Intelligent Systems: Design and Engineering Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite researchers and practitioners to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Intelligent Systems: Design and Engineering Applications”, published in Applied Sciences. This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in the design, development, implementation, and validation of intelligent systems applied to contemporary engineering challenges. Driven by the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, machine learning, embedded intelligence, and data-driven methodologies, engineering systems are increasingly required to be autonomous, adaptive, efficient, and safe in real-world environments.

This Special Issue seeks to bridge the gap between advanced intelligent algorithms and practical engineering implementation, emphasizing system-level integration, reproducible methodologies, and experimental or field validation. Contributions highlighting measurable improvements in engineering performance, such as reliability, robustness, energy efficiency, safety, cost-effectiveness, or usability, are particularly encouraged. Both methodological contributions and application-oriented case studies are within the scope of this Special Issue.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Intelligent control systems, adaptive and learning-based control, model predictive control (MPC), and robust control methods.
• Embedded and edge AI systems, TinyML, and real-time intelligent inference on resource-constrained devices.
• Digital twins, cyber–physical systems, and intelligent engineering applications for Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0.
• Intelligent robotics, autonomous systems, and human–AI interaction in engineering environments.
• Intelligent sensing and Internet of Things (IoT) systems, including sensor fusion, fault diagnosis, and predictive maintenance.
• Data-driven engineering design, optimization, decision support systems, and explainable and trustworthy AI for engineering applications.

We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.

Prof. Dr. Héctor Alonso Guerrero-Osuna
Prof. Dr. Armando Jorge Sousa
Dr. Carlos Alberto Olvera-Olvera
Guest Editors

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