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eHealth and mHealth
edited by , Bernhard Neumayer and Stefan Sauermann
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16924 | Submission Open
Keywords: eHealth; mHealth; wearables; telemedicine; interoperability; mobile apps; standards; patient empowerment
Performance and QoS Issues of 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10231 | Submission Open
Keywords: 5G/6G; THz/mmWave radio access; Tactile/Haptic Internet; LSA; URLLC; eMMB; IAB; UAV bridges; resources reservation; system models; usage scenarios; performance metrics; QoS/QoE parameters; modelling approach; simulation; measurements; service modelling; queueing models; stochastic geometry approach
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Blockchain and Web 3.0: Applications, Challenges and Future Trends—Volume II
edited by Qiang Qu
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3459 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain; smart contract; cryptocurrency; security and privacy; distributed consensus and networks; transaction analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Moving towards 6G Wireless Technologies—Volume II submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1595 | 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)
Machine Learning for Blockchain and IoT Systems in Smart City submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20801 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; internet of things; blockchain technology; smart cities; security and privacy; wireless communication; artificial intelligence; energy efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Deep Learning in Recommender Systems submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12912 | Submission Open
Keywords: recommender systems; deep learning; GNN; implicit feedback; session-based recommendations; context-aware recommendations; bias; fairness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Cyber Security in the New "Edge Computing + IoT" World
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12900 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity in typical edge and IoT systems; e.g.; smart grid; smart transportation; system security in edge and fog computing; security and privacy issues in edge intelligence and the IoT; data security and privacy in edge computing and the IoT; privacy-enhancing technologies in edge computing and the IoT; adversarial attacks in edge computing and the IoT; defending mechanisms in edge computing and the IoT; blockchain and its applications in edge computing and the IoT; trust management in edge computing and the IoT; trustworthy ML algorithms in edge computing and the IoT; advanced privacy-enhanced technologies for edge computing and the IoT; advanced cryptography techniques for a resource-constrained IoT; large language models (LLMs) for cybersecurity in edge computing and the IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
AI and Security in 5G Cooperative Cognitive Radio Networks submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11259 | Submission Open
Keywords: 5G and beyond; cooperative networks; cognitive radio networks; security; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; federated learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Big Data Analytics for the Industrial Internet of Things—2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 844 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial internet of things (IIoT); big data processing; edge cloud computing; cloud continuum; digital twins; distributed machine learning for IIoT; big data processing for control loops; performance isolation over virtualized resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Privacy and Security in Computing Continuum and Data-Driven Workflows submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17175 | Submission Open
Keywords: security and privacy for data spaces; privacy friendly data markets and platforms; secure data-driven workflows; IoT and cyber-physical security and/or privacy; online privacy and anonymous authentication; data sovereignty; cloud and edge computing security; privacy-enhancing technologies; secure computing technologies; privacy preserving machine learning; computing on encrypted data; hardware security and attestation; End2end security in IoT and cloud computing; verifiable computing; End2end authenticity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Security and Privacy Issues in the Internet of Cloud submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16007 | 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)
Virtual Reality and Metaverse: Impact on the Digital Transformation of Society II
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9734 | Submission Open
Keywords: virtual reality; augmented reality; mixed reality; virtual environments; metaverse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Social Internet of Things (SIoT) submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7088 | Submission Open
Keywords: new architectures for the SIoT; multi-IoT paradigm; information Integration in the SIoT; multiple Networks of Things; knowledge Management in the SIoT; data Analytics in the SIoT; cybersecurity in the SIoT; trust and reputation of smart objects; SIoT and Industry 4.0; SIoT and Society 5.0; SIoT and distributed computing; SIoT and cloud; smart object profiling; SIoT and healthcare; SIoT and cultural heritage; SIoT and agriculture; SIoT and manufacturing; SIoT and automation; SIoT in mechatronic; SIoT and crowdsensing; SIoT and smart cities; SIoT and autonomous driving systems; legal Issues for the SIoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Secure Communication Protocols for Future Computing submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4670 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Security and Privacy in Mobile Networks
edited by Tao Wan and Haixin Duan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4318 | Submission Open
Keywords: 5G security; LTE security; privacy; cellular network security; mobile network security; radio access network security; core network security; IMS security; VoLTE security; VoWiFi security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Information and Future Internet Security, Trust and Privacy—Volume III submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4140 | 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)
Network Architectures and Edge/Fog Computing Solutions for B5G IoT Applications
