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Sensors for Unsupervised Mobility Assessment and Rehabilitation

edited by

Philippe Terrier

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5538 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological assessment methods in mobility; unsupervised mobility assessment in aging populations and older adults; wearable sensors and mobile health devices; data processing and algorithms for unsupervised data; remote monitoring and tele-rehabilitation systems; patient engagement through personal sensing devices; addressing challenges in data privacy and security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Radar Remote Sensing and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Shunjun Wei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4659 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar sensing applications; remote sensing; radar imaging and detection; advanced radar systems; SLAM; jamming and anti-jamming; multi-sensor fusion; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Unmanned and Autonomous Surface Vehicles: Localization, Control, and Navigation

edited by Karim Ismail

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4478 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned surface vehicles; autonomous surface vehicles; safe interactions; outdoor navigation; localization; control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Testing on Transportation Infrastructures

edited by

Zhen Liu

Xingyu Gu

Dongdong Han

and Yuliang Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4096 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; structural health monitoring (SHM); non-destructive testing (NDT); transportation infrastructures; real-time monitoring; damage detection; ground penetrating radar; falling weight deflectometer; traffic speed deflectometer; pavement maintenance; wireless sensor networks; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Multi-Sensor Fusion for Positioning and Navigation of Aerospace Vehicles

edited by

Roberto Opromolla

and

Flavia Causa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3728 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor fusion; autonomous spacecraft; unmanned aerial vehicles; autonomous navigation; simultaneous localization and mapping; state estimation; GNSS denied/degraded environment; exteroceptive sensors; GNSS integrity monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Radar and Multimodal Sensing for Ambient Assisted Living

edited by Haobo Li and Ilya Starshynov

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3691 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar sensing; activity recognition; vital signs monitoring; radar data processing; ambient assisted living; multimodal sensing; information fusion; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Advanced Tactile Sensors: Design and Applications

edited by

, Wenbo Ding,

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3586 | Submission Open

Keywords: tactile sensor; tactile internet; robotics; embodied intelligence; dataset

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Human-Robot Interaction in Intelligent Robotics

edited by

Vazquez Gomez Juan Ignacio

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2707 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot interaction; artificial intelligence; robotics; reinforcement learning; human– robot collaboration; extended and augmented reality; generative artificial intelligence; emotional robots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors for Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision

edited by Jose F. Velez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2564 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision sensors; pattern recognition sensors; image data augmentation; image data enhancement; cameras (RGB; 3D; infrared; multispectral; X-ray; thermal); lidar; scanners; MRI; ultrasonic sensors

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

Operationalize Edge AI for Next-Generation IoT Applications

edited by

Mattia Antonini

, Fabrizio Ruffini and Michela Fazzolari

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1607 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge AI; internet of things (IoT); TinyML; MLOps; cloud-to-thing continuum

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

Intelligent Sensor-Integrated Antenna Arrays for 5G and 6G Applications

edited by Ming Zhang, Shitao Zhu and Hongyu Shi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1220 | Submission Open

Keywords: large-scale antenna arrays; multibeam antenna arrays; wearable sensor arrays; orbital angular momentum (OAM) arrays; reconfigurable intelligence surfaces; low-cost phased arrays; sensor array optimization; integrated sensing and communication; antenna array measurement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Integrated Sensing and Communication in IoT Applications

edited by

Rafael Berkvens

Constantinos Angelis

and

Gianmarco Romano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1190 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); IoT applications; spectrum efficiency; 5G and 6G networks; signal processing; human-influenced signals; privacy and security in IoT; environmental sensing; autonomous systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Development, Investigation and Application of Acoustic Sensors for Liquid Medium and Phase Transition Characterization

edited by

Iren E. Kuznetsova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic waves; layered structures; liquid properties; hydroacoustic devices; viscosity; acoustic sensors; phase transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

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 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 1014 | 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)

