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Sensors and Techniques for Indoor Positioning and Localization: 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonio Moschitta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5527 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor positioning; tracking; sensors; smart sensors; algorithms; measurement; accuracy; estimation; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Industrial Soft-Sensing Technology Based on Data-Driven and Artificial Intelligence Technologies

edited by

Sheng Du

Li Jin

Zixin Huang

and Pan Yu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5519 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial soft-sensing; data-driven technologies; artificial intelligence; process monitoring and control; machine learning

Human Activity Recognition Based on Sensors: Challenges and Perspectives

edited by Bruno Bouchard

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5291 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activity recognition (HAR); sensor-based activity recognition; machine learning for HAR; wearable sensors; ambient assisted living (AAL); multimodal sensor fusion; deep learning for activity recognition; real-time activity monitoring; gesture and motion recognition; smart surveillance and security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensors for Fault Diagnosis of Electric Machines

edited by

Christos Zachariades

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5261 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; diagnostics; electric machine; fault detection; predictive maintenance; sensor; signal processing

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

Recent Advances in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) and Long Range (LoRa) Network

edited by

Celia Garrido-Hidalgo

and

Krzysztof Grochla

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4947 | Submission Open

Keywords: LPWAN; LoRa; LoRaWAN; IIoT; AIoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advances in Wireless Sensor and Mobile Networks

edited by

Princy Johnson

, Mitra Mirhassani and

Daniel Gutiérrez Reina

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4805 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensors; network architectures; internet of things; smart cities; security and privacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Future Wireless Communication Networks: 3rd Edition

edited by

Hazer Inaltekin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4707 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G and 6G; next-generation satellite systems; edge intelligence for joint communications; computing; and control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Microwave Components in Sensing Design and Signal Processing

edited by Kewen Pan and Xianjun Huang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4553 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave sensing; microwave component design; microwave signal processing; antennas; filters; amplifiers; absorbers; resonators; microwave system integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Cooperative Perception and Control for Autonomous Vehicles

edited by Miaomiao Liu and

Anton Rassõlkin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4443 | Submission Open

Keywords: motion control of AVs; cooperative perception method; sensor equipment application; environmental perception; traffic safety control theory; modern intelligent science and game theory; multi-agent learning; AVs efficiency; cooperative control of AVs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Signal Processing for Satellite Navigation and Wireless Localization

edited by Xin Chen and Xinhua Tang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4073 | Submission Open

Keywords: positioning and navigation; global navigation satellite systems (GNSS); signal processing; satellite navigation; wireless localization; LEO-PNT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

New Sensor-Based Methods for Structural Health Monitoring—2nd Edition

edited by

Francesc Pozo

and

Diego Alexander Tibaduiza Burgos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4073 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy Techniques

edited by

Huizhong Xu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3735 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioimaging; biomarkers; biophotonics; fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; nanomaterials; nanoscopic spectroscopy; nano-optics; optical nanostructures; plasmonic nanostructures; single-molecule spectroscopy; super-resolution microscopy; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Special Issue on the 2025 International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW2025)

edited by

Yusuke Oike

, Robert Henderson,

Johannes Solhusvik

, Min-Woong Seo and

Guy Meynants

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3732 | Submission Open

Keywords: CMOS image sensors; electronic image sensors; image sensor design and performance; imaging device technologies; image processing

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

Wireless Sensor Networks and Next-Generation Health Management Systems: Innovations Driving the IoMT Revolution

edited by Sara Jayousi,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3604 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSN); internet of medical things (IoMT); artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare; wireless body area networks (WBANs); digital biomarkers in diagnostics and therapies; extended reality (XR) in rehabilitation; personalized and precision medicine; telehealth and remote monitoring; ethical; privacy; and security challenges in healthcare systems; sustainable and inclusive health management systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Pre-Earthquake Sensing and Detection Technologies

edited by

Dimitar Ouzounov

and

Katsumi Hattori

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3118 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Advances in Radiation Sensors and Detectors

edited by

Valerio Bocci

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3034 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation detectors; sensor technology; scintillators; semiconductors; signal processing; high-energy physics; quantum sensors; AI-assisted analysis; environmental monitoring; front-end electronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing

edited by

Xiaojun Yu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2642 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-optical imaging; biomedical image denoising; biomedical signal processing; computer-aided disease diagnosis; biomedical image segmentation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Security Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things (IoTs)

edited by Laurent Gallon and

Richard Chbeir

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2388 | Submission Open

Keywords: security; wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Innovative Applications of mmWave Sensors

edited by Zhengxiong Li and Chenhan Xu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2291 | Submission Open

