Special Issue 13

Call for Papers

Special Issue of the International Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM-Journal)
Title: Intelligence Framework and Key Technologies for 6G Intelligent and Advanced Networks
Lead Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Peerapong Uthansakul, Thailand, (uthansakul@suranaree-ut.com)

Aims and Scope

This thematic issue of the International Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM-Journal) aims to explore the transformative role of 6G Intelligent and Advanced Networks in economics, industrial systems, business management, production optimization, and sustainable organizational development.

In the future, 6G will usher in the era of intelligent interconnection and gradually realize the seamless connection and integration of the digital world and the physical world. With the completion of the ITU-R IMT-2030 framework recommendation, ISAC has become one of the key scenarios of 6G.

By utilizing the signal propagation characteristics of wireless communication systems, ISAC can realize two independent functions, wireless communication and wireless sensing, in the same system and achieve mutual benefit. As a new information communication technology based on software and hardware resource sharing and information sharing, ISAC can effectively improve the system's spectrum efficiency, hardware efficiency, and information processing efficiency while achieving the coordination of sensing and communication functions. Therefore, its emergence quickly attracted the keen attention of researchers.

However, the establishment of ISAC theory is still challenging, and more efforts are still needed in many aspects, such as the optimal performance boundaries and trade-offs of perception and communication, ISAC signal processing and waveform design schemes, new transceiver designs, and exploring the synergy between ISAC and other emerging technologies (such as reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, millimeter wave/terahertz, new multiple access, backscatter communication, non-terrestrial networks, etc.).

The increasing integration of AI technologies, machine learning, big data analytics, intelligent automation, and digital transformation is reshaping economic decision-making, industrial operations, supply chains, financial systems, and strategic management practices worldwide. The issue seeks to bring together researchers, academicians, policymakers, and industry practitioners to discuss innovative AI-driven approaches for improving productivity, operational efficiency, economic forecasting, risk management, sustainability, and industrial competitiveness in the era of Industry 4.0 and digital economies.

This special issue focuses on the innovative ideas and strategies that addresses research problem and as a means to bring about new advancement in 6G communication networks. The purpose of this special issue is to bring together researchers, academicians and individuals to exchange novel ideas and latest findings and to promote the advancement of 6G toward modern wireless communications.

Topics of Interest

Submissions are encouraged, but not limited, to the following themes:

1. Artificial Intelligence in Economic Systems

AI-driven economic forecasting and predictive analytics
Machine learning applications in macroeconomic and financial analysis
Intelligent systems for economic policy and decision-making
AI in digital and platform economies
Computational economics and data-driven economic modeling

2. AI in Industrial and Production Management

Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 applications
Intelligent production planning and scheduling
AI-based quality control and process optimization
Predictive maintenance using machine learning
Automation and robotics in industrial operations

1. Artificial Intelligence in 6G networks

AI-driven 6G network management
Federated learning based 6G network planning
Machine learning applications in 6G network optimization
Intelligent systems for economic assessment of 6G networks
AI-driven digital technology for 6G communication

2. 6G in Industrial and Production Management

Intelligent network management and control architecture for 6G
Real-Time Digital Twins & XR
Decentralized Task Scheduling
Predictive Maintenance & Energy Optimization
Network-in-Network (NiN) Management

3. 6G for Business and Strategic Management

AI-Native Intelligence
Deterministic Connectivity
Internet of Senses
Private networks in 6G

4. Novel architectures for secure and realizable 6G networks

Zero Trust Layer (ZTL)
IoT-driven integration networks
New core network entities and interfaces
Heterogeneous network integration
Software-defined Network (SDN) frameworks
Network function virtualization (NFV) for 6G
Semantic communications protocols for 6G
6G-enabled internet of everything (6G-IoE)

5. 6G networks for green communications

Energy Harvesting & Zero-Energy IoT
Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)
AI-Driven Traffic Optimization
IoV, V2V, V2X energy efficiency optimization
Network Slicing for Sustainability

6. 6G network security and privacy

AI & Machine Learning for Threat Detection
Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
Zero Trust Architectures & Blockchain
Physical Layer Security
Collaborative Security Frameworks
DDoS detection and prevention
Data-loss prevention (DLP)

7. 6G networks applications

Autonomous and smart vehicles
Smart vehicles
mmWave 6G communication
Massive MIMO
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)
Terahertz (THz) Communications
Non-terrestrial networks (NTN)

Important Dates

Manuscript submission deadline: 1 April 2027
Notification of tentative acceptance: 1 June 2027
Submission of final revised papers: 1 August 2027
Notification of acceptance: 1 October 2027
Publication of the thematic issue: 15 December 2027

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process in accordance with the standards of the International Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM-Journal).

Authors should prepare manuscripts according to the journal�s formatting and submission guidelines.

Guest Editors

Lead Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Peerapong Uthansakul
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Email: uthansakul@suranaree-ut.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-7108-9263

Co-Guest Editor

Dr. Peican Zhu
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Email: peicanzhu.nwpu@outlook.com
ORCID: 0000-0001-7604-8279

Dr. Hong-Yeop Song
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Email: hong.yeopsong@hotmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0001-8764-9424

Contact Information

For inquiries regarding the special issue or manuscript submissions, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Peerapong Uthansakul
Email: uthansakul@suranaree-ut.com