Special Issue Call for Papers
Special Issue on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computation Theory
Aim
The special issues on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computation Theory cover the various aspects of evolving algorithms related to Combinatorial Mathematics. It is based on the 41st Symposium on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computation Theory (CMCT2024) which will be held at University of Taipei, Taipei on May 17-18, 2024 (CMCT 2024) (). The main purpose of this symposium is to provide an opportunity for the experts of combinatorics, discrete mathematics, computational theory, algorithm, network computing, bioinformatics, and other research fields to gather together to discuss their recent research and promote other academic exchange. The special issues include the selected extended best papers of CMCT2024 after going through the review process.
Scope
Papers are solicited on the latest results from the recent advancement in technologies and applications of combinatorics, discrete mathematics, computational theory, algorithm, network computing, and bioinformatics. Topics include, but are not limited to:
    • Artificial Intelligence Theory and Technology Related to Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Combinatorics
    • Combinatorial Design; Enumerative Combinatorics; Combinatorial Geometry; Combinatorial Topology; Analytic Combinatorics; Algebraic Graph Theory.
    • Discrete Mathematics
    • Graph Theory; Abstract Algebra; Theoretical Computer Science.
    • Computational Theory
    • Computational Complexity Theory; Computability Theory; Turing Machine; Optimization Problem.
    • Algorithm
    • Quantum Algorithm; Divide and Conquer; Reduction of Complexity; Back Tracking; Dynamic Programming; Linear Programming; Approximation Algorithm; Greedy Algorithm.
    • Network Computing
    • 5G Networks & Internet of Things (IoT); Heterogeneous Networks Web of Things; High Performance Internet Protocols; Internet Security and Privacy Localization; Data Center Networking; Blockchain and Consensus Algorithm. Bioinformatics Sequence Analysis; Gene and Protein Expression; Structural Bioinformatics; Network and System Biology; Phylogenetic Reconstruction; Next Generation Sequencing Analysis; Protein Function Prediction.
Author’s Guidelines
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editor, Dr. Ling-Ju Hung. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/url/jise-24cmt

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: November 30, 2024
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: February 28, 2025
Final Manuscript Due: March 31, 2025
Tentative Publication Date: July, 2025

Guest Editors
Sheng-Lung Peng
National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan
E-mail:slpeng@ntub.edu.tw
Ling-Ju Hung
National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan
E-mail:ljhung@ntub.edu.tw
Chia-Wei Lee
University of Taipei, Taiwan
E-mail:cwlee@utaipei.edu.tw
Tsan-sheng Hsu
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
E-mail:tshsu@iis.sinica.edu.tw


Special Issue on Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
Theme
The International Conference on Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development (ISASD 2024) is one of the international conferences in the area of multimedia, communication, education, and systems. The ISASD was first organized in Japan since 2023; it provides consistently a forum for the presentation of the latest research results in Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development. ISASD 2024 will provide an open platform to exchange each other’s research results and experience in the topics from Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development and other related fields. This conference features all recent advances in an integral concept that highlights the trends in advanced theory, systems and applications in Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development. The special issue includes excellent papers presented on ISASD 2024. This special issue also welcomes the original contribution that addresses on technologies and applications of AI and Sustainable Development. All interested researchers are invited to contribute to this special issue. All articles will be thoroughly refereed according to the high standards of Journal of Information Science and Engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
    • Artificial Intelligence Theory and Technology Related to Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Business Application and Management for Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Computer-Human Interaction and User Interface Technology
    • Educational Technology and Strategy in Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Engineering Technology and Applied Science for Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Innovative Technology and Applications for Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Maker, CT and STEAM Education for Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • XR & Educational innovations for Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Big Data for Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Cognitive Buildings, Environment and Policy Development
    • Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development Theory, Modeling and Simulation
    • Cognitive Emergency Management
    • Cognitive Mobility and Transportation
    • Internet of Things for Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
    • Safety, Security and Privacy in Intelligent Science and Sustainable Development
Author’s Guidelines
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/url/jise-isd

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 1, 2024
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: October 31, 2024
Final Manuscript Due: December 31, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: May, 2025

Guest Editors
Patrick C. K. Hung
Ontario Tech University, Canada
E-mail:Patrick.Hung@ontariotechu.ca
Juan Zhou
Department of Innovation Science, School of Environment and Society
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
E-mail:zhou.j.ad@m.titech.ac.jp
Mu-Yen Chen
Department of Engineering Science
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:mychen119@gs.ncku.edu.tw


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Special Issue on Advanced Networking and Communication Solutions for Wireless Mobile Networks
Aims and Scopes
With the rapid advent of various expanding research on wireless mobile networks, such as MANETs,VANETs, CCNs, WSNs, and IoT etc., more and more smart mobile devices (e.g. smart phones, smart-watches, smart-glasses, personal wearable communication devices and wearable healthcare devices, etc.) have been designed to adapt to the development of wireless mobile networks, which indicates that we are entering an era of smart society. By leveraging the wireless mobile networks, smart mobile devices can communicate with each other and exchange information to perform the optimal control or display necessary information anytime and anywhere. Although there have been large numbers of research efforts relevant to this area, it is still necessary to address many challenges of wireless mobile networks by utilizing ongoing works. On one hand, the efficient resource utilization in terms of energy consumption, radio resource allocation, routing selection etc., is still a big challenge in wireless mobile networks. On the other hand, the deployment of exiting wireless mobile networks lacks appropriate monitoring, response mechanisms and cognitive ability etc. Therefore, building “advanced” wireless mobile networks with the features of intelligent and cooperative communication, cross-layer optimization, and security-guarantee etc. has become an utmost important and urgent task to be solved. The aim of this special issue is to motivate researchers to publish their latest research, up-to-date issues, and challenges in the field of wireless mobile networks. Proposed submissions should be original and unpublished. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
    • Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks, Ad hoc and Opportunistic Networks, Vehicular Networks
    • Trust, security, and privacy in wireless mobile networks
    • Data storage, data centers and cloud computing in wireless mobile networks
    • Content centric networking
    • Mobility management and modeling in wireless mobile networks
    • Wireless applications, mobile e-commerce, multimedia
    • Wireless network architectures
    • High performance network virtualization
    • Context and location-aware wireless mobile services & applications
    • Cross-layer design and optimization for wireless mobile networks
    • Multipath communication over wireless mobile networks
    • Wireless & mobile network management and data services
    • Energy-saving and QoE-oriented applications
Author’s Guidelines
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/url/jise-ncs

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: December 31, 2025
Final Manuscript Due: January 31, 2025
Tentative Publication Date: March, 2025

