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Recent Advances in 3D Display and Optical Imaging
edited by Wuxiang Zhao
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: autostereoscopic 3D display; integral imaging; holography; 3D aerial photography; 3D medical imaging; novel sensor or equipment; optical coherence tomography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Multimedia)
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Human-Computer Interaction, Signal Processing, and Unmanned Systems
edited by Chaofan Wang, Duona Zhang, Wenrui Ding and Yi Chen
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-centered artificial intelligence (HCAI); human-computer interaction (HCI); signal processing; unmanned systems; machine learning; ethical AI; autonomous systems; user-centered design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Intelligent Computing and System Integration
edited by Sheng-Chih Yang, and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent computing; system integration; artificial intelligence; optimization algorithms; internet of things; edge computing; data fusion; automation and control; interdisciplinary system design; healthcare applications; robotics; autonomous systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
AI-Driven Advances in Intelligent Power Electronic Systems Throughout Life-Cycle Phases
edited by Hongjian Lin, Yangxiao Xiang, Yu Zeng, Yu Xiao and Xiangyu Meng
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
Keywords: power electronic systems; artificial intelligence (AI); data-driven; life-cycle phases; modeling; design; control; maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Resilient Communication Technologies for Non-Terrestrial Networks
edited by Lidong Zhu and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-terrestrial network (NTN); waveform design; integrated sensing and communication; beam management; massive access; cyberspace security; resource management; routing technology; mobility management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Advanced and Sustainable Antenna Technologies for Sensing and Wireless Communications
edited by Gabriel Machado, Isaac Barros Tavares da Silva, , and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable antenna; biodegradable materials; ISAC; wearable antennas; reconfigurable antennas; holographic antennas; energy harvesting; full-duplex antennas; mmWave antennas; sub-THz antennas; beamforming optimization; data-driven classification; antennas for sensing; flexible/conformal antennas; self-powered antennas; internet of things; satellite antennas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Securing the Digital Frontiers: The Role of AI and LLMs in Cybersecurity
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI data analytics; threat intelligence; generative AI; language models; system resilience; cyber incidents response
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Emerging Trends in Satellite Communication Networks
edited by Bo Zhao, Jingrui Su, Yuxuan He and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: massive machine-type communication; non-orthogonal multiple access; integrated sensing and communications; physical-layer security; AI-driven network optimization; multi-orbit satellite networking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
New Advances and Applications of Edge Computing in the Internet of Vehicles
edited by Yuchen Zhou and Bingtao He
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: internet of vehicles; edge computing for vehicles; vehicle networks; 5G/6G networks; autonomous vehicles; unmanned aerial vehicles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Emerging Technologies in Wireless Power and Energy Transfer Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless power transfer; control strategy; coupling structure; compensation network; coupling mechanism design; new wireless power transfer methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Development and Application of Computer Vision and Perception in Vehicles
edited by Mark Amo-Boateng, Maged Shoman and Armstrong Aboah
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; vehicle perception systems; autonomous vehicles; advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs); sensor fusion; cybersecurity and privacy in automotive systems; real-time and energy-efficient computing; robustness and resilience in perception systems; driver monitoring systems; smart mobility and V2X communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Security and Privacy for Emerging Technologies
edited by Liming Fang, Jun Zhou and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging technologies; security frameworks; privacy-preserving techniques; Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence; blockchain; 5G security; quantum cryptography; cyber-physical systems; cybersecurity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances in ML/AI-Enhanced Cyber Resilience submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven cybercrime investigation; digital forensics; machine learning in threat detection; cyber incident management; system hardening and prevention; cross-border cybersecurity collaboration; risk management and compliance; emerging technologies for cyber resilience; blockchain security; post-quantum resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advancements in Autonomous Driving and Smart Transportation Systems submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous driving; traffic management; vehicular communication; autonomous traffic scenarios
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Intelligent and Autonomous Sensor System for Precision Agriculture
edited by Naoki Shiraishi, and Toshihiro Itoh
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensor system for precision farming; sensor system for precision livestock farming; sensor system for smart agricultural machinery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Machine Learning for Enhancing Network Security
edited by Shunliang Zhang, Jiansong Miao and Zhaoming Lu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open
Keywords: website fingerprinting; encrypted malicious traffic identification; wireless intrusion detection; wireless eavesdropping; intelligent jamming; intelligent security resource orchestration; physical layer authentication; physical layer key generations; secure beamforming; intelligent anti-jamming; machine learning; adversarial machine leaning; B5G/6G
