Sensors

Sensing, Prediction, and Virtual Validation Technologies for Connected and Automated Vehicles

edited by

, Ignacio Alvarez and Eleni Mantouka

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: automated and autonomous driving; vehicle sensing technologies; sensor fusion; object detection and identification; driver monitoring; large language models in automotive industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Advanced Sensors in Nondestructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Miguel A. Machado

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced sensors; nondestructive testing (NDT); structural health monitoring (SHM); sensor technologies; smart materials; numerical simulation; remote monitoring; proactive maintenance; structural integrity; real-time monitoring; wireless sensor networks; terahertz inspection; eddy currents; ultrasounds; thermography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)

Advanced Deep Learning Techniques for Intelligent Sensor Systems

edited by

Yunsick Sung

and

Bugeun Kim

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; large language mode; large multimodal model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Medical Image Processing and Analysis Based on Sensor Technology

edited by Weimin Tan and Dawei Dai

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical image processing; sensor technology; foundation models; AI fairness; image enhancement; multimodal fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advances in Smart Grid Architectures: Sensor Technologies and Intelligent Monitoring Systems

edited by El Hadj Miliani and Arash Farnoosh

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grid architecture; sensor technologies; intelligent monitoring systems; real-time data acquisition; artificial intelligence in power systems; predictive maintenance; grid resilience; state estimation; renewable energy integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Application, Optimization and Security for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things (IoTs)

edited by

Yi Gu

and

Lei Miao

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 20212 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities and home automation; agriculture and industrial automation; environmental monitoring and disaster management; healthcare monitoring and wearable sensor technologies; energy-efficient routing protocols; data aggregation and coverage optimization; QoS (Quality of Service) optimization; sensor deployment strategies and load balancing in IoT networks; blockchain for IoT security; intrusion prevention systems (IPSs) and intrusion detection systems (IDSs); privacy; authentication; and confidentiality in wireless communications; fault tolerance and reliability in WSNs; sensing data analytics in cloud/edge/fog computing; human– machine interaction and AI applications; traffic monitoring and management optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

AI-Powered RF Sensing and Signal Intelligence: Advances in Detection and Classification Techniques

edited by

Emanuel Puschita

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3010 | Submission Open

Keywords: RF sensing; signal intelligence (SIGINT); spectrum monitoring; RF signal detection and classification; I/Q time series analysis; spectrogram-based methods; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); deep learning for RF; real-time signal intelligence; source localization; security and surveillance applications; non-cooperative sensing; cognitive radio; drone detection via RF

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advances and Recent Trends in Sensing Technology and Systems for Human Health Monitoring

edited by

Giorgia Fiori

and

Andrea Scorza

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; biomedical engineering; health monitoring; measurement; technology; systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Machine Learning in Biomedical Signal Processing

edited by

Alan Jović

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical signal processing; biomedical time series analysis; multimodal biomedical signals and sensor data processing; machine learning; deep learning; feature extraction; feature selection; hybrid machine learning architecture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Deep Learning Technology and Image Sensing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Sukho Lee

and

Dae-Ki Kang

submission deadline 5 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13424 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; image sensing; video sensing; image sensor; video sensor; computer vision

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Biodegradable and Polimer-Based Sensors

edited by

Vytautas Bucinskas

and

Andrius Dzedzickis

submission deadline 5 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodegradable sensors; biomaterials; polymeric materials; sensing mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Empowering Sensors in the Internet of Things with Tiny Machine Learning

edited by

Dinh-Thuan Do

and

Cheng-Chi Lee

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9717 | Submission Open

Keywords: tiny machine learning; Internet of Things; data processing; data analysis; energy efficiency; performance evaluation; security; privacy considerations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Intelligent Point Cloud Processing, Sensing and Understanding—Third Edition

edited by

Miaohui Wang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9362 | Submission Open

