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Electronics, an international open access journal published by MDPI, is looking for new Editorial Board Members (EBM) with the passion to drive the journal forward in this exciting period of development. Electronics is dedicated to the publication of high-quality reviews, research papers, and communications in all areas of Electronic Science and applications derived from both novel and established technologies. Please see the Electronics homepage for more information and details of the journal’s Aims & Scope.

This opportunity will allow you to keep up with research in our field and position yourself as one of the leaders in the evolving and exciting field of Electronics. Appointments to the Editorial Board are for a two-year period and may be renewable. Your name and affiliation will be displayed on the journal website.

The main responsibilities of Editorial Board Members are as follows:

• Working closely with Editors to develop the journal’s vision, policy, and practices;
• Pre-screening submissions and making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or rejected for processing, and suggesting reviewers if necessary;
• Acting as the Guest Editor of a Special Issue in your particular field of expertise, or recommending potential topics and Guest Editors;
• Promoting Electronics and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences;
• Helping to solicit high quality papers for Electronics;
• Advising on the journal’s development.

The following are the criteria for the selection of board members:

• A PhD degree and relevant expertise;
• Having a strong interest in the scholarly journal;
• Holding an appointment at a university, or an academic or research institution;
• Prior experience in publishing and reviewing for peer-review publications.

To apply or request further information, please send your curriculum vitae and a short statement of interest to the Electronics Editorial Office (electronics@mdpi.com). We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Electronics Editorial Office

In order to better categorize papers published within the journal, the section “Industrial Electronics” has recently been established. We are now recruiting Editorial Board members for this new section (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/sections/Industrial_Electronics).

If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to get in touch (electronics@mdpi.com). As an Editorial Board member, you will have the following responsibilities:

• To make decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not based on the reports we collect;
• To serve as the Editor of a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests when it is convenient for you;
• To review some manuscripts in your area of interest when you are available;
• To recommend timely topics or appropriate conferences;
• To promote Electronics and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

In order to better categorize papers published within the journal, the section “Organic Electronics” has recently been established. We are now recruiting Editorial Board members for this new section (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/sections/organic_electronics).

If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about participating in cutting-edge research publications, please do not hesitate to get in touch (electronics@mdpi.com). As an Editorial Board member, you will have the following responsibilities:

• To make decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted or not based on the reports we collect;
• To serve as the Editor of a Special Issue on a topic related to your research interests when it is convenient for you;
• To review some manuscripts in your area of interest when you are available;
• To recommend timely topics or appropriate conferences;
• To promote Electronics and increase its visibility at related academic conferences.

We are delighted to announce the establishment of our Open Access agreement with Jisc Collections, which will allow UK institutions to benefit from access to article processing charge (APC) discounts and streamlined payment workflows.

All institutions participating in the agreement will also gain access to the MDPI online submission system where they can find full article metadata and pricing information for easy identification and additional transparency.

Eligible authors affiliated with the participating institutions are prompted to choose the corresponding Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) when they submit an article via our online submission system.

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For any questions about this agreement, please contact the MDPI IOAP team at ioap@mdpi.com.

The updated citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Clarivate. The recent release of the JCR includes seventy-one MDPI titles. Out of these, 18 titles are newcomers, receiving a first Journal Impact Factor which is based on citation activity in 2019: Actuators, Agriculture, Biology, Biomedicines, Biosensors, Chemosensors, Children, Healthcare, Journal of Fungi, Journal of Personalized Medicine (JPM), Land, Life, Magnetochemistry, Membranes, Pharmaceuticals, Photonics, Separations and Toxics.

• Out of the previously listed journals, a total of 72 percent boast an increased Impact Factor.
• 25 journals are ranked among the top 25% of journals in at least one of the categories they are ranked for.
• Articles published in 2019 in MDPI journals account for approximately 17 percent of of articles published in gold Open Access journals covered in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
  
  

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We are pleased to announce that Dr. S. M. Muyeen has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Industrial Electronics” of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in July 2020.

Dr. S. M. Muyeen is presently working as an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Curtin University, Australia. He received his Ph.D. from the Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan, in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and worked in Japan under the versatile banner of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He has visiting professor position at Shanghai Maritime University, China.

