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Advances in Extended Reality for Smart Cities

edited by

and

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10297 | Submission Open

Keywords: augmented reality; virtual reality; mixed reality; augmented virtuality; extended reality; smart city; civic engagement; urban planning; citizen experience; urban sustainability; citizen participation; playable cities; learning experience design; education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Techno-Social Smart Systems)

Machine Learning Techniques for Computer Vision

edited by Yonggang Lu and

Ivan Serina

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5469 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; computer vision; mobile devices; human– computer interaction; deep learning; image processing; video processing; few-shot learning; transfer learning; interpretability; image classification; object detection; semantic segmentation; action recognition; anomaly detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Graph Neural Networks and Its Applications

edited by Yifei Xu and

Dongjing Wang

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 637 | Submission Open

Keywords: graph neural networks for sequence behavior modeling; graph neural networks for personalized recommendation; graph neural networks for spatial-temporal data prediction; graph neural networks for traffic forecasting; graph neural networks for medical diagnosis and analysis; graph neural networks for electronic health; graph neural networks for skeleton data analysis and action recognition; graph neural networks for natural language and programming language processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Edge-Cloud Computing and Federated-Split Learning in Internet of Things—Second Edition

edited by

Qiang Duan

and

Zhihui Lu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3826 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; split learning; hybrid federated– split learning; edge-cloud computing; internet of things; multimodal large models; large language model (LLM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Smart Healthcare

edited by

Lidia Bajenaru

and Virginia Sandulescu

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3149 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare; smart healthcare systems; machine learning in medicine; AI-powered diagnostics; predictive analytics in healthcare; remote monitoring; telemedicine; digital twins in healthcare; ai-driven workflow optimization; wearable health technologies; AI and mental health; healthcare IoT (Internet of Things); data privacy and security in healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Key Enabling Technologies for Beyond 5G Networks—2nd Edition

edited by

Dania Marabissi

and

Lorenzo Mucchi

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: THz and visible light communications; intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS); cognitive and dynamic spectrum access; machine learning and artificial intelligence for wireless communications systems; energy-efficient wireless communications and networking; network softwarization and virtualization; network security; physical layer security; zero-touch networks; massive IoT communication; quantum communication and cryptography; joint communication and sensing; massive MIMO; advanced wearable technologies and body area networks; edge computing; 3D networking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

IoT Architecture for Smart Environments: Mechanisms, Approaches, and Applications

edited by

Manuel José Cabral dos Santos Reis

and

Carlos Serôdio

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8071 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT architecture; IoT for smart environments; IoT mechanisms; IoT approaches; IoT applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Convergence of Edge Computing and Next Generation Networking

edited by

Armir Bujari

, Gabriele Elia and

Johann M. Marquez-Barja

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7095 | Submission Open

Keywords: network management; federated edge networks; network programmability; cloud continuum; ai for the network; network security; network slicing; network intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

AI Based Natural Language Processing: Emerging Approaches and Applications

edited by William H. Hsu and Huichen Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1593 | Submission Open

Keywords: information extraction; artificial intelligence; text mining; natural language processing; natural language generation; natural language understanding; machine learning for NLP; question answering; speech recognition; NLP for document intelligence; NLP applications; including domain-specific applications in fields such as science and medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Toward 6G Networks: Challenges and Technologies

edited by Jianwu Zhang and

Léo Mendiboure

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 532 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communications; 6G; network architecture; cyber physical system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Emerging Technologies for Cybersecurity in the Internet of Things (IoT)

edited by Fei Tong and Guanghui Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; IoT; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Cyber Security in the New “Edge Computing and IoT” World, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xuebin Ren