Keywords: point cloud acquisition from laser scanners; stereo vision; panoramas; camera phone images and oblique as well as satellite imagery; deep learning for point cloud processing; point cloud registration; segmentation; object detection; semantic labelling; compression and quality assessment; fusion of multimodal point clouds; modeling of LiDAR/image-based point cloud processing; industrial applications with large-scale point clouds; high-performance computing for large-scale point clouds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Advances in Signal Processing and Sensing Technology for Improved Structural Health Monitoring

edited by Rajendra Prasath Palanisamy, Alp Tugrul Findikoǧlu and Oleksii Karpenko

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6766 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic sensing; defect imaging; thermal imaging; sensor development; machine learning; signal processing; non-destructive testing; composite inspection; material characterization; real-time monitoring; digital twin; training data scarcity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Nanomaterial-Optimized Device Construction and AI-Enhanced Signal Analysis of Gas Sensors

edited by

Tao Wang

, Tetsuya Shimamura,

Jia Yan

and

Mingzhi Jiao

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6545 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensor; chemiresistive sensor; nanomaterials; constructing heterojunctions; two-dimensional materials; electronic sensitization; machine learning; deep learning; electronic nose; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Technologies, Challenges, Applications, and Emerging Trends in Sensor-Enabled Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing

edited by

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,

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submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6259 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; embedded computing; ubiquitous computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Design and Electronic Design Automation Techniques of Analog and RF Integrated Circuits for Sensor Applications

edited by

Lihong Zhang

, Yushi Zhou and

Ricardo Martins

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3373 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated circuits (ICs); analog and radio frequency (RF); circuit design methodologies; electronic design automation (EDA); sensor application; design; and optimization; circuit performance and constraints

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensors—Integrating Composite Materials in Aerospace Applications

edited by Giuseppe Sala and

Pietro Aceti

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart materials and structures; health and usage monitoring system— HUMS; sensors integration technologies; energy autonomous system; embedding sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

State-of-the-Art Photonics and Optical Sensors

edited by

Anubhav Srivastava

,

Stefania Campopiano

and

Agostino Iadicicco

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonics sensors; fiber optic sensors; fiber biosensors; fiber Bragg gratings; long period gratings; photonic crystal sensors; photonics and optical communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensors for Plasma Measurements

edited by

Bruno Soares Gonçalves

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors for plasma measurements; nuclear instruments and methods for hot plasma diagnostics; plasma diagnostics— charged-particle spectroscopy; plasma diagnostics— interferometry; spectroscopy; and imaging; plasma diagnostics— probes; plasma generation (laser-produced; RF; X-ray-produced); plasma diagnostics— simulation; plasma diagnostics— neutral and ion beams; detector design and construction technologies and materials; plasma diagnostics— instrumentation; control; and data acquisition; neutron detectors (cold; thermal; fast neutrons); gamma detectors (scintillators; CZT; HPGe; HgI; etc.); plasma diagnostics— high-speed photography; data processing methods; detector design and construction technologies and materials; detector alignment and calibration methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communications in the 6G Era

edited by Oyunchimeg Shagdar, Pierre Merdrignac,

Miguel Sepulcre

and Ines Ben Jemaa

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: V2X; 6G era; vehicular communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

AI-Integrated Sensors

edited by Cheryl Li

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge AI for sensor processing; building lightweight AI models that thrive on resource-constrained devices ; real-time data crunching that keeps privacy first ; cool applications in IoT; smart homes; or industrial systems multimodal AI sensors ; blending visual; auditory; or tactile data for richer insights ; generative AI that mimics human-like perception (pretty mind-blowing stuff!) ; gesture recognition; lip-language decoding; or next-gen human– machine interfaces wearable and biosensors for healthcare ; AI-driven wearables that monitor health 24/7 or catch diseases early ; self-powered sensors; like those using triboelectric nanogenerators or graphene ; devices that empower rehabilitation or assistive tech for better lives AI-enhanced sensor fusion for autonomous systems ; combining sensors for sharper perception in self-driving cars or robots ; real-time decision-making and path planning under pressure ; leveraging 5G to supercharge AI sensor networks in fast-paced settings soft and virtual sensors ; clever software-based models that act like physical sensors ; AI-powered predictive maintenance or system health checks ; smart manufacturing or chemical sensing applications photonic and spintronic sensor integration ; light- or spin-based sensors for lightning-fast processing ; AI-driven photonic vision or signal processing breakthroughs ; innovations fueling next-gen computing or adaptive systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors and Real Time Systems for IIoT—Second Edition

