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AI and Smart Sensors for Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Yuchuan Du

Yu Shen

and Chenglong Liu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9207 | Submission Open

Keywords: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Artificial intelligence (AI); smart sensors; Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Applied Robotics in Mechatronics and Automation

edited by Yueh-Jaw (YJ) Lin

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8117 | Submission Open

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

Computer Vision and Sensing Technologies for Industrial Quality Inspection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Hong-Dar Lin

Cheng-Hsiung Hsieh

and

Hsin-Chieh Wu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5367 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; sensing technologies; industrial quality inspection; automatic optical inspection; artificial intelligence techniques; machine learning; deep learning

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

Materials and Devices for Flexible Electronics in Sensor Applications

edited by Huanhuan Feng

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4510 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible sensors; electronic skins; curved interfaces; health monitoring; wearable devices; tactile sensing; advanced materials; structural designs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Novel Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Moutinho

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2991 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed sensor networks; vision systems; fiber optic sensing; wireless sensing; noncontact sensing; laser and radar systems; unmanned ground and aerial vehicle inspection; global navigation satellite systems; energy-harvesting-based systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Sensors for Enabling Wireless Spectrum Access

edited by Joseph Gaeddert and

Alan Michaels

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2114 | Submission Open

Keywords: radio frequency (RF) wireless communications; spectrum sensing; dynamic spectrum access; software-defined radio; 5g/cellular communications; satellite communications; radar coexistence; antennas and phased arrays; digital signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Distributed Sensors: Development and Applications

edited by

George Y. Chen

and

Jun He

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1692 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed sensing systems; distributed fiber-optic sensors; distributed sensors deployment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in Fault Diagnosis & Sensors

edited by

Len Gelman

Gilbert-Rainer Gillich

and

Shuncong Zhong

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 808 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; structural health monitoring; non-destructive testing

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

Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity for Wireless Communication and IoT

edited by

Kiho Lim

and Weihua Liu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communication; Internet of Things (IoT); cybersecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Neurosurgery

edited by

Adrian Elmi Terander

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: extended reality (XR); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); mixed reality (MR); neurosurgery; neuronavigation

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

Smart Internet of Things System for Renewable Energy Resource

edited by

Antonio Cano-Ortega

and

Francisco Sánchez-Sutil

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; smart electric meters; smart power analyzers; smart grids; smart meter networks; monitoring of renewable energy power plants: photovoltaic solar energy; wind energy; hydroelectric energy; biomass energy; and other renewable energy resources; distributed generation; efficient smart electrical energy; monitoring of storage energy system: batteries; supercapacitors; fuel cells; etc.; monitoring electrical vehicles; wireless technologies: Wi-Fi; LoRa; ZigBee; Bluetooth; NB-IoT; etc.; LPWAN electrical networks

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

Healthcare Systems Enhanced by Advances in the Internet of Medical Things

edited by

George Oguntala

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoMT; biomedical sensor; wearable devices; remote patient monitoring; smart health; sensor integration; cybersecurity in IoMT; AI in healthcare; edge computing; health data security; personalised medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Sensors Technologies in Robot-Assisted Surgical Systems

edited by Jianmin Li

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible sensors; multi-modal sensing; miniaturized sensors; real-time sensing feedback; robot assisted surgery

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

New Trends in Intelligent Social-Health Systems Empowered by Internet of Every Things

edited by

Macarena Espinilla-Estevéz

Mª Ángeles Verdejo-Espinosa

Francisco Javier Cabrerizo-Lorite

and

Yolanda María de la Fuente Robles

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 50077 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent systems; Internet of Everything; artificial intelligence; soft computing; social health systems; accessibility; dependency; disability; aging; accessibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Recent Advances in Biomedical Imaging Sensors and Processing

edited by

Patrizia Vizza

and Giuseppe Tradigo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14302 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Multi-sensor Fusion in Medical Imaging, Diagnosis and Therapy

edited by

Xuming Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11205 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; sparse representation; multi-scale decomposition; machine learning; deep learning model; convolutional neural network; transformer; disease diagnosis and therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensor-Based Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Bin Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8942 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; structural health monitoring; civil infrastructure; sensor materials; sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Recent Advances in Smart Mobile Sensing Technology

edited by

Chien Aun Chan

Ming Yan

and

Chunguo Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8429 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enabled smart mobile sensing technology; hardware; material; and signal processing of smart mobile sensing technology; smart mobile sensing applications and use-cases; machine learning; deep learning; and big data analytics; privacy-preserving and security of smart mobile sensing; intelligent AR/VR application with machine/deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Terahertz Sensors

edited by

Dongshan Wei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8426 | Submission Open