Sensor Technologies for Radar Detection

edited by Muhammad Faeyz Karim

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 887 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar sensing technology; radar architectures; system designs; emerging technologies; diverse applications; signal processing; applications for transportation; healthcare; personal security; and robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Emerging Electrochemical Biosensor Based on Carbon Nanomaterials

edited by Won-Yong Jeon and

Young-Bong Choi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 499 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensor; chemosensors; chemical sensors; electrochemical biosensors; carbon nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Technical Progress of Electrochemical Sensors

edited by

M'hamed Chahma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface modifications; electrochemical sensors; microlectrodes; biosensors; molecular recognitions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Computer Vision Powered Human-Machine Interaction in Healthcare

edited by Xiaoqing Guo and Qianhui Men

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 393 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; human– machine interaction (HMI); artificial intelligence (AI); healthcare technology; AI-driven medical assistants; clinical decision support; explainable AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Energy Harvesting Systems for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

Sebastian Bader

and

Domenico Balsamo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN); power management circuits; ambient energy sources; energy-aware protocols

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Structural Health Monitoring Using Acoustic Emission Signals: The Role of Machine Learning

edited by Robert L. Reuben

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic emission; structural integrity; structural degradation; machine learning; artificial intelligence

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

Sensor-Driven Approaches to Enhancing D2D Communication Efficiency and Interference Management

edited by

Redha Radaydeh

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: D2D communication; network sensing; spectrum sharing; intelligent devices; AI techniques; network efficiency; interference management; recourse management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Enabling IoT Sensors Through Satellite Networks: Applications, Technologies and Solutions

edited by

Victor Monzón Baeza

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT sensor networks; satellite communications; satellite-based IoT; remote area connectivity; energy-efficient IoT; satellite network for IoT; IoT applications in remote locations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Micro-/Nanorobots for Medical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Applications

edited by Ali Ghanbari and

Tapas Sen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Security, Trust and Privacy in IoT Environments

edited by

Lidia Fotia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; trust management; privacy-preserving IoT; secure sensors; distributed systems; anomaly detection; blockchain; AI in IoT

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cyber–Physical–Social Sensing (CPSS)

edited by Md Tahmid Rashid

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; cyber– physical– social systems; social sensing; physical sensing; multimodal data fusion; federated learning; knowledge graphs; privacy and security; machine learning; decision-making systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Multimodal Sensory Intelligence

edited by Yang Cai, Mel Siegel and Scott Ledgerwood

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal sensory intelligence; novel sensor fusion algorithms; biologically inspired sensory computing; sensing and reasoning; novel sensing modes; human perception and simulation; animal perception and simulation; cyber-physical sensing; cyber-physical systems; sensing and adaptation; self-healing; survivability of sensory systems; sensory intelligence theory; energy harvesting for in vivo sensors; nano-scale sensing and interaction; sensing and discovery; self-evolving sensors

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

Advancing Cyber Security in the IoT Era: Distributed Ledger and AI Solutions for Enhancing Security and Privacy

edited by

Gordon Russell

and Sean McKeown

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; cyber security; blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) in bolstering IoT security and privacy

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

Optical Fiber Sensors and Sensing Networks for Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Luís Pereira

and

Paulo Fernando da Costa Antunes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; optical fiber sensors; sensing networks; distributed sensors; embedded optical fiber sensors; damage detection; structural integrity; smart sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors for Space Applications

edited by

Ignacio Mateos

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22191 | Submission Open

Keywords: Magnetometer; Temperature sensor; Gravitational reference sensor; ADCS (Attitude Determination and Control System); Start tracker; Sun sensor; Camera; Gyroscope; Accelerometer; Pressure gauge; Interferometer; Radiation monitor; Spectrometer; Remote sensing; Radiometer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

AI-Empowered Internet of Things

edited by

and

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2307 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT sensing; edge computing/fog computing; smart IoT

