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Research on Deep Learning and Human-Robot Collaboration
edited by Haodong Chen, , , Peng Zhou and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 569 | Submission Open
Keywords: gesture recognition; gaze estimation; speech recognition; multi-modal interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advances in Learning on Graphs and Information Networks
edited by Danushka Bandara, Soumyakant Padhee and Koray Ozcan
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open
Keywords: graph neural networks (GNNs); graph embeddings; semi-supervised learning; dynamic graphs; scalability of graph learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advanced Energy Systems and Technologies for Urban Sustainability submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban energy systems; sustainable energy technologies; renewable energy integration; smart cities; energy storage solutions; energy efficiency in urban environments; smart grids and digital energy; decentralized energy systems; urban sustainability strategies; green building energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Applied AI in Transinstitutional Health Information Systems
edited by Annamaria Vianello, Giuseppina Sgandurra and Luca Fanucci
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 520 | Submission Open
Keywords: prediction models; ChatGPT healthcare NLP; privacy preservation models; electronic health record building and management; rule-based medical expert systems for diagnosis and care; semi-supervised learning; model training of multi-hospital data settings; deep learning models; AI applications in different fields of medicine; AI in management of public health; artificial general intelligence; superintelligence and ethics; AI-based anomaly detection for clinical-grade histopathological diagnostics; prospective evaluation of use of AI in diagnosis and care; AI language models and semantic algorithms used to bring artificial intelligence into medicine; medical robotics and humanoid robots in healthcare systems; pediatric rehabilitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Applications of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Creative Technology
edited by Jethro Shell
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 402 | Submission Open
Keywords: mixed reality; virtual reality; augmented reality; creative technology; computer games; metaverse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advanced Technologies in Power Electronics submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open
Keywords: power electronics; energy conversion; smart converters; renewable energy sources; electric vehicles; charging station; AI in power systems; cybersecurity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Intelligent Agents for AI-Enabled IoT and Networks
edited by Ruihong Jiang and Ruichen Zhang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent agents; AI-enabled IoT; large language models; generative AI; reinforcement learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Terahertz Antenna Technologies for Next-Generation Wireless Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open
Keywords: terahertz antennas; 6G communications; 3D-printed antennas; millimeter-wave technology; beamforming; massive MIMO; metamaterial antennas; THz propagation; advanced antenna manufacturing; next-generation wireless systems  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Renewable Energy Integration and Energy Management in Smart Grid submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grid; control technique; power flow optimization; renewable energy sources; economic analysis; energy efficiency; power electronics converters; optimal energy management; electric vehicles; HVDC; fault detection; load balancing; machine learning; deep learning; deep Q-learning; reinforcement-learning-controller; forecasting; data-mining; energy monitoring; wireless power transfer; data-driven; hardware-in-the-loop
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Advanced Antennas and Propagation for Next-Gen Wireless
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced antennas; wave propagation; mimo systems; reconfigurable antennas; metamaterials and metasurfaces; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); millimeter-wave (mmWave); terahertz (THz) communication; 5G and 6G wireless networks; wearable antennas; flexible electronics; body-centric wireless communication; wireless body area networks (WBANs); channel modeling; propagation in complex environments; antenna miniaturization; beamforming; machine learning in antenna design; electromagnetic simulation; IoT antennas; smart antenna systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
INS/GNSS Integration Techniques for Autonomous Navigation Systems
edited by Xinchun Ji, Kai Shen, and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open
Keywords: inertial navigation system/global navigation satellite system-integrated navigation; multi-sensor data fusion; autonomous navigation systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Next-Generation Accelerator Architectures for AI and Deep Learning
edited by Ioannis Voyiatzis
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI accelerators; deep learning hardware; next-generation architectures; heterogeneous computing; tensor processing units (TPUs); graphics processing units (GPUs); application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs); field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); energy-efficient computing; neuromorphic computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microelectronics)
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing in Industry 4.0
edited by Bernt Arild Bremdal and Kalyan R. Ayyalasomayajula
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer-integrated manufacturing; industry 4.0; decision support system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Intelligent Communication Technologies for Health and Biomedical Applications
edited by Yu Huang, Lin Lin and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochemical sensing; channel modeling; experimental prototypes; internet of nanothings; learning-based signal detection; machine learning; molecular communication; multi-scale communication; network design; neural communication; signal detection; targeted drug delivery; terahertz communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Multi-Modal Biometrics for Surveillance and Digital Evidence Processing in Smart Cities submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart cities; biometric recognition; biometric processing; digital evidence
