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Big AI Models in 5G Communication Technology, Cybersecurity, Metaverse, and Healthcare Services submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 1007 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; wireless communication technology; vulnerability; mobile network; artificial intelligence; cyber attacks; biomedical and health informatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Processes)
Blending Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with the Internet of Things: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 40660 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; machine learning; trends; issues; challenges
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Generative AI Technologies: Shaping the Future of Higher Education submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 21111 | Submission Open
Keywords: generative artificial intelligence (GAI); higher education; pedagogical innovation; personalized education; ethical challenges; academic integrity; teaching and learning transformation; educational stakeholders preparation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Information Systems in Healthcare submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19120 | Submission Open
Keywords: health information technology; patient safety; health information systems; hospital information systems; clinical informatics; health informatics; medical informatics; clinical decision support; connected health; data analytics; electronic health record
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Extended Reality and Cybersecurity
edited by , Nan Li and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11331 | Submission Open
Keywords: extended reality (virtual reality; augmented reality; mixed reality; etc.); metaverse; cybersecurity; artificial intelligence; machine learning/deep learning; adversarial machine learning and defenses; privacy and social issues; authentication; biometrics; security visualization; digital twins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Advancing Educational Innovation with Artificial Intelligence
edited by Jui-Long Hung, Xu Du and Juan Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10886 | Submission Open
Keywords: generative AI; education; collaborative learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Emerging Research on Neural Networks and Anomaly Detection
edited by Jiaping Gui and Futai Zou
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8952 | Submission Open
Keywords: neural networks; supervised learning; unsupervised learning; anomaly detection; outlier detection; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Optimization Algorithms and Their Applications
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5658 | Submission Open
Keywords: operations research; scheduling; timetabling; artificial intelligence; heuristics; metaheuristics; machine learning; graph algorithms; linear programming; mixed integer programming; constraint programming; educational timetabling; healthcare timetabling; employee rostering; social network analysis; urban planning and traffic management; path planning in autonomous systems; portfolio optimization; service industries optimization; parallel and distributed approaches to scheduling and timetabling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Machine Learning and Data Mining: Innovations in Big Data Analytics
edited by Shadi Banitaan and Mina Maleki
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5582 | Submission Open
Keywords: big data analytics; machine learning; data mining; deep learning; scalable algorithms; predictive modeling; anomaly detection; real-time processing; data visualization; ethical considerations; healthcare analytics; social media analytics; data privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Signal Processing Based on Machine Learning Techniques
edited by Roberta Avanzato and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4689 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Processes)
Interactive Visualizations: Design, Technologies and Applications
edited by Gayane Sedrakyan
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2656 | Submission Open
Keywords: interactive visualizations; information visualization; visual analytics; scalable visualizations; big data visualizations; data visualizations; novel visualizations techniques; interactive data exploration; dynamic visualizations; collaborative visualizations; text and document visualization; visual analytics dashboards; KPI visualizations; interactive dashboards; interactive charts and graphs; interactive 3D visualizations; data driven interaction; responsive visualizations; interactive visualization tools; hybrid visualization approaches; cognitive load in interactive visualizations; engaging visualizations; interactive data presentation; adaptive visualization interfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Big Data Analytics in Smart Cities submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2054 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart cities; Big Data; AI-based data processing; transportation; energy; environment; health; social media
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Signal Processing in Radio Systems submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open
Keywords: signal processing; radio systems; communication systems; channel coding; MIMO technologies; beamforming; RF system design; spectrum management; interference mitigation; cognitive radio; software-defined radio (SDR); Internet of Things (IoT); machine-to-machine (M2M) communication; radar signal processing; navigation systems; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); compressive sensing; sparse signal recovery; secure communications; signal quality measurement; performance evaluation; standardization; RF calibration; dynamic spectrum access; target detection; positioning algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Magnetic Resonance Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction Techniques
edited by , , and Hongfu Sun
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 573 | Submission Open
Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MR data acquisition; image reconstruction techniques; accelerated MRI; advanced reconstruction algorithms; artifact reduction; artificial intelligence in MRI; high-resolution imaging; quantitative imaging; multimodal imaging; functional imaging; clinical applicability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Integrative Perspectives on Intelligent Information Systems in Biology and Medicine
edited by Alper Uzun, Guangyu Wang and Ece Uzun
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent information systems in biology; intelligent information systems in medicine; artificial intelligence and biological sciences; information security and biological sciences; knowledge management and biological and medical sciences; coding theory and its application to biological and medical sciences; data analysis techniques and innovations in diagnostics; personalized medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
DevOps and Its Role in Software Engineering
edited by Saima Rafi
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open
Keywords: software engineering; software development; DevSecOps; MLOps; CI/CD
