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Medical Data Visualization
edited by and Wen-Shan Jian
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced visualization techniques; large-scale data management; interactive data analysis tools; diagnostic visualization tools; visualization of treatment planning; visualization of multi-source data; visualization of electronic health records; integration of medical imaging data; visualization of genomic data; data privacy in healthcare; secure visualization of medical data; user-centered design in healthcare; accessibility in medical tools; virtual reality in medical training; augmented reality in surgical planning; real-world applications of visualization; clinical visualization tools; visualization tool scalability; high-performance visualization systems; visualization of long-term care; visualization tools for patient monitoring; resource allocation in healthcare; predictive analytics in medicine; forecasting in medical visualization; outcome prediction in healthcare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Medical Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms (MEGA)
edited by Neil Vaughan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: evolutionary computation; genetic algorithms; health applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Detection and Modelling of Biosignals submission deadline 1 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7709 | Submission Open
Keywords: bio-signals; biomedical signal processing; healthcare; IoT; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Information Sharing and Knowledge Management submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8354 | Submission Open
Keywords: information sharing; communication strategies and tools; knowledge management; soft computing techniques for information management; software development process improvements; AI techniques for information management; fuzzy-based information sharing optimization; systematic literature review; information sharing ethics; other relevant work
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Processes)
Machine Learning for the Blockchain submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 22195 | Submission Open
Keywords: Machine learning; Distributed ledger; Blockchain; Scaling; Sharding; Sidechain; Parachain; Network Interoperability; DeFi; DApps; Cryptofinance; Automatic trading; Transaction fee optimization; Asset price prediction; NFT; Security; Privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Intelligent Information Processing for Sensors and IoT Communications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 21543 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; signal processing; sensors; IoT; security; wireless sensor networks; communication systems; biomedical engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Information Extraction and Language Discourse Processing submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12856 | Submission Open
Keywords: coherence; topic focus; information structure; conversation structure; discourse processing; scholarly discourse processing; anaphora resolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Multidimensional Data Structures and Big Data Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12561 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidimensional data structures; big data management; big data indexing strategies; large scale query processing and query optimization; large scale machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
2nd Edition of Data Science for Health Services
edited by , Francisco Iacobelli and Charlotte James
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3509 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical decision support; clinical care models; health informatics; quality of care; population health planning; digital health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Interactive Learning: Human in the Loop System Design for Active Human–Computer Interactions
edited by , Chris J. Michael and Derek T. Anderson
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open
Keywords: human in the loop; cognitive load; interaction modalities; cognitive feedback; online machine learning; active machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Advancing Information Systems through Artificial Intelligence: Innovative Approaches and Applications submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; information systems; data management; decision support systems; neuro-fuzzy systems; intelligent data analysis; e-governance; enterprise systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence Inclusive and behind Quantum Machine Learning
edited by and Jinghua Groppe
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum machine learning; artificial intelligence; knowledge representation and reasoning; genetic algorithms and evolutionary computation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Bringing Machine Learning to Automated Assessment of Programming Assignments
edited by , José Paulo Leal and
submission deadline 26 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open
Keywords: automated assessment; programming assignments; machine learning; feedback
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Processes)
New Trend on Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Decision Making Theory: A Themed Issue Dedicated to Dr. Ronald R. Yager submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 39549 | Submission Open
Keywords: aggregation operators; basic uncertain information; data aggregation in pattern recognition and image processing; data aggregation in fuzzy reasoning; decision theory; decision science; explainable artificial intelligence; extended fuzzy sets; fuzzy decision making; fuzzy logic; fuzzy measures with application; fuzzy systems; granular computing; group decision making; information fusion; intelligent decision-making in computer sciences; intelligent decision-making in operations research; intelligent decision-making in management sciences; intelligent decision-making in economic theory; intelligent decision-making related fuzzy modeling; intelligent decision-making in recommender systems; interval valued aggregation; linguistic aggregation fusion and decision making; multi-criteria decision-making and evaluation; ordered weighted averaging operators; preference involved decision-making; rules-based decision-making; t-norm logic; uncertain aggregation fusion; uncertainty-involved decision-making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Modeling, Design, Analysis and Management of Embedded Control Systems for Automated Driving
edited by , , Anders Thorsén and Anders Cassel
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5319 | Submission Open
