*** Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP *** *HCIS Journal (2022 Edition)* *(Call for Papers & Published Papers)* ============================================================ ============================================================= *Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS)* *ISSN: 2192-1962, Editor-in-Chief: Jong Hyuk Park* *"Impact Factor: 6.6, (JCR-Q1 ranked)"* *http://hcisj.com/ <http://hcisj.com/>* ============================================================ ============================================================= *Important Notice* We are happy to share the exciting news that Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS) received an official Impact Factor of 6.6, ranking 26/158 (Q1) in the category "COMPUTER SCIENCES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS", which was released in the 2023 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2022). *1. **Call for **P**apers* · *Special Issues (Open)* *Special Issue on* *Next-Generation Computing Technologies and Applications* Important Dates & Lead Guest Editor Submission deadline: 30 June 2024 Guest Editors: Dr. Hyun-Soo Choi, Dr. Luong Vuong Nguyen, Dr. Laihyuk Park, Dr. Pradip Kumar Sharma, Dr. Changhoon Lee, Dr. Neil Yuwen Yen, Dr. Jong Hyuk Park CFP Link: *http://hcisj.com/issues/issue_view.php?wr_id=25* <http://hcisj.com/issues/issue_view.php?wr_id=25> · *Regular Issues (Opening)* Aims and Scope Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS) publishes outstanding research papers which cover the various theories and practical applications related to human-centric computing and information sciences. The papers that we publish present results of significant value in relation to the need to solve various problems with application services and other problems falling within the scope of HCIS. Furthermore, we expect that they will trigger further related research and technological improvements relevant to our future lives. *Topics* Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences is related to the continuous evolution and convergence of information technologies, including the following: · Human-computer Interaction and the Multimodal · Internet of Things and Sensors · Cloud, Edge and Fog Computing · Social Computing and Intelligence · Computer-assisted Learning and Cognition · Blockchain and Data Mining · Privacy, Security and Cryptography · AI and Big Data Analytics for HCIS · Ambient Intelligence · Cyber-physical Systems and Smart Devices · Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications · Smart city - applications and services · Quantum information technology (application and services) · Metaverse applications and services · HCIS Services, Applications, and Implementations *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Editorial Board* *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* ***Editor-in-Chief*** James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), Korea ***Associate Editors-in-Chief*** Young-Sik Jeong, Dongguk University, Korea Kim-Kwang Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan ***Managing Editors*** Jisu Park, Jeonju University, Korea Seyd Hassan Shah, California State University, United States of America Jin Wang, Changsha University of Science and Technology, China ***Advisory Board*** Hamid Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA M. Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Mohsen Guizani, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates Krishna Kant, Temple University, United States of America Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada Mohammad Obaidat, The University of Jordan, Jordan Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA Sethuraman Panchanathan, Arizona State University, USA Doo-Soon Park, Soonchunhyang University, Korea Vincenzo Piuri, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy Philip Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Wanlei Zhou, City University of Macau, Macau ***Senior Editors*** David Camacho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid, Spain Sahil Garg, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Canada Jungho Kang, Baewha Women’s University, Republic of Korea Muhammad Khan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Neeraj Kumar, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India Jaime Lloret, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Ka Man, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Joel Rodrigues, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil Arun Kumar Sangaiah, VIT University, India Enrique Herrera Viedma, University of Granada, Spain Yang Xiao, University of Alabama, United States of America Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, United States of America ***Associate Editors*** You can find the details on the following HCIS website. http://hcisj.com/about/editorial_board.php *2. **Published Papers (2024)* · Article Title: Provable Lightweight Hybrid Proxy Re-encryption Scheme without Pairings for Internet of Things Authors: Eman Abouelkheir1,2,* and Shamia El-sherbiny2 Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:34 Research Published on: 15 June 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.034 · Article