Sensors

Precision Health 2.0: Integrating Data from Wearables and AI for Next-Generation Personalized Care

edited by

Alessandro Orro

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical data; wearable technologies; artificial intelligence; electronic health; personalized care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication and Networking for Intelligent IoT Systems

edited by

Gianluca Cornetta

and

Abdellah Touhafi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy-efficient IoT communications; wireless sensor networks; energy harvesting and RF technologies; ambient backscatter and low-power radios; edge- and cloud-assisted networking; embedded and distributed AI; adaptive and intelligent protocols; secure and scalable IoT architectures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Materials for Sensing Application

edited by

Jeong In Han

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials: nanomaterials; 2D materials (e.g.; graphene); functional polymers; composites; smart textiles; metamaterials; sensing technologies: biosensors; chemical sensors; gas sensors; strain sensors; pressure sensors; temperature sensors; electrochemical sensors; optical sensors; performance metrics: high sensitivity; high selectivity; miniaturization; flexibility; stretchability; wearable; applications: IoT (Internet of Things); wearable electronics; E-skin; environmental monitoring; healthcare; point-of-care diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Intelligent Vehicular Network and Communication Systems

edited by Sabur Baidya and Joong-Lyul Lee

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: V2X Communications; VANET; vehicular/edge computing; V2V communications; internet-of-vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Wireless Communication and Networking for loT

edited by Sofiane Hamrioui and Rahim Kacimi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT networks; wireless sensor networks; LPWAN (Low-Power Wide-Area Network); communication protocols (e.g.; IEEE 802.15.4; LoRaWAN; NB-IoT); resource allocation; energy efficiency; massive machine-type communication (mMTC); network security and privacy; edge intelligence for IoT; 6G for IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Wearable Sensors Technologies for Healthcare Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Toshiyo Tamura

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: new sensor materials and technologies for medical applications; wearable and implantable sensors for biomedical applications; sensing systems for healthcare; sensors and systems for physical rehabilitation; wearable sensors; connected sensors for the Internet of Medical Things and Health Things; physical activity; activity monitoring; emotion prediction; stress detection; fatigue detection; fall detection; sport-related activity monitoring; health monitoring; pervasive healthcare; non-contact physiological sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Privacy and Security for Wireless Sensor Networks: Technologies and Strategies

edited by Yanqun Tang, Wei Li and

Miao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical layer security; AI/ML security; non-terrestrial networks (NTNs); reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); low-altitude economy (LAE); anti-jamming and spoofing; supply chain security; privacy-preserving transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

AI and Intelligent Sensors for Medical Imaging

edited by

Shuai Xiao

, Zhuo Zhang and

Qinggang Meng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; anomaly detection; medical imaging; deep learning; computer-aided diagnosis; object detection; intelligent sensors; unsupervised learning

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

Advanced Ultrasound Sensing Technologies for Biomedical Applications

edited by Steven Jones

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; multi-modal; transducer technology; modeling algorithms; beamforming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Security and Privacy Preservation in Cyber–Physical Systems

edited by

A.S.M. Kayes

, Fariha Jaigirdar and

Rumpa Dasgupta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: security in CPSs; privacy-preserving techniques; IoT security; cloud-based smart security systems; smart grid security; attack detection and mitigation; secured system management; smart healthcare security and privacy; AI-driven cybersecurity solutions; human-centric cybersecurity; security; law and ethics

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

Intelligent Sensors for Smart and Autonomous Vehicles: 2nd Edition

edited by

István Barabás

, Horia Beles,

Calin Iclodean

and

Stefano Quer

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

New Trends in Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)

edited by João C. Ferreira

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT); edge computing; federated learning; smart systems; IoT analytics; cybersecurity; intelligent automation; sustainable technologies; edge AI; data-driven innovation

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

Advances in Wearable Sensors for Continuous Health Monitoring

edited by

Leopoldo Angrisani

, Romano Maria and

Annarita Tedesco

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4919 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; patient monitoring; health management; remote health monitoring; AI-enabled processing; medical IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Recent Advances in Optical and Optoelectronic Acoustic Sensors

edited by

Zhimei Qi

,

Pawan K. Kanaujia

, Liuxian Zhao,

Shuang Wang

and Jifang Tao

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3001 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-optic acoustic sensor; grating-based optical MEMS microphone; optical bionic acoustic sensor; SPR-based acoustic sensors; ultrasound; infrasound; underwater sound; MOEMS; sound localization; optical theory; signal demodulation; laser ultrasonics; photoacoustic/optoacoustic imaging; phase-sensitive detection; biomedical imaging/therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Innovative Sensor Solutions from Spain: Pioneering Research and Applications

edited by

Pedro Peris-Lopez

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 909 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor technology; Internet of Things (IoT); wearable devices; cybersecurity; biometric sensors; smart systems; data privacy; AI in sensors; medical technology; embedded systems

