Canan Batur Şahin^1,*, Siti Fatimah Abdul Razak^2,*, Arif Ullah², Ali Fatih Gündüz¹, Nazri Mohd Nawi³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.89, No.1, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.080874 - 13 August 2026

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks face escalating cybersecurity threats, especially from zero-day attacks that exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities. To address this, we present HADAR-UAV (Hybrid Anomaly Detection with Adaptive Risk-calibration for UAV). This novel intrusion detection framework integrates masked autoencoder representation learning with Deep Support Vector Data Description (Deep SVDD) under conformal prediction guarantees to calibrate risk. Our method overcomes three critical limitations of existing approaches: (i) over-reliance on attack signatures, (ii) lack of statistical guarantees on false alarm rates, and (iii) insufficient robustness in feature extraction under partial observation. Using a rigorous Leave-Two-Attack-Families-Out (L2AFO)… More >

Maurice Kyla Octaviano, Jin-Taek Seong^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.082842 - 23 July 2026

Abstract Integrating high-frequency sequential signals with low-frequency contextual descriptors into a unified deep encoder is a recurring challenge in computational modelling, exemplified by cross-sectional stock ranking where price dynamics must be jointly modelled with quarterly accounting fundamentals. Existing approaches use late concatenation, where the contextual signal influences only the final prediction head and cannot shape upstream feature extraction. We propose Feature-wise Linear Modulation (FiLM) as an intermediate conditioning mechanism: fundamentals generate per-channel scaling (gamma) and shifting (beta) parameters that affinely transform the encoder’s intermediate representations before aggregation. The same price sequence thus yields different temporal features… More >

Ziyi Ju¹, Ping Yu¹, Rui Song¹, Tonglin Chen^1,2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.082060 - 23 July 2026

Abstract In modern high-performance chip design, achieving timing closure is essential to design success. With the increasing scale and complexity of modern chips, timing-driven placement has become increasingly important. Traditional placement methods primarily focus on minimizing wirelength, but lack timing optimization, making it difficult to meet the strict timing closure requirements of modern designs. Therefore, developing an efficient timing-driven placement method has become a critical challenge in modern chip design. This paper presents a novel timing-driven placement framework that integrates a variational graph autoencoder (VGAE) with a nonlinear mixed-size placement optimizer. The framework identifies timing-violation paths More >

Junchen Huo¹, Song Wang^1,*, Enqing Chen¹, Yingqiang Ding¹, Shouyi Yang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.081658 - 23 July 2026

Abstract Multi-modal 3D object detection, which leverages the complementary strengths of LiDAR point clouds and camera RGB images, has emerged as a critical component of 3D perception in autonomous driving. As a critical challenge in multi-modal learning, modality alignment aims to establish accurate semantic correspondences across distinct modalities. However, existing methods encounter significant difficulties in achieving robust alignment when data from one modality is obscured, such as in the presence of object occlusion or adverse environmental conditions, including illumination variations and inclement weather. To alleviate this issue, we present CG-MAE, a dual-branch Bird’s-Eye-View (BEV) masked autoencoder… More >

Ramakrishna Gandi^1,*, Geetha A.¹, Ramasubbareddy B.²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.2, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.077569 - 15 June 2026

Abstract In the fields of affective computing, human-computer interaction, and psychological evaluation, the capacity to recognize emotions is crucial. Unimodal systems in the form of visual systems or of the physiological type are usually not designed to capture the complexity that exists in emotional states. The paper proposes NeuroVision: Multimodal Emotion Recognition System, combining facial video frames information and electroencephalogram (EEG) based information to enhance the accuracy and stability of the system. The system applies ResNet50 on the spatial information of facial expressions, Vision Transformer (ViT) on the temporal movements in the video, and an EEG-MLP… More >

Edward Danso Ansong¹, David Adlai Nettey^1,*, Sarika S², Simon Bonsu Osei¹

Journal on Big Data, Vol.8, pp. 1-10, 2026, DOI:10.32604/jbd.2026.065126 - 12 June 2026

Abstract Credit card fraud has emerged as a pervasive threat, impacting financial institutions and individuals as online banking and payment methods become increasingly integral to daily life. Despite efforts to mitigate this problem through measures like passwords and two-factor authentication, financial institutions continue to suffer substantial losses, often amounting to millions of dollars. Traditional machine learning solutions, developed and trained as supervised learning models, have failed to address this issue effectively. In anomaly detection, such as credit card fraud detection, the available training datasets are vast but inherently imbalanced, posing a formidable obstacle for supervised learning… More >

Zafer Serin^1,*, Cihan Karakuzu², Uğur Yüzgeç²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.147, No.2, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2026.079254 - 27 May 2026

Abstract This study proposes SWAGE-3D (Spectral Wasserstein Attention Generative Ensemble), an enhanced 3D-VAE-GAN framework for single-view 3D object reconstruction using voxel-based representations. The proposed model integrates RGB-D encoding, Wasserstein adversarial learning with hybrid Lipschitz regularization, and a self-attention–augmented generator to improve structural coherence and training stability. By combining variational latent modeling with stabilized Wasserstein optimization, the framework aims to address common challenges in 3D generative modeling, including mode collapse, unstable convergence, and insufficient global consistency. The encoder employs a depth-aware feature extraction strategy, while the discriminator utilizes a hybrid spectral normalization and gradient penalty mechanism to More > Graphic Abstract

Akash Garg^*

Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.8, pp. 273-298, 2026, DOI:10.32604/jai.2026.079401 - 12 May 2026

Abstract As cyber threats continue to evolve in scale and sophistication, the need for intelligent and adaptive security mechanisms has become increasingly urgent. Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are critical components in safeguarding computer networks from malicious activities. This review paper presents a comprehensive analysis of recent advancements in deep learning-based IDS, examining various architectures such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), autoencoders, and generative adversarial networks (GANs). The study compares traditional intrusion detection techniques with modern deep learning approaches, highlighting their strengths, limitations, and suitability for real-world deployment. Special attention is given to… More >

Giulio Caporro¹, Paolo Russo^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.1, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.079331 - 08 May 2026

Abstract Monocular depth estimation (MDE) has become a practical alternative to active range sensing in many indoor scenarios, enabled by supervised deep learning models that predict dense depth maps from a single RGB image. However, most modern MDE systems assume mid-to-high resolution inputs and non-trivial compute budgets, limiting their direct applicability in embedded and bandwidth-constrained settings. This paper studies low resolution MDE, focusing on 96×96 inputs, where geometric cues are strongly degraded and naively downsizing high-resolution architectures often leads to unstable training and poor accuracy. We propose DeepEchoNet, a lightweight hybrid CNN-transformer model tailored to operate natively More > Graphic Abstract

Liping Wang¹, Jiang Wu^1,2,*, Liang Wang³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.1, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.078591 - 08 May 2026

Abstract The rapid growth of networked systems and the increasing diversity of cyberattack behaviors have posed significant challenges to intrusion detection, particularly in scenarios characterized by high-dimensional features and severe class imbalance. Conventional detection approaches based on handcrafted rules or shallow representations often exhibit limited robustness under such conditions. To address these issues, this paper presents a hybrid deep learning framework for network intrusion detection that integrates complementary feature learning mechanisms within a dual-branch architecture. Specifically, a Transformer branch is employed to model long-range temporal dependencies in network traffic, while a convolutional neural network branch (CNN)… More >