Future Internet

Intelligent Computing and Information Processing

edited by Andreas Mladenow

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

Keywords: process automation; intelligent systems; information processing; artificial intelligence; e-learning; knowledge representation; semantic technologies; business intelligence; human– computer interaction; edge and cloud computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Smart Healthcare

edited by

Lidia Bajenaru

and Virginia Sandulescu

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 28317 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare; smart healthcare systems; machine learning in medicine; AI-powered diagnostics; predictive analytics in healthcare; remote monitoring; telemedicine; digital twins in healthcare; ai-driven workflow optimization; wearable health technologies; AI and mental health; healthcare IoT (Internet of Things); data privacy and security in healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Moving Towards 6G Wireless Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Raschellà

and

Michael Mackay

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13269 | Submission Open

Keywords: beyond 5G and 6G technologies; 6G communications; performance analysis for energy efficiency; latency and quality of experience; mm-wave and THz communications; artificial intelligence and deep machine learning; new antenna array design; laser communications and visible-light communication; blockchain for 6G

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Future Industrial Networks: Technologies, Algorithms, and Protocols

edited by

Luca Davoli

,

Gianluigi Ferrari

,

Carlos Antonio Gomez Vega

,

Andrea Giani

,

Giampaolo Cuozzo

and

Riccardo Marini

submission deadline 28 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2485 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial networks; Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); mobile radio networks architecture; AI in wireless communication; Proof of Concepts (PoCs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Artificial Intelligence and Control Systems for Industry 4.0 and 5.0

edited by

Filipe Pereira

and

Paulo Leitao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20039 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; artificial intelligence; control systems; edge computing; cloud computing; augmented reality; 5G networks; 6G networks; cybersecurity; intelligent automation; collaborative robotics; cyber-physical systems (CPS); adaptive and autonomous systems; reconfigurable manufacturing; multi-agent systems; holonic systems; evolutionary computation; natural computing; IOT and smart factories; distributed control systems; advanced industrial communication protocols (OPC-UA; MQTT; EtherCAT; profinet; Ethernet-IP and modbus TCP-IP); predictive maintenance in Industry 4.0/5.0; factory automation; human– robot collaboration

Intrusion Detection and Resiliency in Cyber-Physical Systems and Networks—2nd Edition

edited by

Olusola Tolulope Odeyomi

and

Temitayo Olowu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5937 | Submission Open

Keywords: intrusion detection; cyber– physical systems; machine learning; federated learning; adversarial learning; intrusion detection; malware detection; blockchain technology; trustworthy AI; large-language models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Securing Artificial Intelligence Against Attacks

edited by

Peter Kieseberg

and Jungwoo Ryoo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4191 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; trustworthy AI; AI attacks; attacking AI; secure AI; controllable AI

Toward 6G Networks: Challenges and Technologies

edited by Jianwu Zhang and

Léo Mendiboure

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4143 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communications; 6G; network architecture; cyber physical system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Networks

edited by Daniel F.S. Fernandes, Gabriela Eleutério Soares and

Francisco Cercas

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 617 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; mobile networks; network optimization; network automation; 5G/6G networks; intelligent resource management; self-organizing networks; predictive maintenance

Advances in Multimedia Information System Security

edited by

Wei Song

and

Chong Fu

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1888 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimedia information systems; computer vision; deep learning; federated learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for IoT in Next-Generation Networking

edited by

Nguyen Khoa

, Steve Drew, Qihao Li and

Jinhua Guo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11054 | Submission Open

Keywords: task offloading; resource allocation; Internet of Things (IoT); 6G networks; edge computing; software-defined networking (SDN); network function virtualization (NFV); ultra-low latency; Internet of Vehicles (IoV); edge AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Information and Future Internet Security, Trust and Privacy—4th Edition

edited by

Weizhi Meng

and Christian D. Jensen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9947 | Submission Open

Keywords: network security; trust management; intrusion detection; SDN security; data privacy; internet security; trust aggregation; blockchain in security and trust; AI in trust; critical system security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Security and Privacy in AI-Powered Systems

edited by

Bo Liu

and Tianqing Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8182 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI security; privacy-preserving AI; adversarial machine learning; secure AI deployment; ethical AI; federated learning; differential privacy; data protection; trustworthy AI systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Techno-Social Smart Systems)

6G Wireless Network Technologies

edited by

Hongtao Zhang

, Yuan He and Li Deng

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communications; 6G; wireless systems; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; massive MIMO; integrated sensing and communication; IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)

Advances in Deep Learning for Network-Based Localization and Navigation

edited by Enwen Hu and

Lu Yang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; network navigation; positioning systems; distribute cooperative localization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Secure and Trustworthy Next Generation O-RAN Optimisation

edited by

Michael Mackay

,

Alessandro Raschellà

,

Miguel López-Benítez

and Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11240 | Submission Open

Keywords: beyond 5G and 6G network deployment and operation; RIC functionality; secure and trustworthy mobile network orchestration; network optimization design; network optimization and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

