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IoT Security: Threat Detection, Analysis and Defense submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 34890 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Cybersecurity in the IoT submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 29254 | 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)
Privacy and Security in Computing Continuum and Data-Driven Workflows submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 27592 | 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)
Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing—3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 309 | 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 19120 | 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 submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15160 | 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 submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4538 | 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, and
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3555 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 29841 | 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 and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19953 | 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)
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 999 | 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)
Generative Artificial Intelligence: Systems, Technologies and Applications submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 305 | 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 submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4963 | 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 submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1588 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9954 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Moving Towards 6G Wireless Technologies—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4730 | 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)
Distributed Machine Learning and Federated Edge Computing for IoT submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 1981 | 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)
Intelligent Agents and Their Application submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1493 | 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
Secure and Trustworthy Next Generation O-RAN Optimisation
edited by , , and Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 953 | 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)
Cloud/Edge Computing for Next-Generation Networks: Architecture and Applications
edited by Lav Gupta
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 851 | 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)
AI and Security in 5G Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19539 | 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)
Machine Learning Techniques for Computer Vision
edited by Yonggang Lu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6536 | 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)
Advances in Smart Environments and Digital Twin Technologies
edited by Mariusz Żytniewski, , and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5161 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart ecosystem; smart environments; digital twin; smart city
Novel Approaches and Techniques for Privacy in Internet Communications submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 274 | 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)
Security and Privacy Issues in the Internet of Cloud—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: security challenges for IoC; privacy challenges for IoC; IoC and edge computing challenges; ethical issues with IoC; security and privacy requirements of IoC; security solutions and PETs in IoC
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Digital Twins in Next-Generation IoT Networks
edited by Junhui Jiang, Yu Zhao, Mengmeng Yu and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1908 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twins; IoT systems; real-time data processing; interoperability; cybersecurity; AI; predictive maintenance; advanced IoT systems; multimodal data processing; computer vision; large language models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
IoT–Edge–Cloud Computing and Decentralized Applications for Smart Cities
edited by Antonis Litke, Rodger Lea and Takuro Yonezawa
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3966 | Submission Open
Keywords: internet of things; edge and cloud computing; smart cities; decentralized architectures and applications; distributed systems and ledger technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)
Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, 3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open
Keywords: internet of things; digital twins; Industry 4.0; cyber-physical systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Security and Privacy in Blockchains and the IoT—3rd Edition
edited by , and Iouliana Litou
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22228 | Submission Open
Keywords: security and privacy solutions for blockchain and IoT systems; authentication and access control in blockchain and IoT environments; privacy-preserving smart contracts and consensus mechanisms; privacy-preserving data collection; threat detection and prevention in blockchain and IoT applications; secure data sharing and storage in IoT using blockchain technologies; scalability and efficiency of blockchain-based data management; trust-building measures in the security and privacy of blockchain and IoT systems; case studies on security and privacy challenges in real-world applications; regulatory and legal aspects of security and privacy in these domains
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
AI, Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Wireless Communications—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7156 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning (ML); artificial intelligence; deep learning; reinforcement learning; big data; 6G wireless networks; IoT; cloud computing; heterogeneous networks; vehicular networks; location-based services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Intelligent Decision Support Systems and Prediction Models in IoT-Based Scenarios submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6211 | Submission Open
Keywords: decision support systems; prediction systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning; context awareness; situation awareness; recommender systems; e-service personalization; knowledge management; IoT; big data; digital twin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Internet of Things Technology and Service Computing