Keywords: new fields of millimeter wave sensor technology and applications; millimeter wave measurements and system design; millimeter wave sensor design and signal processing; AI-enhanced millimeter wave technology; millimeter wave imaging; millimeter wave propagation and communication; security and safety in millimeter wave applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Sensors for Vital Signs Monitoring—2nd Edition

edited by

Jong-Ryul Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1954 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel and enhanced sensors for vital sign monitoring; innovative vital sign sensing technologies and applications; circuits and systems of miniaturized sensors for vital sign monitoring; new processing and analysis algorithms and machine learning for vital sign monitoring; low-power wireless communication technologies for vital sign monitoring; energy-efficient battery management and wireless power transmission for vital sign sensors; big data challenges and the use of the Internet of Things for vital sign monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advances in Biosensors Based on Micro/Nanomaterials

edited by

Jiuxing Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1798 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; biosensors; micro/nanomaterials; biotechnology; sensing advancements; viruses; bacteria; aptamer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Social Robots

edited by

Juan Pedro Bandera

and Suna Bensch

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1764 | Submission Open

Keywords: social robots; sensor fusion; artificial vision; object detection; activity recognition; human– robot interaction; shared perception; multiagent cooperation

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

Advances in Seismic Sensing and Monitoring

edited by

Qiancheng Liu

and

Giovanni Leucci

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1669 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic sensing; seismic monitoring; seismic imaging and tomography techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Advances in Microfluidic Biosensing Technology

edited by

Xiaoqiong Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1656 | Submission Open

Keywords: microfluidic biosensors; biosensing principles; disease diagnosis; environmental monitoring; chip design and fabrication; biomarker detection; food safety; high-throughput analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Modeling and Control of Mixed Traffic Flow with Connected Automated Vehicle

edited by

Zhihong Yao

and

Linheng Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1530 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected automated vehicles (CAVs); modeling; traffic flow

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Applications

edited by Ning Wu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1262 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed acoustic sensing (DAS); signal Processing; machine learning; distributed acoustic sensing networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Biomedical Electronics and Wearable Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

José Machado da Silva

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1142 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioelectronics; wearables and smart clothing; neuroprosthetics; biosensors; bionic and biorobotic devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Non-Invasive Sensors for Disease Diagnosis

edited by

Valentina Vassilenko

and

Pedro C. Moura

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1021 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-invasive biomedical sensors; wearable sensors; wireless sensing devices; body-sensor networks; optical sensors; biochemical sensors; infrared detectors; breath analysis; machine learning; artificial intelligence; clinical environment; portable technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Artificial Intelligence of Things for Future Networks and Service Management

edited by Li Zhu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 967 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); Artificial Intelligence (AI); future networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Fiber Optical Sensors and Biosensors

edited by

Aris Ikiades

and

Nikolaos Kourkoumelis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 961 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; FBG stress and temperature sensing; ice detection in aviation; biosensing; optical fiber technology; biomedical applications; environmental monitoring; nanomaterial-enhanced sensors; surface functionalization; multiplexed sensing; biophotonics; point-of-care diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Colorimetric Sensing Technologies for Food Safety and Environment Monitoring

edited by Francisco Javier Pena-Pereira and

José Carlos Bendicho Hernández

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 960 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemosensors; colorimetric sensor arrays; colorimetry; microfluidics; multiplexed detection; nanosensors; paper-based analytical devices; smart packaging; smartphone-based detection; smartphone-based spectrometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Sensing, Modeling and Learning for Robotic Manipulation

edited by Yunzhu Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 947 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic manipulation; tactile sensors; vision-based systems; machine learning; multi-sensory fusion; multimodal sensing and perception; embodied intelligence

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

Microwave Circuit Design and Propagation in Microwave Sensing Applications

edited by Tae-Hak Lee and

Seongmin Pyo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 936 | Submission Open

Keywords: millimeter; microwave; antenna; filter; reconfigurable; satellite communication; wireless communication; wave propagation; synthetic aperture radar; wireless power transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Application of Internet of Things Systems with Sensors in UAV Identification and Tracking

edited by Chaoqun Yang and

Guangyang Zeng

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 776 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV identification; Sensor data fusion; IoT systems

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

Artificial Intelligence and Smart Sensor-Based Industrial Advanced Technology: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianxiong Zhu

