Communications

Call for Papers (I am a Guest Editor for the Following Journals/Special Issues)


Edge Intelligence for Green and Sustainable 6G IIoT Applications

The advent of revolutionary communication systems such as 6G and real-time Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has opened up numerous possibilities for various applications. Consequently, a multitude of cutting-edge IIoT applications are arising that integrate artificial intelligence (AI), IoT technologies, smart sensors, and diverse computing techniques to develop eco-friendly and sustainable 6G IIoT applications.

Guest editors:

Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Royal Military College of Canada;

Dr. Dinh C. Nguyen, The University of Alabama in Huntsville;

Dr. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University;

Dr. Vu Khanh Quy,  Hung Yen University of Technology and Education

Important Dates:

Submission Open Date: 03/05/2024

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 11/03/2025

Editorial notification: 07/05/2025

Keywords:

6G IIoT applications, 6G Communication, IIoT Applications, Federated Learning, Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing, Ad Hoc Communication Technologies


Empowering People with Disabilities using IoT and Human-Centered Technologies

Subtopics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  1. Sensor technology and computer processing algorithms, to improve safety, mobility, communication, and activities of daily living, etc.
  2. Tracking technologies and wearable IoT devices, to enhance data collection processes and improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
  3. Accessible human-machine interfaces, featuring voice-controlled interfaces, alternative control devices, and adaptive user interfaces that learn and adapt to individual needs.
  4. Studies on the social implications of implementing IoT and human-centered technologies for individuals with disabilities.
  5. Real-world case studies and applications of human-centered communication technologies.
  6. Cloud-based technologies for telehealth, remote care, collaborative learning, and working platforms.
  7. Human-robot collaboration into healthcare, education, and workplaces for assistive and caregiving roles.
  8. Use digital twins to simulate accessibility in the design of buildings, spaces, and products.

Important Dates
Manuscript Submissions Start: 1 August 2024
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 15 December 2024
First Round of Review Deadline: 31 January 2025
Authors’ Revision Deadline: 14 February 2025
Final Decision Notification: 28 February 2025
Final Manuscript Submission Deadline: 7 March 2025
Publication Date: May 2025

Guest Editors
– Dr.  Nagham Saeed (Lead Guest Editor): School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, UK
– Dr. Carolina Lagartinho Oliveira: NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
– Dr. Abdellah Chehri: Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
– Dr. Gwanggil Jeon: Incheon National University, South Korea


Topics of interest in this Special Section include (but are not limited to):
– Novel AIGC algorithms
– AIGC for medical image processing
– AIGC-based synthetic electronic health records
– AIGC-inspired electronic health records processing
– AIGC for healthcare information fusion
– Data augmentation with AIGC solutions
– Security and privacy in the AIGC
– AIGC for smart healthcare treatments
– Health assessment in the AIGC-based data generation
– AIGC for automotive HE applications
Important dates:
– End of submission of Manuscripts: March 31, 2024
– Expected publication date (tentative): 4th quarter 2023
Guest Editors:
– Dr. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea. Email: [email protected]
– Dr. Joel Rodrigues, IEEE Fellow, Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil; Senior researcher, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal. Email: [email protected]
– Dr. Shiping Wen, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia. Email: [email protected]
– Dr. Junxin Chen, Dalian University of Technology, China. Email: [email protected]
– Dr. Nan Ji (Female), Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Email: [email protected]
– Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Military College of Canada, Canada. Email: [email protected]

IEEE Internet of Things Magazine – IEEE IoTM.
The Internet of Military Defense Things (IoMDT): State-of-the-Art, Challenges, Future Evolution, and Revolutionary Applications

  • Important Dates
    Manuscript Submissions Start: 1 March 2024
    Manuscript Submission Deadline: 30 September 2024
    First Round of Review Deadline: 30 October 2024
    Authors’ Revision Deadline: 30 November 2024
    Final Decision Notification: 15 December 2024
    Final Manuscript Submission Deadline: 30 December 2024
    Publication Date: First Quarter 2025

Guest Editors

  • Maurice J. Khabbaz (Lead Guest Editor), American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Abdellah Chehri (Co-Lead Guest Editor), Royal Military College of Canada.
  • Holger Claussen, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
  • Nhien-An Le-Khac, University College Dublin, Ireland
  • Van-Linh Nguyen, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
  • Benoit Debaque, Thales Communications and Security SAS, Canada

Important Dates:
Last Date for Paper Submission: 30-July-2024
Initial Decision: 30-September-2024
Revised Submission: 30-November-2024
Final Decision: 30-January-2025

Guest Editor Team:
Dr. Pei Xiao, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Dr. Andrey V. Savkin, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Abderrezak Rachedi, University Gustave Eiffel, France
Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Royal Military College of Canada.

