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Recent Applications of Explainable AI (XAI)

edited by

Mirka Saarela

, Lilia Georgieva and

Vili Podgorelec

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 29852 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; explainability; interpretability; explainable artificial intelligence; performance-understandability trade-off; novel applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Optimization and Simulation Techniques for Transportation

edited by

Xue Yang

and

Luliang Tang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 24248 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence technology; big data; moving computing; road traffic prediction and simulation; human– car interaction simulation; pedestrian moving simulation; traffic light; detailed road information; traffic space optimization; traffic space heat estimation; traffic space utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Applications, Challenges and Future Direction of Natural Language Processing Based on Deep Learning

edited by Bo Wang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17078 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Computer Vision in Automatic Detection and Identification

edited by

Yongliang Qiao

Daobilige Su

and

Meili Wang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16907 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection and identification; image processing; object detection and segmentation; computer vision tools and applications; pattern recognition; digital image techniques; multispectral image-based detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

AI Technologies for eHealth and mHealth

edited by

István Vassányi

István Kósa

and László Balkányi

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15679 | Submission Open

Keywords: eHealth; ambient assisted living; personalized care; machine learning; medical expert systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Collaborative Learning and Optimization Theory and Its Applications

edited by

Yue Wu

, Mingyang Zhang,

Qiguang Miao

and

Kai Qin

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9200 | Submission Open

Keywords: collaborative learning; collaborative optimization; artificial intelligence; deep learning; evolutionary computation; fuzzy logic and systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Biosignal Processing

edited by

Keun-Chang Kwak

and

Hariton-Nicolae Costin

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8442 | Submission Open

Keywords: ECG signal processing; EMG signal processing; EEG signal processing; PPG signal processing; biosignal applications using deep learning; biosignal applications using computational intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advances in Computer Vision and Semantic Segmentation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Gary KL Tam

Frederick W. B. Li

Xianghua Xie

and Jianbo Jiao

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7772 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic segmentation; instance segmentation; panoptic segmentation; multimodal segmentation; referring image segmentation; salient object detection and segmentation; 3D semantic segmentation; video semantic segmentation; weakly supervised semantic segmentation; unsupervised semantic segmentation; advanced machine learning segmentation techniques; medical semantic segmentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Cloud Computing: Challenges, Application and Prospects

edited by Gustavo Rau De Almeida Callou

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6610 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Sustainable Energy and Fuels from Biomass and Plastic Waste

edited by

María Ángeles Martín-Lara

and

Rafael Rodríguez Solís

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5390 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic waste; pyrolysis; gasification; hydrothermal treatment; biomass; fuels; conversion technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Applications of Analytical Chemistry in Food Science

edited by

Marco Iammarino

, Rosalia Zianni,

Igor Tomasevic

and Annalisa Mentana

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4563 | Submission Open

Keywords: chromatography; chemometrics; food quality and safety; IR; lipidomics; mass spectrometry; NIR; novel food; omics; proteomics; spectroscopy; spectrophotometry; Raman; traceability; volatolomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Smart Energy Systems

edited by

Viorica Rozina Chifu

Costin Badica

and

Azeddine Houari

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3922 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; decentralized nature-inspired optimization applications; smart energy communities; machine learning; electrical vehicle; smart building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Applications in Computer Vision and Image Processing

edited by

Cai Meng

and Hongsheng He

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3879 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data and computer vision; deep learning in computer vision; computer vision in robotics; computer vision in industry; computer vision in auto driving; visual SLAM; computer vision in remote sensing; target detection; recognition; and tracking; text detection and recognition; 3D reconstruction; human– computer interaction; pattern recognition and analysis; image segmentation; image restoration or image impaiting; other topics related to applications of computer vision and image processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Future Industry of Polysaccharides, Protein and Pectin in Food Processing

edited by

Mauricio Opazo-Navarrete

and

Guillermo Petzold

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3732 | Submission Open

Keywords: proteins; polysaccharides; pectin; food processing; sustainable innovation; protein digestibility; food structuring; gelling properties; functional foods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

