Special Issue on Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies for Next-Generation Applications
Published 26 December, 2025
Electronic science is rapidly evolving, particularly as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies shape next-generation intelligent systems and allow new possibilities in automation, smart transportation, and industrial innovation. This Special Issue on Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies for Next-Generation Applications aims to bring together high-quality research that explores how these technologies synergize to create intelligent, adaptive, and efficient electronic architectures. In line with the editorial team's core expertise, the goal is to showcase interdisciplinary strength and originality, and to define a unified framework for next-generation intelligent electronics.
This Special Issue welcomes studies that advance robust algorithms, smart sensor networks, and hybrid architectures for real-time and data-intensive applications across communication, robotics, and autonomous systems.
Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- AI-assisted signal and image processing in industrial contexts
- AI-driven optimization for electronic systems and network design
- Deep learning models for fault detection, diagnostics, and control
- Digital twin systems for electronic design and predictive control
- Intelligent communication networks: Internet of Things (IoT), IoV (Internet of Vehicles (IoV), and edge computing architectures
- Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for industrial automation and connected systems
- Materials and devices for flexible, wearable, and intelligent systems
- Next-generation intelligent transportation systems and smart infrastructures
- Quantum communication and secure data transfer in AI-integrated systems
- Quantum technologies and hybrid computing for intelligent electronics
- Robotics and automation: sensor fusion and real-time decision systems
Schedule:
- Submission: Now - September 30, 2026
- Date completion of the review and revision processes: December 31, 2026 or earlier.
Guest Editors:
Prof. Dr. Inam Ullah
Department of Computer Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea
Email: inam@gachon.ac.kr
Inam Ullah received a Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Hohai University, China. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Gachon University, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea. His research interests include the Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, Quantum Technologies, Next-Generation Technologies, Computing Technologies, Robotics and Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Computer Networking, Wireless Sensor Networks, 5G/6G, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Learning.
Dr. James Adu Ansere
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada
Email: jaansere@mun.ca
James Adu Ansere received his PhD in information and communication engineering from Hohai University, China in 2021. He is a Post-doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. His research areas include Quantum Machine Learning and Optimization, Quantum Technologies, Next-Generation Technologies, Internet of Vehicles, Semantic Communications, Internet of Things, Digital Twin Networks, and Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Hazrat Bilal
College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, China, and College of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Email: hbilal@szu.edu.cn
Hazrat Bilal received his PhD degree in control science and engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China, China in 2024. He is a Post-doctoral research fellow at the College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, China. His research interests include Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Next-Generation Technologies, Big Data, Computing, Industrial Automation, Internet of Robotic Things, and Artificial Intelligence.