State-of-the-Art MIMO Technologies for Beyond 5G and 6G Networks

edited by

Jung Hoon Lee

,

Jong-Yeol Ryu

and

Kyungrak Son

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: massive MIMO for 5G/6G; cell-free and distributed MIMO architectures; RIS-assisted MIMO systems and intelligent surfaces; AI-based MIMO signal processing; MIMO for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC); MIMO security; privacy; and interference management

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

Multimodal Sensing and Learning for Wearable Systems: Challenges, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Jianyuan Ni

and

Shuai Zhang

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal sensing; wearable systems; human activity recognition; sensor fusion; edge computing; privacy-preserving learning; federated learning; generative modeling; healthcare applications; context-aware systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

IoT and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Environments

edited by

Giovanni Delnevo

and

Chiara Ceccarini

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable AI; IoT and sensor networks for sustainability; data visualization for AI and sustainability; AI for circular economy; sustainable human– computer interaction; AI-powered and sensor-powered decision-making; sustainable large language models; data visualization for AI; sensor-driven environmental intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Magnetic and Fluorescent Nanomaterial Sensors: Design, Development, and Application

edited by He Wei and Shuo Wu

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2647 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic nanomaterials; fluorescent nanomaterials; nanotechnology-based sensors; bio-sensing; environmental sensing; functional surface modification; real-time monitoring; sensing applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Advances and Innovations in Optical Fiber Sensors

edited by

Francesca De Tommasi

, Elena De Vita,

Rui Min

and

Kaiwei Li

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2459 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; fiber Bragg gratings; polymer optical fibers; distributed sensing; interferometric sensing; biosensing; plant heath monitoring; harsh environment sensing; structural health monitoring; industrial sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Vision- and Sensor-Based Sensing in Human Activity Recognition—Second Edition

edited by

Jungpil Shin

and Young-Suk Hwang

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1399 | Submission Open

Keywords: behavior modeling; activity recognition; deep learning; explainable AI; context understanding; causality knowledge; activity representation

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

Selected Papers from the 12th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 650 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemo- and biosensors; physical sensors; sensor networks; IoT; smart cities; and heath monitoring; sensors and artificial intelligence; smart agriculture sensors; electronic sensors; devices; and systems; wearable sensors and healthcare applications; robotics; sensors; and Industry 4.0

Sensing Technologies and Machine Learning for Cognitive and Physiological Monitoring

edited by Carlos Valderrama

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enhanced sensor fusion; wearable biosensors for cognitive monitoring; Edge AI for real-time health monitoring; brain– computer interface (BCI) sensors; personalized machine learning in healthcare; energy-efficient sensor architectures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Smart Remote Sensing Images Processing for Sensor-Based Applications

edited by

Jiakui Tang

and Qing Zhang

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing images; remote sensing applications; machine learning; artificial intelligence; earth information extraction; sensors data processing

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

Sensor Technologies for Mobility in Aging: Development, Validation and Application

edited by Anwar Elhadad and Woei-Nan Bair

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; biomedical sensors; wearable sensors; devices; and electronics; human– computer interaction; AI-enabled sensors; aging; frailty; gait; falls

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Recent Development of Millimeter-Wave Technologies

edited by

Serioja Ovidiu Tatu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5326 | Submission Open

Keywords: millimeter-waves; integrated circuits; front-ends; passive and active mm wave circuits; mixers; mm wave signal generation; modulation and demodulation techniques; measurement equipment and techniques; mm wave communications; MIMO antennas; millimetre-wave sensing and imaging; use of AI in mm wave system design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Advances in Bionic Tactile Systems for Sensor Application and Flexible Operation

edited by

Yimin Zhou

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5083 | Submission Open

Keywords: bionic tactile systems; multimodal sensor; sensor integration; data fusion; electro-tactile skin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Inorganic Nanostructure-Based Sensors: Design and Applications

edited by Changlong Hao

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4603 | Submission Open

Keywords: inorganic; sensor; nanomaterials; design; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

AI in Sensor-Based E-Health, Wearables and Assisted Technologies

edited by Vincenzo Gervasi

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3645 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; health sensors; mobile devices; wearable devices; assisted living; personalized medicine; data fusion; time series analysis; biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Robust Parameter Estimation with Sensor Arrays in Complex Electromagnetic Environments: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianfeng Li

and Ding Wang

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2584 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor array; parameter estimation; robust estimation methods; direction-of-arrival estimation; multi-array system; source localization; digital array radar; array structure design; data-driven methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Deep Learning Technologies and Their Applications in Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Computational Intelligence

edited by

Honggang Chen

and

Chao Ren

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1763 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning models and algorithms; machine learning theory and technology; image processing theory and applications; computer graphics and computational photography; computer vision techniques and applications; multimedia technology

Sensor-Based IoT Systems: Edge Intelligence, Trust Management, and Applications

edited by

Nyothiri Aung

,

Sahraoui Dhelim

and

Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge intelligence; trust management; sensor-based IoT applications; security and privacy in IoT; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Deep Learning Sensor Fusion for Human–Machine Interaction in Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Zheng Wang

