Intelligent Sensors for Monitoring Physical Activities

Dear Colleagues,

Human physical activities are increasingly pushed to the limit in extreme environments, such as in the high mountains, in the depths of the sea, or in sports, both at a professional and amateur level.

The analysis and evaluation of biophysical responses in people who face severe conditions and efforts require complex and often multidisciplinary theoretical and practical skills.

The rapid development of biotechnological, computer, and engineering sciences and the increasingly sophisticated applications are greatly affecting research in this field. Consequently, the approach of monitoring human physical activities is changing significantly, also fostering the appearance of new professional figures with non-traditional skills.

In particular, the effective analysis of biometric parameters now requires big data approaches, capable of exploiting intelligent computational models that deal with multimedia information obtained from different types of sensors, often in real-time, for evaluating performance, adaptive planning, rehabilitation, prevention, or simulation.

This Special Issue, titled "Intelligent Sensors for Monitoring Physical Activities", intends to explore the scientific–technological frontier that underlies the optimal solution of the abovementioned problems, while, at the same time, involving the development and use of innovative sensors and smart methods for the interpretation of data and scenarios.

The main topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• biological signals and sensors;
• computational intelligence;
• digital signals and images processing;
• human physiology;
• machine learning;
• motion analysis;
• multimedia data analysis;
• neurological disorders;
• physical activities;
• positioning and depth sensors, sports, rural and mountain areas activities, and rehabilitation.

Dr. Massimo Martinelli
Dr. Peter Paal
Dr. Davide Moroni
Prof. Dr. Ales Procházka
Guest Editor

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