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We are pleased to announce that Dr. André Furtado has won the Applied Sciences 2023 Early Career Investigator Award.  As the winner, he will receive an honorarium of CHF 1000, an offer to publish one paper free of charge in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) after peer review before the end of 2024, and an electronic certificate.

Dr. André Furtado (World’s Top 2% Scientists list across all fields in 2021, according to scientists from Stanford University) is an Assistant Professor of structural engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal. Dr. André Furtado’s research interests focus on seismic engineering, structural engineering, experimental testing, numerical modeling, masonry infill walls, reinforced concrete structures, seismic vulnerability assessment, and retrofitting. Dr. André Furtado received his Ph.D. in 2020 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising over seven publications in peer-reviewed international journals in the last two years. Dr. André Furtado’s Scopus Scientific Citations number is 1553 and his Hirsch index is 24. He is a rising star in the field of structural engineering.

The following is a short interview with the winner Dr. André Furtado:

My name is André Furtado, and I’m working right now as an Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. So, my expertise is related to the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete structures, particularly the interaction between reinforced concrete structures and masonry infill walls. I also have another focus on my investigation–the seismic behavior of precast concrete structures.

Try to be original and believe in your capacity. Sometimes it's not easy, and one of the things that I was wondering about during my early research career was being original and trying to put all my imagination into my papers, develop new things, and try not to copy other existing works, but instead of that, take a good inspiration from them and do different things. Also, since we are currently in a very competitive research environment, my best recommendation is to be persistent, resilient, and ambitious, believe in your skills, and learn to work as a team with colleagues.

I think that these types of awards for young investigators are very important because they are usually targeted at senior investigators and somehow this is a recognition that the young investigators who have made huge efforts to be recognized by the scientific community can also make impactful research activities despite their shorter careers. I believe that these types of awards will stimulate many more outstanding early career investigators to improve their research and increase their impact on science and society. I also believe that this will stimulate many other early career investigators in the future to apply for this award. The journal can support the academic community by being more active in conferences and trying to have meetings with the authors or the Editorial Board Members to strengthen collaborations. Another thing that I would like to suggest, and I believe that you have started already, is to start with some webinars with specialists where you can be associated. Imagine that applied sciences are associated with a series of webinars related to earthquake engineering. This can be useful.

One of the things you could do is focus on gender equality. Of course, there are some fields where there is an unbalanced number of genders, but the distinction with awards for all genders will stimulate the attention of all genders, attract more young researchers, and the results will be fruitful. Not only in my case for structural engineering, but I believe for other disciplines.

For more information about the journal awards, please click on the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/awards.

MDPI will be participating in the upcoming International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM2024), scheduled to take place from 25 to 30 August 2024 in Daegu, Republic of Korea.

ICTAM 2024 marks the 26th edition of this congress, held once every 4 years. The event is hosted by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), a global entity dedicated to fostering collaboration in the realms of theoretical and applied mechanics.

Anticipated to attract prominent researchers, professionals, and students from across the globe, ICTAM 2024 aims to facilitate the exchange of cutting-edge developments and progressions within the field of theoretical and applied mechanics. The congress will include a diverse array of activities such as plenary lectures, symposia, workshops, and technical sessions encompassing a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied mechanics.

The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:

• Applied Sciences;
• Applied Mechanics;
• IJTPP;
• Fluids;
• Modelling;
• Physics;
• Symmetry.

If you are considering attending this conference, we warmly welcome you to visit our booth and interact with our representatives. We are eager to meet you in person and assist you with any queries you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the official website at http://www.ictam2024.org/.

All papers published in 2022 in Applied Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3417) were considered for this award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the winner was selected:

“Educational AI Chatbots for Content and Language Integrated Learning”
by Kleopatra Mageira, Dimitra Pittou, Andreas Papasalouros, Konstantinos Kotis, Paraskevi Zangogianni and Athanasios Daradoumis
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(7), 3239; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073239

The winners will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Applied Sciences in 2024.

Author names: Kleopatra Mageira, Dimitra Pittou, Andreas Papasalouros, Konstantinos Kotis, Paraskevi Zangogianni and Athanasios Daradoumis
Affiliation: University of the Aegean, Greece
Research Interests: AI chatbots; CMS; cultural informatics; digital culture; IoT; knowledge representation; linked data; semantic trajectories; semantic web; web apps

The following is a short interview with the correspondence author Dr. Konstantinos Kotis:

1. Congratulations on winning the 2022 Best Paper Award! Could you briefly introduce yourself and the main content of the winning paper to our readers?