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication
edited by N. Nasimuddin
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced antenna designs; beam-forming structures; antennas and propagation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Communication, Sensing, and Computing for Intelligent IoT
edited by Jorge Martinez Carracedo, , and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT; edge computing; blockchain; internet security; AI; data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Advances in Hardware Security and Emerging Threats
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open
Keywords: hardware security; supply chain attacks; side-channel defenses; post-quantum cryptography; microarchitectural vulnerabilities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
Object Detection for Autonomous Vehicles Applications
edited by and Samir A. Rawashdeh
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: object detection; autonomous vehicles; adverse weather conditions; multi-modal perception; sensor fusion; robust detection; artificial intelligence; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
Design and Optimization of Robotic Devices
edited by Melania Tera, and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open
Keywords: robots; robotic systems; optimization in robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Advances in THz Electronics
edited by Mohammad Neshat and Leila Yousefi
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: THz electronics; THz integrated circuits; THz semiconductor devices; THz packaging; THz transistors; THz diodes; THz vacuum electronics; tunable THz circuits; reconfigurable THz circuits/systems; THz metamaterials and metasurfaces; AI-enabled THz circuits/systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Control, Diagnostics and Protection for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrical machines; power electronics; motor drives; control; diagnostics; protection; fault detection; condition monitoring; predictive maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Wireless Power Transfer Systems and Applications
edited by , , and Maria-Lavinia Bobaru
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless power transfer systems; RF circuit analysis; S-parameters; optimization; design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Advancements in High-Performance RF Tranceiver Technology: Innovations and Applications
edited by Pei Qin, Haoshen Zhu and Shuyan Zhu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance radio frequency transceivers; radio frequency front-end design; low-power and energy-efficient radio frequency circuits; wideband and multi-band transceivers; amplifiers; mixers; oscillators; on-chip anttenae
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
Advancing Renewable Energy and Environmental, Social, and Governance Goals Through Power Electronics
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy systems; power electronics; ESG-centric technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Recent Advanced Applications of Virtual Reality and AI-Driven Human Activity Recognition submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: human action recognition (HAR); AI-driven virtual reality; deep learning in HAR; applications of HAR; sensor-based Har; vision-based HAR; multi-modal HAR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Recent Advances in Signal Processing for Flexible and Wearable Electronics
edited by Xiangjun Chen and Hongjie Hu
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; signal processing; flexible electronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Materials, Devices and Applications)
New Trends in Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices
edited by Ying Li
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: photoelectric detector; power electronics; integrated circuits; quantum devices; semiconductor devices; optoelectronic materials; photovoltaic cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics)
Signal and Image Processing for Theranostic Ultrasound
edited by Yan Yan and Maryam Basij
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: theranostic ultrasound; signal processing; image processing; diagnostic imaging; therapeutic ultrasound; personalized medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioelectronics)
Recent Advances in Control and Optimization in Microgrids
edited by Thomas John and
submission deadline 18 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: converter control; grid-connected microgrids; islanded microgrids; proportional– integral control; model predictive control; neural network-based control; renewable energy integration; smart grid; energy storage systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Power Electronics)
Large Language Models for Software Engineering and Software Applications
edited by Yuekang Li, Kailong Wang and Weisong Sun
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3913 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; large language models; software engineering; software application; mlops
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Feature Papers in Electronic Materials
edited by and Yating Hu
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2040 | Submission Open
Keywords: We aim to establish an interdisciplinary platform that fosters interaction between scientists and engineers; strengthening the bridge between theoretical research and application development. Interesting topics include; but are not limited to; the following: Multi-field coupling effects in ferroelectrics and electroceramics.; HfO2-based dielectric thin films for ferroelectric memory and energy storage.; Ferroelectrics for energy conversion and storage.; Ferroelectric thin-film growth and characterization.; Piezoelectric materials and their application in sensors; actuators and transducers.; Microwave dielectric materials.; Dielectrics for capacitive energy storage.; Electro/magneto/mechano-caloric effects.; Optical functional materials.; Soft materials and smart sensing devices.; Energy materials and systems.; Perovskite solar cells.; Electrocatalysis for green hydrogen production.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Materials, Devices and Applications)