Keywords: knowledge engineering; ontological engineering; system modeling and analysis; architecture design and optimization; simulation; formal methods; variability modeling and analysis; operational and functional safety engineering; reliability engineering; contract theory and component-based engineering; self-adaptation; XAI and data-driven analysis; lifecycle management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Few-Shot Learning for Knowledge Engineering and Intellectual System
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open
Keywords: few-shot learning; unsupervised learning; semisupervised learning; intellectual system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
The Origin of Classical and Quantum Information submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: classical information; quantum information; infoautopoiesis; syntactic information; semantic information; artificial intelligence; computation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory and Methodology)
Emerging Industrial Contexts: Synergy of Quantum Machine Learning & Differential Privacy in Network & Devices submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum computing; machine learning; differential privacy; QML algorithms; quantum local differential privacy; IOT system and quantum differential privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
The Role of Artificial Intelligence for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; natural language processing; human-AI collaboration; accessibility; explainability; fairness; diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Networks
edited by
submission deadline 13 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 704 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Security and Privacy)
AI-Based Image Processing and Computer Vision
edited by
submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: image processing; computer vision; pattern analysis; machine intelligence; pattern recognition; image understanding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Fundamental Problems of Information Studies
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19159 | Submission Open
Keywords: Information theory; Information philosophy; Information methodology; Communication theory; Algorithmic information; Evolutionary information; Information measure; Information typology; Information technology; Information system; Theory of knowledge; ; Cognition; complexity; Theory of algorithms; Schema theory; Theory of computing; Information ethics; Ecology; Information structure; Information measure; Information evaluation; Decision making; knowledge management; system theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory and Methodology)
Stitching, Alignment and Segmentation Applications in Biomedical Images submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8839 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; biomedical image analysis; image stitching; image alignment; image segmentation; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Information Visualization Theory and Applications submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5356 | Submission Open
Keywords: information visualization; science of user interactions in visualization; visualization theory; knowledge-assisted visualization; visualization technique; visualization in machine learning; visualziatioin applications and design studies; evaluation and empirical research in visualization; visual data analysis and knowledge discovery; visual representation and interaction; visualization applications; visualization taxonomies and models; visualization algorithms and technologies; uncertainty visualization; visualization tools and systems for simulation and modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Emerging Research in Object Tracking and Image Segmentation
edited by Kaihua Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1378 | Submission Open
Keywords: visual object tracking; image segmentation; pose estimation; image and video enhancement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Developments in Cyber-Physical Systems and Cyber-Physical-Human Systems
edited by Zhi Lian, Mouquan Shen, Xin Yuan and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open
Keywords: analysis and design of cyber-attacks; attack detection and prevention in CPS; privacy concerns within CPS; secure estimation and control for CPS; security issues of industrial CPS and its applications; trustworthy and reliable communications; threat and vulnerability analysis for CPS; AI techniques in CPS security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Data Privacy Protection in the Internet of Things
edited by Xu Zheng, Zhuojun Duan and Yingjie Wang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things (IoT))
Advancements in Healthcare Data Science: Innovations, Challenges and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: predictive analytics; personalized medicine; clinical decision support systems; drug discovery; telemedicine; remote monitoring; healthcare data privacy; data visualization; machine learning; artificial intelligence; precision healthcare; healthcare data security; electronic health records; population health management; healthcare analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Transformative Technologies in Healthcare: Harnessing Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Large Language Models in Health Informatics
edited by Balu Bhasuran and Kalpana Raja
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: clinical natural language processing; biomedical natural language processing; machine learning; artificial intelligence; healthcare applied AI; automated diagnosis; knowledge graphs; prospective study; causal models; prompt tuning; large language model; text generation; transformer model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Next-Generation Applications and Implementations of Gamification Systems submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: gamified software systems; artificial intelligence; dynamic content generation; Internet of Things
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things (IoT))
Pervasive Computing in IoT, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; pervasive computing; ubiquitous computing; sensor networks; wireless communications; LPWAN communications; Internet of Multimedia Things; cloud/fog/edge/extreme edge computing; network function virtualization and software-defined networking; machine learning and computational intelligence; privacy and security; context and situation awareness; user profiling; adaptive service provision; sensors and data fusion; human-computer interaction; data analytics physical computing; distributed computing; crowdsensing; social sensing; Internet of Senses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things (IoT))
