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Vol. 32, No. 8(2), S&M2292

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Vol. 38 No. 1(4)
Special Issue on Novel Sensors, Materials, and Related Technologies on Artificial Intelligence of Things Applications Part 3-2

Guest Editor: Teen-Hang Meen (National Formosa University), Wenbing Zhao (Cleveland State University), and Cheng-Fu Yang (National University of Kaohsiung)

Preface

  • We developed a low‑cost, high‑precision monocular visual ranging system based on the You Only Look Once version 5 (YOLOv5) object detection algorithm, addressing the limitations of traditiona ... Read More

  • A wireless sensor network design is tailored for the structural health monitoring of large-scale civil infrastructure in this study. To address the challenge of power management in remote deploym ... Read More

  • In this study, we aimed to design and simulate a cost-effective and structurally simple dual-axis solar tracking mechanism. A crucial aspect of the research was to ensure the system’s robustnes ... Read More

  • In this study, we developed an IoT-enhanced fuzzy-creative quadrant evaluation framework that integrates fuzzy theory with the creative quadrant method to systematically assess the cultural and c ... Read More

  • As science communication increasingly transitions from traditional text-based formats to multimedia content, short videos have emerged as a dominant form, particularly on IoT-enabled platforms th ... Read More

  • In the current era of digital transformation, enterprises are increasingly reliant on intellectual capital and collaborative efficiency. Traditional human resource management systems (HRMSs) are ... Read More

  • The evaluation of tourism efficiency is crucial for regional economic development. However, conventional methods rely on low-dimensional statistical data that fail to capture the industry’s com ... Read More

  • We developed an IoT and machine learning (ML) system to predict injuries and monitor performance in athletes by integrating advanced sensor technology. IoT devices, including chest straps with he ... Read More

  • The rapid expansion of IoT deployments has intensified the need for efficient real-time sensor data aggregation. Conventional cloud-centric methods suffer from high latency and bandwidth limitati ... Read More

  • Small object detection plays a critical role in applications such as security surveillance, autonomous driving, and remote sensing. However, conventional detection methods often struggle with hig ... Read More

  • Deploying deep learning models for antenna gain prediction on IoT sensing nodes and edge gateways poses significant challenges due to severe constraints on memory, computation, and power. In sens ... Read More


S&M4302

Research paper

S&M4302
Real-time Vehicle Detection and Distance Estimation: Soft-sensor Approach Using Optimized You Only Look Once Version 5 and Perspective Geometry
Zhengsong Ni, Jie Shi, Liyao Li, and Cairong Ni
pp. 329-347
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5781
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4303

Report

S&M4303
Communication Protocol and Network Deployment Design for Wireless Sensor Network
Zhensong Ni, Shuri Cai, Cairong Ni, and Liyao Li
pp. 349-362
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5782
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4304

Research paper

S&M4304
Design of a Dual-axis Solar Tracking Mechanism
Sean Te-Hsun Lin, Xiao-Qing Lin, Wei-Ling Hsu, Chao-Ming Hsu, and Cheng-Fu Yang
pp. 363-373
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5785
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4305

Report

S&M4305
IoT-enhanced Fuzzy-creative Quadrant Evaluation Framework for Cultural and Creative Products: A Case Study of Shanghai Jinshan Farmer Paintings
Juan Lu, Shuaisen He, Hui-Chen Tsai, and Cheng-Fu Yang
pp. 375-390
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5787
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4306

Report

S&M4306
Scientific Knowledge Communication on IoT Platform Environments: An Empirical Study on the Text and Short Videos
Hong-Yi Ding, Yi-Xin Xiong, Min-Chih Hsieh, and Cheng-Fu Yang
pp. 391-403
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5792
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4307

Report

S&M4307
IoT-driven Framework for Enhancing Human Resource Management System in Digital Era
Ce Shi, Mohd Anuar bin Arshad, Jiangwei Luo, and Cheng-Fu Yang
pp. 405-418
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5793
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4308

Research paper

S&M4308
Evaluation of Tourism Development Efficiency Using Multisource Sensor Data: A Case Study in China
Bingfeng Liu, Jianhua Cheng, and Jiaqi Cao
pp. 419-437
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5802
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4309

Research paper

S&M4309
Integration of IoT and Sensor Technology in Sports Performance Tracking and Analysis
Jing Chen and Wenbin Liu
pp. 439-454
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5812
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4310

Technical paper

S&M4310
Structured Sensor Data Aggregation for Real-time Analysis in Cloud Computing
Feng Kou and Xiaohui Zheng
pp. 455-476
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM6065
Published on January 29, 2026
PDF (open access)

S&M4311

Technical paper

S&M4311
C2 Block + Parallel Spatial Attention Module-Ghost Convolution-Feature Diffusion Pyramid Network-You Only Look Once (YOLO)-v11n: An Efficient and Real-time Small Object Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOV11n
Yu Fan, Junchao Lin, Chinta Chen, Mingkun Xu, and Cheng-Fu Yang
pp. 477-494
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM6112
Published on January 29, 2026
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S&M4312

Research paper

S&M4312
Multilevel Knowledge Distillation with U-Net for Resource-constrained Antenna Gain Prediction on IoT Edge Devices
Tsung-Ching Lin, Cheng-Nan Chiu, Po-Tong Wang, and Li-Der Fang
pp. 495-507
https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM6114
Published on January 29, 2026
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