His research interests are industry-oriented, focusing on power electronics, electrical machines, FACTS, energy storage systems (ESSs), renewable energy, HVDC systems, power system stability and control, and smart grids. He has published more than 225 articles in different journals and international conferences. He has published seven books as an author or editor. He has been a keynote speaker and invited speaker at many international conferences, workshops, and universities. Dr. Muyeen has been the recipient of many research awards, including The Petroleum Institute ‘Research/Scholarship Award 2012’ and best paper awards from IEEE conferences many times. He has been awarded the IEEE WA Outstanding Engineering Award 2017, jointly from IEEE PES and PELS societies, for his leadership role, research, and service-related activities.

During his scientific career, he has been involved in various professional service activities, both nationally and internationally. He serves on the editorial panel for many prestigious journals from IEEE, IET, and other publishers including IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy (editor), IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (editor), IEEE Power Engineering Letters (editor), IET Renewable Power Generation (associate editor), and IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (subject editor), etc. He has organized many international conferences for IEEE and other organizations in various capacities, including as General Chair, Advisory Chair, Technical Committee Chair, Special Session/Tutorial/Workshop Chair, Steering Committee member, etc. He is deeply involved with the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) University Education Sub-Committee under the Power and Energy Education Committee (PEEC).

Dr. Muyeen has secured many national and international research and infrastructure development grants as a leading investigator. He has established strong collaborations with renowned international universities and research centers worldwide. He has an intense connection with the R&D wings of leading industries like ABB, Siemens, Hitachi, Toshiba, Oztronenergy, Western Power, Horizon, ADNOC, and others. Dr. Muyeen is the senior member of the IEEE and Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust).

His university profile link: - https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/Sm.Muyeen/

We are pleased to announce that Professor Valeri Mladenov has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section “Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS)” of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). His term started in May 2020.

Professor Valeri Mladenov received his Ph.D. from Technical University of Sofia (TU Sofia), Bulgaria, in 1993. Here, in 2019, he defended his thesis of his “Doctor of Science”. In 2004, he became Head of the Department of Theory of Electrical Engineering., He has served as Dean of Faculty of Automation since his appointment in June 2011, Vice-Rector of TU Sofia since Dec. 2011, and Director of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations since Dec. 2015. Currently, he is Head of the Neurocomputing Laboratory of TU Sofia and Head of the Artificial Intelligence and CAD Systems Laboratory at Sofia Tech Park. He is Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Netherlands, and numerous other institutions. In 2014, he served as the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Caretaker Government in Bulgaria.

Prof. Mladenov’s research interests are in the field of nonlinear circuits and systems, neural networks, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, and signal processing. He has been awarded numerous international research fellowships. He has published more than 300 scientific papers in professional journals and conferences. He is a co-author of ten books and manuals for students. He had received many research grants including from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, DAAD (Germany), NWO (Netherlands), Royal Society (UK), NATO, TEMPUS, and Erasmus, and together with his team, has and is participating in numerous national and international projects, e.g., H2020, FP7, DFG, Erasmus+, and others. Prof. Mladenov serves as a member of numerous editorial boards, in addition to positions as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, and as a reviewer for a number of professional journals and conferences. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and member of the IEEE Circuit and Systems Technical Committee on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and Array Computing and Educational Activities Officer of the Bulgarian IEEE section. He is also a member of the International Neural Networks Society (INNS) and International Council of Large Electric Systems, (SIGRE), Steering Committee Member of the International Symposium on Theoretical Electrical Engineering (ISTET), and Management Board Member of the Scientific and Technical Union of the Power Engineers as well as the Union of Automation and Informatics in Bulgaria.

We are pleased to announce that the 1st International Electronic Conference—Futuristic Applications on Electronics, chaired by Prof. Dr. Flavio Canavero, will be held at https://sciforum.net/conference/IEC2020 from 1 to 30 November 2020.

This conference aims to provide leading scientists working in the broad field of electronics with a robust common platform on which to share and discuss the latest research and to promote the advancement of this exciting and rapidly changing field. We would like to encourage submissions about current and emerging technologies, focused on the theoretical, simulation and experimental aspects of electronics.