Trends in Artificial Intelligence-Supported E-learning submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI in education; human– computer interaction; adaptive e-learning; inclusive teaching; extended reality; cyber-physical educational platforms; lifelong learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advances in Telecommunication Networks and Wireless Technology submission deadline 1 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4819 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless technology; telecommunication networks; 6G wireless communication; cell-free massive MIMO; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; Artificial Intelligence; energy-efficient wireless systems; uncrewed aerial vehicles; security and privacy; ultra-low latency communication; ubiquitous connectivity; spectrum and radio resource management; advanced quantum computing; advanced signal processing techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Processes)
New Deep Learning Approach for Time Series Forecasting
edited by Binbin Yong and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 35570 | Submission Open
Keywords: time series forecasting; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Internet of Everything and Vehicular Networks submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9094 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Everything; vehicular networks; architecture; protocol; algorithm; modelling; simulation; prototype; testbeds; services; applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Wireless Technologies)
Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications
edited by Xiaoshuang Shi
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8893 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Do (AI) Chatbots Pose any Special Challenges for Trust and Privacy? submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1622 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI; ethics; chatbots; ChatGPT3; privacy; trust
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Methods for Multi-Source Information Management, Modeling, and Analysis
edited by , , and Biao Song
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 593 | Submission Open
Keywords: data mining and analysis; engineering optimization; computer science; smart environment; information security and privacy; information fusion; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory and Methodology)
Emerging Research in Optimization and Machine Learning
edited by Maria Fernanda Pires da Costa and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; nonlinear optimization; nonsmooth optimization; convex optimization; nonconvex optimization; constrained optimization; stochastic optimization; deep learning; reinforcement learning; SVM; clustering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Text-to-Speech and AI Music
edited by
submission deadline 14 May 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: text to speech; voice conversion; talking face; singing voice synthesis; melody extraction; music AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Processes)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Economics and Business Management
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 36673 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital transformation; predictive analytics; natural language processing; AI-assisted strategy planning; business process automation; AI in HR and recruitment; AI for strategic decision-making; AI-supported management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Automotive System Security: Recent Advances and Challenges submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24714 | Submission Open
Keywords: Physical security of automotive systems; Cybersecurity of automotive systems; ITS security; V2X security; Inter-dependencies between automotive system security and safety; Relationship between automotive system security and trust; Ethical and legal aspects of automotive security; Security issues of emerging transportation systems; Privacy concerns within the automotive systems; Novel trust models for ITS; Security of cellular networks (4G; 5G; and beyond) based on ITS; Integration of human factors within ITS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Intelligent Information Technology
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18014 | Submission Open
Keywords: information systems; information processes; information theory; information application; communication theory and techniques; artificial intelligence; information security; internet technologies; wireless networks; big data management and processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Intelligent Agent and Multi-Agent System
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17693 | Submission Open
Keywords: coordination; organizations; institutions and norms for multiagent systems; markets; auctions and noncooperative game theory; social choice and cooperative game theory; knowledge representation; reasoning and planning; learning and adaptation; modelling and simulation of societies; humans and AI/human– agent interaction; engineering multiagent systems; robotics; innovative applications of multiagent systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence with Applications
edited by and Vikas Palakonda
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4558 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; reinforcement learning; evolutionary computation; optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Accessibility and Inclusion in Education: Enabling Digital Technologies
edited by , Catia Giaconi and Noemi Del Bianco
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2885 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-computer interaction; special education; inclusive teaching; extended reality; affective computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Control Topics on Robotic Vehicles submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open
Keywords: robot control; communications and network controlled systems; emerging applications; artificial intelligence; information extraction; autonomy; mobility; and manipulation; multi-agent systems and consensus; human– robot interaction; robotic vision
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Information Processing in Multimedia Applications
edited by Marcin Iwanowski and Andrzej Śluzek
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; multimedia processing; machine learning; deep learning; image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Wireless Communication and Internet of Vehicles
edited by Guoping Tan, and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: internet of vehicles; wireless commlunications; V2X; wireless networks; mobile edge computing; security and privacy of IoVs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Application of Machine Learning in Data Science and Computational Intelligence
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: data science; data mining; artificial intelligence; machine learning; statistics; predictive modelling; monitoring; data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
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