edited by Javad Rezazadeh and Hamid Salarian
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open
Keywords: beyond 5G; IoT (Internet of Things); network architectures; edge computing; fog computing; network optimization; edge/fog solutions; wireless networks; IoT applications and use cases; AI techniques for IoT; network resource management; interoperability and standardization for B5G IoT; energy-efficient protocols for B5G IoT; virtualization for B5G IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Secure Integration of IoT and Cloud Computing
edited by Di Lu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open
Keywords: security mechanism; security integration; IoT; cloud computing; authentication methods; data security; system security; program security; virtualization security; network security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Wireless Sensors and Edge Computing in IoT
edited by Haider Ali, Umair Ullah Tariq and Shahroz Nadeem
submission deadline 17 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless sensor networks; edge computing; IoT security; machine learning in IoT; predictive analytics; energy efficiency; Quality of Service (QoS); federated learning; sustainable IoT; data privacy
Scalable and Distributed Cloud Continuum Orchestration for Next-Generation IoT Applications: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by and Ioannis Dimolitsas
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12764 | Submission Open
Keywords: IoT  ; AI; cloud computing  ; edge computing  ; fog computing; 5G/6G; digital twins; distributed service embedding; task offloading; resource autoscaling; service migration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Security and Privacy in Blockchains and the IoT III
edited by , and Iouliana Litou
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10185 | Submission Open
Keywords: security and privacy solutions for blockchain and IoT systems; authentication and access control in blockchain and IoT environments; privacy-preserving smart contracts and consensus mechanisms; privacy-preserving data collection; threat detection and prevention in blockchain and IoT applications; secure data sharing and storage in IoT using blockchain technologies; scalability and efficiency of blockchain-based data management; trust-building measures in the security and privacy of blockchain and IoT systems; case studies on security and privacy challenges in real-world applications; regulatory and legal aspects of security and privacy in these domains
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
QoS in Wireless Sensor Network for IoT Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8172 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Network and Service
edited by Emiliano Tramontana and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3673 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-powered software development tools and environments; AI support for analyzing big data for health; natural resources; pollution; etc.; AI and autonomic computing; AI-supported network management; AI-enabled virtualization environments; AI and blockchain-based systems; AI management of cloud services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Internet of Things Technology and Service Computing
edited by Yang Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 926 | Submission Open
Keywords: LLM-driven IoT service; multimodal models enhanced IoT service; AI-based IoT service reasoning; generative AI as a IoT service; IoT security and privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems II
edited by
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 26390 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Cybersecurity in the IoT submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13294 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; cyber-security; artificial intelligence; machine/deep learning; supply chain; big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Cybersecurity
edited by Raha Moraffah and Li Yang
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2155 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; generative AI; cyber security; adversarial machine learning; responsible AI; cyber-attacks; cyber defenses; risk assessment; misinformation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Blockchain-Based Internet of Vehicles
edited by , Barbara M. Masini and Zouhaier Brahmia
submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain; Internet of Vehicles (IoV); autonomous vehicles; vehicular ad hoc network (VANET); intelligent transportation systems; smart traffic management; vehicle-to-everything (V2X); secure data storage; vehicle data management; vehicle data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
IoT Security: Threat Detection, Analysis and Defense submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13932 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Trends and Technologies
edited by , and Davide Borsatti
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10842 | Submission Open
Keywords: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); edge computing; cybersecurity in IIoT; Artificial Intelligence (AI) in IIoT applications; Industry 5.0 with IIoT; big data analytics for IIoT; sensor networks for IIoT; IIoT-driven smart manufacturing; IIoT standards and protocols; wireless communication in industrial environments  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
AI, Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Wireless Communications II
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5209 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning (ML); artificial intelligence; deep learning; reinforcement learning; big data; 6G wireless networks; IoT; cloud computing; heterogeneous networks; vehicular networks; location-based services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Software-Driven Federated Learning for/in Smart Environment
edited by Zheng Li and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2246 | Submission Open
Keywords: federated learning; Internet of Things; machine learning; smart environment; software-driven world
IoT–Edge–Cloud Computing and Decentralized Applications for Smart Cities
edited by Antonis Litke, Rodger Lea and Takuro Yonezawa
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open
Keywords: internet of things; edge and cloud computing; smart cities; decentralized architectures and applications; distributed systems and ledger technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)
