled IoT submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6770 | Submission Open
Keywords: future security; privacy; IoT; 6G; reputation in 6G; anomaly detection in IoT; renewable energy in IoT; blockchain and IoT; threat and vulnerability in IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Precise Timing and Security in Internet of Things
edited by Xintao Huan, Heng Wang, Yan Zong, Guyue Li and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6665 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; time synchronization; cybersecurity; radio frequency fingerprinting; hardware fingerprinting; wireless key generation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
System-on-Chip (SoC) and Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design
edited by Nicola Lusardi
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5625 | Submission Open
Keywords: system-on-chip (SoC); field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); real-time processing; programmable temporal computing; programmable parallel computing; time mode
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
AI Used in Mobile Communications and Networks
edited by Yiming Liu, Zhi Zhang and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5611 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; mobile communication networks; intelligent network management; deep learning; reinforcement learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Research Advances in Image Processing and Computer Vision
edited by Yan Wang, and Xu Yang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5298 | Submission Open
Keywords: image processing; computer vision; machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Future Prospects of Wireless Transmission Based on Engineering Electrical Electronic and Telecommunications
edited by and Muhammad Ikram Ashraf
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4891 | Submission Open
Keywords: trends in 5G and beyond; wireless communication; massive MIMO; Internet of Things; URLLC
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Advances in AI Engineering: Exploring Machine Learning Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4159 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI applications; AI in industry; AI for electronic; AI for materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Artificial Intelligence in Image and Video Processing
edited by Yue Zhang, Bin Chen, Jinlin Guo and Xueliang Liu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3795 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; image analysis; video analysis; large pretrained model; surveillance images; remote sensing images; object detection; image segmentation; object tracking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Image and Video Quality and Compression
edited by Xiaoming Li and Henghui Ding
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3268 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances in Mobile Robots: Navigation, Motion Planning and Control
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3116 | Submission Open
Keywords: mobile robotics; navigation; path planning; control of posture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Integration of Distributed Energy Resources in Smart Grids
edited by Zihang Dong and Yujian Ye
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2845 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy system flexibility and resilience enhancement through Distributed Energy Resources (DER); demand side response and energy management of DERs; advanced Information and communication technologies supporting the integration of DERs in smart grids; prediction algorithms; communication approaches; control strategies and business model in Virtual Power Plant (VPP); generation planning and market design for integrated energy systems; multi-energy system integration; covering electricity; gas; heat; cold; transport; information and hydrogen systems; etc.; Artificial Intelligence-based approaches for local energy system modelling; advanced control strategies for the coordination of numerous/heterogeneous DERs; smart scheduling and routing of Electric Vehicles (EV) for improving power system operation; modelling of local energy systems; including smart buildings; micro-grids; industrial parks; etc.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Machine Learning Applications in Predictive Monitoring of Power Grid Stability and Resiliency Enhancement submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2298 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; power systems; predictive monitoring; renewable energy sources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Embedded AI
edited by Darrin M. Hanna and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2253 | Submission Open
Keywords: embedded systems; artificial intelligence; IoT; machine learning; intelligent robotics; autonomous systems; FPGA; GPU
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Vehicular Communication Systems and Networks
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2148 | Submission Open
Keywords: C-V2X; V2X protocols; resource allocation in V2X; vulnerable road users (VRUs); 3GPP NR-V2X
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Next-Generation Optical Wireless Communication: Emerging Research and Opportunities
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2072 | Submission Open
Keywords: next-generation optical wireless communication; free space optical wireless communication; underwater optical wireless communication; visible light communication; sensor network communications; convergence of optical and wireless access networks; optical networks reliability and security; novel protocols; architectures; materials; and devices for OWC systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Advanced Nonlinear and Learning-Based Control Techniques for Complex Dynamical Systems, 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2044 | Submission Open
Keywords: optimization; observer design; adaptive control; learning control; intelligent control; robust control; formation control; geometric control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Recent Advances in Smart Grid
edited by Zhichen Li, and Zhaomin Lv
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2037 | Submission Open
Keywords: design and analysis of communication mechanism in smart grid; coordination of renewable energy systems; prediction and control of wind and solar power; robustness and performance optimization of smart grid; vehicle-to-grid technology in real-world problems; intelligent reasoning of power grid
