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Machine Translation for Conquering Language Barriers
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 29932 | Submission Open
Keywords: Machine translation systems and deployment; Analysis of machine translation models and approaches; Evaluation of machine translation quality; Machine translation quality estimation; Corpora and other resources for machine translation; Language technologies for machine translation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Real-World Applications of Machine Learning Techniques submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 14722 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; medicine; education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Technoeconomics of the Internet of Things
edited by , Mara Nikolaidou and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10402 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; technoeconomics; technoeconomic assessment; business models; IoT costing; IoT pricing; risk analysis; economic efficiency; decision support; market mechanisms; data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Biomedical Natural Language Processing and Text Mining submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4403 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomedical text classification; biomedical information retrieval; biomedical named entity recognition and normalization (linking); biomedical relation and event extractions; biomedical literature-based discovery; biomedical text summarization; biomedical question answering; pre-trained language models for biomedical NLP; biomedical machine translation; BioNLP applications; BioNLP resources and evaluation.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction
edited by , Samuel Silva and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open
Keywords: human– computer interaction; multimodal interaction; fusion of modalities; fission; multi-device application; assistants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Big Data Analytics, Decision-Making Models, and Their Applications
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-criteria decision-making; optimization techniques and applications; big data and data mining; analytic hierarchy process and decision making; technology adoption and decision model; applications in digital engineering decision making; semantic-based technology trend analysis; forecast analysis of technology trend
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Hardware Security and Trust, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open
Keywords: secure hardware; physical attacks; IC trust
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Security and Privacy)
Computational Modeling in Bioengineering
edited by Ge He, Lei Fan and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational models for biological tissues; machine learning applications; medical device simulation; systems biology and network modeling; image-based modeling and analysis; tissue growth and remodeling; drug delivery modelling; mechanobiological processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Systems Engineering and Knowledge Management, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: systems engineering methodologies; systems engineer; knowledge engineering; knowledge management process; knowledge and expert systems; system life cycle; systems design and development; systems engineering and project management; validation and verification processes; requirement management; modeling and simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Application of Machine Learning in Human Activity Recognition
edited by Yang Gao and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning techniques and architectures for HAR; sensor fusion and data preprocessing methods for activity recognition; real-time activity recognition systems and their applications; transfer learning and domain adaptation in HAR; privacy-preserving ML methods in activity recognition; multimodal data integration for robust activity recognition; HAR in healthcare (elderly care; rehabilitation); sports analytics and performance monitoring; security; and smart environments; challenges and solutions in large-scale deployment of har systems; case studies and real-world implementations of ML-based HAR systems; large language models (LLMs) for interpreting and enhancing HAR data; integration of llms for real-time decision-making and activity prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Data-Driven Decision-Making in Intelligent Systems submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent systems; data analytics; machine learning; decision-making; information systems for data-driven decision-making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
AI and Data Analysis in Smart Cities
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; data analysis; smart cities; urban ryhthms; spatial analysis; sustainable cities and communities; spatial computing; urban analytics and GeoAI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Blockchain, Technology and Its Application
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submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17738 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain; IIoT (industrial IoT); privacy and security; data management; latency and scalability; sustainability; resilience; big data; artificial intelligence; bitcoin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things (IoT))
Advances in Data and Network Sciences Applied to Computational Social Science submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17309 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational social science; data science; network science; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Next-Generation Programming Education: Integrating Generative AI and Collaborative Tools for Cutting-Edge Learning Experiences submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10239 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive learning systems; coding assessment techniques; computer programming; collaborative tools; gamification; generative AI; learning analytics; personalized learning in programming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Cyber Security in IoT submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12362 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT cybersecurity prevention and response strategies; emergent cybersecurity risks arising from IoT-enabled 5G and 6G; situation awareness of IoT environment; risk identification; assessment; and mitigation in IoT systems; security architecture and frameworks for IoT; IoT devices and protocols security; attack detection and prevention in IoT; privacy-preserving techniques in IoT; secure integration of IoT and cloud/edge computing; machine learning techniques for IoT security; secure data management approaches; security in cyber-physical systems; blockchain technologies for reliable and trustworthy IoT; threat and vulnerability analysis of IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Optimization and Methodology in Software Engineering, 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2549 | Submission Open
Keywords: software engineering; software process; affect theory; continual improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory and Methodology)
Disease Diagnosis Based on Medical Images and Signals
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical image analysis; medical signal processing; deep learning; transfer learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Extended Reality and Its Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: extended reality; virtual reality; augmented reality; mixed reality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Advances in Explainable Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3219 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; explainability; transparency; accountability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Blockchain and AI: Innovations and Applications in ICT
edited by Purnima Murali Mohan and Pai Chet Ng
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain; artificial intelligence; IoT (Tnternet of Things); next-generation networks; smart homes; fintech; smart contracts; privacy and security; data management; federated learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Knowledge Management, Digital Trust, and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Era of Social Media II submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4175 | Submission Open
Keywords: trust; intuition; knowledge management; corporate social responsibility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Human and Machine Translation: Recent Trends and Foundations
edited by and Yuri V. Balashov
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: large language models; human-machine collaboration; machine translation; artificial intelligence; natural language processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Smart Cities
edited by Bonny Banerjee
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things/Internet of Everything; cybersecurity; Edge AI; predictive analytics; connected vehicle technologies; public safety; smart healthcare; smart governance; energy efficiency; urban sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Wireless IoT Network Protocols, 3rd Edition
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of things; wireless network protocols; models; performance evaluation; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Intelligent Interaction in Cultural Heritage submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging technologies in cultural heritage; personalization and recommendation systems in cultural heritage; AR/VR in cultural heritage; 3D modeling for cultural heritage; artificial intelligence in cultural heritage; affective computing in cultural heritage; machine learning for cultural applications; human– computer interaction in cultural heritage; digital heritage technologies; intelligent systems for museums
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Carbon Emissions Analysis by AI Techniques
edited by and Sicheng Zhan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven energy analysis; carbon emissions and energy forecasting; machine learning and big data analytics; energy efficiency and management; smart urban development with clean energy; energy modeling and optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Processes)
Standards Digitisation and Digital Standardisation
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: digitalisation; standardisation; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
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