AI Engineering & Applications (AIEA) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to publishing rigorous and application-oriented research in artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on work that combines scientific novelty with engineering value, spanning AI methods, intelligent systems, and real-world deployment across healthcare, manufacturing, robotics, transportation, energy, and digital infrastructure. AIEA aims to provide a trusted platform for researchers and practitioners to share reproducible, high-impact advances that support the responsible development of next-generation AI technologies.