Trustworthy AI for Video, Web, and Social Applications
edited by Lei Wang, Md Zakir Hossain, and Tom Gedeon
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: trustworthy AI; video understanding; cross-domain learning; privacy and fairness; responsible machine learning; content moderation; multimodal misinformation detection; human-centered AI; ethical web technologies; interpretable deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
6G and Beyond: Architectures, Challenges, and Opportunities
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-native networks; terahertz communication; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS); hybrid RF-optical systems; elastic optical networks; dynamic spectrum management; massive MIMO; free-space optical communication (FSO); energy-efficient network designs; quantum-secured communication; photonic integration; holographic telepresence; digital twins; fiber to the edge (FTTE); hollow-core fiber; space-based optical networks; underwater communication; network sensing; privacy-preserving AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Interactive and Collaborative Natural Language Processing Systems
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: transformer models; networking; social networking; social IoT; traffic prediction; network optimization; sentiment analysis; community detection; IoT communication; personalized content
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Context-Aware Computing and Smart Recommender Systems in the IoT, 3rd Edition submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: context-aware computing; recommender systems; internet of things; smart environments; big data; ubiquitous computing; wearable computing; activity recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Large Language Models Applications in Computational Creativity
edited by , Yuli Deng and Amardeep Kaur
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: large language models (LLMs); computational creativity; generative AI; human-AI collaboration; multimodal creativity; AI-generated content; fake content detection; deepfake identification; ethical AI; content authenticity verification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Computer Networking Security and Privacy
edited by Baihe Ma and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: privacy; AI privacy; cybersecurity; distributed learning; unlearning mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Advances in Wearable Sensor Technology for Injury Risk and Performance Assessment submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: physiological data acquisition; signal processing; machine learning; human movement science; wearable technology; assistive devices; human– machine interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
Intelligent Signal Processing and Its Applications
edited by , Chuankun Li, and Yanbo Gao
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent signal processing; signal feature extraction; deep learning; industrial IoT signal processing; signal processing tools and frameworks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Biometric Recognition: Latest Advances and Prospects, 2nd Edition
edited by Yunlong Wang, Zhaofeng He, Caiyong Wang, Jianze Wei and Min Ren
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: biometric recognition; face; iris; fingerprint; palmprint; vein; voiceprint; gait; person re-identification; multi-modal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
Wireless Power Transfer and Hybrid Energy Harvesting
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless power transfer; hybrid energy harvesting; IoT; sustainable energy; RF harvesting; inductive coupling; energy autonomy; energy management; multi-source systems; biomedical power systems; wearable electronics; wireless sensor networks; smart infrastructure; resonant wireless charging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Latest Advancements in Machine Learning Applications for Cybersecurity
edited by Weiqing Sun and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; machine learning; adversarial machine learning; intrusion detection/prevention systems; datasets; internet of things security; anomaly detection; malware detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances in RF, Analog, and Mixed Signal Circuits, 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated circuits and systems; mixed analog/digital circuit design; RF design; mmWave design; transceivers; power management; artificial intelligence applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Next-Generation Electric Vehicles: Advanced Charging Solutions, Battery Management System, and V2X for Future Mobility submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy storage; e-mobility; electric vehicles; battery management systems; AI in BMS; charging infrastructure; V2X
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
The Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and IoT Technologies: Challenges, and Innovations submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); internet of things (IoT); edge computing; swarm coordination; wireless sensor networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Optical Communication Systems and Networks
edited by , Zhiyong Wu and Shijie Gao
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: free-space optics (FSO); visible light communications (VLC); fiber communications; optical switching and network; adaptive optics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Advances in High-Performance and Parallel Computing
edited by Wonsun Ahn and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance computing (HPC); parallel and distributed processing; GPU and heterogeneous architectures; hardware– software co-design and optimization; compiler optimization and code generation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Renewable Energy Power and Artificial Intelligence submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy sources; artificial intelligence; smart grids; power systems; forecasting; optimization; energy storage; fault diagnosis; demand response; power electronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
New Trends in Visible Light Communication
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: visible light communication (VLC); hybrid RF-VLC networks; optical camera communication (OCC); visible light positioning (VLP); underwater VLC (UVLC); MIMO-VLC systems; AI-optimized VLC