edited by Yang Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3974 | Submission Open
Keywords: LLM-driven IoT service; multimodal models enhanced IoT service; AI-based IoT service reasoning; generative AI as a IoT service; IoT security and privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Emerging Approaches in Data Mining and Natural Language Processing Applications
edited by Arjun Mukherjee and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3174 | Submission Open
Keywords: data mining; natural language processing; sentiment analysis; large language models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Blockchain-Based Internet of Vehicles
edited by , Barbara M. Masini and Zouhaier Brahmia
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1555 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain; Internet of Vehicles (IoV); autonomous vehicles; vehicular ad hoc network (VANET); intelligent transportation systems; smart traffic management; vehicle-to-everything (V2X); secure data storage; vehicle data management; vehicle data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Trends and Technologies—2nd Edition
edited by , and Davide Borsatti
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); edge computing; cybersecurity in IIoT; Artificial Intelligence (AI) in IIoT applications; Industry 5.0 with IIoT; big data analytics for IIoT; sensor networks for IIoT; IIoT-driven smart manufacturing; IIoT standards and protocols; wireless communication in industrial environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Information Communication Technologies and Social Media
edited by Jinpeng Chen, and Kaimin Wei
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4801 | Submission Open
Keywords: social media impact; data privacy and security; digital communication; misinformation and media literacy; digital inclusion; cyberbullying and online safety; user behavior analytics; social media algorithms; ethical considerations in ICT; digital addiction effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)
Human-Centric Explainability in Large-Scale IoT and AI Systems submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence; IoT systems; edge and fog computing in IoT; smart cities; human-centric explainable artificial intelligence interfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Convergence of IoT, Edge and Cloud Systems
edited by Dandan Li and Li Duan
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7459 | Submission Open
Keywords: cloud computing; edge intelligence; hybrid cloud-edge architectures; communication protocols; IoT device orchestration; industry application; security and privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Advances and Perspectives in Human-Computer Interaction—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4441 | Submission Open
Keywords: HCI; user experience; user-centered design; multimodal interfaces; interaction technologies; usability; virtual reality; augmented reality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Artificial Intelligence for Smart Healthcare: Methods, Applications, and Challenges
edited by , Si Yong Yeo and Siyuan Liu
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3568 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical imaging analysis; explainable medical AI; digital health; hospital management; telemedicine; smart healthcare system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Smart Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms
edited by Fengyu Wang and Jincheng Dai
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 877 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence algorithms; multi-modal artificial intelligence; artificial intelligence empowered systems; artificial intelligence empowered evaluation; robotics algorithms; novel applications of artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)
Machine Learning and Internet of Things in Industry 4.0
edited by and Paulina Ayala
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 13128 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; Internet of Things (IoT); industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; predictive maintenance; industrial automation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Information Security in Telecommunication Systems
edited by Xuyang Jing, Xian Li and Cong Wang
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-5G or 6G; information security; intrusion detection; privacy computing; trust management; big data analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)
Edge Intelligence: Edge Computing for 5G and the Internet of Things, 2nd Edition
edited by Yuezhi Zhou and Xu Chen
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge computing; edge intelligence; edge large models; 5G/B5G/6G networks; IoT networks; federated edge learning; cloud-edge-device converged computing; distributed edge intelligence model training and inference; privacy-preserving edge intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
2024 and 2025 Feature Papers from Future Internet’s Editorial Board Members
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 33381 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; network virtualization; cybersecurity
State-of-the-Art Future Internet Technologies in Greece 2024–2025 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 21024 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced communication network infrastructures; internet of things; centralized and distributed data centers; industrial internet of things
Deep Learning in Recommender Systems submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17906 | Submission Open
Keywords: recommender systems; deep learning; GNN; implicit feedback; session-based recommendations; context-aware recommendations; bias; fairness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Cybersecurity
edited by Raha Moraffah and Li Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14948 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; generative AI; cyber security; adversarial machine learning; responsible AI; cyber-attacks; cyber defenses; risk assessment; misinformation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Advanced 5G and Beyond Networks
edited by , Xun Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10522 | Submission Open
Keywords: 5G; 6G; massive MIMO; wireless systems; IoT; M2M; edge computing; fog computing; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Social Internet of Things (SIoT) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10372 | 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)
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