Applications of AI in Cybersecurity

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the field of cybersecurity has witnessed many significant advancements, with innovative ideas, techniques and methodologies emerging to safeguard computing infrastructure and critical information, many of which belong to the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is leading the way for the future of cybersecurity. The scope of this Special Issue “Applications of AI in Cybersecurity” covers the theory and implementations of advanced AI methods and their applications in cybersecurity. This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest significant research, developments, and advances in the applications of AI in cybersecurity as well as AI security.

In this Special Issue, original and creative research articles are welcome. Research papers using theoretical, technical, and/or practical approaches as well as survey papers are also welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Cybersecurity with machine learning approaches;
• Cybersecurity with deep learning approaches;
• Cybersecurity with neuron network approaches;
• Cybersecurity with Natural Language Processing (NLP);
• Cybersecurity with evolutionary algorithms;
• Cybersecurity with computer vision;
• AI model security and privacy;
• Secure AI operations;
• Adversarial machine learning;
• Data security and poisoning defense with AI;
• Securing Large Language Models (LLMs).

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Lixin Wang
Prof. Dr. Jianhua Yang
Dr. Yi Zhou
Guest Editors

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