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SectionComputer

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IMPACT FACTOR1.689

applied sciencesEditor-in-ChiefProf. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi

About the section Computer

This section aims to collect relevant scientific contributions in the broad field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), with specific focus on Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. The focus of papers published in this section will be on applied research within these topics, but theoretical works are also welcome, if related to possible applications. More specifically, papers dealing with the acquisition, processing, storage and transmission of information, electrical devices (sensors, actuators, etc.) and electronic equipment are within the scope of this section. This section aims to provide a forum for research from both academia and industry, and will be the perfect journal to disseminate your results to a global community of researchers.

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Open Access Unlimited and free access for readersNo Copyright Constraints Retain copyright of your work and free use of your articleThorough Peer-ReviewCoverage by Leading Indexing Services SCIE-Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters), INSPEC (IET), Scopus (Elsevier)No Space Constraints, No Extra Space or Color Charges No restriction on the length of the papers, number of figures or colorsDiscounts on Article Processing Charges (APC) If you belong to an institute that participates with the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP)Impact Factor 1.689 (2017 Journal Citation Reports), 5-Year Impact Factor 1.855Fast Manuscript Handling time 2017 Median APT: 48 daysCiteScore (Scopus) 1.90

TRACKED FOR IMPACT FACTOR

IMPACT FACTOR1.689

SectionComputer

Subject Area

Computer Science: Database, Information Systems and Security• Databases and Data Warehouses• Cloud Databases• Distributed Databases• Information and Knowledge Engineering• Information Retrieval Systems• Data Mining Techniques• Data Security, Privacy and Cryptology• Web-Based Design and Development• Decision Support Systems• Expert Systems and Business Intelligence• Big Data and Big Data Analytics

Computer Science: Multi-Agent Systems and Pervasive Computing• Autonomic Computing and Communication• Multi-Agent Systems• Agile Software Systems• Engineered Self-Organization and Self-Organizing Computing Systems• Swarms and Swarm Intelligence• Pervasive and Mobile Computing• Sensor Networks• P2P and Cloud Computing• Web and Participatory Systems• Self-* Properties and Adaptive Algorithms• Operating Systems and Middleware for Autonomous and Adaptive Systems• Social Sensing and Social Analysis

Computer Science: Audio, Speech and Music Processing• Speech and Audio Technology and Applications• Speech Analysis, Synthesis, Coding, Recognition, Speaker Verification, language Modeling and Recognition, Human Speech Production and Perception, Speech Enhancement

• Speech and Audio Separation, Computational Auditory Scene Analysis and Independent Component Analysis• Music Signal Analysis, Synthesis and Information Retrieval

Computer Science: Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition• Deep Learning Applications• Artificial Intelligence Applications• Video Surveillance and Related Applications• Machine Vision for Industry 4.0• Mobile and Robot Vision, including Autonomous Guidance Applications• Image Retrieval and Visual Search• Human Computer Interaction and Graphics• Image and Video Communications• Bio-edical and Medical imaging• Remote Sensing

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Power Systems• Components, Systems, and Processes for Solid-State Energy Conversion• Applications in Energy Conservation and Efficiency• Energy Harvesting

Emerging Techniques and Applications• Internet of Things and Sensor Networks• Generative Adversial Networks• Web-scale Retrieval of Information• Innovative Technologies and Services for Smart Cities and Smart Grids• Cyber-Physical Systems• ICT Systems for Cultural Heritage• Quantum Computing and Architectures• 5G Networks Applications• Metamaterials

Special Issue Books

Applied Artificial Neural Network Editor: Dr. Christian W. Dawson

Smart Healthcare Editors: Prof. Dr. Wenbing Zhao; Dr. Xiong Luo andProf. Dr. Tie Qiu

Polarimetric SAR Techniques and ApplicationsEditors: Prof. Dr. Carlos López-Martínez andProf. Dr. Juan Manuel Lopez-Sanchez

Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Geoinformatics Editor: Saro Lee

Recent Developments in Smart Healthcare

Wenbing Zhao, Xiong Luo and Tie Qiu

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Content Highlights

Scattering Characteristics of X-, C- and L-Band PolSAR Data Examined for the Tundra Environment of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, CanadaAuthors: Tobias Ullmann, Sarah N. Banks, Andreas Schmitt and Thomas Jagdhuber

Robust Visual Localization with Dynamic Uncertainty Management in Omnidirectional SLAM Authors: David Valiente, Arturo Gil, Luis Payá, Jose M. Sebastián and Óscar Reinoso

Wearable Current-Based ECG Monitoring System with Non-Insulated Electrodes for Underwater ApplicationAuthor: Underwater Application, Stefan Gradl, Tobias Cibis, Jasmine Lauber, Robert Richer , Ruslan Rybalko, Norman Pfeiffer, Heike Leutheuser, Markus Wirth, Vinzenz von Tscharner and Bjoern M. Eskofier

Wearable Plasma Pads for Biomedical ApplicationsAuthors: Junggil Kim, Kyong-Hoon Choi, Yunjung Kim, Bong Joo Park and Guangsup Cho

Dual-Branch Deep Convolution Neural Network for Polarimetric SAR Image ClassificationAuthors: Fei Gao, Teng Huang, Jun Wang, Jinping Sun, Amir Hussain and Erfu Yang

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