edited by

Nicoleta Cristina Gaitan

and Carlos Alberto Astudillo

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-time systems; intelligent sensors; IIoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Advances in Physical, Chemical, and Biosensors

edited by

Sergey Y. Yurish

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 20759 | Submission Open

Keywords: accelerometers; inclinometers; gyroscopes; mechanical sensors; optical sensors; optical fiber sensors; photonic sensors; chemical sensors; biosensors; immunosensors; BioMEMS; temperature sensors; pressure sensors; acoustic sensors; electromagnetic sensors; gas sensors; humidity sensors; infrared sensors; devices and thermography; radiation sensors; multi sensor fusion; smart sensors; intelligent sensors; artificial intelligence based sensors and sensor systems; virtual sensors; sensor interfacing and signal conditioning; sensor calibration; nanomaterials and electronics technology for sensors; semiconductor materials for sensors; polymer materials for sensors; MEMS and NEMS; quantum sensors; remote sensors and telemetry; sensor applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Data Engineering in the Internet of Things—Second Edition

edited by

Ray-I Chang

,

Chia-Hui Wang

and

Yu-Hsin Hung

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13973 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; data engineering; data warehouse and database; privacy and security; data processing; data analysis; data mining; data searching; data management; data retrieval

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Artificial Intelligence for Medical Sensing

edited by

Xiaoli Li

and

Emadeldeen Eldele

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10026 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Electronic Nose and Artificial Olfaction

edited by

Jesus Lozano

,

Antonio Ruiz-Canales

and

Patricia Arroyo

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7881 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor development; novel materials and integration for eNose systems; signal processing techniques for odor recognition and classification; machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches in olfactory data analysis; miniaturization and wearable eNose devices; applications of eNose in food quality control; environmental monitoring; healthcare and beyond; human– machine interaction and olfactory interfaces; challenges and future directions in the field of artificial olfaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Quadrupedal Gait Analysis in the Field

edited by Thilo Pfau

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3914 | Submission Open

Keywords: quadrupedal gait analysis; sensor technology; musculoskeletal injury reduction; performance optimisation; quantitative measurements in field applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances and Challenges in Sensor Security Systems

edited by

Raffaele Pizzolante

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3827 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors security systems; cybersecurity; IoT Devices; automotive; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Measurement Sensors and Machine Learning Applications in Modern Manufacturing

edited by Tomasz Mazur and

Mirosław Rucki

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1404 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; gauges; calibration; measurement; surface topography; coordinate measurement; manufacturing; machine learning; measurement data processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Advanced Sensing Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Testing

edited by

Magda Ruiz

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 927 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); nondestructive testing (NDT); assessing condition and performance; early detection of damage/deterioration; repairs and maintenance of structures; advanced sensing technologies; real-time distributed data; artificial intelligence; statistical learning; machine learning; data science; feature extraction; pattern recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)

Flexible Integrated Sensor Systems for Biomedical and Industrial Applications

edited by

Panagiotis Kassanos

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 804 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; stretchable sensors; flexible sensors; physiological monitoring; multiparametric sensing; bioimpedance; electrochemical sensors; sweat analysis; implantable devices; transient sensors; hydrogels; composites; additive manufacturing; microelectronics; microfabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Vision-Guided System in Intelligent Autonomous Robots

edited by

Jacky C.K. Chow

, Sheikh Izzal Azid and

Leszek Ambroziak

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 802 | Submission Open

Keywords: visual perception; navigation; vision and control for autonomous robots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)