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Multimedia in Radio Communication and Teleinformatics
edited by , Dawid Juszka and Andrzej Matiolański
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1903 | Submission Open
Keywords: multimedia radio transmission in Internet of Things systems; local multimedia WLAN wireless networks; multimedia wireless sensor and ad hoc networks; multimedia sea; air and satellite radio communication; multimedia systems and radio communication networks for special applications; radio and television systems and networks; multimedia techniques; multimedia architectures and telecommunications protocols; multimedia systems and ICT networks; multimedia applications and services on the Internet; quality of services and reliability of multimedia ICT networks; optimization and artificial intelligence algorithms in multimedia telecommunications networks; solutions for multimedia systems and cloud networks; security of multimedia networks and ICT systems; cryptography and cybersecurity mechanisms in multimedia; network aspects of multimedia systems of the Internet of Things; measurements in multimedia telecommunications; legal; economic and social aspects in multimedia telecommunications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Intelligent Resource Allocation Methods for Next Generation Wireless Cellular Systems
edited by Yaru Fu, Hong Wang, Zheng Shi and Yalin Liu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1540 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twin; Internet-of-Things; intelligent reflecting surface (IRS); massive MIMO; non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA); rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA); sixth-generation wireless communication networks (6G); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Artificial Intelligence for IoT Systems
edited by , , Jia Hu, Daniel Z. Hao, Ke Li, Yining Hua and Ting Li
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1464 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; internet of things; edge computing; edge intelligence; artificial intelligence of things (AIoT); deep learning; deep reinforcement learning; federated learning; data collection and data mining; resource management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Antenna and Propagation Technologies for 5G/6G Communication
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1424 | Submission Open
Keywords: MIMO; 5G; 6G; beam steering; circularly polarized; dual circular polarized; linearly polarized; dual polarization; flexible
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Parallel, Distributed, Edge Computing in UAV Communication
edited by Yuan Gao and Su Hu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless network; 5G/6G; resource allocation; air to ground network; NTN; remote sensing; drone network; satellite network; emergency communication; SON; AI driven network; edge computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Deep Learning-Based Object Detection/Classification
edited by Kuo-Kun Tseng
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1379 | Submission Open
Keywords: object detection; object classification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Network Security and Cryptography Applications
edited by Li Pan, Ning Liu and Conghui Zheng
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1365 | Submission Open
Keywords: network security; data science; artificial intelligence; cyberspace
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Smart Antennas and Systems for 5G and Beyond: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by Jesús Alberto López Fernández, Lei Wang, and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1272 | Submission Open
Keywords: plane-wave generator; RIS; channel sounder for spatial profile measurements; 5G; 6G; non-terrestrial networks; adaptive antennas; tracking; active arrays; reconfigurable antennas and arrays; hybrid scanned arrays; AI inspired/assisted/augmented antennas and arrays
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Emerging Technologies in Digital Twins
edited by Alessandro Massaro
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1162 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twin; intelligent electronics; Industry 4.0/5.0; miniaturized sensors; micro and nano technologies; environmental monitoring; production prediction innovative materials in electronics; IoT; measurement protocols
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Communication Systems and Manipulators for Robots and Unmanned Systems
edited by , Georgi Valentinov Hristov, Ivan Beloev and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1067 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned systems and robots; manipulators; actuators and end effectors; communication systems for drones and robots; tethered drones and robots; payloads for drones and robots; extensions for robots and drones; intelligent drones and robots; autonomous navigation and teleoperation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Bridging the Gap between Deep Learning and Probabilistic Inference for Advancements in Robotics
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 951 | Submission Open
Keywords: robot learning; deep learning in robotics; probabilistic robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Research on Key Technologies for Hardware Acceleration
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 898 | Submission Open
Keywords: hardware accelerators; reconfigurable FPGA acceleration; in-/near-memory computing; 2.5D/3D integrated chiplets
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Advanced Charging Technology for Electric Vehicles
edited by , Zhichao Luo, and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open
Keywords: charging technology; vehicle to everything; intelligent vehicle integration; low-temperature preheating; charging safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Deep/Machine Learning in Visual Recognition and Anomaly Detection
edited by Yang Liu and Jin Li
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 846 | Submission Open
Keywords: few-/zero-shot learning; visual recognition; anomaly detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Advances in Solid-State Single Photon Detection Devices and Circuits
edited by , and Hao Li
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open