My name is Konstantinos Kotis and I am a tenure track associate professor at the University of the Aegean, Dept. of Cultural Informatics and Communication, Intelligent Systems Lab, Greece. My research interests include knowledge engineering, semantic web technologies, semantic data management, the semantic web of things, and KG-based conversational AI (chatbots). I have published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences (Google Scholar h-index 22, citations>2200) and served as a reviewer and PC member for several journals and conference events. I have also contributed to several national and European projects, holding different roles/positions. For more, please visit http://i-lab.aegean.gr/kotis.

The main content of the winning paper is a report of an educational chatbot, designed to support content- and language-integrated learning, specifically, English and French language with cultural content learning.

2. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to submit your paper? What benefits do you think authors can gain when publishing their articles in Applied Sciences?

It has a high impact and quality and an interdisciplinary character, along with fast publishing.

3. What is your current research and why did you choose this field?

My current related research is about Large Language Models (LLMs) and chatbots, specifically how to use LLMs to automatically create dialogues from structured content, e.g., from LLM-generated Knowledge Graphs (KGs).

4. Which research topics do you think will be of particular interest to the research community in the coming years?

Large Language Models (LLMs), Robotics, AI in general (both generative and conversational AI). Neurosymbolic AI will be also developed fast and be at the forefront of future research.

5. Have you ever encountered any difficulties conducting research and how did you overcome them?

High publication fees in open access journals. Waivers are one way around this issue, grants are another.

6. Do you have any advice for aspiring young researchers looking to make a meaningful impact in their respective fields?

Always keep trying, do not quit, no matter what. Eventually, the effort will be rewarded.

7. Applied Sciences is an open access journal. How do you think open access impacts the authors?

Significantly, since results are distributed fast, making ‘things’ move faster!

8. As the winner of this award, is there something you want to express or someone you wish to thank most?

This award signifies the teamwork of the academic community, especially when this involves students and researchers at different levels and backgrounds. I would like to personally thank my postgraduate and Ph.D. students (Dimitra, Kleopatra, Paraskevi) for their persistent contributions and my colleauges (Andreas and Thanasis) for their key involvement and advice towards achieving this milestone.

9. Do you have any suggestions for our journal as to how we could further support researchers and the academic community?

• Continous update of editors’ and reviewers’ lists of academics of high impact (h-index) or/and fame;
• Provide more awards (e.g., returning open access fees to authors after winning the prize).

MDPI will be attending the 9th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2024) that will be held in Canada, Toronto, from 25 to 27 July 2024.

IBPC 2024 is the ninth edition of the official triennial conference of the International Association of Building Physics (IABP). The IBPC conferences unite researchers, practitioners, educators, and students from the building science and building physics sectors worldwide.

The committee meets to exchange new research and innovative technologies and to discuss current and future challenges and sustainable solutions within building physics, while we support innovative discoveries related to climate change challenges.

The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:

• Buildings;
• Energies;
• Architecture;
• Sustainability;
• Urban Science;
• Applied Sciences;
• Smart Cities;
• Climate;
• Clean Technol.;
• Air;
• CivilEng.

Our representatives, Mr. David Hu and Mr. Zach Churcher, are eager to answer your questions and address any queries that you may have.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.ibpc2024.org/.

Five new journals covering multiple subjects have launched their inaugural issue in June 2024. We are excited to be able to share with you the newest research rooted in the value of open access.

We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the Editorial Board Members and each journal will ensure its high-quality output using excellent editorial and rigorous peer review processes, to ensure that the articles achieve high impact and visibility.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal	Founding Editor-in-Chief	Journal Topics (Selected)
	Prof. Dr. Marco Ranucci, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy | Editorial | view inaugural issue	anaesthetic medications; blood and fluid management; pain management; critical care; critical illness | view journal scope | submit an article
	Dr. Giovanni E. Cacciamani, University of Southern California, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	surgical/procedural complications; complications; perioperative adverse events; postoperative adverse events | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr.  Gassan Hodaifa, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain | Editorial | view inaugural issue	laboratory management; laboratory safety; protective equipment; laboratory problems and challenges; laboratory Innovation | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Jan S. Suchodolski, Texas A&M University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	companion animals health and disease; veterinary care and nutrition; genetics and genomics; behavior and welfare; human-animal relations | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Pierfrancesco De Paola, University of Naples Federico II, Italy | Editorial | view inaugural issue	real estate appraisal; economic and financial valuation of real estate projects; sustainable real estate; housing and urban economics | view journal scope | submit an article

We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to send an application here, or contact the New Journal Committee (newjournal-committee@mdpi.com) if you would like to create more new journals.

