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Advances in Mobile Sensing for Smart Healthcare

edited by

Maria Valero

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 26037 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; remote patient monitoring; disease management; preventive healthcare; telemedicine and telehealth; mHealth applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Application of FPGA-Based Sensor Systems

edited by Nicola Lusardi

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21116 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated processing intelligence; digitization of sensor data; real-time processing; latency reduction; communication overhead; programmable parallel processing; field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); time-mode

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Recent Advances in X-Ray Sensing and Imaging

edited by Bahaa Ghammraoui

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17138 | Submission Open

Keywords: X-ray imaging; photon-counting detectors; spectral imaging; high-spatial-resolution detectors; direct conversion detectors; X-ray phase-contrast imaging; X-ray coherent scatter imaging; material characterization; machine learning in imaging; industrial X-ray applications

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

Advanced Sensing and Fault Diagnosis for Complex Manufacturing Processes

edited by

Kai Zhang

Zhiwen Chen

and Yuri A. W. Shardt

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15699 | Submission Open

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

Energy Harvesting Technologies for Wireless Sensors

edited by Vishwas Bedekar

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15484 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; wireless sensors; energy management; energy optimization; Internet of Things (IoT); energy-aware data collection; self-powered wireless sensor networks; multimodal energy harvesting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advanced Sensing Technology in Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Emanuela Natale

and

Giulio D'Emilia

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12421 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; sensor networks; MEMS sensors; measuring systems; uncertainty evaluation; structural monitoring; artificial intelligence; sensor fusion; calibration

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

Intelligent Sensors and Artificial Intelligence in Building

edited by Ke Yan, Xin Li and

Vincent Gan

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12401 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics for the Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

Emanuele Lattanzi

and Chiara Contoli

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6380 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; machine learning for IoT; energy-aware machine learning; predictive maintenance; big data analytics; wireless sensor networks; security and privacy

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

Advances in Sensors for Sustainable Infrastructure: Inspection, Monitoring, and Maintenance

edited by

Suyun Ham

and

Mohammad Noori

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5156 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced sensors; sustainable infrastructure; structural health monitoring; predictive maintenance

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

Sensor Data-Driven Fault Diagnosis Techniques

edited by

Jang Woo Kwon

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4707 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault diagnosis; intelligent monitoring; predictive maintenance; sensor data analytics; machine learning for fault detection

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

Advances in Sensing, Imaging and Computing for Autonomous Driving: 2nd Edition

edited by

Wei Li

and

Honglu Jiang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3945 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous driving vehicles; sensory data acquisition; sensory data processing; computer vision; motion planning and decision making; object detection; perception; and prediction; attack and defense in autonomous driving; safety; security; and privacy in autonomous driving; anomaly detection in autonomous driving; cooperative and coordinated autonomous driving

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

Optical Sensors for Biological and Biomedical Applications

edited by

Antonio Martínez Olmos

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2699 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensor; LED; photodetector; biological; biomedical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Efficient Resource Allocation in Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

Jaeyoung Choi

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2563 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; bandwidth management; computational resources; memory utilization; load balancing; machine learning approaches; cross-layer design; energy harvesting techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

State of the Art in Photoacoustic and Photothermal Spectroscopy Gas Sensing

edited by

Hongpeng Wu

Angelo Sampaolo

Xukun Yin

and Ruyue Cui

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2135 | Submission Open

Keywords: trace gas sensing; quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy; multiple-sound-source-excitation photoacoustic spectroscopy; photoacoustic and photothermal hybrid spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors for Hyperspectral Imaging: Technologies, Methods and Data Processing—Second Edition

edited by

Subrata Chakraborty

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2111 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; band selection; data compression; information fusion; and data visualization; model/algorithm development using machine learning/deep learning; new sensor technology and hardware

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

Optical Nanosensors for Environmental and Biomedical Monitoring

edited by

Zhiyang Zhang

and Ling Chen

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1789 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical nanosensors; colorimetric sensor; lateral flow test; quantum dot sensor; SERS sensor; environmental monitoring; real-time monitoring; pollutant detection; biomedical detection; point-of-care testing; disease diagnostics; biomarker; pathogen detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Intelligent Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things Applications

edited by

Lexi Xu

, Chaowei Wang,

Feng Yin

and Keke Zu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 955 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; wireless sensor networks; IoT; applications; resource allocation and management; distributed optimization; big data; wireless localization and tracking; ISAC

