Innovative Sensor Solutions from Spain: Pioneering Research and Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hardware security; cryptography; signal processing
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the most advanced sensor technologies developed in Spain. With the rapid evolution of smart sensing systems and their integration into critical applications—from healthcare and personal safety to smart industry, environment, and transportation—this issue highlights Spain's scientific and technological contributions to the field.
In particular, we welcome submissions aligned with strategic initiatives such as VITAL-IoT, a national cybersecurity project funded by INCIBE within the framework of Spain’s Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan (financed by the European Union through NextGenerationEU). This initiative focuses on securing life-dependent personal IoT systems, including wearable and implantable medical devices, affective computing platforms, and forensic-grade sensor networks—domains where data security, trustworthiness, and system resilience are critical.
We invite original research papers, comprehensive reviews, and interdisciplinary case studies that explore the frontiers of sensor development, secure integration into IoT systems, and their social and ethical implications.
Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Physical, chemical, optical, biological, acoustic, and hybrid sensors.
- Wearable and implantable sensors for medical and safety-critical applications.
- Physiological-signal-based authentication and biometric sensing (ECG, GSR, PPG, voice, EEG).
- Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) for device identity and tamper resistance.
- Sensor fabrication technologies: micro/nanofabrication, printed electronics, integration into SoCs.
- Sensor networks and IoT connectivity (5G, NB-IoT, LoRa, edge computing).
- Cybersecurity and privacy-preserving protocols for sensor systems.
- Post-quantum cryptography and secure key generation in low-power environments.
- Intelligent sensors enhanced by AI/ML for classification, prediction, and anomaly detection.
- Secure data storage and transmission between sensors and cloud platforms.
- Forensic reliability of sensor-collected data and secure chain-of-custody frameworks.
- Emotion-aware and stress-detection systems in affective computing.
- Sustainable sensing systems and green sensor technology.
- Identity management and continuous authentication in embedded devices.
- Demonstration systems (e.g., gender violence victim protection platforms such as Bindi).
Dr. Pedro Peris-Lopez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sensor technology
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- wearable devices
- cybersecurity
- biometric sensors
- smart systems
- data privacy
- AI in sensors
- medical technology
- embedded systems
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