Prof. Dr. Bijan Shirinzadeh Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Sensors and Robotics” in Sensors

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Bijan Shirinzadeh has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Sensors and Robotics” Section in Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).

Prof. Dr. Bijan Shirinzadeh received a B.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering, a B.Eng. degree in aerospace engineering, and an M.S.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as well as a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Western Australia (UWA). He is currently a full professor and the director of the Robotics and Mechatronics Research Laboratory (RMRL). His areas of expertise are automation, CAE/CAD/CAM/CAPP manufacturing, computational geometry, contact and quasistatic motion analysis, flexible fixturing, mechatronics, robotics and sensing, and control.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Shirinzadeh, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?
The journal has very professional and excellent administrative and editorial teams. The journal also has an excellent impact factor that has been steadily increasing. As a result, I was honored to be invited to be the Editor-in-Chief.

2. What is your vision for the Section?
The “Sensors and Robotics” Section is becoming increasingly important, given the developments of sensing and control strategies in all aspects of robotics. It is envisaged that the Section will endeavor to publish high-quality manuscripts from around the world and be a leading source of research reporting to established researchers as well as early career researchers.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?
The fundamental and strategic research in this field will continue to grow, and this will enable the Section to publish leading-edge and innovative research in many areas such as robotics in medicine and rehabilitation, micro and nano technologies and systems, autonomous and complex systems, sensing in robotic and automated manufacturing, AI and ML-based sensing and robotics systems, and many more.

4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?
The development of Open Access in the publishing field has been excellent for readers, as it provides an easy avenue for researchers to obtain excellent publications in a free access environment. However, it has also been challenging for Open Access journals to compete with long-established journals for relevance, publication volume, quality manuscripts, and impact factor.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Bijan Shirinzadeh in his role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to him leading Sensors to achieve more milestones.