Sensors

Harnessing Infant and Toddler Wearable Systems to Promote Development and Health

edited by Elena Geangu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable technology; developmental science; infant monitoring; pediatric health; ecological assessment; multimodal sensing; machine learning; early intervention; scalable screening; prevention and intervention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Secure Authentication Scheme and Key Management for Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

JoonYoung Lee

and

SungJin Yu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: secure authentication; key management; intrusion detection; wireless sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

AI-Powered Vision Sensing for Autonomous Driving

edited by Joshua H. Meng and Dachuan Li

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: vision sensing; autonomous driving; artificial intelligence; data fusion; end-to-end system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Recent Advances in Antenna Design and Applications

edited by

Rafał Przesmycki

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: antennas for 5G; microstrip antenna; antenna measurement; MIMO antenna systems; antenna miniaturization techniques; conformal and flexible antennas; antenna– package co-design; THz antenna technologies; machine learning in antenna design; energy-harvesting antennas; antenna– sensor integration; numerical electromagnetic methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Functional Nanomaterials in Sensing

edited by

Jai Prakash

,

Bruno Campos Janegitz

and

Danny Wong

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 27648 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal nanostructures; carbon-based materials; hybrid nanocomposites; sensing technologies; sensing devices; environmental sensors; biomedical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Distributed Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Health Monitoring Applications

edited by

Ram Bilas Pachori

and M. Sabarimalai Manikandan

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13875 | Submission Open

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

Sensing for Automatic Control and Measurement System

edited by

Igor Korobiichuk

and

Michał Nowicki

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12616 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing technologies; automatic control; measurement systems; autonomous systems; sensor-based control; calibration techniques; process control

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

Securing E-Health Data Across IoMT and Wearable Sensor Networks

edited by

Ashraf Uddin

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10019 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; federated learning; eHealth; mHealth; self-health monitoring systems; wearable sensing devices; smart mobile technologies; Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); sensor networks; health data

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

Privacy and Security in Sensor Networks

edited by

Ahmed Sherif

,

Kasem Khalil

and

Nick Rahimi

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2785 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied cryptography; IoT privacy and security; privacy-preservation schemes; AI-based privacy and security schemes; secure embedded systems; cryptographic hardware; physical unclonable functions (PUFs); secure hardware architectures; hardware trojan detection; supply chain security; intrusion detection systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Recent Advances in Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging as Sensing Techniques

edited by

Agnieszka Banas

and Krzysztof Banas

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2427 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared (IR) spectroscopy and imaging; O-PTIR; AFM-IR; materials science; biomedical applications; cultural heritage; forensics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Multi-Sensor Resilient Fusion Perception, Positioning and Navigation Systems

edited by

Long Zhao

and

Cheng Yang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2068 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient PNT; multi-sensor information resilient fusion; simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM); system autonomous integrity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)

Advanced Sensing for Surgical Robots and Devices

edited by Rui Li

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1857 | Submission Open

Keywords: surgical robotics; surgical devices; image-guided therapy; soft robotic sensing

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

Acoustic and Ultrasonic Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Dimitrios G. Aggelis

,

Nicolas Ospitia

and

Gerlinde Lefever

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1449 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic emission; ultrasound; non-destructive testing; structural health monitoring; non-contact ultrasonics; damage detection; nonlinear acoustics; frequency; dispersion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Integration of New Disruptive Technologies into Digital Geological Mapping

edited by

Anselme Muzirafuti

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; copernicus Sentinel satellites; electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); landsat satellites; ASTER satellites; landslide; coastal erosion; sinkholes; flooding; drought; big data; ERT inversion algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Photonic Sensing Technology in the Energy Sector

edited by

Marta Sofia dos Anjos Ferreira

and

Micael Nascimento

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical-fiber sensors; spectroscopic sensors; integrated photonic sensors; LiDAR sensors; green photonics; energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Security and Privacy in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Kangbin Yim

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected vehicles; cybersecurity; privacy; V2X communication; intrusion detection; AI security; blockchain; cyber resilience; OTA security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Sensors for Predictive Maintenance of Machines: 2nd Edition

edited by Wenyi Wang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-based machine predictive maintenance; mechanical fault detection and diagnosis; big data analytics for condition/health monitoring; failure trending and prognosis; structural health monitoring methods; technologies; and systems; advanced signal processing for condition/health monitoring; smart and novel sensors for condition/health monitoring; sensor networks and data fusion for fault diagnosis; failure prognosis; and NDT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Sensors in Sports Safety and NextGen Rehabilitation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Attila Biró