Advances and Perspectives in Human-Computer Interaction II submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 677 | 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)
Advanced 5G and Beyond Networks
edited by , Xun Zhang and
submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1819 | Submission Open
Keywords: 5G; 6G; massive MIMO; wireless systems; IoT; M2M; edge computing; fog computing; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
IoT, Edge, and Cloud Computing in Smart Cities
edited by and Alan Oliveira De Sá
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9177 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyber-security; edge-to-cloud integration; urban governance and technology integration; data analytics; intelligent transportation systems; sustainable urban development; federated learning; cyber-physical systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)
Convergence of IoT, Edge and Cloud Systems
edited by Dandan Li and Li Duan
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4519 | Submission Open
Keywords: cloud computing; edge intelligence; hybrid cloud-edge architectures; communication protocols; IoT device orchestration; industry application; security and privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Intelligent Decision Support Systems and Prediction Models in IoT-Based Scenarios submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4285 | Submission Open
Keywords: decision support systems; prediction systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning; context awareness; situation awareness; recommender systems; e-service personalization; knowledge management; IoT; big data; digital twin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Internet of Things (IoT) submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3167 | Submission Open
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Internet of Things; edge computing; AI and IoT platforms; IoT applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
edited by Rui Yu, Sooyeon Lee, Syed Masum Billah and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2383 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-centered AI; explainable AI; fairness in AI; human– AI collaboration
AI and Blockchain: Synergies, Challenges, and Innovations submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; blockchain; smart contracts; distributed ledger
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Artificial Intelligence Driven Software-Defined Networking Technologies for Next Generation Networks submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open
Keywords: 5G AI-SDN metrhods and optimization; use of AI-SDN in 6G communications and applications; AI-SDN for edge computing and mobile networks; AI-SDN IoT solutions; delay; throughput and reliability in communications; generative AI for SDN; diffusion models for a time series in SDN; AI methods for the stadarisation and xerticipation of SDN methods; AI-SDN applications and developments; AI-SDN test cases and potential testbeds
Artificial Intelligence for Smart Healthcare: Methods, Applications, and Challenges
edited by Xiuyi Fan, Si Yong Yeo and Siyuan Liu
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 443 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical imaging analysis; explainable medical AI; digital health; hospital management; telemedicine; smart healthcare system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Big Data and Augmented Intelligence)
Emerging Approaches in Data Mining and Natural Language Processing Applications
edited by Arjun Mukherjee and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open
Keywords: data mining; natural language processing; sentiment analysis; large language models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Intelligent Telecommunications Mobile Networks
edited by and Francesco Delli Priscoli
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open
Keywords: B5G/6G communication systems; intelligent systems in telecommunication networks; sematic communication in mobile networks; intelligent caching and offloading; terrestrial/non-terrestrial networks convergence; AI-driven network management; machine learning in telecommunications; edge computing in mobile networks; adaptive spectrum sharing; 5G/6G network optimization; intelligent resource allocation; IoT integration in mobile networks; network slicing; cognitive radio networks; autonomous network operations; dynamic network topology; ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC); energy-efficient mobile networks; network function virtualization (NFV); self-organizing networks (SONs)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare: Technologies, Applications, Challenges
edited by Daniela Gîfu and Kevin Bretonnel Cohen
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: interactive health technologies; natural language processing and text mining in healthcare; biomedical data analytics; big data in healthcare; visual analytics and decision-support systems; security and privacy in healthcare data; evaluation and validation of AI methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Information Communication Technologies and Social Media
edited by Jinpeng Chen, and Kaimin Wei
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 156 | 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)
Smart Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms
edited by Fengyu Wang and Jincheng Dai
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence algorithms; multi-modal artificial intelligence; artificial intelligence empowered systems; artificial intelligence empowered evaluation; robotics algorithms; novel applications of artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart System Infrastructure and Applications)
5G Security: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead
edited by , Francesco Pascale and
submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13373 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Joint Design and Integration in Smart IoT Systems
edited by and Guobin Xu
submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5280 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; smart systems; integration design architecture; co-design modeling and simulation; machine learning and data science/engineering in IoT; security in IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
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