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies for Space Electromagnetic Environments

edited by

Jose Sanchez del Rio Saez

and

Antonio Vázquez-López

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 484 | Submission Open

Keywords: space weather; solar flares; climate change; high- and medium-energy detectors; materials operating as electromagnetic shields; metals; ceramics; carbon polymer composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

AI Large Models for Edge Computing

edited by

Jie Zeng

Tiejun Lv

and

Xin Su

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; GPTs; IoT applications; services; and wearable devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Smart Magnetic Sensors and Magnetometer Systems

edited by

Jixi Lu

, Danyue Ma and

Xiujie Fang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart magnetic sensors; magnetometer systems; high-precision magnetic field measurements; miniaturized design; low-power chip technologies; edge computing; atomic spin detection; atomic spin manipulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Smart Sensing Technology in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)

edited by

Jose Antonio Lozano-Galant

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; smart sensing; drone; robotics; sensor design; data analytics

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

Hyperspectral Imaging for Environmental Monitoring

edited by Matthew Hobbs and

Mary Stuart

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging (HSI); environmental monitoring; remote sensing; air pollution detection; climate change monitoring; biodiversity assessment; machine learning in HSI; spatial and spectral resolution; ecological health; glacial and cryosphere studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Deep Learning-Based Image and Signal Sensing and Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jian-Jiun Ding

Feng-Tsun Chien

and

Chih-Chang Yu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32588 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; object detection; object recognition; tracking; medical image processing; denoising signal enhancement; speech; music signal recognition; medical signal processing

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

Applications of Optical Sensing and Laser Spectroscopy in Gas Detection

edited by

Qiang Wang

and

Yu Wang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22037 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical gas sensing; laser spectroscopy; photothermal/photoacoustic spectroscopy; advanced laser diagnostics; combustion diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Novel Sensing Technology and Networks for Music Learning and Education

edited by

Fabrizio Taffoni

Domenico Formica

, Nicola Di Stefano and Marc Leman

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16627 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centered technology; technology-enhanced music learning; music education; smart devices; wearables; functional assessment; tool use; body area networks; motor learning; motor control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Artificial Intelligence-Based Target Recognition and Remote Sensing Data Processing

edited by

Abdelmalek Toumi

Ali Khenchaf

and

Jean-Christophe Cexus

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15697 | Submission Open

Keywords: target recognition; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; environmental monitoring; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Novel Sensing Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Detection

edited by

George Hloupis

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14468 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors; environmental monitoring; early warning systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Remote Healthcare with Sensors and Internet of Things

edited by Liudi Jiang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10037 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Smart Decision Systems for Digital Farming: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yongwha Chung

and

Sungju Lee

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8549 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital farming; agriculture 5.0; crop management; livestock management; decision support systems; monitoring systems; image processing; signal processing; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Sensing Technologies Applied in Human Emotion and Facial Expression Recognition

edited by Tong Chen and

Hongying Meng

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7347 | Submission Open

Keywords: emotion recognition and understanding; intent recognition; facial expression recognition; micro-expression recognition; masked facial expression recognition; stress recognition; physiological signal; multi-modal signals; wearable sensors; imaging sensors; non-contact sensing for physiological signal measurement; non-contact sensing for emotion recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Wireless Sensor Networks for Localization and Tracking Systems: Technologies

edited by

Faouzi Derbel

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5951 | Submission Open

Keywords: WSN; localization; tracking; energy-efficient algorithms; scalability

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

Energy Harvesting and Machine Learning in IoT Sensors

edited by

Michal Prauzek

Petr Musilek

and

Darius Andriukaitis

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3895 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; machine learning in IoT; embedded intelligence; adaptive IoT sensors; predictive maintenance; energy-efficient ML models