Special Issue on “Sustainable Smart Cities: From Technologies and Optimization Problems to Future Trends and Solutions”

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2024

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2024

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Smart Systems; Cloud and Fog computing; IoT
Submission deadline: Thursday, 29 February 2024


A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section “Internet of Things”.

Important dates: Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2024

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Green and Sustainable IoT under Federated Learning Platform

Elsevier Internet of Things, ISSN: 2542-6605, (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/internet-of-things)Important dates:

Submission deadline: 30 September 2023

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Artificial Intelligence Enabled Software Defined Networks for Intelligent Hybrid Information Processing and Communication in Multimedia Applications

Springer Annals of Telecommunications, ISSN: 0003-4347, https://www.springer.com/journal/12243

Deadline for Submission: October 31st, 2023

Digital Communications and Networks (DCN), ISSN: 2468-5925

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/digital-communications-and-networks
https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/digital-communications-and-networks/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-deep-learning-for-cognitive-healthcare/

SI: DL-CH

Important dates:
Submission deadline: 30 September 2023
First notification: 30 November 2023
Revised version deadline: 31 January 2024
Final notification: 31 March 2024
Publication date: June 2024
Submission instructions:
Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online via the editorial management system; please select article type DL-CH.

Guest Editors:
Gwanggil Jeon (Managing Guest Editor), Incheon National University, Korea. [email protected]
Shiping Wen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. [email protected]
Abdellah Chehri, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada. [email protected]
Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, Italy. [email protected]

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Potential list of topics includes, but are not limited to:

  • Novel multiple access protocols for mobile radio networks and ad-hoc networks.
  • Development of a cluster-based routing protocol for resource allocation and management in a mobile, wireless, and ad-hoc network.
  • Optimization of the resource allocation process in a discrete ad-hoc network setting.
  • Tools and technologies for developing self-organising ad-hoc network management systems.
  • Sustainable and energy-efficient routing protocols for green resource management in mobile ad-hoc networks.
  • Route configurability of ad-hoc mobile networks in a power-constrained working environment
  • Innovative QoS routing algorithms for mobile, wireless, and ad-hoc networks.
  • Automatic bandwidth reservation using the internet of things and smart ad-hoc networks.
  • Design and development of real-time multiple access ad-hoc network adaptation systems.

Guest Editors
Dr. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea.
Dr. Shiping Wen, University of Technology Sydney, Autralia.
Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada.
Dr. Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy.

Deadline for Submission: 22nd April, 2023

Final Notification – 15th October 2023.

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This special collection pursues to realize current expansions and disseminate up-to-date methods on IoMT-enabled
smart healthcare fulfilling with social, financial, and environmental sustainability. All the papers will be assessed
exclusively based on the exclusive contribution to the IoMT-enabled solutions for smart healthcare using AI systems.
The manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by expert reviewers in a similar domain. Topics of interest include, but are not
limited to, the following:
  • IoMT-enabled chronic disease management using AI
  • IoMT-enabled distant healthcare conforming financial sustainability using AI
  • IoMT-enabled applications for COVID-19 like epidemic using AI
  • IoMT-enabled mass surveillance in smart health to preclude pandemic spread
  • Emergency health management in smart healthcare using AI
  • Unobtrusive health monitoring with IoMT
  • Socio-economic challenges of smart health using AI
  • Internet of Health Things (IoHT)-based Big Data Analytics using AI
  • Distributed Computing for Big Data in Smart Healthcare using AI
  • AI-enabled remote Patient Monitoring using Big Da
Guest Editors
Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada.
Dr. Xiaochun Cheng, Middlesex University London, UK.
Dr. Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy.
Dr. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, South Korea.
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Deadline for Submission: 31 Aug, 2023