Guest Editors
Xiaohong Jiang
School of Systems Information Science
Future University Hakodate, Hakodate, Japan
E-mail:jiang@fun.ac.jp
Gabriel-Miro Muntean
School of Electronic Engineering, Network Innovations Center, the RINCE Institute
Dublin City University, Ireland
E-mail:gabriel.muntean@dcu.ie
George Ghinea
Department of Computer Science
Brunel University London
E-mail:george.ghinea@brunel.ac.uk
Changqiao Xu
Institute of Network Technology
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China
E-mail:cqxu@bupt.edu.cn


Special Issue on Cross-domain Software Development and Application Technologies
Theme
Since 2005, Taiwan Conference on Software Engineering (TCSE) provides a forum where researchers, educators, and practitioners exchange their research results in the field of software engineering. This special issue is meant primarily to contain selected papers presented at the 19th Taiwan Conference on Software Engineering (TCSE 2023), for which the theme is “Software Engineering and Medical Informatics,” to be held in Hualien City, Taiwan. Medical informatics is a cross-domain subject that explores the application of information and communication technology and software engineering methodology in the medical field, including medical diagnosis and treatment, health care, medical information standards, biological information processing, long-term care, etc. Software technologies are undoubtedly critical for developing high-quality systems in a variety of fields (e.g., education, financial technology, digital transformation, digitization and translation of ancient classics, technological art, and social communication). Thus, in addition to medical informatics, we encourage submissions on presenting and discussing the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and concerns in various cross-domain software development and application technologies. It is noted that this special issue is also open to submission of papers from other authors although the enhanced version of selected TCSE 2023 papers will be its primary source. Major topics of interest are listed but not limited to the following:
    • Interdisciplinary technologies/ applications for software engineering
    • Software engineering for hospital/ healthcare
    • Health information system development
    • Fintech software development
    • Artificial intelligence application on software engineering
    • Ubiquitous/pervasive software systems
    • Security, privacy and trust
    • Software engineering for IoT
    • Cyber physical systems
    • Green and sustainable technologies
    • Model-driven engineering
    • Software engineering education
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at close

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 30, 2023 (past)
Authors Notification Date: March 31, 2024
Camera-ready Deadline: April 30, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: September, 2024

Guest Editors
Yu Chin Cheng
National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:yccheng@ntut.edu.tw
Hidehiko Masuhara
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
E-mail:masuhara@acm.org
Chien-Hung Liu
National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:cliu@ntut.edu.tw
Jiann-I Pan
Tzu-Chi University, Taiwan
E-mail:jipan@mail.tcu.edu.tw
Chu-Ti Lin
National Chiayi University, Taiwan
E-mail:chutilin@mail.ncyu.edu.tw


Special Issue on Information Security Practice and Experience
Theme
The International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience (ISPEC) solicits papers, posters, practices, and experiences for presenting innovative research results, problem solutions, and new challenges in the field of information security. The whole spectrum of IT systems and application areas, including hardware design and software systems, with stringent relevant to security and privacy concerns are of interest to ISPEC. This year, the 17th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience (ISPEC 2022) will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 23-25, 2022. The conference will be organized by National Dong Hwa University (NDHU), Taiwan, and co-organized by National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taiwan, and National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan. The aim of ISPEC 2022 is to provide a leading edge forum to foster interaction between researchers and developers with the information security practice and experience communities, and to give attendees an opportunity to interact with experts in academia, industry and governments.
This special issue is to publish outstanding researches from ISPEC 2022. We will select the papers relevant to information security practice and experience from the accepted papers based on the reviews (comments and scores) and the presentations during the conferences. Each selected paper must be substantially extended, with at least 40% difference from its conference version.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
    • Access control
    • Applied cryptography
    • Big data security and privacy
    • Biometric Security
    • Cloud security
    • Cryptocurrency
    • Cyber security for urban transportation
    • Cyber-physical security
    • Data security in cloud computing
    • Database security
    • Digital forensics
    • Embedded systems security
    • Formal methods for security
    • Intrusion detection
    • Key management
    • Lightweight security
    • Web security
    • Malware detection
    • Mobile security
    • Network security and privacy
    • Operating system security
    • Privacy enhanced technology
    • Secure data sharing in cloud
    • Security and privacy in edge computing
    • Security and privacy in IoT
    • Security and privacy in ubiquitous computing
    • Security for critical infrastructures
    • Security issues in blockchain
    • Smart grid security
    • Software security
    • Viruses and malware
    • Trust management system for mobile computing
Submission
The manuscript to this special issue must be an extended version of a conference paper recommended by the organization committee of ISPEC 2022 in which at least 40% of new material and a new title are required. In addition, the conference paper must be cited in the extended manuscript. The submission should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/preparation.html). A JISE manuscript Word/Latex template is available at https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html. When submission, a covering letter, indicating the paper accepted at ISPEC 2022, names of the authors with their affiliations, addresses and e‐mails, is required. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Any questions regarding this special issue can be sent to the guest editor, Prof. Kuo-Hui Yeh (khyeh@gms.ndhu.edu.tw).
Online Submission System: https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/JISE-SPE

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: February 28, 2023
Authors Notification Date: June 30, 2023
Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: November, 2023

Guest Editors
Kuo-Hui Yeh
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
E-mail:khyeh@gms.ndhu.edu.tw
Chi-Yuan Chen
National Ilan University, Taiwan
E-mail:chency@niu.edu.tw
Shi-Cho Cha
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:csc@cs.ntust.edu.tw
Chun-I Fan
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
E-mail:cifan@cse.nsysu.edu.tw
Fu-Hau Hsu
National Central University, Taiwan
E-mail:hsufh@csie.ncu.edu.tw


Special Issue on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computation Theory
Aims
The special issues on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computation Theory cover the various aspects of evolving algorithms related to Combinatorial Mathematics. It is based on the 39th Symposium on Combinatorial Mathematics and Computation Theory (CMCT2022) which will be held at National Chengchi University, Taipei on June 24-25, 2022 (https://cmct2022.weebly.com).
The main purpose of this symposium is to provide an opportunity for the experts of combinatorics, discrete mathematics, computational theory, algorithm, network computing, bioinformatics, and other research fields to gather together to discuss their recent research and promote other academic exchange. The special issues include the selected extended best papers of CMCT2022 after going through the review process.
Scopes
Papers are solicited on the latest results from the recent advancement in technologies and applications of combinatorics, discrete mathematics, computational theory, algorithm, network computing, and bioinformatics. Topics include, but are not limited to:
    • Combinatorics: Combinatorial Design; Enumerative Combinatorics; Combinatorial Geometry; Combinatorial Topology; Analytic Combinatorics; Algebraic Graph Theory
    • Discrete Mathematics: Graph Theory; Abstract Algebra; Theoretical Computer Science
    • Computational Theory: Computational Complexity Theory; Computability Theory; Turing Machine; Optimization Problem
    • Algorithm: Quantum Algorithm; Divide and Conquer; Reduction of Complexity; Back Tracking; Dynamic Programming; Linear Programming; Approximation Algorithm; Greedy Algorithm
    • Network Computing: 5G Networks and Internet of Things (IoT); Heterogeneous Networks Web of Things; High Performance Internet Protocols; Internet Security and Privacy Localization; Data Center Networking; Blockchain and Consensus Algorithm
    • Bioinformatics: Sequence Analysis; Gene and Protein Expression; Structural Bioinformatics; Network and System Biology; Phylogenetic Reconstruction; Next Generation Sequencing Analysis; Protein Function Prediction
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html).
Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editor, Dr. Jia-Ming Chang. All submitted papers will be reviewed for originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Electronic paper submissions must follow JISE format requirements at https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html. Online submission at: https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/JISE-CMT