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

Novel Optical Biosensors in Biomechanics and Physiology

edited by

Keat Ghee Ong

and Michael McGeehan

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3205 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; implantable sensors; biomechanics; physiology; optoelectronics; force; motion; kinematics; kinetics; assistive devices; biomechatronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Nanomaterial-Driven Innovations in Biosensing and Healthcare

edited by

Arunkumar Shanmugasundaram

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2805 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart nanomaterials; biosensors; biomedical sensing; point-of-care diagnostics; wearable sensors; electrochemical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Nanostructures and Nanocrystals for Sensing Studies

edited by

Hossein Roshan

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1849 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor; nanostructure; nanocrystal; biosensing; light sensing; gas sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Design and Application of Millimeter-Wave/Microwave Antenna Array

edited by Xiang Gao and Zheng Li

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1815 | Submission Open

Keywords: on-chip antenna arrays; on-package antenna arrays; conformal antenna arrays; flexible wearable antenna arrays; shared-aperture antenna arrays; leaky wave antenna arrays; metasurface antenna arrays; beamforming algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Remote Sensors for Climate Observation and Environment Monitoring

edited by

Muhammad Aslam

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1343 | Submission Open

Keywords: localized climate adaptation; microclimate monitoring; community-scale remote sensing; sensor-driven resilience; UAV applications; coastal vulnerability; environmental recovery; remote sensing in extreme environments; sensor fusion for sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Sensor-Based Control and Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Bilin Aksun Guvenc

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 814 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception sensors and algorithms for rare and extreme events; vision-based control and navigation for autonomous driving; sensor fusion including learning methods for autonomous vehicle control and navigation; sensor-based vulnerable road user safety of autonomous driving; perception sensor modeling for autonomous driving simulation; realistic perception sensors models for AV simulation/operation in virtual/augmented/mixed/extended reality environments; safe; efficient; and realistic AV development and evaluation methods and environments; other related topics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Communication Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

Stavros Koubias

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: real time; energy efficiency; security; heterogeneity; application-specific protocols; AI and machine learning in communication protocols; IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Distributed Computing Related to Sensor Networks

edited by

Francisco Falcone

and

Yiguang Hong

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed computing; sensor networks; multi-agent systems; distributed optimization and learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Electrochemical Biosensors for Biomarker Detection and Medical Applications

edited by

Kamila Malecka-Baturo

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical biosensors; multiplex electrochemical biosensors; miniaturization technologies in the design of electrochemical biosensors; point-of-care biosensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Sensing and Imaging on Wearable, Vehicular, and Portable Platforms

edited by

Natalia K. Nikolova

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: RF and microwave sensors; millimeter-wave sensors; microwave sensing networks; microwave imaging; millimeter-wave imaging; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; airborne radar; vehicular radars; wearable and portable sensing and imaging systems; biomedical RF/microwave sensing and imaging

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

Agentic and Explainable AI for Secure and Trustworthy Industrial IoT: Advances in Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Communication and the Cloud–Edge–IoT Continuum

edited by Sarder Abedin and Nishat I Mowla

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial IoT; AI; cyber-physical system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Multimodal Sensing and Computing and Their Monitoring Applications

edited by

Tianyue Zheng

Jinyang Huang

, Jingzhi Hu and Chao Cai

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal sensing; RF sensing; vital sign monitoring; human activity recognition; deep learning; federated learning; contact-free sensing; Wi-Fi sensing; UWB radar; multimodal data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advanced Sensors and Techniques for Indoor Positioning and Localization

edited by Wafa Njima and

Iness Ahriz

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; indoor localization; internet of things; accuracy; energy consumption; sensing; communication; artificial intelligence; machine learning

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

Wearable Electronic Devices and Artificial Intelligence Technology

edited by

Xiaowen Xu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable devices; artificial intelligence; flexible electronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Radio-Frequency Wireless Sensors for Health and Environmental Monitoring

edited by Sarath Gopalakrishnan

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4258 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart capsules; wearable radio-frequency sensors; wireless radio-frequency sensors; RF sensor data analysis; health and environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Feature Review Papers in Intelligent Sensors

edited by

Mehmet Rasit Yuce

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 135196 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; intelligent sensors; sensor network; sensor data; sensor fusion; sensor applications; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Subsystems and Technologies for Space and Airborne Communication Networks

edited by

Francesco Alessio Dicandia

Simone Genovesi

Manlio Bacco

and

Nelson Fonseca

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 56793 | Submission Open

Keywords: Antennas; power modules; solar panels; attitude and orbit control for satellites; HAPSs; LAPSs and UAVs; RF front ends; Laser communication; CubeSat constellation; LEO constellation; Massive MIMO; 5G; IoT; Sensor networks; RFID sensors; Camera; Energy harvesting; Damage detection; Disaster management; Environmental monitoring; Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Wearable Sensors and Artificial Intelligence for Measuring Human Vital Signs: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eros Pasero

and

Vincenzo Randazzo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 51047 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; electronic health; telemedicine; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep neural networks; human health; vital signs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

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