New Developments in Computational Linguistics to Support Decision Making

edited by

Marco Palomino

and Craig McNeile

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3621 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language processing; computational linguistics; machine learning; language models; text mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Convolutional Neural Networks and Computer Vision

edited by

Miguel Angel Patricio

and Luis Usero Aragonés

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2736 | Submission Open

Keywords: CNN; image segmentation; video segmentation; object tracking; multi-object tracking; vision-based navigation; visual-SLAM foundation vision models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Current Advances in Railway and Transportation Technology

edited by

Juraj Čamaj

and

Vladislav Zitricky

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2625 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Manufacturing

edited by

Elvis Hozdić

and Zoran Jurković

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2020 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-physical systems (CPSs); smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; automation and control; digital and cybernetic transformation; simulation and modeling; artificial intelligence in manufacturing; human– machine collaboration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

New Insights in Functional Cosmetic Materials and Industrial Manufacture

edited by

Spyros Papageorgiou

, Panagoula Pavlou and

Athanasia Varvaresou

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1847 | Submission Open

Keywords: raw materials; bioactives; development; manufacture; cosmetic industry; chemical analysis; biotechnology; nanomaterials; cosmeceuticals; medical devices; efficacy tests; safety models.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Structural Wind Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fabio Rizzo

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1670 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind tunnel; wind action; roof; bridge; high-rise building; flexible structures; FSI; CFD; tensile structures; vortex shedding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advancements of 4th Industrial Revolution in Seismic Assessment, Repair and Design of Structures

edited by

Lazaros Iliadis

Ioannis E. Kavvadias

and Antonis Papaleonidas

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1633 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; 4th industrial revolution; analysis and design of structures; seismic assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Advances in the Processing of Milk and Milk Products

edited by

Lidia Stasiak-Różańska

Monika Garbowska

Antoni Stanisław Pluta

and

Anna Berthold-Pluta

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1595 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy products; milk; fermentation; milk substitutes; lactic acid bacteria

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Technology for Beverage Production: Enhancing Processes and Improving Product Quality

edited by Alberto De Iseppi,

Lorenzo Guerrini

and

Alessandro Zanchin

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1565 | Submission Open

Keywords: beverage processing; novel technologies; food additives; sensorial quality; sustainability; cost-effectiveness; process innovations; process control; sensors; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Recent Progress of Information Security and Cryptography

edited by

Juan Antonio López Ramos

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1396 | Submission Open

Keywords: public key cryptography; cryptographic protocols; cryptanalysis; post-quantum cryptography; coded-based cryptography; chaos theory; steganography; lattice-based cryptography; hash-based cryptography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced Technologies in Spine Surgery and Spinal Biomechanics

edited by

Kajetan Latka

Dariusz Latka

and

Mario Valentino

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1330 | Submission Open

Keywords: spine surgery; spinal biomechanics; endoscopic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

New Trends and Advances in the Production of Functional Foods

edited by

María de los Ángeles Varo Santos

and Azahara López Toledano

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1259 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food; antioxidant activity; bioactive compound; free radical; probiotics; nutrition; shelf life; aroma; sensory analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Development and Challenges in Marine Geology

edited by

Ioannis Vakalas

, Irene Zananiri and Henry Vallius

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 853 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine sediment mapping; marine minerals; sediment transport simulation; seafloor geology; seismic and multi beam survey data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)

Advances in Solid Mechanics and Its Applications

edited by Lucival Malcher and Fábio Comes Castro

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 814 | Submission Open

Keywords: characterization of materials; fatigue of materials; additive manufacturing; AI in solid mechanics; wear; numerical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Novel Research on Bioactive Compounds in Plant Products

edited by Martin Backor

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 774 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant secondary metabolites; plant bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; plant biotechnology; biological activity; functional food of plant origin; plant natural resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Feature Papers in Robotics and Automation

edited by

Paolo Tripicchio

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 608 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; automation; mechatronics; control theory; artificial intelligence; sensor technologies; actuators; material science; Internet of Things; computer vision

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Graph Mining: Theories, Algorithms and Applications

edited by

Tao Zhou

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 537 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex networks; link prediction; influential node identification; communication detection; graph embedding; frequent subgraph mining; graph neural networks; graph generative models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Research on the Movement Dynamics of Ships and Underwater Vehicles

edited by

Yao Shi

, Qiaogao Huang,

Tiezhi Sun

and Yiwei Wang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater vehicles; ship; trans-media; multiphase flow; impact loading and structural response; multi-vehicle interference; hydrodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)

