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Secure and Privacy-Preserving Technologies for Satellite Communications

edited by

Qinglei Kong

and Songnian Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite constellation; remote sensing; satellite navigation; security and privacy; on-orbit processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Recent Advances in Precision Farming and Digital Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by

Michele Raffaelli

and

Daniele Antichi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable farming systems; robotics; artificial intelligence; internet of things; agri-technology; automation; input reduction; variable rate applications; sensors; fleet management; decision support systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Sports Medicine: Latest Advances and Prospects—2nd Edition

edited by Javier Portillo and

Alfredo Bravo-Sánchez

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 651 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports medicine; exercise medicine; sports science; injury prevention; regenerative therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

The Application of Digital Technology in Education, 2nd Edition

edited by

Linda Daniela

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 639 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technology; technology-enhanced learning; digital learning solutions; smart pedagogy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Technique Advances in Renewable Energy Based Desalination System

edited by

Pedro Jesús Cabrera Santana

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 636 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue economy; renewable energy; desalination; marine sustainability; water–energy nexus; coastal resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Adsorption and Membrane Processes for Water Treatment

edited by

Angelica Marquetotti Salcedo Vieira

and

Marcelo Fernandes Vieira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 632 | Submission Open

Keywords: refractory pollutant; integrated technologies; environmental sustainability; surface modification; advanced processes; material rationalization; adsorptive membranes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Advances in Water Distribution Networks: Design Optimization and Applications

edited by

Angel Mariano Rodríguez Pérez

, Julio José Caparrós Mancera and

Joachim Müller

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution networks; reservoir management; water storage optimization; computational fluid dynamics; fuzzy logic; energy recovery; simulation and modeling; sustainability; experimental water system studies; optimization methodologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Internet of Things (IoT) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Sustainable Construction

edited by Li Sun and

Haijiang Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 605 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; building information modeling; artificial intelligence; green building; sustainable construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Application of Data Management and Semantic Technologies in Education

edited by Ljiljana Brkić and

Maria João Ferreira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 564 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic technologies; data management; data mining; learning systems; education; artificial intelligence; machine learning; knowledge graphs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

New Insights into Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Renewable Energy

edited by

Tong Zhou

Zhenqing Liu

and

Guowei Qian

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 559 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); wind resource assessment; wind farm optimization; wind turbine wakes; wind power forecasting; aero-hydrodynamics effects; ABL–terrain–wake interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Advanced Digital Systems and Their Applications in Innovation, Emerging Technologies and Strategic Approaches

edited by

Ioanna Giannoukou

and

Spyros Sioutas

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 529 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced digital systems; emerging technologies; digital transformation; innovation management; strategic approaches; artificial intelligence (AI); internet of things (IoT); digital innovation; technology strategies; smart systems and applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Low-Power Integrated Circuit Designs and Applications

edited by Shushan Qiao and

Vijay Sood

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: subthreshold circuits; low-voltage circuits; computing-in-memory; integrated sensing and computation; AVFS; EDA; low-power algorithms; low-power processors; AI chips; low-power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis

edited by

Lukasz Jelen

and Michał Jeleń

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 524 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; medical image analysis; whole-slide imaging; digital pathology; multiple instance learning; large multimodal models; multimodal data fusion; federated learning; high-performance computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Environmental Monitoring and Analysis: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Goncalo Jesus

and

Alberto Carlos Azevedo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring systems; data quality and uncertainty; smart sensing and real-time observation; AI and machine learning in environmental analysis; digital twins and decision support; sensor networks and interoperability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

AI-Driven Innovations in Data Science and HCI

edited by Moonkyoung Jang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 483 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven data science; human–computer interaction; machine learning and deep learning; intelligent user interfaces; generative AI and conversational agents; data visualization and analytics; human-centered AI design; interactive and adaptive systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Computer Vision and Deep Learning in Clinical Neuroscience: Methods, Applications and Future Directions

edited by Maximilian Friedrich and

Jane E. Alty

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; deep learning; neurology; psychiatry; movement science; clinical applications; symptom quantification; video analysis; medical AI; translational neuroscience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Content Recommendation Powered by Language Models

edited by Alberto Gil Solla,

Yolanda Blanco Fernández

and

José Carlos López Ardao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: LLMs for recommendation; LLM-based personalization; semantic representation learning; item and user embeddings; prompt engineering and alignment; retrieval-augmented recommendation (RAG); cold-start problem mitigation; explainable and transparent recommendations; scalable and efficient inference for RS; multimodal content recommendation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Dependable AI System Engineering

edited by

Ali G. Hessami

and Keeley Crockett

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: dependability; trustworthiness; AI; reliability; safety; security; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Application of Optomechatronic Technologies in Ocean Observation

edited by Hangzhou Wang and Hui Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open