Zhijie Xia

and

Longhui Qin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart sensor; multi-sensor fusion; machine vision; machine learning; defect detection; failure prediction; industrial big data; digital twin; cloud computing; edge computing; decision support system; intelligent manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Recent Advancements in Optical Biosensors

edited by

Guo-En Chang

and

Devesh Barshilia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical biosensor; waveguide; optical fiber; planar waveguide; guided-mode resonance; photonic crystal; microfluidics; surface plasmon resonance; localized surface plasmon resonance; real-time detection; point-of-care diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Recent Trends/Applications in Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Sensing, Localization and Communications

edited by

Tingting Zhang

and

Yubin Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: fundamental limits of UWB systems; sensing based bistatic UWB channel modeling; sdvanced localization algorithms and multi-path mitigation; signal processing for interference; attenuation; and synchronization; communication protocols and network design for UWB systems; security and privacy concerns in UWB wireless communication; ISAC system based on UWB signals; practical applications of UWB in smart cities; industrial automation; and healthcare; multi-sensor fusion and machine learning for UWB systems; human vital sensing using UWB signals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Edge Computing for Beyond 5G and Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

He Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge intelligence; beyond 5G networks; edge– cloud architecture; secure edge computing; blockchain in edge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

AI-Enabled Intelligent Sensors for Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things

edited by

Seyed Salar Sefati

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); Internet of Things (IoT); Artificial Intelligence (AI); machine learning; deep learning; intelligent sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Barrera

and

Guillermo Azuara

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; sensors technology; wireless sensors; piezoelectric transducer; fiber bragg grating

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Transforming Healthcare with Smart Sensing and Machine Learning

edited by Mehdi Boukallel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensing technologies; multimodal sensor fusion; machine learning in healthcare; digital health transformation; personalized medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Human Activity Recognition Using Sensors and Machine Learning: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dalin Zhang

, Kaixuan Chen,

Xu Cheng

and Huan Liu

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21553 | Submission Open

Keywords: supervised learning; semi-supervised learning; unsupervised learning; active learning; transfer learning; online learning; imbalance learning; representation learning; ensemble methods; auto-machine learning; data segmentation; explainable

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Graphene-Based Strain and Pressure Sensors

edited by

Alessio Tamburrano

Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi

and

Marco Fortunato

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19933 | Submission Open

Keywords: Graphene-based polymeric composites; Graphene paints and inks; 3D monolithic graphene foams; Conductive composite foams combining polymers with graphene; Graphene coated foams; Periodic architectures using graphene; Bioinspired hierarchical graphene structures; Graphene-incorporated fibers and textiles; Graphene buchypaper; Nanowires/graphene heterostructures; Graphene membrane arrays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Quantum IoT (QIoT): Revolutionizing Connectivity, Innovation, Challenges, and Applications

edited by Javad Rezazadeh,

John Ayoade

and

Omid Ameri Sianaki

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9711 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum IoT; QIoT; quantum IoT and fog computing

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

Wireless Communication Technologies for Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

Jianhang Tang

, Yang Zhang,

Shaobo Li

and Kebing Jin

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5713 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; artificial intelligence; generative artificial intelligence; UAV; security and privacy; resource allocation

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

Micro and Nanotechnology (MEMS/NEMS)-Based Sensors, Actuators, Transducers, Circuits and Systems at the Edge of 6G and Future Networks

edited by

Jacopo Iannacci

Alvise Bagolini

, Antonino Picciotto and

Koushik Guha

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2630 | Submission Open

Keywords: MEMS/NEMS; 6G; future networks (FNs); network edges; edge intelligence (EI); sensors; actuators; and transducers (SAT); multi-functional MEMS/NEMS devices; energy-autonomous sensors and actuators; self-reacting sensors and actuators; computing in memory (CIM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Wearable Electroencephalography Sensor Technology

edited by Giulia Cisotto and

Stefano Bonaldo

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable EEG; neurological monitoring; brain-computer interface; real-time monitoring; sleep monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Knowledge-Informed Machine Learning for Sensor-Driven Decision Making in Manufacturing

edited by Shenghan Guo and Clayton Cooper

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 5.0; knowledge-informed machine learning (KIML); manufacturing; decision making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Emerging 2D Materials for Diverse Sensing Applications

edited by

Narendhar Chandrasekar

and

Balaji Ramachandran

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; sensors; optoelectronics; photonics; nanotechnology; nanomaterials; 2D materials; carbon nanotubes; graphene; functional surfaces; nanoelectronics; environmental monitoring; environmental remediation; pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Flexible Pressure/Force Sensors and Their Applications

edited by

Xiaohui Yi

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3287 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible sensors; tactile sensing; wearable technology; IoT applications; smart systems; material innovation; prosthetics; robotics; healthcare monitoring; industrial automation; nanomaterials; conductive polymers; piezoelectric materials; magnetic elastomer; sensor integration; aerospace engineering

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

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