1. “A Review of the Relationship between Gut Microbiome and Obesity”
by Dorottya Zsálig, Anikó Berta, Vivien Tóth, Zoltán Szabó, Klára Simon, Mária Figler, Henriette Pusztafalvi and Éva Polyák
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(1), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010610
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/610

2. “Insight into the Impact of Food Processing and Culinary Preparations on the Stability and Content of Plant Alkaloids Considered as Natural Food Contaminants”
by Natalia Casado, Gema Casado-Hidalgo, Lorena González-Gómez, Sonia Morante-Zarcero and Isabel Sierra
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1704; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031704
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1704

3. “Comparison of the Spreadability of Butter and Butter Substitutes”
by Małgorzata Ziarno, Dorota Derewiaka, Anna Florowska and Iwona Szymańska
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(4), 2600; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13042600
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/4/2600

4. “Quality Assessment of Banana Ripening Stages by Combining Analytical Methods and Image Analysis”
by Vassilia J. Sinanoglou, Thalia Tsiaka, Konstantinos Aouant, Elizabeth Mouka, Georgia Ladika, Eftichia Kritsi, Spyros J. Konteles, Alexandros-George Ioannou, Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis, Irini F. Strati et al.
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3533; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063533
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3533

5. “Plant-Based Fish Analogs—A Review”
by Malgorzata Nowacka, Magdalena Trusinska, Paulina Chraniuk, Jagoda Piatkowska, Anna Pakulska, Karolina Wisniewska, Anna Wierzbicka, Katarzyna Rybak and Katarzyna Pobiega
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(7), 4509; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13074509
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/7/4509

6. “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Affecting the Color of Fresh Beef Meat—Comprehensive Review”
by Alejandro Poveda-Arteaga, Johannes Krell, Monika Gibis, Volker Heinz, Nino Terjung and Igor Tomasevic
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(7), 4382; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13074382
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/7/4382

7. “Edible Packaging: A Technological Update for the Sustainable Future of the Food Industry”
by Surya Sasikumar Nair, Joanna Trafiałek and Wojciech Kolanowski
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(14), 8234; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148234
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/14/8234

8. “Suitability of Apples Flesh from Different Cultivars for Vacuum Impregnation Process”
by Marcin Kidoń, Elżbieta Radziejewska-Kubzdela, Róża Biegańska-Marecik and Przemysław Łukasz Kowalczewski
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1528; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031528
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1528

9. “Clitoria ternatea Flower and Its Bioactive Compounds: Potential Use as Microencapsulated Ingredient for Functional Foods”
by Ribi Ramadanti Multisona, Shwetali Shirodkar, Marcellus Arnold and Anna Gramza-Michalowska
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(4), 2134; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13042134
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/4/2134

10. “Characterization of the Aroma Profile of Commercial Prosecco Sparkling Wines”
by Davide Slaghenaufi, Giovanni Luzzini, Matteo Borgato, Anita Boscaini, Andrea Dal Cin, Vittorio Zandonà and Maurizio Ugliano
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3609; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063609
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3609

11. “Electronic Nose Analysis to Detect Milk Obtained from Pasture-Raised Goats”
by Andrea Balivo, Simone Cipolletta, Raffaella Tudisco, Piera Iommelli, Raffaele Sacchi and Alessandro Genovese
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(2), 861; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13020861
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/2/861

12. “Determinants of Honey Consumption with Special Reference to the Influence of Nutritional Knowledge and Health Status on Consumption Habits”
by Iwona Kowalczuk, Dagmara Stangierska, Katarzyna Widera, Beata Fornal-Pieniak  and Piotr Latocha
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(2), 979; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13020979
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/2/979

13. “Immunomodulatory Properties of Probiotics and Their Derived Bioactive Compounds”
by Christina Thoda and Maria Touraki
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(8), 4726; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13084726
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/8/4726

14. “Berry Seeds—A By-Product of the Fruit Industry as a Source of Oils with Beneficial Nutritional Characteristics”
by Agata Górska, Iga Piasecka, Magdalena Wirkowska-Wojdyła, Joanna Bryś, Kinga Kienc, Rita Brzezińska and Ewa Ostrowska-Ligęza
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(8), 5114; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13085114
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/8/5114

15. “Development and Characterization of N/S-Carbon Quantum Dots by Valorizing Greek Crayfish Food Waste”
by Achilleas Kechagias, Christos Lykos, Vassilios K. Karabagias, Stavros Georgopoulos, Viktoria Sakavitsi, Areti Leontiou , Constantinos E. Salmas, Aris E. Giannakas and Ioannis Konstantinou
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(15), 8730; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13158730
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/8730