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: December 31, 2022
Authors Notification Date: March 31, 2023
Camera-ready Deadline: April 30, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: July, 2023

Guest Editors
Tso, Raylin
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
E-mail:tsoraylin@gmail.com
Yen Hung Chen
University of Taipei, Taiwan
E-mail:yhchen@utaipei.edu.tw
Sheng-Lung Peng
National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan
E-mail:slpeng@ntub.edu.tw
Jia-Ming Chang
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
E-mail:chang.jiaming@gmail.com
Wen-Yu Chung
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:wychung@nkust.edu.tw


Special Issue on Green Sustainable Technologies for Creating a Better World
Aims
The special issues on Green Sustainable Technologies for Creating a Better World address the timely issue of developments and applications related to the challenges of securing green and clean energy sources for the 21st century to protect the environment. It is based on the 2nd International Conference on Green Energy, Computing and Sustainable Technology (GECOST 2022), which will be held virtually on October 26 - 28, 2022 (https://gecost.curtin.edu.my). The special issues include the selected extended best papers of GECOST 2022 after going through the review process.
Scopes
Papers are solicited on the latest results from the recent advancement in technologies and applications of green computing and security, green communications, networks and signal processing, and intelligent embedded systems and analytics. Topics include, but not limited to:
    • Green Computing and Security: High Performance Cloud Computing; Computing for Sustainability; IoT, CPS, CPSS; Data Mining; Data and Information Quality Control; Computer Vision; Distributed Computing; Software Engineering; Bioinformatics; Semantics Web; Cryptography; Digital Forensics; Mobile Security; Cloud Security; Energy Constrained Network Devices; Algorithms and Game Theory
    • Green Communications, Networks, and Signal Processing: Energy Efficient Physical Layer; Power Harvesting; 5G Networks; MIMO Systems; Cognitive Radio and Cognitive Networks; Signal Processing for Communications; Communication Architecture; Delay Tolerant Networks; Fault Tolerance, Reliability and Survivability; Flow and Congestion Control; Multimedia and Real-Time Networking; Optical Networks and Systems Protocols and Standards; Satellite and Space Communications; Sensor/Embedded Networks and Pervasive; Personal Area Networks; Social Network Behaviors; Modeling, And Analysis; Vehicular, Underground and Underwater Networks; Software Defined Networking , Smart Grid Communications, Power-line Communications, Antenna and Wave Propagation; Green Communication Management
    • Intelligent Embedded Systems and Analytics: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning; Agricultural Informatics and Communication; Big Data Analytics; Bio-inspired Optimization; Community Information Systems Remote Sensing; GIS and GPS; Disaster Management; E-Systems; Informatics Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms; Hybrid Intelligent Systems; Neural Networks; Neuro-Fuzzy Models and Applications; Neuro Informatics Open Source: Challenges and Opportunities; Smart grid and Renewable Energy; Low Power Electronics; VLSI Systems; Nano Electronics; FPGA Development; System on Chip; Embedded Applications; Embedded Memory Architecture; System Automation; Power Electronics and Control Scheme
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed for originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Electronic paper submissions must follow JISE format requirements at http://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html.
Please submit to online submission at: https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-gec

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: February 28, 2023
Authors Notification Date: May 31, 2023
Final manuscript due: June 30, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: November, 2023

Guest Editors
Chen Jiann-Liang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:lchen@mail.ntust.edu.tw
Garenth Lim King Hann
Curtin University, Malaysia
E-mail:glkhann@curtin.edu.my
Ling Huo Chong
Curtin University, Malaysia
E-mail:huochong.ling@curtin.edu.my
Lenin Gopal
University of Southampton, Malaysia
E-mail:lenin@curtin.edu.my
Filbert Hilman Juwono
Curtin University, Malaysia
E-mail:filbert.hilman@curtin.edu.my
Wong Wei Kitt
Curtin University, Malaysia
E-mail:weikitt.w@curtin.edu.my


Special Issue on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI 2022)
Theme
The 27th International Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI) series of conferences is an annual leading conference on artificial intelligence and a well-established conference series in Taiwan's AI community. TAAI 2022 is mainly sponsored by the Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (TAAI) and hosted by the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. The conference will provide a forum for researchers to share their insights in various aspects of artificial intelligence from theory, techniques, applications, and implementation. The special issue includes excellent papers presented on TAAI 2022. This special issue also welcomes the original contribution that addresses on technologies and applications of Artificial Intelligence. All interested researchers are invited to contribute to this special issue. Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All articles will be thoroughly refereed according to the high standards of Journal of Information Science and Engineering. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation.
Scopes
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
    • Computer Games
    • Computer Vision / Pattern Recognition
    • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
    • Federated Learning
    • Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Neural Networks
    • Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
    • Knowledge Representation and Automatic Reasoning
    • Knowledge-Based Systems
    • Machine Learning
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Problem Solving and Search
    • Recommender Systems
    • Reinforcement Learning
    • Speech Recognition and Synthesis
    • Web Intelligence and Social Networks
    • Data Privacy and Ethics
    • Explainable AI
    • Human-in-the-loop AI
    • Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)
    • Artificial Intelligence in Finance (FinTech and digital finance, Blockchain, etc.)
    • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare
    • Artificial Intelligence in Transportation, Urban Planning, Sustainability
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/2022ta

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 30, 2023
Authors Notification Date: June 30, 2023
Final manuscript due: July 31, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: September, 2023

Guest Editors
Hung-Yu Kao
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:hykao@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Jen-Wei Huang
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:jwhuang@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Chih-Chieh Hung
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
E-mail:smalloshin@nchu.edu.tw
Lieu-Hen Chen
National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
E-mail:lhchen@csie.ncnu.edu.tw


