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Robust and Reliable Neural Networks for Real-World Data
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2327 | Submission Open
Keywords: robust deep learning; noisy and incomplete data; uncertainty quantification; generalization and distribution shift; explainable and reliable AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Application of Computer Vision and Image Processing in Medicine
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2062 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical imaging; medical image analysis; deep learning; CNN; transfomers; imaging modalities (MRI, CT, PET); large vision model (LVM), self-supervised learning; precision imaging; AI for health; intervension; diagnosis; CAD; early diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Computer Vision Technologies and Applications
edited by , and Xuekai Wei
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1699 | Submission Open
Keywords: physics-informed computer vision; multi-modal perception (visual–tactile–olfactory); hyperspectral remote sensing; intelligent monitoring of urban facilities; cross-modal data fusion; embodied AI and robotic sensing; deep learning for earth observation; 3D scene reconstruction and understanding; sensorimotor learning; biologically inspired vision systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advances in Electric Propulsion Technology for Aerospace Engineering submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1484 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric propulsion; plasma thrusters; ion engines; Hall-effect thrusters; hydrogen fuel cells; aerospace propulsion; UAVs; CubeSats; CFD; artificial intelligence; autonomous systems; hybrid–electric aircraft; spacecraft mobility; advanced aerospace systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Advances and Challenges in Micromechanics and Microengineering
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1460 | Submission Open
Keywords: microsystems; microengineering; MEMS; AI integration; integrated circuit integration; SiP packaging; intelligent microdevices; biomedical microengineering; self-powered microsystems; precision microfabrication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Applied Biomaterials for Dental Implantology: Research and Applications—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1346 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer-guided surgery; navigation surgery; robotic surgery; digital implantology; bone regeneration; soft tissue augmentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Advances in Physical Activity and Exercise for Health and Human Performance
edited by Henri Tilga
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1234 | Submission Open
Keywords: self-determination theory; physical activity; motivation; autonomy support; health behavior change; intervention; trans-contextual model of motivation; psychological need satisfaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
New Insights into Conservation Biology and Sustainable Use of Tropical Ecosystems
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1175 | Submission Open
Keywords: tropical ecosystems; conservation biology; sustainable use; aquatic ecosystems; floodplains; human disturbance; invasive species; climate change; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; ecological modeling; environmental monitoring; nature-based solutions; restoration ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology Science and Engineering)
Advanced Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1079 | Submission Open
Keywords: Industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; cyber–physical systems; artificial intelligence in manufacturing; digital twin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Emerging Paradigms in Microelectronics Reliability and Failure Analysis
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 965 | Submission Open
Keywords: microelectronics reliability; failure analysis; physics-of-failure; reliability modeling; semiconductor degradation mechanisms; lifetime prediction; bias temperature instability; hot carrier degradation; time-dependent dielectric breakdown; electromigration; wide-bandgap semiconductors; GaN devices; SiC devices; advanced node technologies; FinFET reliability; gate-all-around devices; hybrid integration; advanced packaging reliability; reliability physics; reliability prediction models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Advancements in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Data Mining Technologies
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 886 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; data mining; GIS; spatial pattern; prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
New Insights into the Physics of Digital Porous Media
edited by Hongyang Ni and Chengpeng Zhang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 799 | Submission Open
Keywords: rock physics; reservoir characterization; image segmentation methods; multi-scale; pore structure; digital rock analysis; machine learning; macroscopic characterization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Next-Generation Battery Technologies
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 755 | Submission Open
Keywords: next-generation batteries; solid-state systems; electrode materials; energy storage; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Sustainable Science and Technology)
Bio-Based Building Materials for Environmental Applications
edited by and Marco Caruso
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open
Keywords: bio-based materials; sustainable construction; life cycle assessment; carbon footprint; green building; renewable resources; insulation; hybrid materials; environmental impact; energy efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Machine Learning and Reasoning for Reliable and Explainable AI—2nd Edition
edited by , and Farzad Arabikhan
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 686 | Submission Open
Keywords: explainable AI; machine learning; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Alloys for Engineering Structures: Design and Performance submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 663 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced alloys; engineering structures; design methodologies; performance optimization; mechanical properties; computational materials science; additive manufacturing; sustainability; material selection; structural integrity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Multiagent Systems and Control