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

Innovative Approaches to Cybersecurity for IoT and Wireless Networks

edited by Hannah Cao,

William Spring

and

Ievgeniia Kuzminykh

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2122 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT cybersecurity; sensor technology; wireless networks; AI for security; quantum-free applications; lightweight cryptography; attack technologies; adversarial behaviours

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring over Wireless Networks

edited by Yazdan Ahmad Qadri

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1799 | Submission Open

Keywords: internet of things in healthcare; QoS communication; Wi-Fi; URLLC; artificial intelligence; digital signal processing

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

Mechanical Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensors

edited by Zhengbao Yang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1158 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; piezoelectric materials; wireless power transfer; vibration; flexible electronics; smart materials

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

Design and Application of Nanosensor Arrays

edited by Yingying Geng and

Abdelhafed Taleb

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanosensor; biomedical; environmental monitoring; cell phenotyping; drug discovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Image/Video Coding and Processing Techniques for Intelligent Sensor Nodes: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jinjia Zhou

Ittetsu Taniguchi

and Xin Jin

submission deadline 9 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5900 | Submission Open

Keywords: image/video coding; image sensing; image/video processing; wireless communication; wireless sensor network; computational imaging

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

Digital Holography Imaging Techniques and Applications Using Sensors

edited by

Jose Angel Picazo-Bueno

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8748 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital holography; machine learning; digital holographic microscopy; holographic tomography; lensless holography; lab-on-chip holography; computer-generated holograms; virtual and augmented reality; 3D display and imaging; compressive sensing and single-pixel holography; information security

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

Advanced Optics and Sensing Technologies for Telescopes

edited by Donglin Ma

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6782 | Submission Open

Keywords: telescope design; telescope mirror fabrication; telescope mirror testing; telescope interferometry; adaptive optics; wavefront sensing; telescope coating technology; astronomical instrumentation; telescope spectrometer

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

Synergistic Intelligence: Pioneering Deep Learning Paradigms for Multi-Sensor Systems

edited by

Xue-Bo Jin

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5995 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor systems; deep learning; sensor data

(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 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5257 | 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)

AI-Based Intrusion Detection Techniques for Vehicle Networks

edited by

Xiangxue Li

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1820 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; intrusion detection; vehicle networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Parallel and Edge Computing with Artificial Intelligence for Sensor Networks: Second Edition

edited by

Chase Wu

Celimuge Wu

and

Kihyeon Kwon

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor networks; parallel computing; edge computing; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advances in Security of Mobile and Wireless Communications

edited by

Hyoungshick Kim

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14760 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile security; wireless security; mobile malware; mobile/wireless sensor network intrusion; intrusion and anomaly detection in mobile and wireless sensor networks; risk assessment in mobile and wireless sensor networks; security protocols for mobile and wireless sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial 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 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12032 | 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)

Recent Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Sensors

edited by Kuoyuan Hwa

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9915 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Acoustic Sensors and Their Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Farook Sattar

, Niladri Bihari Puhan and Reza Fazel-Rezai

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6186 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrophones; acoustic signal processing; acoustic signal classification; acoustic devices; acoustic signal detection; data analysis; channel bank filters; feature extraction; medical signal detection; mixture models; patient diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

EEG-Based Brain–Computer Interface: Trends, Challenges and Advancements

edited by

Imène Jraidi

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4882 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Sensing Technologies for Sleep Monitoring

edited by

Mahnoosh Kholghi

, Moid Sandhu and

David Silvera-Tawil

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4160 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Acoustic Sensing and Monitoring in Urban and Natural Environments (2nd Edition)

edited by

Hector Eduardo Roman

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2930 | Submission Open

Keywords: noise source identification; sound source location; wireless acoustic sensor networks; acoustic data processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Advances and Challenges in Sensor Security Systems

edited by

Raffaele Pizzolante

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2567 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Jianfeng Li

and Ding Wang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2139 | 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)

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