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Applications of Neural Networks in Internet of Things
edited by and Yanjun Zhang
submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 43 | 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, and Eirini Liotou
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 90 | 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
submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 610 | 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 and Machine Learning Applications: Progress, Trends and Directions
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 54 | 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)
Artificial Intelligence in Smart Grids submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 32 | 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)
Digital Twins in Next-Generation IoT Networks
edited by Junhui Jiang, Yu Zhao, Mengmeng Yu and
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3292 | 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
submission deadline 26 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4605 | 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
submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1144 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10054 | 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 submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5118 | 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
Security and Privacy Issues in the Internet of Cloud—2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2597 | 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)
Cloud/Edge Computing for Next-Generation Networks: Architecture and Applications
edited by Lav Gupta
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1943 | 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)
Blockchain and Big Data Analytics submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 77 | 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, and Kaimin Wei
submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11428 | 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, and Miklós Kozlovszky
submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 94 | 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 submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: internet of things; cyber-security; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Cloud Computing and Cloud Service Orchestration submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 11 | 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 submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 49 | 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)
Large Language Models and Network Intelligence
edited by and Zhaoyun Ding
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open
Keywords: LLM; networks; edge; intelligence; IOTs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Novel Approaches and Techniques for Privacy in Internet Communications submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2624 | Submission Open
Keywords: anonymous communications networks; anonymous protocols; anonymous communication applications/services; tracking and advertising; surveillance; censorship resistance; anti-fingerprinting techniques; privacy technologies; artificial intelligence and privacy; privacy frameworks; user privacy; privacy by design; Internet of Things privacy; traffic analysis; web privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)
Internet of Things Technology and Service Computing
edited by Yang Zhang and
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5498 | 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)
Intelligent Software Engineering: Synergy Between AI and Software Engineering
edited by , and Xiaomin Wei
submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; software engineering; large language models (LLMs); software repair; program synthesis; machine learning; automated testing; software analytics; intelligent systems; AI4SE; SE4AI; human– AI collaboration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems
edited by , Xin Wu and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); highway and tunnel traffic applications; connected and automated vehicles (CAVs); transit optimization; digital twin and edge computing; AI-driven traffic prediction; cooperative vehicle– infrastructure systems; sustainable and smart mobility; multimodal transportation integration; next-generation traffic management; autonomous transportation systems; digital transportation and big data; traffic safety; urban air mobility operations; on-demand transit
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Machine Learning Techniques for Computer Vision—2nd Edition
edited by Yonggang Lu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; computer vision; mobile devices; human– computer interaction; deep learning; image processing; video processing; few-shot learning; transfer learning; interpretability; image classification; object detection; semantic segmentation; action recognition; anomaly detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Modern Wireless Communication Systems submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless communication; massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO); reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS); integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); channel estimation and beamforming; deep reinforcement learning (DRL); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); UAV path planning; resource management; physical layer security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)
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