Title: Key Management-Based Data Aggregation Secured with Privacy and Confidentiality-Preserving Scheme for Fog-Assisted WBANs Authors: Jegadeesan Subramani1, Azees Maria2,*, Arun Sekar Rajasekaran3, Fadi Al-Turjman4,5, Manjur Kolhar6, and Chadi Altrjman5,7 Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:33 Research Published on: 15 June 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.033 · Article Title: Applying Knowledge Elicitation and Active Learning to Predict the Green Space Cooling Effect Authors: Yansu Qi1,2, Zitong Liu3, Guoqing Ni3, Weijun Gao2,4, and Sheng Miao3,4,* Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:32 Research Published on: 15 June 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.032 · Article Title: Text Coverless Information Hiding Based on BERT Entity Recognition Lin Xiang, Jiaohua Qin*, Xuyu Xiang, and Yun Tan Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:31 Research Published on: 30 May 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.031 · Article Title: Computational Affective Knowledge Representation for Agents Located in a Multicultural Environment Authors: Joaquin Taverner1,*, Andreas Brännström2, Dalila Durães3, Emilio Vivancos1, Paulo Novais3, Juan Carlos Nieves2, and Vicente Botti1 Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:30 Research Published on: 30 May 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.030 · Article Title: Dependent Nearest Neighbor Powered TWSVM for Cancer Recurrence Prediction Based on Internet of Medical Things Authors: Wei Zhang1,2, Zezhong Ma1,2, Tianhao Ji3, Aimin Yang1,2,4,5,6,*, Pengfei Ma1,2, Lijing Wang4,7, Lei Yang4,7, Dianbo Hua8, and Yang Han1,4,5,6 Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:29 Research Published on: 30 May 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.029 · Article Title: Federated Learning-Enabled Zero-Day DDoS Attack Detection Scheme in Healthcare 4.0 Authors: Mikail Mohammed Salim1, Yoixay Sangthong1, Xianjun Deng2, and Jong Hyuk Park1,* Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:28 Research Published on: 15 May 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.028 · Article Title: Wireless Device Identification Based on Transfer Learning Authors: Chi-Yuan Chen* and Li-Hsien Lin Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:27 Research Published on: 15 May 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.027 · Article Title: A Two-Step Channel Mask Method for Data Augmentation in Contrastive Learning-Based Human Activity Recognition Authors: Qi Xie1, Tao Zhu1,*, Jinqiang Wang1, Liming Luke Chen2, Chao Liu3, and Yaping Wan1 Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:26 Research Published on: 15 May 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.026 · Article Title: Dynamic Logical Resource Reconstruction against Straggler Problem in Edge Federated Learning Authors: Kaiju Li1, Hao Wang2,3, Xuejiao Mu2,3, Xian Chen4, and Hyoseop Shin5,* Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:25 Research Published on: 30 April 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.025 · Article Title: Enhancement of the IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control Protocol with the Channel Usage Based Backoff Algorithm for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Authors: Noor Mast1, Shafiullah Khan1, Faten Khalid Karim2, M. Irfan Uddin1, Sameer Alshetewi3, Sara Ghorashi2, Muhammad Altaf khan1, and Samih M. Mostafa4,5,* Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:24 ResearchPublished on: 30 April 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.024 · Article Title: A Profit-Aware Double-Layer Edge Equipment Deployment Approach for Cloud Operators in Multi-Access Edge Computing Authors: Xiaomin Jin1,2,3,*, Junyan Hu1,2,3,*, Jingbo Wang1,2,3, and Shuai Zhang1,2,3 Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:23 Research Published on: 30 April 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.023 · Article Title: Wireless Power Assisted Computation Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach Authors: Mohammed Maray1, Ehzaz Mustafa2, and Junaid Shuja3,* Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:22 Research Published on: 15 April 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.022 · Article Title: A Secure Editable Blockchain Consensus Mechanism for IoT-Based Crowdsensing Data Collection Authors: Hanshu Hong, Bing Hu, and Zhixin Sun* Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:21 Research Published on: 15 April 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.021 · Article Title: Correction: Remote Sensing Image Change Detection Based on Balanced Sampling and FCN with Attention Mechanism Authors: Guangwei Zhao1,2, Yaxin Peng1, Yang Zhou3,*, and Xiangqian Zhou2 Publication Title: Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences 2024 14:20 Research Published on: 15 April 2024 https://doi.org/10.22967/HCIS.2024.14.020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * An Important Notice for SI Manuscript Submissions* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- · Please check the main idea and topic of your manuscript for the HCIS SI submission!! 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