Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT)
A special issue of IoT (ISSN 2624-831X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Internet of Underwater Things; ocean observation and detection; underwater imaging
Interests: oceanographical remote sensing; underwater topography detection; and island and coastal zone
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Interests: underwater acoustic sensors and transducers; ocean sensors based on micro-electro-mechanical systems; underwater detection and communication technologies; acoustic metamaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Underwater environments present a range of technical challenges, including severe signal attenuation, limited energy resources, and unstable communication channels. These factors make it difficult to achieve efficient data exchange, real-time control, and intelligent perception in underwater systems. The Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) integrates distributed sensor nodes, autonomous vehicles, and robotic platforms with advanced edge computing to overcome these limitations and enable new opportunities in marine science, environmental monitoring, resource management, and maritime security.
This Special Issue, “Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT)”, aims to gather cutting-edge research and comprehensive reviews on the design, development, and deployment of IoUT systems. It focuses on key technical challenges such as underwater communication, autonomous system coordination, precise localization, edge intelligence, and advanced sensing and imaging capabilities. We invite researchers and practitioners to submit high-quality original research articles and comprehensive review papers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Underwater communication technologies and network architectures;
- Sensing, perception, and data acquisition in underwater environments;
- Localization, navigation, and synchronization in underwater environments;
- Intelligent systems and edge computing in IoUT;
- Energy efficiency and power management in underwater systems;
- Autonomous underwater vehicles and collaborative underwater robotics;
- Underwater target recognition and image processing;
- Modeling, simulation, and digital twin for underwater systems;
- IoUT applications in marine science, environmental monitoring, and industry.
We look forward to your valuable contributions to this dynamic and impactful field.
Dr. Hao Wang
Prof. Dr. Yi Ma
Dr. Yongyao Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- internet of underwater things
- underwater communication
- edge computing
- underwater localization
- autonomous underwater vehicles
- underwater target recognition
- underwater image processing
- underwater sensing
- IoUT applications
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