,

Sándor Miklós Szilágyi

,

László Szilágyi

and

Antonio Ignacio Cuesta Vargas

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive modeling; injury diagnosis; fatigue management; biomechanical sensors; virtual rehabilitation; wearable sensors; radar sensors; concussion detection; smart insoles; EMG sensors; movement sensors; explainable AI (XAI) in sports diagnostics; neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) modeling; digital twin of athlete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advanced Massive MIMO and mmWave Communication Systems for Next-Generation Wireless Networks

edited by

Nicola Pasquino

and

Daniele Franci

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: massive MIMO system; multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO); electromagnetic field measurement; antenna design; 5G networks; wireless communication; wireless networks; mmWave

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Optical Fiber Sensors for Acoustic, Electric, and Magnetic Field Detection

edited by

Daniel S. Homa

,

Joshua Daw

,

Gary R. Pickrell

and Austin Fleming

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel optical fiber sensor designs; materials; and fabrication; electric; magnetic and electromagnetic field fiber optical sensors; microstructured fiber sensors; fiber optic shape; vibration; acoustic sensing; fiber Bragg grating sensors; Fabry– Perot interferometric fiber optic sensors; Rayleigh; Brillouin backscatter fiber optic sensing; harsh environment fiber optic sensors; intelligent optical fiber sensing networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Innovations in Smart Agriculture: Advanced Sensors and AI Systems Powered by Quantum and Classical Machine Learning

edited by Ahsan Morshed

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart agriculture; precision farming; quantum machine learning; classical machine learning; intelligent sensor systems; agricultural IoT (Internet of Things); crop monitoring and prediction; AI in agriculture; data-driven farming; sustainable agricultural technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Challenges and Future Trends of 3D Image Sensing, Visualization, and Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Miguel Oliveira

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D image sensing; visualization; processing; machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; augmented reality; Industry 5.0; healthcare

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

Deep Learning Methods for Remote Sensing Images and Their Applications in Ecological Resources

edited by Xiaodong Yu,

Jianhua Ren

,

Xuyang Teng

and

Xiaohui Li

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing; spatio-temporal analysis; ecological monitoring; data fusion; image classification; environmental resource management; explainable AI (XAI)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Antennas, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Advanced Sensing Applications

edited by Guowen Ding

submission deadline 27 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4914 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna design; metamaterials; metasurfaces; sensing technologies; wireless communications; environmental monitoring; healthcare applications; smart city infrastructure; signal processing; electromagnetic theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

AI-Driven Methods for Chemometric Spectroscopy: Algorithms and Applications

edited by

Liang Zou

and

Yue Huang

submission deadline 27 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 514 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); spectroscopic sensing; chemical and material analysis; chemometric spectroscopy; AI-based spectral preprocessing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

State of the Art in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring

edited by Yang Liu, Stephen Xia and Ting Dang

submission deadline 29 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5146 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; health monitoring; physical rehabilitation; activity tracking; physiological sensing; sensing materials; personalized medicine; telehealth; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data analytics; security and privacy; lifestyle monitoring; preventive healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

New Trends and Progress in Plasmonic Sensors and Sensing Technology

edited by

Muhammad Ali Butt

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 16301 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface plasmon polariton; surface plasmon resonance; plasmonics; sensors; plasmonic nanoparticles; metal– insulator– metal waveguide; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Measurement Sensors and Applications

edited by

Laura Fabbiano

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3267 | Submission Open

Keywords: measurement theory; sensor design and fabrication; calibration and uncertainty analysis; multimodal sensing; signal processing and sensor fusion; AI/ML for sensor data; metrology in emerging sensors; smart cities and infrastructures; environmental and agricultural monitoring; smart applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Waveform for Joint Radar and Communications

edited by

Matthias Weiß

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1853 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar; environmental sensing; communication; waveform design; joint radar– communication (JRC); dual-function radar communication system (DFRC)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

The Evolving Landscape of Ultrasonic Sensing and Testing

edited by

Ehsan Dehghan-Niri

and

Hossein Taheri

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic testing; signal processing; automation; AI; ML; digital twin; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic process monitoring; scanning acoustic microscopy; ultrasound metrology

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

Wireless Sensor Networks and Next-Generation Communication Technologies

edited by Li Chen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); 5G/6G communication systems; internet of things (IoT); edge/fog computing; AI-driven data fusion; energy-efficient protocols; security and privacy; heterogeneous network interoperability; smart city and industrial IoT; distributed network architectures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Micro-/Nanorobots for Medical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Applications

edited by Ali Ghanbari and

Tapas Sen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro-/nanorobots; micro-/nano sensors; medical diagnosis; micro-/nanorobotic systems; micro-/nanofabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