Information Security and Cryptography, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhe Xia

and

Mingwu Zhang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: information security; cryptography; digital forensics; key management; database security; web security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Exploration of Marine Geological Resources and Geological Technology

edited by

Yang Wu

Norimasa Yoshimoto

and Rongtao Yan

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine and offshore renewable energy; mechanical behavior of marine sediment; gas hydrate production; wind turbine; marine resource exploitation; marine hazard; new marine geological technology; ocean mining; offshore foundation engineering; coastal disasters reduction technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)

Remediation and Treatment of Soil Pollution

edited by Hongjie Sheng

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic pollution remediation; bioremediation; environmental behavior of emerging contaminants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Innovative Approaches to Energy Efficiency in Building Design and Operation

edited by

Gabriele Battista

and

Emanuele De Lieto Vollaro

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; building lifecycle; sustainable design; advanced materials; renewable energy integration; smart building technologies; thermal load reduction; passive design strategies; artificial intelligence in building; zero-energy buildings (ZEBs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Gas Sensors: Optimization and Applications

edited by Tanya Blank

submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; artificial nose; infrared gas sensors; chemical sensors; photoionization gas sensors; aquatic gas sensors; nanomaterials; air quality monitoring; volatile organic compounds; ultrasound; data processing; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Design, Characterization, and Applications of Biodegradable Polymers

edited by

Rafael G. Araújo

and

Maricarmen Iñiguez-Moreno

submission deadline 14 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2959 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodegradable polymers; polymer characterization; polymer modification; biopolymers; sustainable polymers; polymer applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Deep Learning and Digital Image Processing

edited by Xingjian Gu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2043 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; image process; classification; video understand; remote sensing; medical image; multi modal; document analysis; time series analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Tunnel and Underground Construction

edited by

Zhongsheng Tan

and

Xiuying Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 31 articles | Viewed by 55346 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunnel construction technology; tunnel construction management; construction mechanical behavior; construction mechanical response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Supplements for Health and Sports Performance

edited by

Lewis Anthony Gough

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 39603 | Submission Open

Keywords: supplementation; dietary supplements; sports nutrition; ergogenic aids; ergogenic agents; sport performance; physical fitness; physical capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 39484 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Novel Research on Safety Detection and Quality Control of Food

edited by

Natalia Casado Navas

Isabel Sierra Alonso

and

Sonia Morante Zarcero

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 30546 | Submission Open

Keywords: food contaminants; bioactive compounds; biomarkers; analytical procedures; functional foods; food sample preparation; green methodologies; microextraction; food control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Vibration Problems in Engineering Science

edited by

Yves Gourinat

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 25976 | Submission Open

Keywords: operational modal diagnosis; generalized predictive control; eigenshapes; structural dissipation; digital structural model; optimized measures; vibroacoustics; shell fluid interaction; stochastic dynamic model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Advances in Railway Infrastructure Engineering

edited by

Borna Abramović

and

Piotr Gorzelańczyk

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22450 | Submission Open

Keywords: railway traffic; railway system; railway management; railway infrastructure; railway maintenance models; the economy of railway infrastructure; financing of railway infrastructure; sustainable railway system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Sustainable Concretes: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Alessandro Arrigoni

and

Tanvir Qureshi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21735 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment; sustainability; eco-efficient concrete; concrete binder; supplementary cementitious materials; alternative aggregates; industrial wastes; mechanical; structural; and durability-related behaviour; durability; microstructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Innovative Technologies for Food Preservation and Processing

edited by

Hristo Kalaydzhiev

Zhivka Goranova

and

Jesus Blesa

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20690 | Submission Open

Keywords: preservation methods; plant protein; functional properties; electrophoresis; chemical stability; physical stability; emulsions; foam; foamability; Gibbs-free energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advancement in Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

edited by

Slavko Rakic

Ugljesa Marjanovic

and

Nenad Medic

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20477 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; digital product– service systems; smart manufacturing; sustainability; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Data and Text Mining: New Approaches, Achievements and Applications

edited by Ayoub Bagheri

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19040 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; text mining; big data; natural language processing (NLP); computational social sciences; knowledge discovery; statistical learning; machine learning; data analysis; information retrieval

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Next-Generation of Internet of Things (IoT): New Advances, Solutions, Applications, Services and Challenges

edited by

David Sarabia-Jácome

and

Carlos Enrique Palau Salvador

submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18200 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation IoT; SDN; IA; blockchain; 5G; network slicing; network architecture; IoT applications; edge computing; federated learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

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