Advances in Wearable Computing: Connectivity, Security, and Applications
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioelectronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 482
Special Issue Editors
Interests: body sensor networks; wearable computing; biomedical electronics and signal processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wearable devices are increasingly vital for promoting health and reshaping health culture. By providing enhanced access to personal physical activity and physiological metrics, these devices empower individuals to take greater control of their well-being. This trend has driven interest in multimodal health monitoring, the quantified self, and personalized healthcare.
As wearable technology advances, innovations are focused on making these devices more practical, user-friendly, and seamlessly integrated into daily life. This evolution emphasizes the importance of user acceptance, reliability, effectiveness, accessibility, and the secure processing of personal information associated with wearable systems.
In the realm of medical wearable sensor data analytics, artificial intelligence is taking on an increasingly pivotal role, with large language models being at the forefront of this progress. The development of advanced models with high capabilities in processing diverse biomedical data relies on inputs from thousands of personal wearable devices, with these models typically operating in the cloud. Conversely, edge devices provide users with greater autonomy but necessitate optimized, highly personalized recognition models. Additionally, diverse wearables can dynamically interconnect and collaborate to achieve optimal analysis results, along with enhancing the overall efficiency and reliability of monitoring.
In this rapidly advancing landscape, key aspects of biomedical data processing, such as feature extraction, multimodal sensor data fusion, model and data optimization, and secure data handling, remain essential for successful practical deployment.
This Special Issue will showcase the latest scientific advancements in the dynamic field of wearable devices. We invite submissions on, but not limited to, the following aspects:
- Physical and physiological activity signal processing in wearables;
- Multimodal sensor fusion;
- Artificial intelligence for wearable devices;
- Large language models for wearable biomedical data processing;
- Quantified self, personalized healthcare, and health parameter monitoring through wearables;
- Biometric applications based on data from wearable sensors;
- Connectivity and security in body sensor networks;
- User acceptance of wearable systems.
We welcome all types of manuscripts, including original, applied, fundamental, translational, and clinical studies; review articles; and methodological papers.
Dr. Kamen Ivanov
Dr. Qimeng Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- physiological signal processing
- gait analysis
- activity recognition
- sports performance evaluation
- identity recognition
- wearable computing
- body sensor networks
- multimodal sensor data fusion
- artificial neural networks
- user acceptance
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