A New Era of Embodiment: Cognitive Breakthroughs and Scene Adaptation in Robot Perception, Decision-Making and Autonomous Control

edited by

Yuanlong Xie

, Wenlong Li and Shuting Wang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning (ML)-based robot grasping detection; visual language model (VLM)-driven robot perception– plan– grasp framework; sensor-augmented visual language action (VLA) model for complex dual-arm operations; multi-modal sensing; recognition; mapping; and localization based on learning; perception fusion; decision-making; and collaboration across cross-domain clusters; foundational models for environmental perception and interaction under embodied intelligence; sensing and modeling of a collaborative environment for multiple autonomous systems; vision– language-based general target recognition and localization; human– machine– environment interaction modeling of embodied intelligence; perception; planning; and control of integrated embodied intelligence navigation

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies, Data-Driven Analytics and Information Integration for Structural Damage Detection and Localization

edited by

Rocco Ditommaso

, Vincenzo Gattulli and

Felice Carlo Ponzo

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); damage detection and localization; data-driven analytics; machine learning and deep learning; physics-informed models; multisensor data fusion; hybrid digital twin; resilience-oriented assessment

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies in Sports Biomechanics

edited by

Alejandro Molina-Molina

,

Luis Enrique Roche-Seruendo

,

Antonio Cartón-Llorente

and

Alberto Rubio-Peirotén

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports; biomechanics; sensors; wearable technology; IMUs; motion capture; force platforms; computer vision; AI in sport; performance analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Computer Vision and Sensors-Based Application for Intelligent Systems

edited by

Jungpil Shin

and

Yutaka Watanobe

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25131 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing technology; computer vision; human– computer interaction; image processing; pattern recognition; object detection; 3D reconstruction; virtual reality; machine learning; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

EEG Signal Processing Techniques and Applications—3rd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15442 | Submission Open

Keywords: electroencephalography; EEG signal processing; artificial intelligence in EEG data analysis; brain connectivity; time– frequency analysis; deep learning in EEG data analysis; machine learning techniques in EEG data analysis; computer-aided diagnosis systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Recent Developments and Challenges in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Advanced Sensing Systems

edited by

Kah Phooi Seng

and

Li-Minn Ang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14673 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI sensors; intelligent sensing; advanced sensing; deep learming; AI internet of things; AI wearables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Intelligent Transportation Systems with Connected Vehicle, Cloud Computing, and Internet of Things Technologies

edited by Yongxing Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12023 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; IoTs; connected vehicle; vehicle sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

UAV Secure Communication for IoT Applications

edited by

Xiao Tang

and Wei Liang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8538 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; IoT communications; security protocols

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

Advances in Sensing Technologies for Sleep Monitoring

edited by

Mahnoosh Kholghi

, Moid Sandhu and

David Silvera-Tawil

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6578 | Submission Open

Keywords: sleep monitoring; sensing technology; AI; IoT; data science; remote monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Blockchain-Based Solutions to Secure IoT

edited by

Zhaofeng Ma

, Yuwei Xu and Yuntao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4824 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; blockchain; decentralized security; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Dynamics and Control System Design for Robotics

edited by

Taewon Seo

,

Taegyun Kim

and Sungkeun Yoo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4384 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot design; robot control; robot sensing

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

Advanced Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing

edited by

Xiaojun Yu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4199 | 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)

SPAD-Based Sensors and Techniques for Enhanced Sensing Applications

edited by

Leonardo Gasparini

and

Alessandro Tontini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3481 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-photon avalanche diode arrays (SPAD); time-resolved imagers; photon counting imagers; time-of-flight (ToF) sensors and systems; LiDAR; fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM); Raman spectroscopy; positron emission tomography (PET); time-domain near infra-red spectroscopy (TD-NIRS)/diffuse optical tomography (DOT); high dynamic range (HDR) imaging; quantum imaging super-resolution spectroscopy; sub-shot noise imaging; ghost imaging; non-line-of-sight (NLoS) imaging; time-to-digital converters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors and Sensor Fusion for Decision Making for Autonomous Driving

edited by

Eloisa Macedo

and

Jorge Bandeira

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3005 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobility innovations; simulation and real-world testing; autonomous mobility solutions; driving behaviour; sustainable mobility

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

Ultrasonic Sensors and Ultrasonic Signal Processing

edited by

Ming Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2992 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic sensor technology; ultrasound signal processing; materials science; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

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

edited by Laurent Gallon and

Richard Chbeir

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2880 | Submission Open

Keywords: security; wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Sensing and Intelligent Technologies for Cybersecurity in the Internet of Things Systems

edited by

Mohammed Al-Mhiqani

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2173 | Submission Open

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

Advanced Sensing Techniques in Biomedical Signal Processing

edited by

Dakun Lai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2088 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; biomedical imaging; electrophysiological signal; heart; brain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

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