Future Internet

IoT Architecture for Smart Environments: Mechanisms, Approaches, and Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Manuel José Cabral dos Santos Reis

and

Carlos Serôdio

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT architecture; IoT for smart environments; IoT mechanisms; IoT approaches; IoT applications

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

Edge and Fog Computing for the Internet of Things, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Pozzebon

and

Giacomo Peruzzi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open

Keywords: embedded systems; Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence (AI); LoRaWAN; IoT cellular networks; fog computing; edge computing; distributed computing; data transmission protocols; smart cities; smart industries; smart healthcare; embedded machine learning

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

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for a Hyperconnected World

edited by

Faycal Bouhafs

and

Sachin Sharma

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4672 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDN; NFV; network programmability; smart cities; Internet of Things; SDWN

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

Advances in Wireless and Mobile Networking—2nd Edition

edited by

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou

and Diala Naboulsi

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 927 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless networks; edge computing; ad hoc networks; vehicular networks; wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things; security and privacy; network and service management; cognitive radio networking; massive MIMO communications

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

IoT Architecture Supported by Digital Twin: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Duaa Zuhair Al-Hamid

,

Peter Han Joo Chong

and

Pejman A. Karegar

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2940 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT architectures; digital twin; distributed computing; system intelligence; healthcare application; dynamic networks; quality of virtualisation; network virtualisation; machine learning; real-time testbed

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

Secure Integration of IoT and Cloud Computing

edited by Di Lu and

Yichuan Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5860 | 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)

Modern Trends in Multi-Agent Systems II

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5793 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-agent systems; Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; data aggregation; remote sensing; distributed computing; parallel computing; cloud computing; artificial intelligence

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

Human-Centered Cybersecurity

edited by

Karen Renaud

and Partha Das Chowdhury

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2223 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centred cybersecurity; accessible and inclusive cybersecurity; human decision making in cybersecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Edge Intelligence: Edge Computing for 5G and the Internet of Things, 2nd Edition

edited by Yuezhi Zhou and Xu Chen

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1553 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; edge intelligence; edge large models; 5G/B5G/6G networks; IoT networks; federated edge learning; cloud-edge-device converged computing; distributed edge intelligence model training and inference; privacy-preserving edge intelligence

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

Algorithms and Models for Next-Generation Vision Systems

edited by

Daqi Jiang

, Jian Pan, Fo Hu, Yanzheng Lu, Naishi Feng and Bin Zhou

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for vision; vision transformers and attention mechanisms; multi-modal sensor fusion; lightweight and edge vision models; self-supervised and few-shot learning; scene understanding and object detection; AI for autonomous systems and robotics; explainable and trustworthy vision AI

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

Developments of Computer Vision and Image Processing: Methodologies and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Manuel José Cabral dos Santos Reis

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1475 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision image processing; machine learning; image mining; artificial intelligence; intelligent data systems; expert systems

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

Emerging Technologies for the Internet of Underwater Things

edited by

Andrey V. Savkin

and Oleg Yakimenko

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT); smart ocean; underwater wireless sensor networks; UWSN; autonomous underwater vehicles; AUVs; AUV navigation; underwater surveillance; AUV-assisted IoUT

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

Blockchain and Web3: Applications, Challenges and Future Trends—2nd Edition

edited by Qiang Qu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 38253 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; smart contracts; Web3 assets; generative AI agents; decentralized finance (DeFi); security and privacy; cryptocurrency; distributed consensus and networks

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

Advances in Smart Environments and Digital Twin Technologies

edited by Mariusz Żytniewski,

Małgorzata B. Pańkowska

,

Mariia Rizun

and

Francesca Fallucchi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16874 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart ecosystem; smart environments; digital twin; smart city

Network Architectures and Protocols for Edge Learning in B5G IoT Systems

edited by

Latif Ladid

, Muslim Elkotob and Tayeb BenMeriem

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2784 | Submission Open

Keywords: network architectures; network protocols; edge learning; 5G

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

Generative Artificial Intelligence: Systems, Technologies and Applications

edited by

Jim Prentzas

and

Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2580 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative artificial intelligence; machine learning; data mining; neural networks; natural language processing; explainable artificial intelligence; combinations of AI methods

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

Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing—3rd Edition

edited by

Paulo Quaresma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2451 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; natural language processing; NLP; generative AI; LLM; knowledge graphs and LLM

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

Mobile Robotics and Autonomous System

edited by

Jeih-weih Hung

and Eric S. Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1299 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile robots; autonomous systems; multirobot cooperation; navigation; localization; intelligent behaviors; machine perception; environmental mapping; path planning; bio-inspired robotics; obstacle avoidance; multi-agent systems; industrial robotics; agricultural robotics; evolutionary robotics

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

Network Architectures and Edge/Fog Computing Solutions for B5G IoT Applications

edited by Javad Rezazadeh and Hamid Salarian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 1235 | 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)

Intelligent Computing and Information Processing

edited by Andreas Mladenow

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 95 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15473 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8217 | 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)

5G Security: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead—2nd Edition

edited by

Mario Di Mauro

and

Francesco Pascale

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 689 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G; 6G; security; cloud/edge/fog computing; Internet of Things; cyber– physical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications for Future Wireless and Distributed Networks

edited by Dimitrios Katsaros and

Evangelia Fragkou

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning in communications and networking; distributed consensus for wireless networks; edge intelligence; 6g wireless networks; mobile/vehicular/flying ad hoc networks; language models for wireless and distributed networks

(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 | Viewed by 36 | 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 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8414 | 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

Toward 6G Networks: Challenges and Technologies

edited by Jianwu Zhang and

Léo Mendiboure

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2336 | Submission Open

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

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

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 638 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence in Mobile Networks

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

Francisco Cercas

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 443 | Submission Open

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

Securing Artificial Intelligence Against Attacks

edited by

Peter Kieseberg

and Jungwoo Ryoo

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

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

Advances in Multimedia Information System Security

edited by

Wei Song

and

Chong Fu

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 119 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5128 | 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)

Security and Privacy in AI-Powered Systems

edited by

Bo Liu

and Tianqing Zhu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3671 | 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)

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

edited by

Weizhi Meng

and Christian D. Jensen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 828 | 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)

Advances in Deep Learning for Network-Based Localization and Navigation

edited by Enwen Hu and

Lu Yang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

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

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

6G Wireless Network Technologies

edited by

Hongtao Zhang

, Yuan He and Li Deng

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 158 | 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)

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4858 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6924 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3864 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1016 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

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

edited by

Sardar Jaf

,

Basel Barakat

and Yongqiang Cheng

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8363 | 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)

Future and Smart Internet of Things

edited by

Gayathri Karthick

, Sahar Ahmadzadeh, Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad and Aminu Bello Usman

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 265 | 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)

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

edited by Ergun Gide and

Robert M. X. Wu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 185 | 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 | Viewed by 109 | 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)

Innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks

edited by

Wenli Zhang

and

Zhuwei Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 66 | 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 | Viewed by 78 | 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 2882 | 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 2138 | 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