Keywords: optomechatronics; ocean observation; sea ice observation; optical sensing; oceanographic instrumentation; real-time data analytics; environmental sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)

Advanced Nanoporous Materials and Membrane Technologies for Separation Applications

edited by

Yanan Huang

and

Jianming Pan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 443 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesoporous materials; hybrid membrane; ion-selective; molecular separation; gas separation; porous nanomaterials; functional interfaces; adsorption and diffusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences)

Advances in Machine Vision for Industry and Agriculture, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dimitris Ziouzios

Michalis Vrigkas

and

Minas Dasygenis

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine vision; precision agriculture; recycling; agrobots; Industry 4.0; smart systems; vision algorithms; robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Material Wear Mechanisms and Modeling

edited by

Egidijus Katinas

, Rostislav Chotěborský and

Michal Petrů

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface modelling; wear diagnostic tools; wear modelling and validation; coatings; hardfacing; wear mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Advanced Analytical Techniques for Pigment and Binder Characterization

edited by

Giulia Germinario

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open

Keywords: pigment characterization; binder analysis; pigment–binder interactions; advanced analytical techniques; non-destructive methods; high-resolution techniques; chemometrics and machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Data Privacy Preserving for Multimedia Systems

edited by

Min Cao

and Mang Ye

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open

Keywords: privacy-preserving video analysis; multimodal learning; federated learning; cross-modal retrieval

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced Collaborative Operation Control for Distribution Networks and Power Grids

edited by

Hao Yu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: collaborative control; distribution networks; grid optimization; renewable energy integration; grid intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Sustainable Nanomaterials for Biotechnological and Medical Applications

edited by

Rodolfo Ramos-González

and

Anna Ilyina

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nanomaterials; biotechnology; medicine; green synthesis; drug delivery; hyperthermia; bio-imaging; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; biosensors; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences)

Spectroscopic Technologies for Nano- and Micro-Fabrication of Materials

edited by Francesca Torrini and

Caterina Credi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: fabrication; spectroscopic technologies; additive manufacturing; single-photon technologies; two-photon technologies; 3D printing; printed electrodes; biomaterials; optics; cell-laden constructs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Industrial Applications

edited by

Miguel S. E. Martins

and

Susana Vieira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; big data; industrial applications; data analytics; predictive modeling; deep learning applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Wood Biorefinery: New Applications and New Products

edited by

María Ángeles Cancela Carral

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive species; clean technology; bioproduct; biomaterial; bioenergy; biorefinery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Low-Power IC Design for Efficient AI

edited by

Anindita Paul

and

Jaime Ramirez-Angulo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-power; integrated circuit; design techniques; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

AI-Enabled Intelligent Interaction and Assistive Systems

edited by Félix Escalona and

Francisco Gomez-Donoso

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open

Keywords: human–computer interaction; tridimensional data processing; intelligent assistive systems; multimodal interaction; immersive technology; explainable AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Structural Health Monitoring in Turbomachinery

edited by

Giuseppe Battiato

Christian Maria Firrone

and

Paolo Neri

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); turbomachinery; vibration-based diagnostics; rotordynamics; blade tip timing; digital image correlation; damage detection; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advancements in Organic Aquaculture: Productivity, Sustainability, and Food Security

edited by

Styliani Minoudi

, Elisavet Kaitetzidou and

Efthimia Antonopoulou

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic aquaculture; sustainable production; aquaculture technology; food security; feed optimization; water quality; disease management; environmental impact; life cycle assessment; animal welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Artificial Intelligence in Complex Networks: 3rd Edition

edited by

Xiaoyang Liu

and

Giacomo Fiumara

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: maximum likelihood; artificial intelligence methods in complex networks; artificial intelligence methods in criminal networks; community detection network; mining methods for the analysis of network structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Cross-Scale Cracks in Rock Mass Under Multi-Phase and Multi-Field Coupling: 2nd Edition

edited by

Bin Gong

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: fractured rock mass; discrete fracture network; hydraulic fracturing; freeze–thaw cycle; thermal cracking; hydrocarbon reservoir; physical experiment; numerical simulation; in situ monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Research on the Structure and Properties of Alloy Materials