With the recent advancements of mobile Internet and smart phones, data traffic grows exponentially in the current mobile communication
systems while demands on latency, robustness, and energy efficiency tighten. 5G promises to meet these demands and is currently
attracting extensive research interest from both industry and academia.
Corresponding standardization and field deployments of 5G have been conducted, yet there are many challenges that need to be resolved
which are brought with the 5G mobile networks, such as those surrounding software defined wireless networks, big data and IoT in 5G,
energy efficiency and spectral efficiency, or interference mitigation and resource management. The aforementioned technologies need to
be further researched to support 5G and future wireless networks.
This Special Issue encourages high quality papers that advance the state-of-the-art and practical applications of 5G technologies. This
Feature Topic will bring together academic and industrial researchers to identify and discuss the major opportunities and challenges in
applying 5G technologies to the understanding and designing of modern network systems

dark side of the online information and address the mechanism and strategies to overcome the root cause of fake new through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL). Thanks to the latest innovation in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, which gives deeper knowledge based on previous history. Therefore, keeping the view of the latest innovations, we believe that this is a topic of challenges faced by multidisciplinary, i.e., computer science, marketing, management, biological science, etc.

Guest Editors:

Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, South Korea
Abdellah Chehri, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada
Awais Ahmad, Air University, Pakistan
Shiping Wen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Submissions for this issue will close on 30 June 2023


Secial Issue “Wireless Communication Technologies in 5G and 6G”

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/wireless_communication_technologies_5g_6g

Important Dates

Manuscript due                      March 20,  2023

Energies (ISSN 1996-1073, IF 2.702, CiteScore 3.8) is an international, open access journal of energy engineering and research. It enjoys high visibility, being covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, Scopus, and other databases. For more information about Energies, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

Special Issue Editors
Abdellah Chehri, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada
Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.


This special issue seeks high-quality and original contributions that advance the concept, methods, and theories by going insight into the dark side of the online information and address the mechanism and strategies to overcome the root cause of fake new through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL). Thanks to the latest innovation in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, which gives deeper knowledge based on previous history. Therefore, keeping the view of the latest innovations, we believe that this is a topic of challenges faced by multidisciplinary, i.e., computer science, marketing, management, biological science, etc.

Guest Editors:

Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, South Korea
Xiaochun Cheng, Middlesex University London, UK
Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy
Marcelo Albertini, University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Shiping Wen, University of Sydney Technology, Australia

Submissions for this issue will close on December 31, 2022

Download the Call for Special Issue (PDF).


Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems

Aims and Scope

This special issue aims to gather the recent advances and novel contributions from academic researchers and industry practitioners in the area of soft computing technique for IoT systems and CPS to fully leverage the potential capabilities and opportunities brought by this area. We invite submissions of original research articles and comprehensive reviews which aim to identify recent advances in soft computing techniques for IoT and cyber-physical systems. Potential topics on IoT and CPS include, but are not limited to:
– Collaborative soft computing-based IoT Applications or CPS
– Fog/Edge Platform and Caching techniques for soft computing-based IoT Application/CPS
– Data science-based solutions for CPS using soft computing
– Applications of soft computing in CPS and intelligent IoT applications
– Real-time soft computing-based IoT applications/CPS
– Soft computing-based scalable hybrid systems for IoT applications
– Advanced soft computing-based models for intelligent IoT applications & predictive analysis
– Soft computing for efficient integration with CPS networksImportant Dates:
Manuscript due: December 31, 2022
1st round notification: February 28, 2023
Revision due: April 30, 2023
2nd round notification: June 30, 2023
Final manuscript due: July 31, 2023

Guest Editors:


Special Issue “Advances in Machine Learning and Mathematical Modeling for Optimization Problems”

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/Mach_Lear_Math_Mod_Optim_Probl

Important Dates

Manuscript due                      15 June 2022

Aims and Scope

Machine learning and deep learning have made tremendous progress over the last decade and have become the de facto standard across a wide range of image, video, text, and sound processing domains, from object recognition to image generation. More recently, deep learning and deep reinforcement learning have begun to develop end-to-end training to solve more complex operation research and combinatorial optimization problems, such as covering problems, vehicle routing problems, traveling salesmen problems, scheduling problems, and other complex problems requiring more general simulations. These methods also sometimes include classic search and optimization algorithms to machine learning, such as Monte Carlo Tree Search in AlphaGO.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Francois Rivest
Prof. Dr. Abdellah Chehri


Special Issue “Smart Energy Management for Hybrid Vehicles Systems”

https://segcjournal.com/journal/special_detail/1011

Important Dates

Manuscript due                      25 Aug 2022

Journal of Smart Environments and Green Computing (JSEGC) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal.