Keywords: THz metamaterial; THz sensing; QBIC; quantum dot; photonic crystal; molecular marker; trace detection; Q value; sensitivity; resonant frequency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Microwaves for Biomedical Applications and Sensing

edited by

Marta Cavagnaro

and

Rosa Scapaticci

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6792 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwaves; electromagnetics; diagnostic applications; therapeutics; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensors and Robots for Ambient Assisted Living

edited by

Philippe Gorce

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5699 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Smart Sensor Technologies for Accurate Movement Monitoring and Connectivity

edited by Pi-Chung Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2552 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensor; movement monitoring and connectivity; wearable technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Human Movement Monitoring Using Wearable Sensor Technology—2nd Edition

edited by Yi-Chung Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2528 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; human movement; rehabilitation; workplace injury; posture; sport performance; sport injury

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Novel Nanoprobes for Biomedical Sensing, Disease Detection, and Theranostic Applications

edited by

Ke Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1415 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoprobes; biomedical sensing; disease detection; theranostics; deep learning; targeted therapy; smart nanodevices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Advances in Photothermal Techniques for Material Characterization and Sensor Development

edited by

Dorota Korte

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open

Keywords: photothermics; photoacoustics; laser physics; thermophysics; bio- and nanophotonics; material science; laser medicine; theranostics; thermal analysis; laser spectroscopy; laser ultrasonics; photothermal theoretical models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Innovative Synergies: Robotics, AI, and Sensor Technologies in Field Autonomous Systems

edited by

Ehsan Asadi

and

Hamid Khayyam

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: field robotics systems: trials and real-world applications; robotic sensor technologies and sensor fusion for field deployment; AI applications in robotics; vision; and sensor technologies; algorithms and field implementations for visual and non-visual sensors; mobile robotics and navigation in field environments; human– robot interactions in field settings; bio-inspired robotics for field applications; computational intelligence in field robotics; mechatronic systems: field applications and innovations; swarm robotics in field operations; drones in field operations; social/humanoid robotics in field contexts; immersive interfaces for field robotics; IoT and robotics: crossover field applications

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

Challenges and Future Trends in Antenna Technologies for Communications and Sensing

edited by

Qingsheng Zeng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna measurements; antenna sensor; wireless communication; broadband antennas; communication and sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Cyber Resilience of IoT Systems: Leveraging Cryptography, Protocols, and AI

edited by

Dongxi Liu

and Nan Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber resilience; IoT systems; IoT security

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

Development of Metal Oxide Gas Sensors: From Design and Synthesis to Real-World Applications

edited by

Estefanía Núñez-Carmona

and

Veronica Sberveglieri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal oxide gas sensors; nanostructured sensing materials; selectivity and sensitivity enhancement; environmental and industrial monitoring; smart and wearable gas sensors; hybrid and composite materials; low-power and flexible sensors; mechanisms of gas detection; Internet of Things (IoT) sensing applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Sensors and Machine Vision Technologies for Stress and Disease Detection in Digital Agriculture

edited by

Md Sultan Mahmud

and

Tanzeel Ur Rehman

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; artificial intelligence; smart sensors; deep learning models; crop sensing; disease detection and monitoring; data-driven agriculture; AgRobotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

