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

edited by

Christos Kalloniatis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 122 | 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)

Digital Twins in Next-Generation IoT Networks

edited by Junhui Jiang, Yu Zhao, Mengmeng Yu and

Dongwoo Kim

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1325 | 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)

IoT–Edge–Cloud Computing and Decentralized Applications for Smart Cities

edited by Antonis Litke, Rodger Lea and Takuro Yonezawa

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2856 | 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)

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

edited by

Iwona Grobelna

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

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

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

Security and Privacy in Blockchains and the IoT—3rd Edition

edited by

Christoph Stach

Clémentine Gritti

and Iouliana Litou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17174 | 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)

AI, Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Wireless Communications—2nd Edition

edited by

Xavier Fernando

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6803 | 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)

Intelligent Decision Support Systems and Prediction Models in IoT-Based Scenarios

edited by

Mario Casillo

Marco Lombardi

and

Domenico Santaniello

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5728 | 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)

Internet of Things Technology and Service Computing

edited by Yang Zhang and

Michael Sheng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3411 | 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)

Emerging Approaches in Data Mining and Natural Language Processing Applications

edited by Arjun Mukherjee and

Leonardo Ranaldi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2584 | Submission Open

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

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

Blockchain-Based Internet of Vehicles

edited by

Fabio Grandi

, Barbara M. Masini and Zouhaier Brahmia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1273 | 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)

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Trends and Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhihao Liu

Franco Davoli

and Davide Borsatti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 94 | 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)

Information Communication Technologies and Social Media

edited by Jinpeng Chen,

Ruifan Li

and Kaimin Wei

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3116 | 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)

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

edited by

Aristeidis Karras

and

Massimo Cafaro

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 98 | 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)

Convergence of IoT, Edge and Cloud Systems

edited by Dandan Li and Li Duan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6244 | 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)

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3681 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence for Smart Healthcare: Methods, Applications, and Challenges

edited by

Xiuyi Fan

, Si Yong Yeo and Siyuan Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2458 | 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)

Smart Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms

edited by Fengyu Wang and Jincheng Dai

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 231 | 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)

Machine Learning and Internet of Things in Industry 4.0

edited by

Marcelo García

and Paulina Ayala

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11067 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; Internet of Things (IoT); industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; predictive maintenance; industrial automation

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

Information Security in Telecommunication Systems

edited by Xuyang Jing, Xian Li and Cong Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-5G or 6G; information security; intrusion detection; privacy computing; trust management; big data analysis

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

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

edited by Yuezhi Zhou and Xu Chen

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 112 | 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)

2024 and 2025 Feature Papers from Future Internet’s Editorial Board Members

edited by

Gianluigi Ferrari

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 29228 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; network virtualization; cybersecurity

State-of-the-Art Future Internet Technologies in Greece 2024–2025

edited by

Panagiotis Papageorgas

Dimitrios Piromalis

and

Dionisis Kandris

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 17191 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced communication network infrastructures; internet of things; centralized and distributed data centers; industrial internet of things

Deep Learning in Recommender Systems

edited by

María N. Moreno García

and

Fernando De la Prieta Pintado

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16001 | 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)

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Cybersecurity

edited by Raha Moraffah and Li Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10156 | 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)

Advanced 5G and Beyond Networks

edited by

Mohammad Rajiullah

, Xun Zhang and

Hisham Kholidy

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8067 | 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)

State-of-the-Art Future Internet Technology in USA 2024–2025

edited by

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou

and

Symeon Papavassiliou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5029 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless networks; smart grid systems; cybersecurity; public safety; cyber– physical systems; edge computing; smart cities; Internet of Things

State-of-the-Art Future Internet Technology in Italy 2024–2025

edited by

Massimo Cafaro

Italo Epicoco

and

Marco Pulimeno

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2693 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial and augmented intelligence; software-defined network functions and network virtualization; cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence Driven Software-Defined Networking Technologies for Next Generation Networks

edited by

Evangelos Spyrou

and

Vassilios Kappatos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2290 | 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

The Future Internet of Medical Things, 3rd Edition

edited by

Matthew Pediaditis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1557 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoMT; smart health; e-health

Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing

edited by

Edgar Ceh Varela

Sarbagya Shakya

and Huiping Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1278 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; natural language processing; intelligent networks; network communication

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

AI and Blockchain: Synergies, Challenges, and Innovations

edited by

Klitos Christodoulou

and

Massimiliano Garda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1123 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; blockchain; smart contracts; distributed ledger

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

Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things

edited by

Pranav Gangwani

and

Alexander Perez-Pons

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 529 | Submission Open

Keywords: WSNs; IoT; 5G/6G communication networks; artificial intelligence; trust management; cloud computing; edge computing; fog computing; wireless body area networks; Industry 4.0

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

Scalable and Distributed Cloud Continuum Orchestration for Next-Generation IoT Applications: Latest Advances and Prospects—2nd Edition

edited by

Dimitrios Dechouniotis

and Ioannis Dimolitsas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 419 | 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)

Intelligent IoT and Wireless Communication

edited by

Suhardi Azliy Junoh

and

Jae-Young Pyun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; wireless communication; internet of things; smart cities; indoor positioning systems

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

eHealth and mHealth—2nd Edition

edited by

Sten Hanke

, Bernhard Neumayer and Stefan Sauermann

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: eHealth; mHealth; wearables; telemedicine; interoperability; mobile apps; standards; patient empowerment

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

Security of Computer System and Network

edited by Pengfei Qiu and

Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer security; computer system security; network security; vulnerability mining; security analysis; software reverse-engineering; secure software; artificial intelligence-assisted security methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cybersecurity)

Advances in Deep Learning and Next-Generation Internet Technologies

edited by

Shun Zhang

Feng Gao

and Mingyang Ma

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 765 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; model compression; feature extraction; edge computing; 5G/6G networks; cloud computing; autonomous driving; smart cities; healthcare; industrial IoT; remote sensing

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

Intelligent Telecommunications Mobile Networks

edited by

Emanuele De Santis

and Francesco Delli Priscoli

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2197 | 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: Innovation, Applications and Transformative Experiences

edited by

Diego Vergara

and

Pablo Fernández-Arias

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1698 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; user experience; practical applications

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare: Technologies, Applications, Challenges

edited by Daniela Gîfu and Kevin Bretonnel Cohen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 788 | 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)

IoT, Edge, and Cloud Computing in Smart Cities, 2nd Edition

edited by

Stefano Rinaldi

and Alan Oliveira De Sá

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 40 | 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)

Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization

edited by

He Li

Yoshifumi Okada

and

Xiaoyi Tao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: software-defined networking (SDN); network function virtualization (NFV); 5G/6G communications; network slicing; virtualized network functions (VNFs); edge-to-cloud integration; control– data plane separation

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

Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

edited by Rui Yu, Sooyeon Lee, Syed Masum Billah and

John M. Carroll

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8644 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centered AI; explainable AI; fairness in AI; human– AI collaboration

Cloud Computing and High Performance Computing (HPC) Advances for Next Generation Internet—2nd Edition

edited by

Jerry Chou

and

Wu-Chun Chung

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1516 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtualization; container; and microservices; resource management and orchestration; performance benchmarking and modeling; cluster; distributed systems; and data centers; cloud; fog; and edge computing; AI; machine learning; and big data processing; serverless and function as a service

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

The Challenges of Data-Driven Systems: Intelligence, Security and Trust

edited by

Zhiming Cai

Yuqi Bai

Wencai Du

and Zhihai Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven; intelligence; security; trust

Joint Design and Integration in Smart IoT Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wei Yu

and Guobin Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 34 | 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)

Parallel and Distributed Systems

edited by Xingda Wei and

Massimo Cafaro

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: parallel and distributed systems; reliability; heterogeneous computing; scalability; benchmarking

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

Intelligent Edge Computing: Leveraging Soft Computing and Machine Learning for Next-Generation Network Applications

edited by

Giovanni Pau

and

Fabio Arena

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent edge computing; soft computing; machine learning; IoT; Quality of Service (QoS); edge computing

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

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1183 | 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 | Viewed by 21 | 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)

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