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Future Internet Circuits and Systems: Bridging Communication, Sensing and AI
edited by Jaswinder Lota and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: millimetre-wave; sub-THz; AIoT; AI-wireless; integrated communication sensing; haptic processing; digital twin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Recent Advances in Printed and Flexible Electronics
edited by Katherina Haase and Surya Abhishek Singaraju
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: printed electronics; flexible electronics; organics; neural networks; computing; additive manufacturing; roll-to-roll processing; inkjet-printing; sustainable electronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Materials, Devices and Applications)
The Recent and Latest Developments in Speech and Audio Processing submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: speech synthesis; speech quality; acoustic methods; voice analysis; signal processing; electroglottography; acoustic database; speech separation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
AI-Native Ubiquitous 6G: Key Technologies, Architectures, and Applications
edited by , and Zile Liu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open
Keywords: 6G; AI; digital twin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Future IoT Convergence: Integrating Electromagnetics, AI, Cybersecurity, and Databases
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT convergence technologies; applied electromagnetics; AI and machine learning; cybersecurity; secure protocols; mobile IoT networks; database systems; SDN and edge computing; robotic IoT platforms; cybersecurity education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Recent Advances in Cybersecurity submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; digital forensics; compliance; auditing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Front-End Electronics for Radiation Detectors
edited by , Hongbin Liu and Chuanhao Hu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiation detectors; front-end electronics; ASIC design
Video Coding and Processing
edited by , and Adam Hnat
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open
Keywords: image and video coding; image and video compression; multimedia communication; machine learning; QoE; QoS; video streaming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Advances in Post-Quantum Security
edited by Ajay Kaushik and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence for security; cryptographic protocols; cyber security; internet of things security; post-quantum cryptography; quantum-resistant security; secure 5G and 6G networks; applied artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Design of Low-Voltage and Low-Power Integrated Circuits, Volume 2 submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: low voltage; low power; IoT; biomedical; medical; amplifiers; analogue; digital; integrated circuits; SNR; BMS; control; converters; energy harvesting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Cybersecurity, Intelligent Systems Security, and Trustworthy Electronic Systems
edited by Ashar Neyaz, Narasimha Shashidhar and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; information assurance; incident response; digital forensics; forensic readiness; malware analysis; memory forensics; mobile and IoT forensics; cloud and edge forensics; threat intelligence; intrusion detection and prevention; adversarial machine learning; cyber– physical systems security; network security; cryptography and secure systems; risk management and governance; business continuity and resilience; privacy and data integrity; secure system design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Antenna Technologies for 5G/6G Wireless Systems
edited by , and Reza Mohammadkhani
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: antenna technologies; 5G/6G communication networks; millimeter-wave antennas; terahertz antennas; MIMO and massive MIMO; beamforming; reconfigurable antennas; intelligent antenna systems; integrated sensing and communications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Advances in Fault Diagnosis Methods of Power Systems and Key Components submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: fault diagnosis; fault detection; condition monitoring; power system; power equipment; application of artificial intelligence; deep learning; insulation fault; mechanical fault
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Advanced Technologies in Intrusion Detection System
edited by Fazhi Qi and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: intrusion detection systems; cybersecurity; data security; machine learning; artificial intelligence; anomaly detection; industrial control systems; IoT; cloud environments; blockchain
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Stability and Control of Nonlinear Systems submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinear control systems; stability analysis; sliding mode control; adaptive control; model predictive control; machine learning control; artificial intelligence; bifurcation and chaos; power electronics; renewable energy systems; finite-time stability; robust control; event-triggered control; observer design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Information Systems, Management, and Digital Innovation: Complexity, Integration, and Transformation
edited by , Jiepeng Wang and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: information systems (IS); digital innovation; complex systems and networks; data governance; strategic management; algorithmic governance; digital strategy; organizational resilience; green digital transformation; data trust; digital platforms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Electronics
edited by Miroslav Rakyta, Bubenik Peter and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial electronics; Industry 4.0; expert systems; intelligent systems; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Advances in Cyber-Physical Networks: Intelligence, Control and Security