Aims and Scope

Energy management is becoming a rising component of industry strategy; especially vehicle companies are looking closely at their energy profiles to distinguish chances for economical cost reduction, decarbonization, elasticity, and resilience. They adopt energy management techniques and weigh onsite resources, such as renewable energy and energy storage. Meanwhile, personal internal combustion engine cars are among the key contributors to global warming and suffer from limited fuel resources. As the vehicle is of high importance for modern life, efforts are being made to make vehicles more sustainable. Until now, numerous power systems for hybrid vehicles have been under consideration. It is likely that several solutions, including batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cell-based solutions.

In this SI, we are receiving contributions related to Smart Energy Management for Hybrid Vehicles Systems. Important keywords include smart energy, electric vehicle, hybrid electric vehicle, energy management, energy storage (batteries, super capacitors, fuel cells, and internal combustion engine), recharge, autonomous driving, driving cycles, and energy need prediction.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Imran Ahmed, IMSciences (Institute of Management Sciences), Pakistan, [email protected]

Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]

Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]

Manuscript Submission Information

Articles of special issue are free of charge for article processing.
For Author Instructions, please refer to http://jsegcjournal.com/pages/view/author_instructions
For Online Submission, please login at https://oaemesas.com/login?JournalId=jsegc/?IssueId=JSEGC211229
Submission Deadline: 25 Aug 2022
Contacts: Wendy Gong, Assistant Editor, [email protected]

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.


Special Issue “Special Issue on Data Science for Big Multimodal Data Analysis “

https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/big-data/611/overview

Important Dates

Manuscript due                     July 1st, 2021

Big Data is the leading peer-reviewed journal covering the challenges and opportunities in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating vast amounts of data. The Journal addresses questions surrounding this powerful and growing field of data science and facilitates the efforts of researchers, business managers, analysts, developers, data scientists, physicists, statisticians, infrastructure developers, academics, and policymakers to improve operations, profitability, and communications within their businesses and institutions.

Imact F 3.664

Special Issue Editors

Valerio Bellandi, University of Milan, Italy
Email: [email protected]

Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Email: [email protected]

Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University, UAE
Email: [email protected]

Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea
Email: [email protected]

Notification of reviewers’ 1st feedback    October 1, 2021
Final manuscript submission    December 1, 2021
Notification of final decision    January 21, 2022

Manuscript Submission Information

The special issue seeks submission of papers that present novel original results and findings on https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/big please select “Special Issue: Big Multimodal Data Analysis. Solicited original submissions must not be currently under consideration for publication in other venue. Author guidelines and submission information can be found at https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/big-data/611/.


Low Power Consumption Embedded Devices in IoT Microsystems

Microprocessors and Microsystems

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/microprocessors-and-microsystems/call-for-papers/low-power-consumption-embedded-devices-in-iot-microsystems

Important Dates

Manuscript due                       April 1, 2021
Notification of reviewers’ 1st feedback June 1, 2021
Final manuscript submission    August 1, 2021
Notification of final decision   October 1, 2021

Elsevier
Valerio Bellandi, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, [email protected]
Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]
Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University, UAE, [email protected]

Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]

Submission

The special issue seeks submission of papers that present novel original results and findings on “Special Issue on Low Power Consumption Embedded Devices in IoT Microsystems”. Solicited original submissions must not be currently under consideration for publication in other venue. Author guidelines and submission information can be found at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/microprocessors-and-microsystems.


Special Issue on Intelligent Mobile Edge Computing for IoT Big Data
Complex & Intelligent Systems

Important Dates 
Manuscript due by:     April 1, 2021
Notification of reviewers’ 1st feedback    June 1, 2021
Final manuscript submission    August 1, 2021
Notification of final decision    October 1, 2021

Springer, Impact Factor:  3.791 (2019)

Guest Editors:

Marcelo Albertini, University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Email: [email protected]

Valerio Bellandi, University of Milan, Italy
Email: [email protected]

Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Email: [email protected]

Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea
Email: [email protected]

Submission 
The special issue seeks submission of papers that present novel original results and findings on “Special Issue on Intelligent Mobile Edge Computing for IoT Big Data”. Solicited original submissions must not be currently under consideration for publication in other venue. Author guidelines and submission information can be found at https://www.springer.com/journal/40747


Theme Issue on Adaptive Healthcare through Wearable Computing

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Important Dates

Manuscript due                       March 31, 2021
Notification of reviewers’ 1st feedback May 31, 2021
Final manuscript submission   July 31, 2021
Notification of final decision   September 30, 2021

Springer, Impact Factor:  2.000 (2019)

Guest Editors

Gwanggil Jeon (Lead Guest Editor), Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]
Valerio Bellandi, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, [email protected]
Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]
Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University, UAE, [email protected]

Submissions should be original papers and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Extended versions of high quality conference papers that are already published at relevant venues may also be considered as long as the additional contribution is substantial (at least 30% of new content).