Special Issue of IPPR CVGIP Conference 2022
Theme
The special issue of IPPR CVGIP Conference 2022 would discuss the contemporary technologies on Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Video Processing, and applications. It is based on the 35th IPPR Conference on Computer Vision, Graphic and Image Processing (CVGIP 2022), which will be held in Sun-Link-Sea Vacation Resorts, Taiwan, in August, 2022.The special issue will include the selected and extended papers of CVGIP 2022 after going through the review process. It is expected to build upon a proper environment to disseminate knowledge and allow state-of-the-art concepts to be further developed and enhanced. Kindly remind that the special issue only considers the manuscripts submitted to CVGIP 2022. Submissions without the recommendation from the CVGIP 2022 committee would be automatically ignored.
Scopes
Topics include, but not limited to:
      (1) Computer Vision
    • Scene Analysis
    • Camera Calibration
    • Motion Analysis
    • 3D Reconstruction
    • Pose Estimation
    • Vision-based Surveillance
    • Vision Interface
    • (2) Image Processing
    • Document Image Processing
    • Medical Image Processing
    • Remote Image Processing
    • Image/Video Watermarking
    • Super-resolution
    • (3) Computer Graphics
    • Rendering
    • 3D Modeling
    • Visualization
    • Animation
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality
    • (4) Pattern recognition
    • Face Detection and Recognition
    • Facial Expression Recognition
    • Gesture Recognition
    • Behavior Recognition
    • (5) Video Processing
    • Video Object Segmentation
    • Video Object Tracking
    • Video Content Analysis
    • Video Indexing and Retrieval
    • Compression and Transmission of Videos
    • Video Adaptation
    • Video Networking
    • (6) Applications and Systems
    • Industrial Visual Inspection
    • Robotic Vision
    • Intelligent Transportation System
    • Multimedia Communication Network
    • Digital Signal Processing
    • Multimedia SoC
    • Biomedical Application
    • Multimedia Security and Forensics
    • Multimedia in education
Submission
A manuscript must be an extended version of the one submitted to the conference. It must contain a significant amount, at least 30%, of new material. In addition, it must cite the conference paper. In particular, a new title, abstract, experimental or simulation results with more detail discussion and analysis should be added. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (http://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html).Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) template and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at: https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/2022ip

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: October 31, 2022
Authors Notification Date: February 28, 2023
Final manuscript due: March 31, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: July, 2023

Guest Editors
Guo, Jing-Ming
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:jmguo@seed.net.tw
Chang, Chuan-Yu
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:chuanyu@yuntech.edu.tw
Yeh, Chia-Hung
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
E-mail:chyeh@ntnu.edu.tw
Cheng, Wen-Huang
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
E-mail:whcheng@nctu.edu.tw
Chu, Wei-Ta
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:wtchu@gs.ncku.edu.tw
Huang, Ching-Chun
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
E-mail:chingchun@cs.nctu.edu.tw
Chiang, Chen-Kuo
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
E-mail:ckchiang@cs.ccu.edu.tw
Hsu, Chih-Chung
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:cchsu@gs.ncku.edu.tw
Lin, Guo-Shiang
National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:gslin@ncut.edu.tw


Special Issue on FinTech, RegTech and Sustainable Finance
Theme
The 3rd International Conference on FinTech, RegTech and Sustainable Finance (FRSF2022) is an annual leading conference on FinTech and a well-established conference series in Taiwan's Finance community. The conference is mainly sponsored by the Deloitte, King's Town Bank, and Concord Securities Group. It hosted by the Center for Innovative FinTech Business Models, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. The conference provides a forum for researchers to share their insights in various aspects of finance and engineering, with core technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, big data analytics, cloud computing, data mining, machine learning, and mobile payment. The special issue includes excellent papers presented on FRSF2022. This special issue also welcomes the original contribution that addresses on technologies and applications of AI and FinTech. All interested researchers are invited to contribute to this special issue. All articles will be thoroughly refereed according to the high standards of Journal of Information Science and Engineering.
Scopes
Topics include, but not limited to:
    • Alternative Finance Technology
    • Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Financial Supervision and Legal Compliance
    • Artificial Intelligence Finance
    • Cybersecurity and Financial Information Security
    • DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
    • Digital Currency Analysis and Application
    • ESG and Sustainable Finance
    • E-Tickets and Supply Chain Finance
    • Financial Big Data Analysis and Application
    • Financial Forecast Analysis
    • Fraud and Financial Credit Investigation
    • Intelligence Risk Assessment
    • Smart Wealth Management and Robo‒Advisor Development
    • Other FinTech and RegTech Related Issues
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (http://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The covering letter should indicate the names of the authors and their affiliations, addresses, faxes, and e-mails. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-frs

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: December 1, 2022
Authors Notification Date: February 28, 2023
Final manuscript due: March 31, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: May 31, 2023

Guest Editors
Yeu-Shiang Huang
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:yshuang@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Hua-Wei Huang
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:z10009023@email.ncku.edu.tw
Mu-Yen Chen
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
E-mail:mychen119@gs.ncku.edu.tw
Chih-Chen Lee
Northern Illinois University, USA
E-mail:cclee@niu.edu


Special Issue on Computer and Drone Applications: Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development
Aims
The dynamic advancement in computer and drone technologies are transforming all aspects of society, economy and environment, worldwide. New technologies and innovations are leveraged to introduce new models, promote sustainability and improve the general standard of living globally, as well as transition through the digitalization era. The digital innovations on computer and drone technologies would ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of sustainable development across various industries. The special issues on Computer and Drone Applications: Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development presents timely issue of knowledge in the advancement of computer and drone applications. This special issue is an extension from the submissions to the 3rd International Conference on Computer and Drone Applications (IConDA) 2022 which is held at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak Branch, Malaysia. The organizer of this conference is UiTM Sarawak Branch. More information about the conference can be accessed through this link: https://rafflesia.uitm.edu.my/iconda. This year IConDA carries a timely theme: Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development. It targets to serve as an exceptional platform for sharing and networking among scientists, academicians, policy makers and stakeholders from government institutions, universities, Non-Government Organizations as well as industry or private sector for an in-depth interaction on judicious issues of innovation for computer and drone applications.
Scopes
IConDA 22 cordially invite the authors of original papers of unpublished work on the latest advancement of the computer and drone applications. Topics include, but not limited to:
      Track Computer Applications
    • Blockchain
    • Computer-Assisted Instruction
    • Computing and Processing (Hardware/Software)
    • Computational Mathematics and Modeling
    • Data Science
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Image and Signal Processing
    • Information and Communications Technology
    • Intelligent System
    • Software Engineering
    • Web 3.0
    • Track Drone Applications
    • Control System
    • Internet of Things
    • Telecommunication Network
    • Remote Sensing
    • Robotics and Industrial Automation
    • Smart Power Management and Green Technology
    • Unmanned Aerial System (Drone)
Submission
A manuscript must be an extension of the one submitted to the conference. It must contain a significant amount (at least 30%) of new material. In addition, it must cite the conference paper. A new title, abstract, experimental or simulation results with more detail discussion and analysis should be added. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (http://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed for originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Electronic paper submissions must follow JISE format requirements at (http://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Please submit to online submission at: https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/2022da

