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Clustered Federated Learning for Networks

edited by Kristina P. Sinaga and

Miin-shen Yang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 723 | 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

Juefei Yuan

and

Bo Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 70 | 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

edited by

Florin Dragomir

and

Iulia Stamatescu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 48 | 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 18 | 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)

Digital Twins in Next-Generation IoT Networks

edited by Junhui Jiang, Yu Zhao, Mengmeng Yu and

Dongwoo Kim

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3481 | 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 4795 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1251 | 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 11574 | 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)

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9060 | 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)

Intelligent Agents and Their Application

edited by

Stanimir Stoyanov

Asya Stoyanova Doycheva

and

Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6111 | 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

edited by

Christos Kalloniatis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2946 | 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 2088 | 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

edited by

Kritagya Upadhyay

and

Syed Badruddoja

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 111 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12464 | 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 | Viewed by 134 | 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 | Viewed by 106 | 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 18 | 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 | Viewed by 63 | 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

Rongfei Zeng

and Zhaoyun Ding

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: LLM; networks; edge; intelligence; IOTs

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

Advances in Security, Trust, and Privacy in Cloud–Edge–Terminal Collaborative Networks

edited by

Weidong Fang

Chunsheng Zhu

and Yepeng Ni

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed cloud– edge environments; privacy and security Mechanisms; distributed AI and defense

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Novel Approaches and Techniques for Privacy in Internet Communications

edited by

Antonio Ruiz Martínez

and

Simeon Okechukwu Ajakwe

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2817 | 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)

Smart Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms

edited by Fengyu Wang and Jincheng Dai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2657 | 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)

Blockchain-Empowered Internet of Agents for Trusted and Autonomous Networked Systems

edited by Shujie Yang,

Xiaohai Dai

Zhuo Chen

, Qinnan Zhang and

Junqin Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI agents; LLM-driven autonomous systems; blockchain-enabled trust; verifiable agent behavior; decentralized knowledge and coordination; BFT consensus and agent optimization; federated and edge intelligence; token incentive mechanisms; secure multi-agent collaboration

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

Internet of Things Technology and Service Computing

edited by Yang Zhang and

Michael Sheng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5927 | 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

Yunwei Dong

Guanjun Liu

and Xiaomin Wei

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 85 | 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)

Autonomous Vehicles, Immersive Realities and Intelligent IoT

edited by

Yao-Liang Chung

and

Dah-Jing Jwo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; immersive realities (AR/VR/MR); intelligent IoT; V2X communication; edge/fog computing; 5G/6G; digital twins; task offloading; resource autoscaling; service migration; AI-driven orchestration; cybersecurity and resilience

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

Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Yuyan Pan

, Xin Wu and

Fangtong Jiao

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 234 | 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

Ivan Serina

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 38 | 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

edited by

Xiao Zhou

Chengyou Wang

and

Guangming Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 69 | 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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