Authors must follow the formatting and submission instructions of the Personal and Ubiquitous Computing journal at https://www.springer.com/journal/779.

You can also visit the Springer Nature Information for journal article authors pages at https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/journal-author.


Special issue on Computing Techniques for Environmental Research and Public Health
MDPI International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601)
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, MPDI
Impact Factor: 2.468
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2021

Guest Editors
Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]
Dr. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.


Special Issue on Deep Learning Approaches for Vulnerable Road Users Safety

Safety Science

Elsevier, Impact Factor:  4.105 (2019)

IMPORTANT DATES

Open Submission: October 1, 2020
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2021
Author Notification: July 1, 2021
Revised Manuscript Due: September 1, 2021
Notification of Acceptance: November 1, 2021
Final Manuscript Due: December 1, 2021
Tentative Publication: February 1, 2022

Guest Editors:
Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, South Korea
[email protected]

Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
[email protected]

Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University, UAE
[email protected]

Dr. Valerio Bellandi, University of Milan, Italy
[email protected]

Paper submissions for the special issue should follow the submission format and guidelines for regular papers and submitted http://www.journals.elsevier.com/safety-science. All the papers will be peer-reviewed following ‘Safety Science’ reviewing procedures. Guest editors will make an initial assessment of the suitability and scope of all submissions. Papers will be evaluated based on their originality, presentation, relevance and contributions, as well as their suitability to the special issue. Papers that either lack originality, clarity in presentation or fall outside the scope of the special issue will not be sent for review. Authors should select “VSI: Deep learning & VRU safety” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The submitted papers must propose original research that has not been published nor currently under review in other venues.

For any queries please write to the Guest Editors.

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/safety-science


Special Issue on Deep Learning for Emerging Embedded Real-Time Image and Video Processing Systems
Springer Journal of Real-Time Image Processing
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

Important Dates:
Manuscript due:                             January 1, 2021 
Acceptance/rejection notification: March 1, 2021
2nd round check:                           May 1, 2021
Final manuscript due:                     July 1, 2021

Guest Editors:
Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]
Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University, UAE, [email protected]
Marcelo Keese Albertini, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil, [email protected]
Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]

Paper submissions for the special issue should follow the submission format and guidelines of the journal (https://www.springer.com/journal/11554/submission-guidelines). Note that there is a page limit of 12 pages (double column format).

During the submission procedure in Editorial Manager (https://www.editorialmanager.com/rtip/default.aspx), authors should select ‘SI: Deep Learning for Emerging Embedded Real-Time Image and Video Processing Systems‘ at the submission step ‘Additional Information‘.


Multimedia Tools and Applications

Call for Papers: Multimedia Tools for Digital Twin [1202]

https://www.springer.com/journal/11042/updates/18184734

Important Dates

Submission deadline: February 01, 2021
First round notification: April 01, 2021
Final manuscript due: June 01, 2021
Acceptance notification: August 01, 2021

Springer, Impact Factor:  2.313 (2019)

Guest Editors

Dr. Gwanggil Jeon (Lead Guest Editor)
Incheon National University, South Korea
Email:  [email protected]

Dr. Valerio Bellandi
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Email:  [email protected]

Prof. Ernesto Damiani
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Email:  [email protected]

Dr. Abdellah Chehri
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Email:  [email protected]

Authors should submit through the online submission site at https://www.editorialmanager.com/mtap/default.aspx and select “SI 1202 – Multimedia Tools for Digital Twin” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process.


Sustainability | Special Issue : Big Data in A Sustainable Smart City Special Issue “Big Data in A Sustainable Smart City”

Publisher: MDPI Remote Sensing.

Current Impact Factor: 2.592
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020

Gwanggil Jeon: Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]
Abdellah Chehri: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.


Special Issue on Advanced Machine Learning for Time Series Remote Sensing Data Analysis,

Publisher: MDPI Remote Sensing.
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2020 (closed).