Application of Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in Computer Science, 2nd Edition
edited by Hao Xue and Du Huynh
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open
Keywords: time series analysis; time series forecasting; deep learning; probabilistic forecasting; forecasting applications; temporal data modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Optoelectronics, Energy and Integration
edited by , Menglan Lv and Swee Tiam Tan
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1030 | Submission Open
Keywords: optoelectronics; energy; material; device; mechanism; integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optoelectronics)
Advances in Computer Vision and Deep Learning and Its Applications, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 665 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer vision; pattern recognition; deep learning; machine learning; computational intelligence; media information technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Parallel and Distributed Computing and Its Application in Artificial Intelligence
edited by and Xiaoying Zheng
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open
Keywords: neural network architecture; training and tuning; optimization; acceleration; and compression methods; new applications of scientific discoveries; interpretability and explainability; evaluation metrics; scalability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Machine Learning in Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 18901 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; neural networks; edge computing; edge artificial intelligence; tiny machine learning; sensors for IoT; vision sensors; autonomous guide; medical image classification; computer-aided diagnosis; human activity recognition; biosignals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
New Insights in Information Security and Data Privacy: Challenges and Solutions
edited by Shancang Li and Shanshan Zhao
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11535 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyber security; IoT; AI; privacy preserving; data quality; incident response; threat intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Security and Privacy in Location-Based Service
edited by Min-Te Sun, Chia-Yu Lin and Hao-Tsung Yang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3434 | Submission Open
Keywords: location privacy; location-based services; privacy-preserving mechanism; cybersecurity; trustworthiness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration for Effective Solutions to Real-World Problems
edited by , Symeon Symeonidis and Antonios Gasteratos
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2116 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-robot interaction (HRI); collaborative robotics; adaptive and autonomous robots; communication interfaces; conversational AI; social navigation; LLM-powered robots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and 3D Reconstruction submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1716 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-generated 3D models; text-to-3D conversion; image-based 3D modelling; object texturing automation; augmented reality (AR); virtual reality (VR); 3D reconstruction; scientific visualization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
Security and Privacy in Networks submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1395 | Submission Open
Keywords: network security; privacy preserving; machine learning; 5G and beyond; post-quantum cryptography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Intelligent Systems Design and Engineering Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1243 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; robotics; smart manufacturing; intelligent control; computer vision; cloud computing; knowledge management; intelligent transportation; computer-aided design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
Advances in Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Agri-Food Sector submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; agri-food; supply chain; digital transformation; sustainability practices; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
User-Centered Interaction Design: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by Xiaokun Wang, Yalan Zhang and Jun Zhou
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1121 | Submission Open
Keywords: user-centered design; context-aware interfaces; adaptive technologies; personalized interaction; wearable technologies; virtual/augmented/mixed reality; inclusive user experience; ethics in interaction design; smart systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
AI and Optimization in Industrial Networks: Advancing Efficiency, Real-Time Decisions, and Security
edited by and Hansong Xu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1016 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless communication for IIoT; edge AI; distributed learning; 5G/6G robotics; safety algorithms; cyber– physical systems; digital twins; security; privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Networks)
Human–AI Hybrid Models Towards Cognitive Manufacturing and Service Systems
edited by Bufan Liu, , Ziqing Xia and Meng-Hsueh Hsieh
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 794 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; human intelligence; cognitive models; human-AI hybrids; digital twins; robotics; human-centric methods; intelligent cognitive manufacturing and service
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
Exploring Edge AI: Architectures, Algorithms, and the Role of Edge–Cloud Cooperation for Scalable AI Systems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge AI; edge intelligence; edge– cloud cooperation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Edge Intelligence in Smart Environments
edited by Siew-Kei Lam
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 578 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge intelligence; internet of things; resource allocation and optimization; real-time and energy efficiency; security and resiliency; federated and distributed learning; applications in smart cities; healthcare; transportation; and industrial automation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
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