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity in typical edge and IoT systems; e.g.; smart grid and smart transportation; system security in edge and fog computing; security and privacy issues in edge intelligence and the IoT; data security and privacy in edge computing and the IoT; privacy-enhancing technologies in edge computing and the IoT; adversarial attacks in edge computing and the IoT; defending mechanisms in edge computing and the IoT; blockchain and its applications in edge computing and the IoT; trust management in edge computing and the IoT; trustworthy ML algorithms in edge computing and the IoT; advanced privacy-enhanced technologies for edge computing and the IoT; advanced cryptographic techniques for a resource-constrained IoT; large language models (LLMs) for cybersecurity in edge computing and the IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Edge and Fog Computing for the Internet of Things, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Pozzebon

and

Giacomo Peruzzi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: embedded systems; Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); LoRaWAN; IoT cellular networks; fog computing; edge computing; distributed computing; data transmission protocols; smart cities; smart industries; smart healthcare; embedded machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Machine Learning for Blockchain and IoT System in Smart Cities

edited by

José A. Afonso

and

Joao Ferreira

submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6352 | Submission Open

Keywords: internet of things; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; blockchain; smart sensors; wireless sensor networks; decision support systems; communications for smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Navigation, Deployment and Control of Intelligent Unmanned Vehicles

edited by

Andrey V. Savkin

and

Hailong Huang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent unmanned vehicles; autonomous navigation; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs); unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs); internet of things (IoT); internet of vehicles (IoV); reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); path planning; UAV-supported wireless communications; sensor network based navigation; guidance and control; UAV/AUV/USV deployment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Secure Integration of IoT and Cloud Computing

edited by Di Lu and

Yichuan Wang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open

Keywords: security mechanism; security integration; IoT; cloud computing; authentication methods; data security; system security; program security; virtualization security; network security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

ICT and AI in Intelligent E-systems

edited by Ergun Gide and

Robert M. X. Wu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 28365 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; digital transformation; E-systems; E-business; data visualization; business intelligence; intelligent IS; business analytics; ICT higher education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Cloud and Edge Computing for the Next-Generation Networks

edited by

Jordi Mateo-Fornés

and

Choong Seon Hong

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1648 | Submission Open

Keywords: task offloading; cloud-edge continuum; 5G network architectures; Internet of Things (IoT); distributed intelligence; resource management; resilience; privacy-aware processing; trust mechanisms; edge AI models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for IoT in Next-Generation Networking

edited by

Nguyen Khoa

, Steve Drew, Qihao Li and

Jinhua Guo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1141 | Submission Open

Keywords: task offloading; resource allocation; Internet of Things (IoT); 6G networks; edge computing; software-defined networking (SDN); network function virtualization (NFV); ultra-low latency; Internet of Vehicles (IoV); edge AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

5G/6G and Beyond: The Future of Wireless Communications Systems

edited by Bin Dai and

Jose I. Moreno Novella

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G/6G; wireless communications; network optimization; machine learning; edge computing; network slicing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Security and Privacy in AI-Powered Systems

edited by

Bo Liu

and Tianqing Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI security; privacy-preserving AI; adversarial machine learning; secure AI deployment; ethical AI; federated learning; differential privacy; data protection; trustworthy AI systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Techno-Social Smart Systems)

IoT Security: Threat Detection, Analysis and Defense

edited by

Olivier Markowitch

and

Jean-Michel Dricot

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 27357 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Privacy and Security in Computing Continuum and Data-Driven Workflows

edited by

Thomas Loruenser

and

Stephan Krenn

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 23843 | Submission Open

Keywords: security and privacy for data spaces; privacy friendly data markets and platforms; secure data-driven workflows; IoT and cyber-physical security and/or privacy; online privacy and anonymous authentication; data sovereignty; cloud and edge computing security; privacy-enhancing technologies; secure computing technologies; privacy preserving machine learning; computing on encrypted data; hardware security and attestation; End2end security in IoT and cloud computing; verifiable computing; End2end authenticity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Cybersecurity in the IoT

edited by

Christos Tryfonopoulos

and

Nicholas Kolokotronis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22615 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; cyber-security; artificial intelligence; machine/deep learning; supply chain; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Social Internet of Things (SIoT)

edited by

Domenico Ursino

,

Francesco Cauteruccio

and

Luca Virgili

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9285 | Submission Open

Keywords: new architectures for the SIoT; multi-IoT paradigm; information Integration in the SIoT; multiple Networks of Things; knowledge Management in the SIoT; data Analytics in the SIoT; cybersecurity in the SIoT; trust and reputation of smart objects; SIoT and Industry 4.0; SIoT and Society 5.0; SIoT and distributed computing; SIoT and cloud; smart object profiling; SIoT and healthcare; SIoT and cultural heritage; SIoT and agriculture; SIoT and manufacturing; SIoT and automation; SIoT in mechatronic; SIoT and crowdsensing; SIoT and smart cities; SIoT and autonomous driving systems; legal Issues for the SIoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

