About the Journal

IJCOPI stands out as a unique publication in its field, serving as an indispensable resource for students, academics, and industry professionals. The journal provides authoritative guidance and knowledge in a wide range of areas, including combinatorial optimisation, artificial intelligence, smart cities, smart technologies, and blockchain, among others. By fostering innovation and advancing research across disciplines, IJCOPI addresses both foundational and emerging challenges in informatics and beyond.

 

Coverage

The international Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics published papers in different areas related to the Informatics. The topics are:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
  • Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR).
  • Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Transportation.
  • Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies.
  • Blockchain for Smart Governance.
  • Bioinformatics.
  • Cloud Computing and Edge Computing.
  • Combinatorial Optimization Problems (COPs).
  • Computer Science Security.
  • Computational Complexity.
  • Computational aspects in Science of life.
  • Computational Intelligence.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Cybersecurity in Smart Cities.
  • Data Science and Big Data Analytics.
  • Digital Twins for Urban Planning.
  • Doctoral thesis Summary.
  • Educational Technology.
  • Grid Computing.
  • Health Informatics.
  • Human-Computer Interaction.
  • Informatics.
  • Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities.
  • Meta-heuristic and heuristics algorithms.
  • Metaverse and Virtual Environments.
  • Neurosecurity.
  • Operations Research.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Renewable Energy and Smart Grids.
  • Semantic Web.
  • Software engineering.
  • Technical reports of master’s thesis and Bsc´ thesis.
  • Web Technologies.
  • Wireless and Mobile Computing.
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
  • Smart Cities.
  • Smart Water.
  • Smart Transportation.
  • Smart Government.
  • Smart Farming.
  • Smart Environment.
  • Smart Education.
  • Smart Economy.
  • Smart Money
  • Secure Cities.
  • Smart Energy.
  • Sustainable Urban Development.
  • Mechatronics.
  • Quantum Computing.

For more information, please write to:  editor (at) ijcopi.org

 

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