16. “Effect of Biofortification with Iodine by 8-Hydroxy-7-iodo-5-quinolinesulfonic Acid and 5-Chloro-7-iodo-8-quinolinol on the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Potato Tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.) in a Pot Experiment”
by Joanna Krzemińska, Sylwester Smoleń, Iwona Kowalska, Joanna Pitala, Olga Sularz and Aneta Koronowicz
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(8), 4659; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13084659
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/8/4659

17. “PFAS: A Review of the State of the Art, from Legislation to Analytical Approaches and Toxicological Aspects for Assessing Contamination in Food and Environment and Related Risks”
by Consolato Schiavone and Chiara Portesi
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(11), 6696; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13116696
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/11/6696

18. “Response Surface Methodology as a Tool for Optimization of Extraction Process of Bioactive Compounds from Spent Coffee Grounds”
by Rita Brzezińska, Agata Górska, Magdalena Wirkowska-Wojdyła and Iga Piasecka
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(13), 7634; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137634
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/13/7634

19. “Potentialities of the Extraction Technologies and Use of Bioactive Compounds from Winery By-Products: A Review from a Circular Bioeconomy Perspective”
by Adriana Rodrigues Machado, Tugba Atatoprak, Joana Santos, Elisabete M. C. Alexandre, Manuela Estevez Pintado, Jorge A. P. Paiva and João Nunes
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(13), 7754; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13137754
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/13/7754

20. “Marine Bioactives and Their Application in the Food Industry: A Review”
by Tharindu R. L. Senadheera, Abul Hossain and Fereidoon Shahidi
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(21), 12088; https://doi.org/10.3390/app132112088
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/21/12088

1. “Comparing Vision Transformers and Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification: A Literature Review”
by José Maurício, Inês Domingues and Jorge Bernardino
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(9), 5521; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13095521
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/9/5521

2. “Blockchain Integration in the Era of Industrial Metaverse”
by Dimitris Mourtzis, John Angelopoulos and Nikos Panopoulos
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(13), 1353; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031353
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1353

3. “ChatGPT Challenges Blended Learning Methodologies in Engineering Education: A Case Study in Mathematics”
by  Luis M. Sánchez-Ruiz, Santiago Moll-López, Adolfo Nuñez-Pérez, José Antonio Moraño-Fernández and Erika Vega-Fleitas
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(10), 6039; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13106039
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/10/6039

4. “Knowing Knowledge: Epistemological Study of Knowledge in Transformers”
by Leonardo Ranaldi and Giulia Pucci
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(2), 677; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13020677
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/2/677

5. “Explainable AI for Machine Fault Diagnosis: Understanding Features’ Contribution in Machine Learning Models for Industrial Condition Monitoring”
by Eugenio Brusa, Luca Cibrario, Cristiana Delprete and Luigi Gianpio Di Maggio
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(4), 2038; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13042038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/4/2038

6. “Exploring the Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on International Students in Higher Education: Generative AI, Chatbots, Analytics, and International Student Success”
by Ting Wang, Brady D. Lund, Agostino Marengo, Alessandro Pagano, Nishith Reddy Mannuru, Zoë A. Teel and Jenny Pange
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(11), 6716; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13116716
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/11/6716

7. “Countering the Novelty Effect: A Tutorial for Immersive Virtual Reality Learning Environments”
by Ines Miguel-Alonso, Bruno Rodriguez-Garcia, David Checa and Andres Bustillo
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(1), 593; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010593
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/593

8. “An Artificial Intelligence Approach for Improving Maintenance to Supervise Machine Failures and Support Their Repair”
by Izabela Rojek, Małgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek, Mariusz Piechowski and Dariusz Mikołajewski
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(8), 4971; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13084971
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/8/4971

9. “Low Rate DDoS Detection Using Weighted Federated Learning in SDN Control Plane in IoT Network”
by Muhammad Nadeem Ali, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Salah ud din and Byung-Seo Kim
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1431; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031431
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1431

10. “Is It Worth It? Comparing Six Deep and Classical Methods for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection in Time Series”
by Ferdinand Rewicki, Joachim Denzler and Julia Niebling
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1778; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031778
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1778

11. “Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Ultrasound Scanning”
by Rebeca Tenajas, David Miraut, Carlos I. Illana, Rodrigo Alonso-Gonzalez, Fernando Arias-Valcayo and Joaquin L. Herraiz
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3693; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063693
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3693