IoT Architecture Supported by Digital Twin: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Duaa Zuhair Al-Hamid

,

Peter Han Joo Chong

and

Pejman A. Karegar

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT architectures; digital twin; distributed computing; system intelligence; healthcare application; dynamic networks; quality of virtualisation; network virtualisation; machine learning; real-time testbed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Developments of Computer Vision and Image Processing: Methodologies and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Manuel José Cabral dos Santos Reis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision image processing; machine learning; image mining; artificial intelligence; intelligent data systems; expert systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing—3rd Edition

edited by

Paulo Quaresma

submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; natural language processing; NLP; generative AI; LLM; knowledge graphs and LLM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Blockchain and Web 3.0: Applications, Challenges and Future Trends—Volume II

edited by Qiang Qu

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12479 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; smart contract; cryptocurrency; security and privacy; distributed consensus and networks; transaction analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Smart Societies

edited by

Filipe Portela

and

Athanasios D. Panagopoulos

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10726 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; smart societies; generative AI; artificial intelligence; generative models; predictive analytics; big data; AI governance; personalized learning and urban planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Modern Trends in Multi-Agent Systems II

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3886 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-agent systems; Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; data aggregation; remote sensing; distributed computing; parallel computing; cloud computing; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart City

edited by Heli Zhang,

Nan Yang

and

Djamel Djenouri

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 751 | Submission Open

Keywords: frameworks for IoT and smart cities; smart transportation and Internet of Vehicles; smart grid; smart healthcare; smart/digital buildings; smart city construction; urban sustainability and connectivity; sustainable energy; integrated energy system; IoT in future generation mobile networks (B5G/6G); security and privacy preservation and IoT systems; advanced AI in IoT for smart city applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Privacy and Security Issues in IoT Systems

edited by Kuo-Yu Tsai and Chung-Wei Kuo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 23198 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge learning; data privacy; security threats; defense mechanism; side-channel attack; threat model; Internet of Things application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Information and Future Internet Security, Trust and Privacy—3rd Edition

edited by

Weizhi Meng

and

Christian D. Jensen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14251 | Submission Open

Keywords: network security; trust management; intrusion detection; SDN security; data privacy; internet security; trust aggregation; blockchain in security and trust; AI in trust; critical system security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Wireless Sensors and Edge Computing in IoT

edited by Haider Ali, Umair Ullah Tariq and

Shahroz Nadeem

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 1009 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; edge computing; IoT security; machine learning in IoT; predictive analytics; energy efficiency; Quality of Service (QoS); federated learning; sustainable IoT; data privacy

Artificial Intelligence in Next-Generation Networks: Cloud/Edge Perspectives and Applications

edited by

Dimitris Karampatzakis

,

Thomas Lagkas

and

Kalliopi Kravari

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation networks; artificial intelligence in networking; cloud computing in networking; edge computing in networking; intelligent agents; explainable artificial intelligence; trustworthy artificial intelligence; mobile edge computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Network Architectures and Edge/Fog Computing Solutions for B5G IoT Applications

edited by Javad Rezazadeh and Hamid Salarian

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 865 | Submission Open

Keywords: beyond 5G; IoT (Internet of Things); network architectures; edge computing; fog computing; network optimization; edge/fog solutions; wireless networks; IoT applications and use cases; AI techniques for IoT; network resource management; interoperability and standardization for B5G IoT; energy-efficient protocols for B5G IoT; virtualization for B5G IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Efficient and Secure Wireless Communications and Networking: Architecture and Applications