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics)
Human–Computer Interaction and Collaboration: Advances, Challenges and Prospects
edited by , Fei Dou and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI; HCI; multimodal data; IoT; mobile/wearable/ambient/ubiquitous sensing and computing; smart environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advanced Applications of Smart Power Technologies and Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart power; wide-bandgap semiconductor; switching device; field-effect transistor; breakdown voltage; series resistance; temperature; numerical simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Advances in Satellite/UAV Communications
edited by Zhao Chen, and Zhe Ji
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite/UAV communication; efficient resource allocation; physical-layer security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Blockchain-Enabled Management Systems in Health IoT
edited by Yining Hu, Firas Al-Doghman and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain; health IoT; secure health IoT data transmission and storage; privacy-preserving health IoT data access and sharing; privacy; scalable blockchain architecture; secure data sharing; federated learning for IoT health data; blockchain-AI integration in healthcare; data traceability in health systems; edge computing in healthcare; gas-efficient smart contracts; supply chain management in healthcare; token-based incentive models for health data sharing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Recent Advances of Renewable Energy in Power Systems submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed generation; hybrid microgrids and microgrid planning; smart grid and remote monitoring in RES; digital twin applications in renewable energy systems; energy storage systems and applications; transmission and distribution systems; power electronics; smart energy; metering; and monitoring systems; 5G; 6G; WAMPAC; SCADA; PMU; wireless communication applications in power systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Trustworthy LLM: AIGC Detection, Alignment and Evaluation
edited by Li Pan, Conghui Zheng, Ning Liu and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: trustworthy LLM; AIGC detection; model alignment; AI security; LLM evaluation; responsible AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Embedded Systems: Fundamentals, Design and Practical Applications, 2nd Edition
edited by , Larysa Titarenko and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: embedded systems; hardware-software co-design; microcontrollers; dependability; security and cybersecurity; distributed embedded systems; ASIC-based design of embedded systems; FPGA-based design of embedded systems; mobile and autonomous embedded systems; optimization of power consumption communication channels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Wireless Artificial Intelligent Computing Systems and Applications (WASA)
edited by , Sai Akshita Maradapu Vera Venkata and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless communication technologies; artificial intelligence and machine learning; IoT and edge computing; wireless security and privacy; applications and use cases; industry insights and case studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Data Mining and Machine Learning Technologies submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; deep learning; protein engineering; de novo protein design; computational biology; data mining; structure prediction; energy calculations; protein stability; mutation analysis; generative  AI; diffusion models; molecular design; bioinformatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Wireless Multimodal Communications for Integrated Heterogeneous Networks
edited by Chao Ren, and Boyang Liu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: multimodal networks; ISAC integration; cross-domain orchestration; intelligent reflecting surfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Blockchain in NGNs: Challenges, Limitations and Future Research Directions
edited by , and Eirini Liotou
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: NGNs; SDN; NVF; ZTN; blockchain; trustworthiness; security; smart contracts; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Recent Advances and Challenges in IoT, Cloud and Edge Coexistence, 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; cloud; edge; open source; artificial intelligence; security; data management; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
IoT Sensing and Generalization
edited by , , Ge Wang and Fei Wang
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless sensing; domain adaption; cross-domain; domain generalization; data generation; LLM
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Novel Approaches for Deep Learning in Cybersecurity
edited by and Kambiz Ghazinour
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning for cybersecurity; AI-based threat detection; privacy-preserving machine learning; federated learning in security; intrusion detection systems (IDS); adversarial machine learning; secure neural networks; biometric authentication; cyber-trust modeling; multimodal security analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Smart Technologies in Recommender Systems submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart recommender systems; deep learning for recommendations; personalized user modelling; context-aware filtering; graph neural networks; explainable recommendations; multi-modal learning; conversational AI; recommendation fairness; privacy-preserving personalization; IoT-enhanced recommendations; human-in-the-loop systems; ethical AI; real-time adaptation; cross-domain recommendations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Digital Signal Processing and Wireless Communication, Volume II
edited by Byungju Lee and Junghyun Kim
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: modulation/waveform; antenna techniques; coding; UAV and satellite communication; AI wireless communication; 5G/6G
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Deep Learning Techniques for 3D Vision: From Reconstruction to Recognition
edited by , Goran Oreški and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open
Keywords: environment analysis; few-shot/zero-shot learning; point cloud to mesh; depth estimation; ego-centric view; XR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
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