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 30, 2023
Authors Notification Date: July 31, 2023
Final manuscript due: September 30, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: November, 2023

Guest Editors
BengYong, Lee
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
E-mail:bylee@uitm.edu.my
LeeHung, Liew
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
E-mail:lhliew@uitm.edu.my
ChinYing, Liew
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
E-mail:cyliew@uitm.edu.my
Tso Raylin
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
E-mail:raylin@cs.nccu.edu.tw


Special Issue on Signal Processing Techniques for Sustainable Communication in Underwater Acoustic Networks
Aims
Communication systems have come a long way since humans discovered first how to communicate. From smartphones to holographic projections, a lot has changed with the advent of technology. Now it is possible to communicate underwater as well. Underwater acoustic communication is the process of sending and receiving messages in an underwater environment. Hydrophones are the most commonly used device. The complexity of such communication systems exists due to the limited bandwidth, heavy signal attenuation, low data rates, time variations, and multi-path propagation. In order to address these critical issues, innovative signal processing systems are being used. Iterative equalization and decoding and spatial multiplexing methods of signal processing have been proven to enhance the robustness and performance of such underwater acoustic networks. Research in signal processing for underwater communication is majorly focused on the standardization of channel models and feedback-based underwater acoustic systems. The former issue can be addressed using techniques like statistical models and nominal propagation models. However, due to the heterogeneity of underwater surfaces and complex environments, categorised and tailored models might have to be created. Future research can focus on a unified model that includes a repository of observed channel responses.
The latter issue relating to feedback is helpful in developing smart underwater acoustic systems for the next generation. These can be achieved using a number of innovative tools like directive transmission, adaptive power control, adaptive positioning, and adaptive modulation. The advantages of such feedback systems include active time reversal, excitation in single mode etc. Future research in this area can focus on security and privacy, spatial division multiplexing, and point-to-point links. Peer-to-peer networks are being integrated with cellular-based centralized networking to develop bandwidth-efficient underwater acoustic networks. It has been demonstrated that information-based, software-define, and mobility-aware architecture is the key to addressing challenges like large communication delays and degrading network efficiency. The future of sustainable underwater acoustic networks relies heavily on the combination of communication, sensing, and navigation solutions, reliable network communications among Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), and sustainable implementation. The cost, implementation, and availability of such underwater communication systems can also be significantly increased with the help of lighter and more sustainable hardware and software tools.
Scopes
Topics of Interest of the special issue include the following:
    • Development of active real-time ocean monitoring and observation systems using peer-to-peer networks.
    • Design and development of a feedback system for shallow-water acoustic networks.
    • Innovative signal processing models for underwater acoustic networks in sea surfaces with large time variances.
    • Development of a smart data-driven learning system for tuning acoustic links in an underwater environment.
    • Design and development of a smart underwater acoustic network for oil exploration systems.
    • Baseband signal processing for sustainable communication in underwater acoustic networks.
    • Adaptive modulation frameworks for enhanced performance of underwater acoustic networks.
    • Optimization of security features in a multi-user underwater acoustic system.
    • Methods to mitigate interference and noise in underwater acoustic signals.
    • Novel techniques for the development of an affordable and unified model for underwater acoustic networks and signal processing.
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-spt



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: May 31, 2023
Preliminary notification: July 31, 2023
Revisions due: September 30, 2023
Final manuscript due: October 31, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: March, 2024

Guest Editors
Lisu Yu
Nanchang University, China
E-mail:lisuyu@ncu.edu.cn
Gwanggil Jeon
Incheon National University, Korea
E-mail:gjeon@inu.ac.kr
Oscar Sanjuán Martínez
Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), Spain
E-mail:Oscar.sanjuan@unir.net
Ching-Ju Kate Lin
National Chiao Tung University
E-mail:katelin@cs.nctu.edu.tw


Special Issue on Security and Privacy Protection Technologies and Its Applications in Cloud Services
Aims
With the rapid development of cloud techniques, cloud services have been widely adopted in various industries or learning environments. With cloud computing, modern businesses’ flexibility, efficiency, scalability, security, increased collaboration and reduced costs can be guaranteed. However, it also has some drawbacks, such as data loss or theft, data leakage, account or service hijacking, insecure interfaces/ APIs, and denial of service attacks, etc. In other words, the security and privacy are critical issues for cloud services. If the probability of the above-mentioned risks is not effectively reduced or controlled, in the process of enterprises adopting cloud services, before enterprises can fully enjoy the benefits brought by cloud services, the trust from customers and the stability of services that enterprises rely on will be challenged. The purpose of this Special Issue is to enhance and exchange knowledge of security and privacy awareness of either cloud computing or cloud services in both the industry and research communities. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and applied articles addressing new approaches, research results, case studies, and best practices.
Scopes
Submissions are welcome on but not limited to the following topics:
    • Security and privacy in cloud computing-based systems/cloud services
    • Authentication and authorization in cloud computing-based system/ cloud services
    • Data and system integrity in cloud computing-based systems/cloud services
    • Attack detection and prevention for cloud computing-based systems/cloud services
    • Trust management and untraceability in cloud computing-based systems/cloud services
    • Cryptographic protocols in cloud infrastructure
    • Security analysis for in cloud computing-based systems/cloud services
    • Secure cloud storage
    • Deep learning-based security/privacy applications in cloud computing-based systems/cloud services
    • Identification of abnormal transaction behavior in n cloud computing-based systems/cloud services
    • Attack prediction and prevention using machine learning
    • Cyber threat intelligence models for the cloud-based system
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-spp



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: March 30, 2023
Preliminary notification: June 30, 2023
Revisions due: August 31, 2023
Final manuscript due: September 30, 2023
Tentative Publication Date: January, 2024

Guest Editors
Raylin Tso
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
E-mail:tsoraylin@gmail.com
Chia-Chen Lin
National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:ally.cclin@ncut.edu.tw
Wei-Liang Tai
National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:tai.wei.liang@gmail.com
Thai-Son Nguyen
Tra Vinh University, Vietnam
E-mail:thaison@tvu.edu.vn


