Thanks to all the contributing authors for this issue. We collected six high-quality technical articles for it, which signified a new pace of the development of <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine</i> . I hope that we continue this pace to advance the magazine and provide more innovative technological articles to our readers, with the support of energetic author groups. This issue presents articles across multiple disciplines. I believe the content can reach and attract varieties of readers across the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. The presented research results are from the fields of computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and control technology. The other important feature of this issue is that half of the articles were produced by international collaborations, demonstrating the effectiveness and significance of collaborative research.