12. “A Secure and Decentralized Authentication Mechanism Based on Web 3.0 and Ethereum Blockchain Technology”
by Adrian Petcu, Bogdan Pahontu, Madalin Frunzete and Dan Alexandru Stoichescu
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(4), 2231; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13042231
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/4/2231

13. “Fuzzy Logic with Deep Learning for Detection of Skin Cancer”
by Sumit Kumar Singh, Vahid Abolghasemi and Mohammad Hossein Anisi
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(15), 8927; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13158927
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/8927

14. “Blockchain-Based Decentralized Federated Learning Method in Edge Computing Environment”
by Song Liu, Xiong Wang, Longshuo Hui and Weiguo Wu
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1677; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031677
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1677

15. “Deep Learning-Based Network Intrusion Detection Using Multiple Image Transformers”
by Taehoon Kim and Wooguil Pak
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(5), 2754; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13052754
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/5/2754

16. “Security and Privacy Issues in IoT-Based Big Data Cloud Systems in a Digital Twin Scenario”
by Christos L. Stergiou, Elisavet Bompoli and Konstantinos E. Psannis
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(2), 758; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13020758
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/2/758

17. “Crop Disease Diagnosis with Deep Learning-Based Image Captioning and Object Detection”
by Dong In Lee, Ji Hwan Lee, Seung Ho Jang, Se Jong Oh and Ill Chul Doo
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(5), 3148; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13053148
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/5/3148

18. “A Machine-Learning-Algorithm-Assisted Intelligent System for Real-Time Wireless Respiratory Monitoring”
by Chi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yu Tian, Bo Bao and Dachao Li
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3885; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063885
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3885

19. “Control System Design and Methods for Collaborative Robots: Review”
by Ayesha Hameed, Andrzej Ordys, Jakub Możaryn and Anna Sibilska-Mroziewicz
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(1), 675; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010675
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/675

20. “Retinex-Based Relighting for Night Photography”
by Sou Oish and Norishige Fukushima
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(3), 1719; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031719
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1719

MDPI will be attending the CI’s 40th International Symposium—Emphasizing Energy Transition, in Milan, Italy, which will take place from 21 to 26 July 2024. The event will be held at the Allianz MiCo Congress Center. The biennial symposium provides a scientific venue for sharing ideas and experiences on the applications of combustion.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Energies;
• Fire;
• Fuels;
• Methane;
• Thermo;
• Sustainability;
• Applied Sciences.

If you are participating in this conference, please feel free to engage with us online prior to attendance. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #B16 and answering any questions you may have. For more information regarding the conference, please visit the following link: https://www.combustionsymposia.org/2024/.

MDPI will attend the 36th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS), at the Shaw Convention Centre, Ottawa, Canada, from 28 July to 2 August 2024.

The ICPS is a flagship conference of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Commission on Semiconductors (C8). ICPS has a long tradition of bringing together scientists from around the globe working in this active and exciting field with great societal impact. The ICPS meeting is the premier forum for reporting all aspects of semiconductor physics, including their electronic, structural, optical, magnetic, and transport properties. The conference will reflect the state of the art in semiconductor physics as the basis for technology that currently permeates all our lives. In addition, recognizing the current drive in and public excitement for quantum, we plan to make quantum technology an important component of the ICPS in 2024.

The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:

• Electronics;
• Materials;
• Applied Sciences;
• Chips;
• Electronic Materials;
• Foundations;
• Magnetism;
• Micromachines;
• Quantum Reports;
• Photonics;
• Physics;
• QuBS.

If you are planning on attending this conference, please do not hesitate to stop by our booth #6 and start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://uottawacpd.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/icps2024/info.

MDPI will be attending the 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2024) in Turin, Italy, which will take place from 1 to 4 September 2024. The International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) has established itself as an influential and recognized international event, being the only major international conference that is entirely devoted to electrical machines. Started in London in 1974, ICEM is now held every two years.

The 26th International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM 2024) will be held at Politecnico di Torino (Italy), one of the most prestigious public institutions at both the international and Italian levels in the fields of education, research, technological transfer and services in all sectors of architecture and engineering.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Machines;
• Applied Sciences;
• Energies;
• WEVJ;
• Vehicles;
• Inventions;
• NDT;
• Electricity;
• Actuators;
• Micromachines;
• Eng;
• Technologies;
• JSAN.
  

If you are planning to attend the conference, please do visit our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.symposium.it/en/events/2024/26th-international-conference-on-electrical-machines-icem-2024.