Special Issue on New Paradigms in Remote Sensing for Monitoring and Surveillance of Land Change Science
Aims
As an interdisciplinary study, this land change science helps in evaluating the changes in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) along with the climatic changes. This detection of LULC is generally done with the help of technology like remote sensing that successfully establishes geographic information of large inaccessible regions. This georeferenced mapping technology classifies different statuses of the land as a settlement area, surface water body, marshy land, river, agricultural land, fallow land, etc. And these land use classifications play a prime role in planning, monitoring, and managing socio-economic development at local, regional, and national levels. As well it also supports policy formulations and planning strategies to ensure sustainable development. This type of approach involves pixel-based software analysis of satellite data (like supervised and unsupervised classifications, object-based image analysis, etc.) that significantly partitions the homogeneous image of a region. Moreover, this categorization of a landscape at a specific time could help have its applications on natural resource management, baseline mapping, natural hazard damage delineation, wildlife habitat protection, urban encroachment determination, routing a plan for exploration activities, and much more. With all these significant roles propounded by remote sensing technology, it seems to be a critical technology in this land change science. Including non-parametric, object-oriented, spectral, parametric, pre-pixel, per-field, and hybrid system classifiers, many image classification methods could be used in analysing the remotely sensed data. These classifiers may be integrated with advanced algorithms like multi-layer perceptron, artificial neural networks, fuzzy art-map classifications, radial basis function networks, self-organized feature maps, etc for better computations rate of huge datasets. The use of these tools could bring in various advantages like high efficiency in handling noise, enhanced integration of multi-sourced data, widened computational efficiency, potential to handle overlapping data, the requirement of minimum training data set, etc. Despite having so many beneficial factors, a few challenging notes are still existing in this advanced system. These may include a time-consuming classification process, dependency on user-defined parameters, difficulty in determining optimal parameters, and complexities in the calculation when it is correlated with various outcomes. Achieving a technology with a high-performance rate is possible when there is minimal error pertaining to the system. Keeping this in mind, it is an obvious step to welcome researchers and other professional participants to put forth their innovative solutions for the welfare of this domain. Thus, these special issues open up various research opportunities for the researchers to inculcate their new ideas to fetch pragmatic solutions for the upliftment of this domain.
Scopes
Submissions are welcome on but not limited to the following topics:
    • New directions in LULC analysis using machine learning-based satellite data classifications
    • Integrated big data analytics and remote sensing for LULC analysis
    • Cloud-based remote sensing technology for determining urban encroachment
    • LULC analysis for the delineation of natural hazard damage using IoT-driven remote sensing technology
    • Artificial neural networks in analysing remote sensing data for land change science
    • Analysing temperature-based LULC changes using AI and remote sensing technology
    • Data mining with advanced remote sensing technologies for LULC analysis
    • Data-driven fuzzy art-map classification for baseline mapping using remote sensing data
    • Delineation of agricultural landscape using advanced remote sensing and image processing technologies
    • Mapping, planning, and management of surface water using remote sensing technology
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at close



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: due day past
Preliminary notification: March 31, 2024
Revisions due: April 28, 2024
Final manuscript due: May 31, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: November, 2024

Guest Editors
Alireza Sharifi
Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran
E-mail:a_sharifi@sru.ac.ir
Aqil Tariq
Mississippi State University, 775 Stone Boulevard, USA
E-mail:at2139@msstate.edu
Dariush Abbasi-Moghadam
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
E-mail:abbasimoghadam@uk.ac.ir
Tzung-Pei Hong
National University of Kaohsiung
E-mail:tphong@nuk.edu.tw


Special Issue on Enhancing Business Process Management through Intelligent Cybersecurity
Aims
In today’s world, business organizations have to deal with a myriad of challenges. Business processes are crucial to a company’s efficacious functioning. Nonetheless, since they are repetitive and entail different stakeholders, they are most prone to errors and poor performance. Therefore, organizations strive to upgrade their Business Process Management (BPM) systems by integrating them with their Business Intelligence (BI), hence making them intelligent. With this means, Business Process Management (BPM) has evolved into Intelligent Business Management (IBPM) in a persistent attempt to fulfil the demands of business process intelligence completely. Intelligent Business Process Management integrates technological innovations, predictive analytics, and process intelligence into the software of IBPM. Compared to the BPM, IBPM is considerably more dynamic and offers more excellent functional responsiveness in various ways, such as real-time analytics assisting intelligent business operations, processing of critically complicated events, mobile platform assistance, and many others. Advanced features of IBPM technology such as Business Process Automation, Enhances collaboration, Predictive analytics, API integration, Low code functionality, and better time management. These attributes of IBPM enable Automation for repetitive operations and help eliminate huge expenditure of manual processing delays, errors, and inefficient business processes. With that, IBPM gathers and analyzes data to support firms to detect novel opportunities and forecast potential future risks effectively. With these technology-driven features, IBPM offers a variety of business advantages such as lowered costs, enhanced customer service and increase in revenue, agility, and mobility for teams, efficiency enhancement and risk reduction, and a lot more. However, with all these potentials described above for firms, IBPM still encounters several challenges in cybersecurity. Security hazards, including data thefts, malware, and hacker attacks, pose a critical threat to the secure execution of business operations. Further, security safeguards are commonly a result of existing trends in information security. With that, decision-makers are driven mainly by fear while delineating security safeguards with a just in case, and consequently, the security decisions only offer punctual solutions. This circumstance also neglects the incorporation of security safeguards to the operating models of a concern. Subsequently, security departments are instead isolated from the rest of the corporate core areas. In addition, the handling of vast requires extreme care while creating, transmitting, storing, and processing because this is the surface of comprehensive attack and attracts privacy violations, email hijacking, and many others. Furthermore, IBPM also faces various vulnerabilities, insufficiencies, misconfigures, leaking of information to third parties, and many worst scenarios have been happening in the business world. In this context, this special issue intends to address Intelligent Business Process Management and cybersecurity. We invite researchers, practitioners, and scholars from various disciplines to present novel and innovative solutions for this particular issue.
Scopes
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to the following,
    • Intelligent business process management for business in the post-pandemic era
    • Effective ways of maintaining resilience with Intelligent business process management
    • Intelligent business process automation: opportunities and challenges
    • Intelligent Information technology Automation for business operations
    • Hyper Automation for business management: risks, challenges, and security concerns
    • Robotic process automation for business in the new digital age
    • Cognitive Automation for business in the post-covid-19 era
    • Intelligent cybersecurity and advances for business
    • Business process monitoring for large enterprises
    • Innovative technologies for cyber resilience and cybersecurity
    • AI and Automation for core business operations
    • Risk mitigation technologies and innovations for business in the future era
    • Emerging trends and security threats in the business world and solutions
    • AI-based business intelligence for business operations
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at close