edited by , , and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; cyber-physical networks; intelligent control systems; UAV security; IOT security; software security; AI security; data security; web application security; program analysis; vulnerability detection; fuzz testing; air-gapped; quantum computing and security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Towards Intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks
edited by Samar Shailendra, and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless sensor networks; IoT; IIoT; intelligent WSNs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Advances in Computer Vision and Image Understanding for Robot Applications
edited by Taohong Zhang
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; image understanding; multimodal perception; embodied intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Improving IoT Security and Efficiency Through Advanced Data Analysis Method submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; IoT security; advanced data analytics; machine learning; federated learning; privacy-preserving analytics; adversarial attack and defense
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
New Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing
edited by , Jae-Seung Yeom and Qinglei Cao
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance computing; parallel and distributed systems; parallel I/O; storage systems; cloud computing; big data; large-scale machine learning; resource management; network computing; energy-efficient systems; fault tolerance; scalability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
High-Performance Computer Architectures: Designs and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance computing; computer architecture; Network-on-Chip; heterogeneous architectures; AI-driven architectures; reinforcement learning; adaptive systems; cloud and edge computing; hardware acceleration; resilient computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Design Explorations and Novel Architectures on FPGA
edited by Gangqiang Yang, and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: FPGA; hardware acceleration; reconfigurable computing; algorithm-hardware co-design; embedded systems; reconfigurable logic applications; communication/signal processing algorithms; IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Blockchain-Based Security and Trust Models for Digital Networks
edited by , Raylin Tso and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain security; consensus algorithm; smart contract; decentralized system; digital networks; trust models; IoT security; privacy preservation; quantum-resistant cryptography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Advanced and Intelligent Industrial IoT Systems for Industry 5.0
edited by , Sarder Fakhrul Abedin and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open
Keywords: Industrial Internet of Things  (IIoT); Industry 5.0; cyber– physical systems; cognitive industrial systems; edge intelligence; AI and machine learning for IIoT; industrial automation; digital twins; industrial cybersecurity; smart manufacturing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Advances in Biometric Face Recognition
edited by , and Hector Santos-Villalobos
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
Keywords: face recognition; biometric face recognition; biometric authentication; biometric identification; artificial intelligence and machine learning; computer vision
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Integration of Radar Signal and Communication Systems
edited by Panhe Hu, Xiaolong Su, Jiameng Pan and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); dual-function radar– communication (DFRC); joint radar– communication (JRC); waveform design; signal processing; beamforming; spectrum sharing; autonomous vehicles; 6G communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Power Line Communication Systems in Power Networks
edited by Waseem El Sayed, and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open
Keywords: power line communication (PLC); power electronics (PEs); electromagnetic interference (EMI); harmonics; renewable energy; electric vehicles (EVs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Emerging Theory and Applications in Natural Language Processing, 3rd Edition
edited by Linmei Hu, Jian Liu and Bo Xu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural language processing; large language models; NLP theory and application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advancements in Electric Motors, Drives, Power Converters and Related Systems, 3rd Edition
edited by , Yaqi Shen and Jian Qiao
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrical motors; power converters; electrical drives; power electronics; electric vehicles; industrial; commercial; and residential applications; power control system; power semiconductor devices; multilevel converters; fault diagnosis in electrical motors and drives; energy efficiency; electrical propulsion; wide-bandgap power electronic device
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Advanced Multimedia Systems: Signal Processing, Intelligence, and Applications
edited by Ala Al Kafri, Hiba Alsmadi and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent multimedia systems; multimodal learning; signal and image processing; generative media; real-time analytics; edge and cloud computing; human– computer interaction; immersive technologies; multimedia communication; AI-driven applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Distributed Optimization and Control of Power Grids
edited by Sheng Hu and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed energy system; renewable energy sources; energy storage systems; optimization and control; stability analysis and control; frequency and voltage control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Recent Advances in New Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; autonomous vehicles; V2X communication; traffic management; IoT in transportation; AI in mobility; smart infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Hardware Security and AI-Assured Optimization for Smart Infrastructures
edited by Arvind Kumar Sharma and Shao-Fang Wen