edited by

Edwan Anderson Ariza Echeverri

, José Wilmar Calderón-Hernández and

Andre Paulo Tschiptschin

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure and microstructure evolution; alloy design; mechanical, physical, and chemical properties; electrochemical behaviour; phase transformations; heat treatments; surface engineering; structural characterization; innovative and advanced materials; tribology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Advances in Intelligent Power Systems and Renewable Energy Integration

edited by Jiehui Zheng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent power systems; renewable energy integration; digital twin; reinforcement learning; hydrogen energy infrastructure; offshore wind power; multi-energy flow coupling; grid stability and reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Brain-Inspired Computing for Intelligent Networking and Mobile Communications

edited by

Raúl Parada

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: spiking neural networks (SNNs); reservoir computing (RC); echo state networks (ESN); liquid state machines (LSM); open RAN (O-RAN); neuromorphic networking; edge intelligence; cognitive wireless systems; 6G networks; adaptive communication; architectures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Advanced Concrete Technology and Applications in Construction Engineering, 3rd Edition

edited by

Weichung Yeih

and

Maochieh Chi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: low carbon emission; pervious concrete; sustainability; durability; high performance concrete; high performance grout; self-compacting concrete; geopolymer; 3D-printed concrete; artificial intelligence; health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Research on Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Horticultural Crops

edited by Aziz Akkak and

Concetta Lotti

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; genetic diversity; underutilized species; molecular markers; gene banks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Research Advances in AI-Driven Robotics and Automation

edited by

Alexandru Tugui

and

Adrian Iftene

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven robotics; robotics and intelligent automation; industrial and medical robotics; surgical robotics; rehabilitation and assistive robots; human–robot collaboration; cobots; smart manufacturing and Healthcare 4.0; Industry 4.0; Medical IoT (MIoT); machine vision and medical imaging; quality inspection and clinical quality assurance; defect detection and anomaly detection; 3D perception; multimodal sensor fusion; reinforcement learning; imitation learning; learning-based control; edge AI; real-time robotics; wearable and embedded robotic systems; predictive maintenance and system health monitoring; safety-critical and trustworthy AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Virtual Reality, 3D Technology and Additive Manufacturing in Sustainable Design and Production

edited by

Fabio Salmeri

and

Felice Sfravara

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality (VR); 3D technologies; additive manufacturing (AM); sustainable design; sustainable production; life cycle assessment (LCA); digital twins; environmental impact; resource efficiency; Industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)

Application of Machine Learning and Computer Methods for Advancing Forest Sciences

edited by

Alexandre Dos Santos

and

Szymon Bijak

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; forest pest detection; precision forestry; UAV; LiDAR; SAR; computer vision; geospatial analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Sustainable Science and Technology)

New Sustainable Technologies Applied to Dairy

edited by

João Dias

and

Nuno Alvarenga

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; machine learning; clean energy; sustainability; renewables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

The Transition Toward Clean Energy Production 2026

edited by

Angelo Algieri

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: clean production; energy efficiency; energy supply security; greenhouse gas emissions; optimization; renewable sources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Sustainable Science and Technology)

Artificial Intelligence and Biological Signal Processing Techniques for Medical Support

edited by Takahiro Emoto

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological signal processing; artificial intelligence; medical signals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Edge Intelligence for Next Generation IoT Applications

edited by

Raúl Parada

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge intelligence; Internet of Things; green AI; trustworthiness; distributed learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Animal Biotechnology: Methods, Applications, and Challenges

edited by

Rafael Torres De Souza Rodrigues

and

Karolina Wójciak

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene editing; CRISPR technologies; genomic selection; marker-assisted breeding; metabolomics; proteomics; bioinformatics; embryo transfer; in vitro fertilization; meat processing technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advances in Edible Oil Processing and Quality Characterization

edited by

Edyta Symoniuk

Małgorzata Wroniak

and

Katarzyna Ratusz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible oils; oil processing; quality characterization; oxidative stability; lipid oxidation; refining; analytical methods; food quality; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advanced Power Electronics Converters: Design, Control and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by Ricardo Lizana Fuentes,

Pedro Eduardo Melín Coloma

and

Eduardo Espinosa Neira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; modulation technique; multilevel converters; multi-modular converters; industrial applications; model predictive control; semiconductors losses; digital control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

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