DDoS Attack Detection for Cyber–Physical Systems

edited by

Xiao Cai

,

Jinglei Tan

,

Shiyu Dong

and Yanbin Sun

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17576 | Submission Open

Keywords: DDoS attack detection; cyber– physical systems security; network control systems; intrusion detection in cyber– physical systems; real-time anomaly detection; resilient control architectures; machine learning for cybersecurity; federated learning and distributed defense; lightweight AI algorithms; secure SCADA and industrial systems; reinforcement learning for attack mitigation; AI-driven network security; secure industrial IoT (IIoT); trustworthy control under cyberattacks; adversarial robustness in cyber– physical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Virtual Reality and Metaverse: Impact on the Digital Transformation of Society—3rd Edition

edited by

Diego Vergara

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12122 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; augmented reality; mixed reality; virtual environments; metaverse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Adversarial Attacks and Cyber Security

edited by

Wei Zong

and

Yang-Wai Chow

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6153 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; artificial intelligence; big data; machine/deep learning; adversarial attacks; adversarial robustness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Human-Centric Explainability in Large-Scale IoT and AI Systems

edited by

Aristeidis Karras

and

Massimo Cafaro

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2423 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence; IoT systems; edge and fog computing in IoT; smart cities; human-centric explainable artificial intelligence interfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP)

edited by

Sardar Jaf

,

Basel Barakat

and Yongqiang Cheng

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 36263 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI; natural language processing; NLP; language models; large language model; speech processing; text processing; language processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

ICT and AI in Intelligent E-Systems—2nd Edition

edited by Ergun Gide and

Robert M. X. Wu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2326 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; digital transformation; E-systems; E-business; data visualization; business intelligence; intelligent IS; business analytics; ICT higher education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Cyber-Physical Systems in Industrial Communication Systems

edited by Ivan Cibrario Bertolotti and

Flavio Lombardi

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2079 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial cyber-physical systems; security and privacy; communication and networking; wireless communication; data encryption and privacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Future and Smart Internet of Things

edited by

Gayathri Karthick

, Sahar Ahmadzadeh, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad and Aminu Bello Usman

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1538 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart IoT systems; machine learning for IoT; AI-enabled IoT; blockchain in IoT; IoT security and privacy; edge and fog computing; sustainable IoT; digital twins; IoT data analytics; IoT in smart cities; intelligent sensing; human-centric IoT; cyber threat IoT; context-aware IoT; next-generation networks; decentralized IoT architectures; Industry 5.0; green IoT; IoT-based decision making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks

edited by

Wenli Zhang

and

Zhuwei Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 831 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); neural networks; future internet; 6G; edge intelligence; federated learning; blockchain; metaverse; Web3.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality (VR)

edited by Qiang Hu, Xin Jin and Xiaoyun Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 880 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality (VR); volumetric video reconstruction; volumetric video compression; VR content transmission; immersive VR application; VR application design; VR application evaluation; volumetric video fidelity; VR transmission stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Artificial Intelligence in Next-Generation Networks: Cloud/Edge Perspectives and Applications

edited by

Dimitris Karampatzakis

,

Thomas Lagkas

and

Kalliopi Kravari

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4703 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation networks; artificial intelligence in networking; cloud computing in networking; edge computing in networking; intelligent agents; explainable artificial intelligence; trustworthy artificial intelligence; mobile edge computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Efficient and Secure Wireless Communications and Networking: Architecture and Applications

edited by

Călin Vlădeanu

and

Alexandru Marțian

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3325 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive radio; software-defined radio; dynamic spectrum access; massive MIMO; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; non-orthogonal multiple access; artificial intelligence and machine learning for wireless networks; wireless network authentication and security; drones; sensor networks; satellite networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Federated Learning: Challenges, Methods, and Future Directions

edited by

Naiyue Chen

and

Ivan Serina

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1603 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; decentralized machine learning; IoT; edge computing; blockchain; 6G network; data heterogeneity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

AI and Industry 4.0

edited by

Zhiwei Feng

, Qiang He and Bingxian Lu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 890 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; embodied intelligence systems; time-sensitive networking; industrial agent; industrial sensor fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Applications of Neural Networks in Internet of Things

edited by

Xu Yang

and Yanjun Zhang

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: LLM; brain-inspired AI; IoT; data analysis; decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Intelligent Industrial IoT

edited by Hairong Yan,

Rashid Ali

and Eirini Liotou

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent industrial IoT; smart sensor; smart factories; digital twin; embodied intelligence; large-scale AI models; industrial code generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Clustered Federated Learning for Networks

edited by

Kristina P. Sinaga

and

Miin-shen Yang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3789 | Submission Open

