New Insights Into Smart and Intelligent Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

Smart sensor technologies have been deployed for monitoring and control mechanisms in a wide variety of environments (e.g., smart grids, flood and water level monitoring systems, environmental monitoring, traffic monitoring and control, energy saving, remote system monitoring, industrial applications, agriculture, etc.). Smart sensors provide information on a physical environment by using embedded microprocessors and wireless communication to monitor, examine, and maintain various systems. Computational resources are an integral part of the physical design of the sensor, without being reduced to a simple task of sending data for remote processing. Significant advances in miniaturization and increased computing power allow the implementation of learning algorithms that provide high data availability, leading to intelligent and autonomous sensors with distributed sensing capabilities. Technological developments in digital signal processing are driving major changes in the sensor domain. Thus, data fusion techniques and artificial intelligence concepts are now commonly used for better exploitation of sensor data as well as for successful integration into smart sensing applications. Innovative solutions to remedy some of the drawbacks of intelligent and smart sensors (hacking, additional maintenance costs, complex recalibration procedures, IT expertise required in operation, additional energy consumption, and the management of large volumes of data) are also encouraged. The purpose of this Special Issue is to explore advanced and visionary solutions related to intelligent and smart sensors.

Academic researchers, developers, and industry practitioners are welcome to submit original research contributions dealing with intelligent and smart sensors. Additionally, application-oriented and review papers are encouraged.

Dr. Ioan Burda
Dr. Ajit Jha
Dr. Carlos Cruz
Guest Editors

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