edited by

Călin Vlădeanu

and

Alexandru Marțian

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive radio; software-defined radio; dynamic spectrum access; massive MIMO; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; non-orthogonal multiple access; artificial intelligence and machine learning for wireless networks; wireless network authentication and security; drones; sensor networks; satellite networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Generative Artificial Intelligence: Systems, Technologies and Applications

edited by Jim Prentzas and

Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative artificial intelligence; machine learning; data mining; neural networks; natural language processing; explainable artificial intelligence; combinations of AI methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Intrusion Detection and Resiliency in Cyber-Physical Systems and Networks

edited by

Olusola Tolulope Odeyomi

and

Temitayo Olowu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2178 | Submission Open

Keywords: intrusion detection; cyber– physical systems; machine learning; federated learning; adversarial learning; intrusion detection; malware detection; blockchain technology; trustworthy AI; large-language models

Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems for Industry 4.0 and 5.0

edited by

Filipe Pereira

and

Paulo Leitao

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; artificial intelligence; control systems; edge computing; cloud computing; augmented reality; 5G networks; 6G networks; cybersecurity; intelligent automation; collaborative robotics; cyber-physical systems (CPS); adaptive and autonomous systems; reconfigurable manufacturing; multi-agent systems; holonic systems; evolutionary computation; natural computing; IOT and smart factories; distributed control systems; advanced industrial communication protocols (OPC-UA; MQTT; EtherCAT; profinet; Ethernet-IP and modbus TCP-IP); predictive maintenance in Industry 4.0/5.0; factory automation; human– robot collaboration

QoS in Wireless Sensor Network for IoT Applications

edited by

Pascal Lorenz

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9355 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Moving Towards 6G Wireless Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Raschellà

and

Michael Mackay

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3422 | Submission Open

Keywords: beyond 5G and 6G technologies; 6G communications; performance analysis for energy efficiency; latency and quality of experience; mm-wave and THz communications; artificial intelligence and deep machine learning; new antenna array design; laser communications and visible-light communication; blockchain for 6G

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Intelligent Agents and Their Application

edited by

Stanimir Stoyanov

,

Asya Stoyanova Doycheva

and

Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1034 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agents; multi-agent systems; agent-oriented architectures; agent-oriented technologies; Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs); Chain of Thought (CoT); big data; knowledge-based systems; ontologies; symbolic; sub-symbolic; and integrated artificial intelligence

Distributed Machine Learning and Federated Edge Computing for IoT

edited by

Demetris Trihinas

and

Alexandros Karakasidis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; federated learning; split learning; internet of things; edge computing; energy-aware machine learning; distributed artificial intelligence; data privacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Cloud/Edge Computing for Next-Generation Networks: Architecture and Applications

edited by Lav Gupta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; edge computing; 5G/6G networks; cloud-edge applications; cloud-edge systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Secure and Trustworthy Next Generation O-RAN Optimisation

edited by

Michael Mackay

,

Alessandro Raschellà

,

Miguel López-Benítez

and Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: beyond 5G and 6G network deployment and operation; RIC functionality; secure and trustworthy mobile network orchestration; network optimization design; network optimization and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

AI and Security in 5G Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks

edited by

Fatima Salahdine

,

Mohammed Ridouani

and

Hassan El Alami

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16318 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G and beyond; cooperative networks; cognitive radio networks; security; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; federated learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Advances in Smart Environments and Digital Twin Technologies

edited by Mariusz Żytniewski,

Małgorzata B. Pańkowska

,

Mariia Rizun

and

Francesca Fallucchi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2349 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart ecosystem; smart environments; digital twin; smart city

Novel Approaches and Techniques for Privacy in Internet Communications

edited by

Antonio Ruiz Martínez

and

Simeon Okechukwu Ajakwe

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: anonymous communications networks; anonymous protocols; anonymous communication applications/services; tracking and advertising; surveillance; censorship resistance; anti-fingerprinting techniques; privacy technologies; artificial intelligence and privacy; privacy frameworks; user privacy; privacy by design; Internet of Things privacy; traffic analysis; web privacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

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