Keywords: clustered federated learning; federated learning; machine learning clustering; decentralized learning; networked systems; IoT and edge computing; multi-view learning; network optimization; privacy-preserving AI; scalable machine learning; distributed algorithms; communication efficiency; heterogeneous networks; secure aggregation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Artificial Intelligence in Smart Grids

edited by

Florin Dragomir

and

Iulia Stamatescu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 884 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart grids; renewable energy; distributed generation; machine learning; intelligent control; energy management; fault detection; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

LLM-Driven Agentic AI in Edge-Cloud Computing

edited by

Qiang Duan

,

Zhihui Lu

and Jiehan Zhou

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language model; agentic AI; industrial agent; agentic web; multi-agent system; agent orchestration; agent protocols; edge– cloud computing; edge intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications: Progress, Trends and Directions

edited by

Juefei Yuan

and

Bo Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; AI applications; emerging trends; future directions; intelligent systems; data-driven applications; responsible AI; advanced computing; smart systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Digital Twins in Next-Generation IoT Networks

edited by Junhui Jiang, Yu Zhao, Mengmeng Yu and

Dongwoo Kim

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5651 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; IoT systems; real-time data processing; interoperability; cybersecurity; AI; predictive maintenance; advanced IoT systems; multimodal data processing; computer vision; large language models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Emerging Approaches in Data Mining and Natural Language Processing Applications

edited by Arjun Mukherjee and

Leonardo Ranaldi

submission deadline 26 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6456 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; natural language processing; sentiment analysis; large language models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, 3rd Edition

edited by

Iwona Grobelna

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3045 | Submission Open

Keywords: internet of things; digital twins; Industry 4.0; cyber-physical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Distributed Machine Learning and Federated Edge Computing for IoT

edited by

Demetris Trihinas

and

Alexandros Karakasidis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 24515 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; federated learning; split learning; internet of things; edge computing; energy-aware machine learning; distributed artificial intelligence; data privacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Intelligent Agents and Their Application

edited by

Stanimir Stoyanov

,

Asya Stoyanova Doycheva

and

Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 20824 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agents; multi-agent systems; agent-oriented architectures; agent-oriented technologies; Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs); Chain of Thought (CoT); big data; knowledge-based systems; ontologies; symbolic; sub-symbolic; and integrated artificial intelligence

Advances and Perspectives in Human-Computer Interaction—2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13757 | Submission Open

Keywords: HCI; user experience; user-centered design; multimodal interfaces; interaction technologies; usability; virtual reality; augmented reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Cloud/Edge Computing for Next-Generation Networks: Architecture and Applications

edited by Lav Gupta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6612 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; edge computing; 5G/6G networks; cloud-edge applications; cloud-edge systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Security and Privacy Issues in the Internet of Cloud—2nd Edition

edited by

Christos Kalloniatis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5072 | Submission Open

Keywords: security challenges for IoC; privacy challenges for IoC; IoC and edge computing challenges; ethical issues with IoC; security and privacy requirements of IoC; security solutions and PETs in IoC

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Blockchain and Big Data Analytics

edited by

Kritagya Upadhyay

and

Syed Badruddoja

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1057 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; big data; artificial intelligence; federated learning; cybersecurity; IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)

Information Communication Technologies and Social Media

edited by Jinpeng Chen,

Ruifan Li

and Kaimin Wei

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21700 | Submission Open

Keywords: social media impact; data privacy and security; digital communication; misinformation and media literacy; digital inclusion; cyberbullying and online safety; user behavior analytics; social media algorithms; ethical considerations in ICT; digital addiction effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)

Anomaly and Intrusion Detection in Networks

edited by Eszter Kail,

Anna Bánáti

and Miklós Kozlovszky

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3693 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; intrusion detection; machine learning; legacy networks; XAI; IoT; IIoT; honeypots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

IoT Networks Security

edited by

Fatima Salahdine

and

Naima Kaabouch

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1635 | Submission Open

Keywords: internet of things; cyber-security; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Cloud Computing and Cloud Service Orchestration

edited by

Efthimia Mavridou

and

Eleni Vrochidou

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; cloud service orchestration; AI-driven orchestration; intent-based management; resource provisioning; distributed monitoring; container orchestration; edge computing; serverless computing; microservices orchestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)

Intelligent Computational Methods for Urban Traffic Management and Control

edited by

Yordanka Boneva

,

Alexander Gegov

and

Boriana Vatchova

submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1217 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban traffic; traffic management; traffic control; intelligent transport systems; traffic optimization; traffic simulation; machine learning; reinforcement learning; urban mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

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