Keywords: single-photon detection; single-photon avalanche photodiode (SPAD); geiger-mode multi-pixel photon counter (MPCC); silicon photomultiplier (SiPM); geiger-mode operation; violet/Visible/Shortwave Infrared; GaN/Silicon/InGaAs; focal plane array; active quenching circuit; timing digital converter; time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC); three-dimensional LiDAR; quantum information processing.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Future Trends in Applications of Neural Networks for Vision-Based Autonomous Tasks
edited by and Ákos Odry
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision processing algorithms; neural networks; vision-based autonomous tasks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Control Techniques for Power Converter and Drives submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced control techniques; power converters; electric drives; dynamic modeling; system identification; optimization; fault tolerance; real-time implementation; renewable energy integration; industrial automation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Neural Networks for Feature Extraction
edited by Zhen Cao and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 772 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances in Wireless Communication Performance Analysis
edited by Kyusung Shim
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 710 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless communications and networks; performance analysis; data-driven approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Digital Signal and Image Processing for Multimedia Technology submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 609 | Submission Open
Keywords: image processing; computer vision; deep learning; neural network; artificial intelligence; multimedia processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advanced Monitoring of Smart Critical Infrastructures submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 577 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT-enabled structural health monitoring; data fusion in infrastructure management; smart infrastructure security systems; predictive maintenance models; cyber-physical system resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Research and Application of Neural Networks in Human-Computer Interaction submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open
Keywords: neural networks; deep learning; human– computer interaction; interactive systems; natural interfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Applications of Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Electric Vehicles
edited by Yitong Shang, , Qiang Xing, Shiwei Xie, and Bo Wang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicle; artificial intelligence; battery management; motor control; ev load forecasting; vehicle-to-grid; smart grid; intelligent transportation; sustainable city
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Unlocking Data’s Potential: Artificial Intelligence and Visual Analytics in the Modern Age
edited by , and Rita Francese
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); visual analytics; natural language processing; explainable AI; big data analytics; data interpretation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Compiler and Hardware Design Systems for High-Performance Computing
edited by and Jaehwan Lee
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer architectures; compilers; parallel and distributed computing; programming languages; accelerated computing; machine learning for systems; parallel algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Deep Learning in Video and Image Processing: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open
Keywords: real-time machine learning; edge computing; video processing; image processing; algorithm optimization; hardware– software co-design; energy-efficient ML; latency-sensitive applications; computational efficiency; resource-constrained devices; anomaly detection; real-time diagnostics; autonomous vehicles; object recognition; urban traffic management; augmented reality; industrial automation; wildlife monitoring; disaster response systems; smart home devices; wearable technology; health monitoring; personalized feedback; real-time data processing; ML model deployment; edge AI; smart cameras; low-power computing; data privacy; real-world ML applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Security and Privacy in Emerging Technologies
edited by Bowen Zhao, Cheng Qiao and Jun Jiang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open
Keywords: privacy protection; network security; emerging intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Application and Development of Intelligent Information Processing Technologies
edited by Wei Yu, Zhongmin Yan and Shichao Liu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; data analysis; intelligent systems; big data technologies; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Digital Twins of Complex Systems: Data, Modeling, Algorithm and Application
edited by Xin Zhang, Yadong Xu and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twin; simulation; complex systems; artificial intelligence; deep learning; data-driven; product lifecycle management; equipment health management; healthcare; visualization and interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
High-Performance Software Systems
edited by , Xizhe Yin and Yifan Mao
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance; networking; database; cloud; fault tolerance; availability; distributed systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Recent Progress in Visual AI: Architectures, Learning, and Applications
edited by Changshuo Wang, , Prayag Tiwari, Gang Wang and Ruiping Wang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: visual AI; pattern recognition; transformer models; multimodal representation learning; 3D vision; autonomous driving
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
New Trends in AI-Assisted Computer Vision
edited by Huikai Shao, Dan Zeng and Shuiwang Li
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: image processing; feature extraction; object detection; object tracking; image segmentation; biometrics; semantic segmentation; edge detection; deep learning; visual recognition; 3D vision; pose estimation; behaviour analysis; scene understanding; visual question answering; augmented reality; virtual reality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
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