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Information Technology (IT) Strategy Applications: Leveraging Information Technology for Transforming Organizations
edited by Jerry Luftman, Rajeev Dwivedi and Adilson Carlos Yoshikuni
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: strategic alignment maturity (Luftman model); IT governance and risk management; digital transformation strategies; IT-enabled innovation and competitive advantage; data analytics and business intelligence for strategy making; IT talent management and workforce development strategies; cloud computing and IT infrastructure strategies; e-business strategies; digital entrepreneurship strategies; IT project management strategies; current and emerging technologies (AI; IoT; blockchain; quantum computing; metaverse; etc.); change management in IT; cyber security strategies; performance measurement and IT metrics; IT’ s role in strategic partnerships and alliances; sustainable IT practices; regulatory compliance and IT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Emerging Topics in Industrial Control Systems and SCADA Cyber Security
edited by , Helge Janicke and Richard Smith
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: encryption; authentication; and availability assurance; resilient systems; application security; secure firmware; communication systems; timing vulnerabilities in rt-control systems; security implications of feature interactions; post-quantum cryptography; secure communication protocols; incident response; critical infrastructure protection; threat profiling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Security and Privacy)
Data-Driven Modeling, Control, Optimization, and Decision-Making in Intelligent Systems
edited by Chien-Yi Huang and Amirhossein Nafei
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open
Keywords: data-driven modeling; intelligent systems; control systems; optimization; decision-making; machine learning; artificial intelligence; big data analytics; predictive modeling; automation; cyber– physical systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
New Generation of Intelligent Transit Systems: Theory and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24097 | Submission Open
Keywords: Smart mobility; smart cities; Multimodal transport; Public transport; Maas (mobility as a service); Transit system simulation; Transit planning; Transit system management; Transit operations control; Intelligent transport system; Traveler advisor; Methodologies; practices; and policies for achieving behavioral change; Real time transit performance forecast
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Emerging Research in Urban Computing and Intelligent Transport Systems submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 41350 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban computing; intelligent transportation systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Natural Language Processing (NLP) with Applications and Natural Language Understanding (NLU)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 891 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural language processing in current applications; natural language understanding for future applications; question answering; sentiment analysis from social media; chatbots and smart assistants; email filters; text summarization; customer support and analytics for market intelligence; online search engine and autocomplete; recruitment and hiring; auto-correct and next-word prediction; spell and grammar checking; text extraction and classification; image and facial recognition for/from captions; nlp for multimedia self-learning language tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Security and Privacy Approaches Against Cyber Threats: Innovations, Challenges, and Practical Solutions submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; privacy; cyber threat mitigation; defensive strategies; threat intelligence; data protection; incident response; real-world implementations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Security and Privacy)
Machine Translation for Conquering Language Barriers
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 35812 | Submission Open
Keywords: Machine translation systems and deployment; Analysis of machine translation models and approaches; Evaluation of machine translation quality; Machine translation quality estimation; Corpora and other resources for machine translation; Language technologies for machine translation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Real-World Applications of Machine Learning Techniques submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 23098 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; medicine; education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Technoeconomics of the Internet of Things
edited by , Mara Nikolaidou and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13195 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; technoeconomics; technoeconomic assessment; business models; IoT costing; IoT pricing; risk analysis; economic efficiency; decision support; market mechanisms; data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Biomedical Natural Language Processing and Text Mining submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6069 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomedical text classification; biomedical information retrieval; biomedical named entity recognition and normalization (linking); biomedical relation and event extractions; biomedical literature-based discovery; biomedical text summarization; biomedical question answering; pre-trained language models for biomedical NLP; biomedical machine translation; BioNLP applications; BioNLP resources and evaluation.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
edited by Marco Guazzone, and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1644 | Submission Open
Keywords: decision support systems; artificial intelligence; data-driven AI; knowledge representation; explainable AI DSS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction
edited by , Samuel Silva and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 972 | Submission Open
Keywords: human– computer interaction; multimodal interaction; fusion of modalities; fission; multi-device application; assistants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Big Data Analytics, Decision-Making Models, and Their Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-criteria decision-making; optimization techniques and applications; big data and data mining; analytic hierarchy process and decision making; technology adoption and decision model; applications in digital engineering decision making; semantic-based technology trend analysis; forecast analysis of technology trend
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Hardware Security and Trust, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open
Keywords: secure hardware; physical attacks; IC trust
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Security and Privacy)
Systems Engineering and Knowledge Management, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open
