Cover -- Guest editorial -- Single-loop sigma delta modulator design and verification for cognitive IoT applications -- Efficient task scheduling on virtual machine in cloud computing environment -- High gain switched beam Yagi-Uda antenna for millimeter wave communications -- PAPR reduction using OQAM for spectrum sensing -- Energy efficiency in cloud data centres using parallel hybrid Jaya algorithm -- Soft computing based audio signal analysis for accident prediction -- Kuznets curve with parabola shaped ultra-wideband antenna with defected ground plane for communications