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: hardware security; artificial intelligence; intelligent infrastructure; hardware trojans; side-channel attacks; trusted execution environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Feature Papers in "Computer Science & Engineering", 3rd Edition
edited by Kui Jiang, Xin Xu, , , and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT and its applications; Industry 4.0; smart cities; biotechnology; precision agriculture; fintech; quantum economy; blockchain; cybersecurity; big data analytics and artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Advanced Antenna Systems and Communication Performance Optimization
edited by Junshan Luo and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS); wireless communication optimization; advanced antenna systems; channel estimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Advanced AI-Enabled Wireless Communications and Networking Technologies
edited by , Wei-Chang Chen and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open
Keywords: 5G-advanced and 6G; AI-enabled networks; machine learning for communications and networking; mobile and wireless networks; wireless communications; signal processing for communications; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); satellite and space communications; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drone communications; integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); IoT and sensor networks; green communications systems and networks; next-generation networking and internet; communications software and multimedia; communication and information systems security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Reliable Transmission, Channel Modelling and AI-Enhanced Technologies for High-Mobility Wireless Communication Systems
edited by Yiyan Ma, Chuan Huang, , Sixin Wang and Weiyang Feng
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: 6G; waveform design; channel modeling; intergrated sensing and communications; massive MIMO; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Trustworthy and Data-Driven Intelligent Information Systems submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced information systems; data-driven methods; machine learning; information retrieval; semantic technologies; knowledge management; Metadata management; data quality; data provenance; system architectures; digital libraries; research data infrastructures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances in Secure Data Privacy Protection Technologies
edited by Sanmeet Kaur
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: data privacy; data integrity; message authentication; cryptographic hash functions; secure computation; homomorphic encryption; differential privacy; federated learning; post quantum cryptography; blockchain security; IoT privacy; trusted execution environments; cybersecurity; privacy preserving machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Innovation in Advanced Integrated Circuit Design and Application
edited by Xiaochao Li, Shaohao Wang and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated circuit design; AI-assisted methodology; wide-bandgap semiconductors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Integrated Circuits Applications in Power Electronics
edited by and Marcin Baszynski
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: power electronics; power  converters; cybersecurity; power quality; integrated circuits; real time simulation; control systems; control algorithms; PLC; sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
The Intelligent Edge: Next-Generation IoT for Embodied, Personalized, and Industrial Systems
edited by Haoting Shen
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge intelligence; next-generation IoT; embodied AI; TinyML; cyber-physical systems; IoT security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Intelligent Control and Learning for Biomimetic Robotics submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomimetic robotics; intelligent control; bio-inspired mechanisms; adaptive control; reinforcement learning; soft robotics; morphological computation; sensorimotor learning; swarm robotics; embodied intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Database Systems and Data Protection
edited by Jinbao Wang, Xu Zheng and Dan Yin
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: database; storage; indexing; query processing; concurrency control; data privacy; data security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advanced Scene Understanding Methods and Applications in Multi-Modal Data
edited by , Yiyou Guo and Jinsheng Ji
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: multimodal data representation and modeling; large multimodal models and applications; multimodal scene understanding and inference; multimodal data alignment and fusion; pattern recognition based on temporal series data and text– video/text– image; object segmentation; detection; and recognition based on 2D; 3D; and ego-exocentric video data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Robust and Generalizable Signal Processing and Data Science
edited by Soosan Beheshti
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: robust signal processing; generalization; statistical signal processing; machine learning for signal processing; data-driven signal processing; estimation and detection under uncertainty; adaptive and non-stationary signal processing; regularization and model selection; hyperparameter optimization; performance analysis and bounds; data variability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances and Development in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
edited by Sukho Lee
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: pattern recognition; image processing; computer vision; deep learning; image recognition
Robust Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
edited by , Shahadate Rezvy and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: robust machine learning; cybersecurity; adversarial learning; intrusion detection; privacy-preserving learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
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