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Soft Computing - Call for Papers: Harnessing the Synergistic Potential of Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Graphs in Smart Industry and Health Applications

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In an era of unceasing digital transformation, the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Knowledge Graphs (KG) in revolutionizing industries worldwide is indisputable. This special issue aims to explore the leading-edge developments, applications, and future potential of these synergistic technologies in the landscape of smart industry, or Industry 4.0, as well as the integration of AI and optimization techniques, which is still an underexplored field that holds significant potential for various applications.

The advent of AI has redefined the operational capacities of various industries, including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, energy, and agriculture. Simultaneously, knowledge graphs are emerging as a promising tool to interlink and interpret complex industrial data, fostering intelligent decision-making and automation. This special issue serves as a platform to delve into the extensive applications of AI and KG in smart industries, creating a dialog between academia, industry, and policy-makers, and highlighting the opportunities and challenges involved.

Topics of Interest
The topics of interest for this SI include, but are not limited to:

  • AI and KG in advanced manufacturing and automation.
  • AI and Optimization techniques.
  • AI-driven predictive maintenance with the aid of KG.
  • Role of KG in AI-based supply chain and logistics management.
  • AI and KG in energy efficiency and smart grid management.
  • Ai and KG for Enhanced Healthcare Decision Support and Patient Care
  • Use of AI and KG in enhancing cybersecurity in industrial applications.
  • Case studies showcasing the successful implementation of AI and KG in different industry sectors.

The format for the full article submission is available at: https://www.springer.com/journal/500/submission-guidelines (this opens in a new tab)

SUBMISSION - IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • All papers will be peer-reviewed. Before any special issue is given final approval to be put into production, additional rigorous integrity checks are carried out by the Editor-in-Chief, Special Issues Assistant Editor, Editorial Team, Production Office and by Springer Nature.
  • Authors should follow the formatting and submission instructions for Soft Computing: https://www.springer.com/journal/500/submission-guidelines (this opens in a new tab). 
  • During the first submission step in Editorial Manager select 'Original article' as the article type. In further steps you should confirm that your submission belongs to this special issue by choosing the special issue title from the drop-down menu.
  • Submissions should be original papers and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

GUEST EDITORS

Antonio Maria Rinaldi (LEAD GUEST EDITOR)
Institutional e-mail: antoniomaria.rinaldi@unina.it
Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, via Claudio 21, Naples.

He is currently an Associate Professor at DIETI, University of Naples Federico II. He is the Head of the IKNOS LAB at UNINA and he is an Associate Researcher at CNR IEOS “G. Salvatore”. He is member of several journal editorial boards, conference program and reviewer committees and he is author and co-author of numerous research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. In the last years, he has been involved in several research and industrial projects related to information retrieval, multimedia database integration, and geographic information systems.

Kurosh Madani
Institutional e-mail: madani@u-pec.fr
Affiliation: LISSI Laboratory, University of Paris-Est Creteil (UPEC), 36-37
rue Georges Charpak, Paris, 94000, France.

Received the graduation degree in fundamental physics from Paris 7-Jussieu University, Paris, France, in June 1985, the M.Sc. degree in microelectronics and the PhD degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, in September 1986 and February 1990, respectively, and the DHDR Doctor Hab. degree (senior research doctorate degree) from the University Paris 12 Val de Marne, Créteil, France, in 1995. He works as the Chair Professor of electrical engineering with the Senart-FB Institute of Technology, University Paris-Est Creteil, Créteil, where he was the Co-Creator with the Images, Signals, and Intelligent Systems Lab- oratory (LISSI/EA 3956) in 2005. He has authored and coauthored of more than 350 publications (in international journals, books, conferences’, and symposiums’ proceedings). Dr. Madani has been awarded by the Academic Palm of French Government (Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques) for his academic and scientific achievements in 2017.

Cristiano Russo
Institutional e-mail: cristiano.russo@unina.it
Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, via Claudio 21, Naples.

Dr. Russo is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples. He is part of the IKNOS LAB and COSMO LAB at CNR IEOS-UNINA and he collaborates with Pattern analysis and Intelligent Computation for Multimedia Systems Lab (Picus Lab) at UNINA.
Dr. Russo is program committee member of international conferences, and he contributes as a reviewer for several international journals and conferences. He has several publications in international conference and journals.

Cristian Tommasino
Institutional e-mail: cristian.tommasino@unina.it
Affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples Federico II, via Claudio 21, Naples.

Cristian Tommasino is a PhD candidate in Information and Communication for Health at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Naples. He is an active member of the IKNOS LAB and COSMO LAB at CNR IEOS-UNINA. Additionally, he collaborates with the Pattern Analysis and Intelligent Computation for Multimedia Systems Lab (Picus Lab) at UNINA. He serves as a program committee member for international conferences and contributes as a reviewer for various international journals and conferences.

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