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: October 31, 2023 (out of submission deadline)
Preliminary notification: January 31, 2024
Revisions due: February 28, 2024
Final manuscript due: March 31, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: July, 2024

Guest Editors
Wattana Viriyasitavat
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
E-mail:watana@cbs.chula.ac.th
Shanshan Zhao
University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
E-mail:Shanshan.zhao@uwe.ac.uk
Qindong Sun
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
E-mail:qdongsun@xjtu.edu.cn
Meng Chang Chen
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
E-mail:mcc@iis.sinica.edu.tw


Special Issue on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI 2023)
Theme
The 28th International Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI) series of conferences will be held on Dec. 1-2, 2023 and is an annual leading conference on artificial intelligence and a well-established conference series in Taiwan's AI community. TAAI 2023 is mainly sponsored by the Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (TAAI) and hosted by the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), Taiwan. The conference will provide a forum for researchers to share their insights in various aspects of artificial intelligence from theory, techniques, applications, and implementation.
Scopes
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to the following,
    • Autonomous Agents and Distributed AI
    • Computer Games
    • Computer Vision / Pattern Recognition
    • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
    • Federated Learning
    • Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Neural Networks
    • Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
    • Knowledge Representation and Automatic Reasoning
    • Knowledge-Based System
    • Machine Learning
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Problem Solving and Search
    • Recommender Systems
    • Reinforcement Learning
    • Speech Recognition and Synthesis
    • Web Intelligence and Social Networks
    • Data Privacy and Ethics
    • Explainable AI
    • Human-in-the-loop AI
    • Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)
    • Artificial Intelligence in Finance (FinTech and digital finance, Blockchain, etc.)
    • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare
    • Artificial Intelligence in Transportation, Urban Planning, Sustainability
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-23ta



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 30, 2024
Authors Notification Date: June 30, 2024
Final manuscript due: July 31, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: November, 2025

Guest Editors
Hsuan-Ting Chang
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:htchang@yuntech.edu.tw
Chao-Yang Lee
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
E-mail:chaoyang@yuntech.edu.tw
Tzung-Pei Hong
National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
E-mail:tphong@nuk.edu.tw
Teck-Khim Ng
National University of Singapore, Singapore
E-mail:ngtk@nus.edu.sg


Special Issue on Next-generation AI and Digital Resilience (National Computer Symposium 2023)
Theme
In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been advancing rapidly. As AI becomes a pivotal infrastructure, ensuring digital resilience gains prominence. Society relies heavily on information systems, making their uninterrupted operation crucial. Failures lead to severe economic and safety consequences. Emphasizing digital resilience and technology development are essential to ensure AI operates securely and reliably. The special issue on Next-generation AI and Digital Resilience addresses the new techniques and innovative applications of AI. It is based on the National Computer Symposium (NCS 2023), which is mainly sponsored by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and hosted by the National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. This special issue will include the selected extended best papers of NCS 2023 after going through the review process. The guest editors solicit recent results from the advancement in technologies and applications of AI, machine learning and all forms of intelligent methodologies.
Scopes
Topics include, but not limited to:
    • Information Security
    • Internet of Things Security
    • Data Mining and Smart Computing
    • Big Data Analysis and Applications
    • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    • Networking and Communication
    • Computer Graphics and Multimedia Applications
    • Financial Technology Innovation and Applications
    • Digital Learning and Innovative Applications of Educational Technology
    • Computational Humanities
    • AI Governance and Ethics
    • Digital Content and Human-Computer Interaction
    • Algorithms and Computational Theory
    • Computer Vision and Image Processing
    • Programming Languages, Software Engineering, and IoT
    • Quantum Computing
    • Bioinformatics and Smart Healthcare
    • Educational Chatbots and Language Annotation
Submission
The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-23ncs

All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The covering letter should indicate the names of the authors and their affiliations, addresses, faxes, and e‐mails. Prospective authors should submit a 2‐page extended abstract electronically by e‐mail to Guest Editor, Prof. Chao-Lin Liu (chaolin@g.nccu.edu.tw) by 15th November 2023.

Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: February 28, 2024
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: April 30, 2024
Final manuscript due: May 31, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: January, 2025

Guest Editors
Chao-Lin Liu
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
E-mail:chaolin@g.nccu.edu.tw
Raylin Tso
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
E-mail:raylin@cs.nccu.edu.tw


Special Issue on Cryptology and Information Security (CISC 2023)
Theme
Information security is a multifaceted domain that focuses on devising and implementing security measures to safeguard information systems against potential threats and attacks. Specific security objectives can be established for different types of threats. Currently, essential security objectives encompass confidentiality, integrity, availability, privacy, authenticity, trustworthiness, non-repudiation, accountability, and auditability. Cryptology stands out as a pivotal tool in crafting protective strategies. As a result, there has been an uptick in research on modern cryptographic methods and security protocols, underscoring the growing emphasis on fortifying modern information systems. The main purpose of this special issue is to publish selected papers with high-quality from “33rd Cryptology and Information Security Conference (CISC 2023)” at National Chung Cheng University (June 1-2, 2023). CISC is an annual conference hosted by Chinese Cryptology and Information Security Association (CCISA for short). The conference will include a peer reviewed program of technical sessions and workshops. In this special issue, we focus mainly on cryptography, network security, system security, application security and fintech security.
Scopes
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
    • Cryptography: Applied Cryptography, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Cryptoanalysis, Lightweight Cryptography
    • Network Security: Cloud Security, NGN Security, Home Network Security, Mobile, Ad-Hoc and Sensor Network Security, VANET Security, Network RFID Security, Wireless PAN/LAN/MAN/WAN Security, P2P Network Security, FW/IDS/IPS, DoS/DDoS Attack Countermeasures, Leakage Resilience
    • System Security: System/Middleware/OS Security, Virtualization Security, Database Security, Secure eHealth/eBusiness/eCommerce/eGoverment, Secure eVode/eContract/eCash, Blockchain, Ubiquitous Security, Internet of Things (IoT)
    • Application Security: Anti-Spam, Web Services security, SNS Security, VoIP Security, Smartphone Security, IPTV Security
    • Information Security: Management Human Resource Security, IT Assurance, Security Policy, Digital Evidence, Big Data
    • Multidisciplinary Security: Smart Grid Security, Malware Countermeasures, Content Security, ID Management and Privacy Controls, Biometrics, Security Engineering, Usable Security and Privacy, Outsourcing/Verifiable Computing, Fintech Security, Social Media Security
Submission
A manuscript must be an extended version of the one submitted to the conference. It must contain a significant amount, at least 30%, of new material. In addition, it must cite the conference paper. In particular, a new title, abstract, experimental or simulation results with more detail discussion and analysis should be added. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering. Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed for originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-23cis



