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Cyber-Physical Systems in Industrial Communication Systems

edited by Ivan Cibrario Bertolotti and

Flavio Lombardi

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 93 | 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 41 | 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 56 | 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 2662 | 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 1986 | 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

Ivan Serina

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; decentralized machine learning; IoT; edge computing; blockchain; 6G network; data heterogeneity

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

AI and Industry 4.0

edited by

Zhiwei Feng

, Qiang He and Bingxian Lu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; embodied intelligence systems; time-sensitive networking; industrial agent; industrial sensor fusion

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

Applications of Neural Networks in Internet of Things

edited by

Xu Yang

and Yanjun Zhang

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 35 | 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,

Rashid Ali

and Eirini Liotou

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 72 | 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

Miin-shen Yang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 262 | 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 39 | 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)

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 3105 | 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)

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

edited by

Iwona Grobelna

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1033 | 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 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8015 | 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

edited by

Stanimir Stoyanov

Asya Stoyanova Doycheva

and

Veneta Tabakova-Komsalova

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4340 | 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

Cloud/Edge Computing for Next-Generation Networks: Architecture and Applications

edited by Lav Gupta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1786 | 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)

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

edited by

Christos Kalloniatis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1406 | 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)

Anomaly and Intrusion Detection in Networks

edited by Eszter Kail,

Anna Bánáti

and Miklós Kozlovszky

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 57 | 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 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: internet of things; cyber-security; artificial intelligence

(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 2110 | 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)

Modern Wireless Communication Systems

edited by

Xiao Zhou

Chengyou Wang

and

Guangming Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 3 | 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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