Intelligent Sensors for Smart and Autonomous Vehicles: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Vehicular Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: intelligent sensors; sensor fusion in automotive applications; automotive testing; powertrain concept; energy efficiency; autonomous vehicles; computer modeling; simulation in the automotive field
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Interests: propulsion systems for road vehicles; internal combustion engines; active and passive vehicle safety; road accident reconstruction; road safety; autonomous vehicles
Interests: electric vehicles; fuel cell vehicles; powertrain concept; electronic control unit; in-vehicle communication network; energy efficiency; autonomous vehicles; computer modeling and simulation in the automotive field
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Interests: systems and tools for CAD and VLSI; formal validation methods for hardware and software systems; embedded systems; autonomous driving; sensor networks; developing parallel algorithms and optimization techniques to achieve practical solutions with limited resources
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Autonomous vehicles (AVs), particularly those targeted at SAE levels 4 and 5, rely on an exceptional level of intelligence to navigate and determine their next course of action in real-time. This capability is critically dependent on modern and intelligent sensing systems.
Data from an extensive number of sensors drives the core operations of AV, including localization, environmental awareness, behavior prediction and motion planning.
While the fundamental principles of AV sensing were established (many in the first edition of this Special Issue), the shift to pervasive, dependable and secure autonomous operation necessitates solutions that address emerging challenges, including:
- Reliability and robustness in extreme environments;
- The use of uncertainty-aware sensing to evaluate risk in safety-critical scenarios;
- V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication to enable cooperative perception;
- Integration of next-generation sensor technology (e.g., event cameras and 4D radar).
Building on the success of the first edition, “Intelligent Sensors for Smart and Autonomous Vehicles”, we encourage contributions that aim to advance AV technologies by addressing these cutting-edge issues. We are seeking novel studies that extend beyond conventional perception algorithms to focus on the underlying sensor technologies, thereby developing more reliable, safe and robust autonomous transportation systems.
We welcome papers that investigate the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Machine Learning (ML) in improving sensory performance and data interpretation, particularly in the following non-exhaustive themes/subjects:
- Robust and accurate perception systems for severe weather and lighting conditions;
- Uncertainty quantification and risk assessment for sensor data;
- V2X communication for cooperative perception and data fusion;
- Next-generation sensor technologies, including event cameras, 4D radar and solid-state LiDAR;
- Intelligent sensor integration and data fusion for environmental modeling, world construction and simulation;
- AI/ML for sensor calibration, anomaly detection and self-correction;
- Cybersecurity and data privacy in cooperative sensing systems;
- Advanced sensor-based object classification and prediction;
- Real-time data processing at the sensor level (edge) and fog computing architectures.
Prof. Dr. István Barabás
Prof. Dr. Horia Beles
Dr. Calin Iclodean
Dr. Stefano Quer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- intelligent sensors
- optimized sensors
- sensors fusion
- sensor integration
- imaging sensors
- range sensors
- inertial sensors
- autonomous driving
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- deep learning
- big data processing
- virtual reality
- cloud computing
- edge computing
- fog computing
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