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: December 20, 2023
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: April 30, 2024
Final manuscript due: May 31, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: November, 2025

Guest Editors
Chun-Hung Richard Lin
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
E-mail:lin@cse.nsysu.edu.tw
Po-Ching Lin
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
E-mail:pclin@cs.ccu.edu.tw
Ming-Hung Wang
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
E-mail:tonymhwang@cs.ccu.edu.tw


Special Issue on Applied AI Model in Edge-Cloud Platforms
Overview
With the advent of 5G/6G networks, as services using the Internet of Things (IoT) are gradually spreading and disseminated throughout society and industry, numerous ICT services are emerging. As the flow and movement of data becomes vast due to these services, the amount of traffic and the number of processing tasks increase, causing problems such as network bandwidth problems, bottlenecks, and the risk of overloading the central server (cloud), so that the service cannot be provided immediately. In addition, as it is recently converged with technologies of big data, artificial intelligence, and IoT, new values such as new demand-creating AI convergence projects are created through data analysis, prediction, and autonomous control. Intelligent Edge-Cloud Platforms are being developed to integrate and provide these technologies, and this platform provides intelligent multi-service and resource management. Therefore, in the special issue, we collect papers on multi-service and resource management technologies handled in Intelligent Edge-Cloud Platform.
Scope & Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
    • Concepts, theory, standardization, and modeling for AI based Edge-Cloud Platforms
    • AI based Resource Management in Edge-Cloud Platforms
    • AI based Multi-Service in Edge-Cloud Platforms
    • AI based Privacy and Security in Edge-Cloud Platforms
    • New AI Model of Internet of Things
    • New AI Model Edge/Fog Computing
Submission
A manuscript must be an extended version of the one submitted to the conference. It must contain a significant amount, at least 30%, of new material. In addition, it must cite the conference paper. In particular, a new title, abstract, experimental or simulation results with more detail discussion and analysis should be added. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering. Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed for originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-aep



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: December 31, 2024
Final manuscript due: January 31, 2025
Tentative Publication Date: March, 2025

Guest Editors
Jong Hyuk (James) Park
Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea
E-mail:james.park.cswrgsi@gmail.com
Laurence T. Yang
St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
E-mail:ltyang@gmail.com
Han-Chieh Chao
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
E-mail:hcchao@gmail.com
Ji Su Park
Jeonju University, Korea
E-mail:jisupark7203@gmail.com
Chen, Mu-Yen
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
E-mail:mychen119@gs.ncku.edu.tw


Special Issue on Advanced Bioelectrical Signal Processing and Cloud-Edge Integration for Network-Centric Smart Communication Systems
Overview
The integration of bioelectrical signal processing and cloud-edge integration is already transforming healthcare, human-computer interaction, and other aspects. In this integration, Bioelectrical signal processing involves analysing and interpreting electrical signals generated by the human body which can be EEG, ECG, EMG, or EOG. Techniques like machine learning, artificial intelligence, and deep learning extract meaningful information from these signals. In turn, they can be used for medical diagnosis, brain-computer interfaces, affective computing, and real-time health monitoring. Similarly, cloud-edge integration allows for efficient data pre-processing, real-time analysis, and centralized storage for in-depth analysis. here, network-centric smart communication systems use a network of sensors, devices, and communication infrastructure to collect, analyse, and share data for remote patient monitoring, personalized healthcare, and improved human-computer interaction. This emerging field holds immense potential for revolutionizing healthcare and other aspects of our lives. Moreover, the integration of advanced bioelectrical signal processing and cloud-edge technology for network-centric smart communication systems has the potential to significantly improve healthcare, enhance human-computer interaction, and unlock new possibilities in various fields. As we overcome the challenges and capitalize on the opportunities, this emerging field holds immense promise for shaping a better future. In this process, bioelectrical signal processing utilizes machine learning and AI to enable personalized healthcare, real-time monitoring, and early disease prediction. Brain-computer interfaces promote accessibility and human-machine interaction, neuromodulation uses bioelectrical stimulation for neurological disorders and wearable sensors enable continuous bio-signal monitoring enhancing remote patient care. In this special issue on “Advanced Bioelectrical Signal Processing and Cloud-Edge Integration for Network-Centric Smart Communication Systems”, we aim to provide a platform for researchers to showcase their innovative studies in advanced bioelectrical signal processing and cloud-edge integration for network-centric smart communication systems.
Scope & Topics
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to::
    • Applications of Cloud-Edge Integration in Personalized Healthcare
    • Brain-Computer Interfaces: Advances and Challenges in Communication Systems
    • 5G Technology Convergence with Bioelectrical Signal Processing
    • Wearable Devices for Remote Healthcare Monitoring and Communication
    • Edge Computing Infrastructures for Efficient Bioelectrical Data Processing
    • Human-Machine Collaboration in Smart Communication Systems
    • Ethical Considerations in the Processing and Communication of Bioelectrical Data
    • Neuromarketing: Utilizing Bioelectrical Signals for Consumer Insights
    • Augmented Reality Applications in Bioelectrical Signal Communication
    • Biometric Authentication Systems Using Bioelectrical Signals
    • Adaptive Communication Protocols for Dynamic Bioelectrical Environments
    • Cognitive Computing Approaches for Enhancing Smart Communication Systems
Submission
A manuscript must be an extended version of the one submitted to the conference. It must contain a significant amount, at least 30%, of new material. In addition, it must cite the conference paper. In particular, a new title, abstract, experimental or simulation results with more detail discussion and analysis should be added. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering. Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed for originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Information Science and Engineering (https://jise.iis.sinica.edu.tw/pages/authors/manuscripts.html). Any questions regarding this special issue should be sent to the guest editors. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. The manuscript should be prepared in JISE Word (or Latex) standard and converted into a PDF for auto-submission system. Electronic paper should be submitted to SI_Auto_Submit_System at https://journal.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/jise-bsp



Publication Schedule
Manuscript Submission Deadline: June 30, 2024
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection/Revision: September 30, 2024
Final manuscript due: October 31, 2024
Tentative Publication Date: March, 2025

Guest Editors
Aleksandra Kawala-Sterniuk
Opole University of Technology, Poland
E-mail:a.kawala-sterniuk@po.edu.pl
Adam Sudol
Opole University of Technology, Poland
E-mail:dasiek@uni.opole.pl
Mariusz Pelc
University of Greenwich, UK
E-mail:m.pelc@greenwich.ac.uk
Radek Martinek
VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
E-mail:radek.martinek@vsb.cz
YuTe Wang
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
E-mail:yutewang@citi.sinica.edu.tw