Cybersecurity Challenges and Applications of AI in Engineering
A special issue of Technologies (ISSN 2227-7080).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026 | Viewed by 59
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 5G/6G; antennas; AI; microwave devices; RF energy harvesting; IoT; wireless systems
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cybersecurity risk management; AI/ML in critical infrastructure protection; vulnerability assessment; penetration testing; cyber threat intelligence; AI cybersecurity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in engineering has the potential to both enhance cybersecurity defenses through threat detection and automation and create new challenges such as cybercriminals leveraging AI for attacks like deepfakes and adaptive malware. Common applications include automating security tasks, improving threat detection, and enabling real-time incident response, while major challenges include adversarial attacks against AI models, data integration issues, ethical concerns, and the use of AI by attackers to create more sophisticated attacks.
This Special Issue aims to explore the interdisciplinary cybersecurity challenges related to the applications of AI in engineering. Authors are invited to submit their latest research findings for publication. Both regular articles and review papers are welcomed. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- 5G/6G network architecture;
- AI cybersecurity technologies;
- Cyber threat intelligence;
- RF energy harvesting challenges;
- Critical infrastructure protection;
- Smart connectivity and IoT integration;
- Cybersecurity risk management techniques;
- IoT security architectures;
- RFID solutions and data fusion technologies;
- Internet of Everything (IoE);
- Machine learning and robotics;
- Localization and tracking systems;
- Smart healthcare and wearables;
- Vulnerability assessment techniques;
- Wireless power transfer and wireless sensors;
- RF/microwave circuits, components, and systems.
Dr. Augustine O. Nwajana
Dr. Halima Kure
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 5G/6G network
- cybersecurity
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- IoT security
- metamaterials
- RF energy harvesting
- smart connectivity
- IoT integration
- smart healthcare
- RFID
- wireless systems
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