Special Issue on Entropy-Based Algorithms for Signal Processing

Publisher: MDPI Remote Sensing.
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2020  (closed).


Special Issue on Deep Learning for Emerging Big Multimedia Super-Resolution, Springer Multimedia Systems

https://www.springer.com/journal/530/updates/17498218

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May, 2020 (closed)

Multimedia Systems | Call for papers: deep learning for emerging big multimedia super-resolution


CCPE Special Issues

Impact factor:1.447

Instructions for Special Issue for International Workshop on Applied Computational Intelligence ACI2019

http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/issues/2020.html#ACI2019

  • ACI2019 Special Issue is by invitation only to selected papers presented at the International Workshop on Applied Computational Intelligence (ACI2019) held on November 26-29, 2019 in Sorrento, Italy in conjunction with SITIS2019 conference. It is expected that submissions will address the topic of the workshop and contain at least 50% new content regarding any previously published paper. Authors are encouraged to submit high-quality, original work that has neither appeared in, nor is under consideration by, other journals.
  • A detailed call is available
  • The guest editors of the special issue are
    • Gwanggil Jeon, Associate Professor, Incheon National University, Korea,
    • Abdellah Chehri, Assistant Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada,
  • Submissions must follow these guidelines:
    • Please submit your paper to Manuscript central as ACI2019 special issue.
    • Submissions should be prepared for publication according to the journal submission guidelines
    • Latex must be used with Wiley template.
    • The submitted papers must have at least 50% different material beyond any other previously published work
    • There is a limit of 15 papers plus an editorial in the special issue
  • Important dates:
    • Invitation for selected papers: 1 April 2020
    • Special issue submission deadline: 1 June 2020 (closed)
    • Reviews due: 1 August 2020
    • Final version of the paper: 1 October 2020

Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Smart Grid and Machine Learning

Journal, Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society
Impact Factor: 4.624
Publisher: Elsevier
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/sustainable-cities-and-society/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-security-and-privacy

IMPORTANT DATES
•Submission portal open: October 20, 2019 (closed)
•Submission Deadline: June 1, 2020
•Initial Decision: August 1, 2020
•Revised Manuscript Due: October 1, 2020
•Final Decision: December 1, 2020
•Final Manuscript Due: February 1, 2021
•Publication: April 1, 2021


Special Section on Design Architecture and Applications of Smart Embedded Devices in Internet of Things
Journal of Systems Architecture
Publisher: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-systems-architecture/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-design-architecture-and-applications-of-sma

Important Dates:

Manuscript due: Nov, 1st, 2020 (closed)

Final Acceptance notification deadline: May, 1st, 2021


Special issue on Computing Techniques for Environmental Research and Public Health
MDPI International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601)
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, MPDI
Impact Factor: 2.468
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July, 2020 (closed)

Guest Editors
Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]
Dr. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]


Special Section on Security and Privacy Issues in Smart Grid by Applying Deep Learning Techniques
Elsevier Computers and Electrical Engineering
Impact Factor: 2.189
Publisher: Elsevier

Manuscript due: July 31, 2020 (closed)
Acceptance/rejection notification: September 30, 2020
2nd-round check: November 30, 2020
Final manuscript due: January 31, 2021
Publication: April 2021

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-electrical-engineering/call-for-papers/security-and-privacy-issues-in-smart-grid


Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT)

Special Issue on Potential of 6G Technologies for Emerging Future Wireless Networks
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Impact Factor: 1.535
Deadline for manuscript submissions: July 31, 2020 (closed)


Journal of Sensors
Special Issue on Embedded Systems for Mobile Sensors 2020

Publisher: Hindawi

Impact Factor: 2.024
Deadline for manuscript submissions:  June 19, 2020 (closed)


Special Issue on Real-time Risk and Behavioral Monitoring in IoT Applications using Soft Computing Techniques,

Publisher: Springer Verlag.

Important Dates

Submission due: 30 September 2019 (closed)

First round notification: 30 November 2019

Date that revised papers are due: 31 December 2019

Date of final decision notification: 28 February 2020

Date for submission of final paper: 31 March 2020

Estimated publication date. As per journal policy


Journal of Computing in Higher Education,
Research & Integration of Instructional Technology
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Final manuscript submission January 31, 2020 (closed).

Guest Editors
Dr. Abdellah Chehri, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada, [email protected]

Dr. Gwanggil Jeon Incheon National University, Korea, [email protected]


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