edited by Arman Dabiri
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 566 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-agent systems; autonomous vehicle optimization; sensing and fusion path and trajectory planning algorithms; perception algorithms and technologies; control strategies; robotics; swarm intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
Advancements in Biomass-to-Biofuel Conversion Technologies: Process Optimization, Efficiency and Sustainability
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy from biomass; green energy efficiency; biofuel production technologies; biomass-to-biofuel conversion; process optimization in biofuels; biofuel efficiency enhancement; biomass energy optimization; biomass conversion efficiency; sustainable biofuel technologies; efficient biofuel conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Sustainable Science and Technology)
Advanced Research on Ceramic and Cement-Based Construction Materials
edited by and Petros Petrounias
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open
Keywords: low-carbon cement-ceramic and processes; alkali-activated materials; microstructural characterization; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular economy in construction; waste-to-resource upcycling; low-carbon binders; nanomaterials in construction; sustainable concrete
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Application of Biosensors
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 454 | Submission Open
Keywords: point-of-care diagnostics; flexible bioelectronics; wearable biosensors; electrochemical detection; optical biosensors; biomedical engineering; AI-powered biosensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Natural Antioxidants: Characterization, Synthesis and Applications
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open
Keywords: polyphenols; antioxidant activity; functional foods; nutraceuticals; analytical chemistry; food preservation; bioactivity; oxidative stress; food quality; food composition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)
Recent Developments in 2D Materials: Growth, Characterization and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open
Keywords: 2D materials; wafer-scale growth; operando metrology; AI-guided synthesis; nanogenerators; surface functionalization; flexible/energy devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
New Technologies and Methods for Shale Oil Exploration and Evaluation
edited by , and Guoping Liu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open
Keywords: shale oil; sweet spot prediction; new exploration technologies; reservoir heterogeneity; fine-grained sedimentary rocks; integrated evaluation; lacustrine basins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Oncology submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open
Keywords: oncology; artificial intelligence; metaverse; clinical trials; intelligent oncology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Intelligent Photonic and Fiber Optic Sensing
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence in photonics; fiber optic sensing; fiber bragg grating (FBG); photonic signal processing; machine learning for optical systems; smart sensing technologies; intelligent monitoring systems; optical communications and computing; explainable AI (XAI) for sensing measurement; metalearning for adaptive sensing; liquid neural networks (LNN) for dynamic sensing measurement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Innovative Wearable Sensors for Health Performance Evaluation
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open
Keywords: wearable sensors; health monitoring; performance evaluation; biosensors; AI integration; physiological tracking; sports medicine; preventive healthcare; IoT wearables; biomedical engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Smart Homes and Smart Spaces: From Connected Architectures to Autonomous Intelligence submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart homes; smart spaces; smart appliances; Internet of Things; interoperability; semantic interoperability; autonomous systems; service discovery; context awareness; embedded intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advances in Hardware Design for Intelligent Computing submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent computing hardware; AI accelerators; edge AI; FPGA/ASIC co-design; in-/near-memory computing; low precision and quantization; sparsity-aware computing; heterogeneous systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Molecular Biology
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioinformatics; computational biology; molecular biology; cancer; immunotherapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Civil Protection and Infrastructure
edited by , Ante Šiljeg and Marin Bugaric
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; civil protection; disaster response; evacuation routing; autonomous reconnaissance; early warning systems; terrain traversability; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Smart Energy Technologies for Low-Carbon, High-Performance Buildings
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart energy technologies; low-carbon buildings; high-performance buildings; building energy efficiency; renewable energy integration; energy management systems; intelligent control; energy storage; sustainable buildings; digitalization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
Advances and Applications of Fiber Bragg Grating
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber Bragg gratings; fiber Bragg grating sensors; optical fiber sensing; structural health monitoring; multiplexed sensing; interrogation techniques; multi-parameter sensing; biomedical sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Biomechanical Studies: Upper Limbs Trauma and Deformity
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional characterisation; biomechanics; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Next-Generation Studies on Exoplanet Atmospheres: Chemistry, Climate, and Habitability
edited by Christopher Boxe