Topics are organized into ten sessions. These sessions include, but are not limited to:

• The Electronic Circuits and Systems for Futuristic Applications Session
• The Communications and Signal Processing Session
• The Bioelectronics Session
• The Power Electronics Session
• The Optoelectronics Session
• The Microelectronics Session
• The Artificial Intelligence Session
• The Networks Session
• The Computer Science and Engineering Session
• The Systems and Control Engineering Session

IEC 2020 is a virtual conference sponsored by Electronics. Participation is free of charge for authors and attendees. Accepted papers will be gathered in the proceedings of the conference. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in the Electronics conference Special Issue with a discount of 10% on the Article Processing Charge (ISSN 2079-9292; Impact Factor: 1.764 (2018) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/ECFAE2020).

This conference will establish the Best Paper Award, Best Poster Award and Best Presentation Award.

The Best Paper Award will have two winners, and each winner will receive 400 CHF and a certificate.

The Best Poster Award will have two winners, and each winner will receive 300 CHF and a certificate.

The Best Presentation Award will have one winner, and the winner will receive 200 CHF and a certificate.

IEC 2020 offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having to consider travel expenses—all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to attend this conference; please present your latest work to be considered.

Important Dates

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 August 2020
• Notification of Acceptance: 15 September 2020
• Proceedings Paper Submission Deadline: 25 September 2020
• Conference: 1–30 November 2020

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting online meeting.

https://sciforum.net/conference/IEC2020

Conference Secretariat

IEC Secretary
E-Mail: iec2020@mdpi.com

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We are pleased to announce that Professor Flavio Canavero has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section "Circuit and Signal Processing" of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292).

Flavio Canavero is Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of Politecnico di Torino. He received his diploma in Electronics Engineering in 1977 from Politecnico di Torino, and his PhD in 1986 from Georgia Institute of Technology. He works in the area of circuits and systems theory, with special interest in signal integrity and EMC design issues. To date, he has authored or coauthored more than 300 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings.

During his scientific career, he has been involved in various service activities both at the level of his institution and for many international organizations. At Politecnico di Torino, he has been Director of the Electronics Department (1993–1999), Vice Rector for Organization (2001–2005), and Head of the Doctoral School (2012–2018). At the international level, he has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Council for doctoral Education (CDE) of the European University Association (EUA), a member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE EMC Society (2012–2015), and VP of Communication Services for the same Society. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (2004–2006) and the Technical Editor of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Newsletter. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the Chair of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission E (Noise and Interference). He has been also a Member of the IEEE Fellow Committee and of the IEEE Press Editorial Board. He has been the Organizer of the Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects (SPI) during 2001–2003 and 2007. He is currently a Member of the Editorial Boards for several scientific journals and a Member of the Scientific Steering Committees of several International Conferences in the field of EMC and electrical performance of interconnects and packages.

He has been Invited Visiting Professor at Okayama University (Japan), ESIGELEC (Engineering School in Rouen, France), University of Rennes and INSA (Rennes, France), University of Ghent (Belgium), University of Science and Technology of Lille (France), and University of Clermont-Ferrand (France).

For over a decade, he has been serving as Principal Investigator or Local Coordinator of several research projects supported by EU. In addition, he has been responsible for many research contracts with industrial companies globally.

Flavio Canavero is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). He has been the recipient of the prestigious Richard R. Stoddard Award for Outstanding Performance (the highest recognition of scientific merit bestowed by IEEE EMCS), and of the Honored Member Award of EMC Society (highest recognitions of service merit). He has been the recipient of IBM and Intel Research Awards; he was presented the award for the best paper contributed to the journal IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging for the year 2007, and has received several best paper awards for work presented at the following conferences: EMC Roma 1996, EMC-Zurich in Singapore 2006, EPEPS in Austin 2010 and San Jose 2013, EMC Europe in Angers (F) 2017, CEM in Paris (F) 2018, and SPI in Chambéry (F) 2019.

Some of his selected publications may be accessed at
https://iris.polito.it/browse?type=author&authority=rp19434&authority_lang=en&sort_by=2&order=DESC#.XlSGy_wRXIU.