,

Edric John Cruz Nacpil

and

Fei-Xiang Xu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 758 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning-driven human– machine interaction; advanced control algorithms for ITSs; human– machine shared control; multimodal driver state perception and intention cognition; explainable and trustworthy deep learning models; sensor fusion and signal processing in ITSs; sensing for human behavior recognition in ITSs; advanced analytics and predictive modeling for ITSs; deep learning-driven interaction among vehicles in ITSs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport: Second Edition

edited by

Felipe Jiménez

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent road vehicles; smart infrastructure; perception sensor; vehicle dynamics sensors; sensor fusion; connected and autonomnous driving; vehicle— infrastructure cooperation; positioning systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Smart Materials and Sensing Strategies for Biomarker Detection

edited by

Krishna Kant

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart biomaterials; biosensors; biomarker detection; point-of-care diagnostics; microfluidic systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Sensing and Communication for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Networks

edited by

Zheng Chang

and

Mingan Luan

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); sensing-assisted UAV communication; resource allocation for ISAC-enabled UAV networks; deployment/trajectory design for UAV networks; AI strategies for ISAC-enabled UAV networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Sensor Security and Beyond

edited by Xiaoyu Ji and

Chen Yan

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security and privacy; sensor data security; embedded system security; multi-sensor fusion security; anomaly detection; cyber-physical systems

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

Advanced Silicon Photomultiplier Based Sensors

edited by

Fabio Acerbi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15851 | Submission Open

Keywords: SiPM; silicon photomultiplier; single-photon; avalanche photodiode; solid-state photomultiplier; detection efficiency; radiation; scintillation; Cherenkov

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Multi-Source Image Fusion, Restoration, and Understanding and Its Application in Sensing

edited by Xianfeng Ou and

Honggang Chen

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12217 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; image fusion; image restoration; image understanding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Sensor-Based State Estimation and Fault Diagnosis in Automatic Control

edited by

Fanglai Zhu

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9474 | Submission Open

Keywords: state observer; disturbance observer; UIO; distributed observer; fault detection; fault reconstruction; fault-tolerant control; attack detection and secure control

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

Recent Advances in UAV Communications and Networks

edited by Yu Xu and Tiankui Zhang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5948 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; resource allocation; trajectory design; 6G; optimization algorithm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Wearable Biomedical Sensors for Mobile Health

edited by

Hesham H. Ali

and

Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4154 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable devices; mobility data; mobile health biomedical informatics; mobility for health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Vehicular Communications in 5G and 6G: Technologies, Architectures, and Challenges for Future Mobility

edited by

David Martín-Sacristán

and David Garcia-Roger

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4055 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicular communications; V2X; 5G/6G; sensing and communication; autonomous vehicles; artificial intelligence/machine learning; mobile edge computing (MEC); digital twin; big data/API driven services; sustainability/green communications; modelling and simulation; field trials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Indoor Wi-Fi Positioning: Techniques and Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Günther Retscher

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3529 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless fidelity Wi-Fi; received signal strength RSS; round trip time RTT measurements; lateration; location fingerprinting; combination of techniques; sensor integration and fusion; positioning algorithms; indoor user localization; seamless transition between different environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Next-Generation Haptic Technologies: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

edited by Haotian Chen, Rami Ghannam and Lucas Ferrari Gerez

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2383 | Submission Open

Keywords: haptic feedback; tactile sensing; stretchable electronics; soft robotics; virtual and augmented reality; wearable haptic devices; human– machine interfaces; biomedical applications of haptics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advances in Point Clouds for Sensing Applications

edited by

Luis G. Jaimes

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 960 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; radar; RGB-D; 3D registration; semantic segmentation; sensor fusion; SLAM; scene generation; digital twins; edge computing

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

Advances in Sensorized AI-Driven Intelligent Systems in Healthcare and Beyond

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 903 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical and statistical analysis; brain– computer interfaces (BCIs); explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); signal processing; large language models (LLMs); medical decision support systems; interpretability; machine learning; cognitive technologies; IoT; wearables and edge– cloud architectures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Intelligent Sensing Technologies for Blade Health Monitoring and Fault Detection

edited by

Baijie Qiao

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 794 | Submission Open

Keywords: blade tip timing; blade tip clearance; blade health monitoring; fault diagnosis; crack monitoring; intelligent sensing; dynamic frequency identification

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

Smart Sensing and Applications in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

edited by

Zeba Idrees

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); smart sensors; wireless sensor networks; edge and cloud integration; predictive maintenance; cyber– physical systems; sensor data analytics; real-time monitoring; industrial automation; secure and reliable sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Low-Cost Sensors for Ambient Air Monitoring

edited by

Naveed Salman

and

Muhammad Waqas Khan

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-cost sensors; air pollution monitoring; sensor calibration; IoT and air quality data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

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