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: exoplanet atmospheres; atmospheric chemistry; exoplanet climate; planetary habitability; atmospheric retrievals; photochemistry; atmospheric escape; hierarchical modeling; artificial intelligence; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Advanced Technologies and Applications in Metasurfaces and Meta-Devices
edited by Jingcheng Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: metasurfaces; meta-devices; dynamic and tunable nanophotonics; space-time coding; computational optical imaging; topological photonics; terahertz communications; subwavelength structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Advances in Fluid Mechanics Analysis—2nd Edition
edited by Valente Hernández-Pérez
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: fluid flow; fluid dynamics; multiphase flow; computational fluid dynamics; rheology; fluid Structure interaction; aerospace; heat transfer; biofluids; microfluid; nanofluids; pipe flow; bubble dynamics; turbulence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fluid Science and Technology)
Deep Learning for Image Processing and Computer Vision
edited by and Yun Liu
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13903 | Submission Open
Keywords: image enhancement and restoration; visual recognition; image quality assessment; medical data processing; deep learning models; intelligent transportation systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Nuclear Materials: Alloy Design, Processing, Microstructure, Properties, and Qualification
edited by Rongjie Song, Andrea M. Jokisaari and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12266 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear materials; material design; processing; microstructural characterization; mechanical testing; qualification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
Vehicle Dynamics and Control: Advanced Mobility Technologies and Transportation Safety
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submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7283 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle dynamics; control systems; autonomous vehicles; connected vehicles; advanced driver-assistance systems; electrification; digital twins; machine learning; sustainable mobility; transportation safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Novel Research on Geomechanics: Current Status and Future Challenges
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3381 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical methods; geotechnical stability analysis; early warning system; monitoring; experimental rock mechanics; natural hazards; offshore geotechnics; soil mechanics; energy geotechnics; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Advances in Disaster Prevention and Resilience for Cold Regions Engineering
edited by , and Peiyong Qiu
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open
Keywords: cold regions engineering; disaster prevention; freeze–thaw cycles; frost heaving; thaw settlement; permafrost degradation; resilient design; engineering surveying and mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Real-Time Embedded Systems Simulations, Emulations and Analyses
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open
Keywords: real-time system; digital twins; embedded systems; simulation and emulation; cyber–physical systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Wearable Technology and Its Applications
edited by , , and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open
Keywords: wearable technology; artificial intelligence; health monitoring; soft robotics; smart textiles; personal thermal management; energy harvesting; human–machine interfaces; ergonomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Evolutionary Computation in Biomedical Signal Processing, 2nd Edition
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submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomedical signals; evolutionary computation; natural selection; genetic algorithms; machine learning; biomedical data analysis; personalized medicine; signal processing; real-time analysis; medical diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Intelligent Electromagnetic Nondestructive Testing for Steel Wire Ropes
edited by
submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: electromagnetic nondestructive testing; steel wire ropes; intelligent sensing; digital signal processing; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
The Effects of Exercise on Physical Characteristics
edited by , and Jorge Jorge
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 73579 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical exercise; health; performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Blockchain-Based Networks: Security, Privacy, and Applications
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submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 45762 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain fundamental theory and technology; consensus mechanisms; smart contracts; security in blockchain; encryption algorithms; privacy-preserving techniques; blockchain vulnerability detection; quantum-resistant blockchains; scalable blockchain solutions; cross-chain solutions; blockchain governance; blockchain applications, services, and standards; decentralized finance; decentralized applications; blockchain in healthcare; blockchain in supply chains; authentication and authorization; blockchain and Internet of Things; blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Internet of Things Ecosystems: Architectures, Intelligence, and Communication Innovations submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 33587 | Submission Open
Keywords: next-generation IoT; edge computing; GenIA; network; architecture; IoT applications; future networks; ambient intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Research on Microplastics, Human Exposure and Food Safety submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24416 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics contamination; food safety; human health; exposure routes; estimation of intake; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Advances in Air Pollution Detection and Air Quality Research submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24061 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensors; measurement techniques; sensor networks; air quality monitoring; community; air quality predictions; datasets
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
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