Keywords: systems engineering methodologies; systems engineer; knowledge engineering; knowledge management process; knowledge and expert systems; system life cycle; systems design and development; systems engineering and project management; validation and verification processes; requirement management; modeling and simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Application of Machine Learning in Human Activity Recognition
edited by Yang Gao and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning techniques and architectures for HAR; sensor fusion and data preprocessing methods for activity recognition; real-time activity recognition systems and their applications; transfer learning and domain adaptation in HAR; privacy-preserving ML methods in activity recognition; multimodal data integration for robust activity recognition; HAR in healthcare (elderly care; rehabilitation); sports analytics and performance monitoring; security; and smart environments; challenges and solutions in large-scale deployment of har systems; case studies and real-world implementations of ML-based HAR systems; large language models (LLMs) for interpreting and enhancing HAR data; integration of llms for real-time decision-making and activity prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Computational Modeling in Bioengineering
edited by Ge He, Lei Fan and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational models for biological tissues; machine learning applications; medical device simulation; systems biology and network modeling; image-based modeling and analysis; tissue growth and remodeling; drug delivery modelling; mechanobiological processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Information and Health)
Data-Driven Decision-Making in Intelligent Systems submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent systems; data analytics; machine learning; decision-making; information systems for data-driven decision-making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
AI and Data Analysis in Smart Cities
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; data analysis; smart cities; urban ryhthms; spatial analysis; sustainable cities and communities; spatial computing; urban analytics and GeoAI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Information Technology in Society
edited by Yen Kheng Tan and Yunhao Jiang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open
Keywords: information technologies; artificial intelligence (AI); generative models; societal interaction; knowledge dissemination; misinformation; human-AI interaction; ethical implications; cyberspace; authority and decision-making; social media; digital INCLUSIVITY; sacred in digital contexts; AI governance; digital ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Artificial Intelligence and Games Science in Education submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 118181 | Submission Open
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence in Education; AIED applications and tools; adaptive learning; AIED digital pedagogies; AIED assessment and feedback; AIED ethics and culture; AIED competencies and skills
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Blockchain, Technology and Its Application
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20601 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain; IIoT (industrial IoT); privacy and security; data management; latency and scalability; sustainability; resilience; big data; artificial intelligence; bitcoin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things (IoT))
Advances in Data and Network Sciences Applied to Computational Social Science submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19928 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational social science; data science; network science; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Next-Generation Programming Education: Integrating Generative AI and Collaborative Tools for Cutting-Edge Learning Experiences submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15175 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive learning systems; coding assessment techniques; computer programming; collaborative tools; gamification; generative AI; learning analytics; personalized learning in programming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Systems)
Machine Learning Approaches for Imbalanced Domains: Emerging Trends and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11520 | Submission Open
Keywords: data mining and knowledge discovery; machine learning; deep learning; imbalance learning; case studies and real-world applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Signal Processing and Machine Learning, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2987 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Second Edition of Advances in Wireless Communications Systems submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 774 | Submission Open
Keywords: network protocol and resources allocation; artificial intelligence; pervasive communications; security; RFs enabling 6G; optical wireless communications; smart city applications; healthcare applications; industrial applications; Internet of Things
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Machine Translation Quality Estimation: Advances and Emerging Challenges
edited by , Frédéric Blain and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine translation; quality estimation for MT; low-resource languages; explainability in AI; large language models; automatic post-editing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Emerging Research in Knowledge Management and Innovation
edited by Evangelos Markopoulos, Jussi Kantola and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: knowledge management; innovation management; knowledge management applications and case studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Applications)
Computer Architecture and User Interfaces submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: user experience (UX); usability engineering and human– computer inter-action (HCI); designing tools and methods to measure user experience and usability; standardization of UX metrics; multi-agent voice assistant systems; voice assistant design and personalization; privacy; security; and ethical design; cross-cultural usability and demographic studies; technological performance and application; systematic literature reviews
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Software Applications Programming and Data Security submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open
Keywords: agile software development; design patterns; programming languages; software engineering tools; software testing; application security and privacy; software security; data protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
Applications of Deep Learning in Bioinformatics and Image Processing
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 30165 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
Applications of Information Extraction, Knowledge Graphs, and Large Language Models
edited by Junwen Duan, Fangfang Li and Tudor Groza
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14921 | Submission Open
Keywords: information extraction; knowledge graphs; large language model; natural language processing; healthcare applications; industry applications; data integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
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