Advanced Sensors in Extended Reality: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality

edited by

M. Carmen Juan

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 752 | Submission Open

Keywords: extended reality (XR); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); mixed reality (MR); advanced sensors; sensor fusion; wearable technologies; multisensory interfaces; user experience (UX) in XR; creative technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Sensing and Machine Learning in Autonomous Agriculture

edited by

Ahamed Tofael

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 578 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous sensing and robotic system; agricultural driver safety; plant disease detection; artificial pollination mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

IoT-Edge-Cloud Solutions for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Ivan Ganchev

,

Zhanlin Ji

and

Rossitza Goleva

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors and actuators; lab on a chip; networking and internetworking; Internet of Things technology and application; edge– fog– cloud continuum and computing; distributed computing; swarm management; signal processing; data fusion; machine learning and deep learning in edge– fog– cloud continuum; human– computer interaction and data visualization; action recognition and prediction using artificial intelligence algorithms; precision agriculture and forestry implementations; water; fertilization and soil management in precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Digital Twin-Based Smart Agriculture

edited by Hyun Yoe and

Meonghun Lee

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin (DT); IoT and AI systems; smart sensors; smart agriculture; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

IoT and Ubiquitous Computing in Smart City

edited by

Charith Perera

, Mahmoud Barhamgi and

Rushit Dave

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city; edge/cloud computing; privacy and security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Sensing Techniques for Urban Resilience

edited by Bin Liang and Karthick Thiyagarajan

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; sensor fusion; urban resilience; Internet of Things (IoT); predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Biomedical Imaging, Sensing and Signal Processing

edited by

Saideh Ferdowsi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 17 articles | Viewed by 35879 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical imaging; neuroimage; signal processing; biosensors; machine learning; artificial intelligence; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Computing and Applications for Wireless and Mobile Networks

edited by

Neng-Chung Wang

,

Ming-Fong Tsai

and

Chao-Yang Lee

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16641 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Remote Sensing: Challenges and Future Direction

edited by

Qingjun Zhang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7109 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); radar system; SAR signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Design and Measurement of Millimeter-Wave Antennas

edited by Zihang Qi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6980 | Submission Open

Keywords: millimeter-wave antennas; antenna design; antenna measurement; phased arrays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Big Data Analytics, the Internet of Things (IoTs), and Robotics

edited by

Dan Feldman

and Alaa Maalouf

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6133 | Submission Open

Keywords: core-sets; streaming; robotics; SLAM; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Condition Assessment and Reliability Analysis Enabled by Structural Health Monitoring Sensors

edited by

Qi-Ang Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5879 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; sensors; condition assessment; reliablity analysis; damge detection; SHM data analysis; infrastructure safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Biomedical Signals, Images and Healthcare Data Analysis: 2nd Edition

edited by

Shivaram Poigai Arunachalam

,

Kanchan Kulkarni

and

Anup Kumar Mishra

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3981 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical signals; imaging data; healthcare data analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Signal Processing, Sensing and Biomedical Imaging

edited by Peter Hockicko,

Patrik Kamencay

and Robert Hudec

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3543 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor technologies; sensing technologies; biomedical imaging; deep neural network; deep learning; machine learning; pattern recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Visual Sensing Methods for 3D Object Detection, Tracking, and Quantification

edited by

Thomas P Karnowski

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2574 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D object detection; tracking; visual sensing; RGB-D systems; lidar; radar

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Advanced Sensing Technologies for Sustainable and Resilient Railway Infrastructures

edited by

,

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and Necati Catbas

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1564 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage identification techniques; digital twin and AI-driven technology for railways; sustainable railway infrastructure; structural health monitoring; resilient rail systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)

Imaging and Sensing in Fiber Optics and Photonics: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chuen-Lin Tien

and Han-Yen Tu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1447 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensor; fiber-optic sensor; image sensor; biological and chemical sensors; thin film sensor; biomedical sensing; flexible sensor; imaging and sensing devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

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