AI-Driven Innovations for Enhanced Signal Intelligence: Applications in Radar and Biomedical Imaging Sensing

edited by

Hong Tang

Hanxiang Zhang

and

Yu Shi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; biomedical imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Functional Low-Dimensional Materials for Optical and Electrochemical Sensing

edited by

Zhifang Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical and electrochemical sensing; low-dimensional sensing materials; ensing methodologies and mechanism— flexible; wearable; and miniaturized sensor platforms; environmental monitoring; biomedical diagnostics; and industrial sensing; low-dimensional material-enabled sensing structure or devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Wearable Sensors and Human Activity Recognition in Health Research

edited by

Marcin Strączkiewicz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; human activity recognition; accelerometry; generalization; reproducibility; free-living environments; machine learning; open science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Bearing Fault Diagnosis Using Single Sensor Techniques and Sensor Fusion Approaches

edited by

Jong-Myon Kim

and

Zahoor Ahmad

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: bearing fault diagnosis; single sensor techniques; sensor fusion; condition monitoring; machine learning

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

Drone Autonomous Perception-Aware Path Planning for Survey and Inspection Missions

edited by

Samer Hanoun

, Sui Yang Khoo, Chee Peng Lim and

Khaled Eskaf

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-rotor drones; fixed-wing drones; autonomous navigation; path planning; mission planning; task decomposition; survey and inspection missions; human pilot guidance; perception-aware path planning

Application of Optical Imaging in Medical and Biomedical Research

edited by

Dongyu Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical imaging; optical coherence tomography; medical research; biomedical research

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

Blockchain Security and Its Application in Internet of Things (2nd Edition)

edited by

Chun-Ta Li

Cheng-Chi Lee

and

Tuan-Vinh Le

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; Internet of Things; security and privacy; cryptography protocol; secure communication

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

Biometric Sensing in Human–Computer Interaction for Assistive AI Systems

edited by

Khalid Saeed

and

Nobuyuki Nishiuchi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: product sensing in Kansei engineering; biometrics; AI methods in smart life; smart cities; affective computing; assistive AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Security, Trust and Privacy in Internet of Things

edited by Alex Akinbi, Safiullah Khan and

Max Hashem Eiza

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; privacy; security; blockchain; cryptography

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

Sensing Signals for Biomedical Monitoring—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos M. Travieso-González

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical monitoring; sensing signals; artificial intelligence for healthcare; wearable sensors; data acquisition and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Recent Trends and Advances in Magnetic Sensors

edited by

Valentina Zhukova

Arcady Zhukov

and Yoshinobu Honkura

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic sensors; non-destructive control and monitoring; magnetoelastic sensors; giant magnetoimpedance effect and related applications; GHz spin rotation effect and related applications; magnetic materials for sensor and actuator applications; magnetometers; fundamentals and physics of magnetic sensors; magnetic measurements and instrumentation; measurement standards; smart materials and composites; tuneable metamaterials and composites; magnetic sensors applications; novel sensing techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Next-Generation Semiconductor-Based Nanophotonic Sensors for Applied Technologies

edited by Evripidis Michail

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; semiconductors; nanophotonic; nanofabrication; optoelectronics; photonic devices; light– matter interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

eHealth Platforms and Sensors for Monitoring Health and Human Activity—Second Edition

edited by

Safak Dogan

and

Xiyu Shi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital health (eHealth/mHealth) platforms; remote and predictive healthcare; self-managed care; health monitoring and management; human activity monitoring; sensing and actuation; smart wearables; brain– computer interfaces (BCIs); and Internet of Things (IoT) networks; health analytics and AI; sensor-based human– AI collaboration; and Natural Language Processing (NLP); assisted living; cybersecurity and privacy protection; user acceptance and adoption; robotics in health monitoring and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advances in Mechanical and Electric Systems for Aircraft and Space Devices Based on Sensors Technology

edited by

Lucjan Setlak

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric propulsion; aerospace systems; mechatronics; spacecraft subsystems; structural dynamics; avionics; thermal control; hybrid-electric aircraft; electromechanical actuators; space robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

The Sensing Technologies and Computational Methods for Biomedical Engineering: Next-Generation Perspectives

edited by

Pedro Morais

João Vilaça

and Helena R. Torres

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; medical imaging sensors; AI-driven biosignal processing; multimodal biomedical sensor fusion; sensor-based physiological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Wearable Technologies and Sensors for Health Monitoring

edited by

Francisco J. Romero

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable health monitoring; biosignal monitoring; biosensors; flexible antennas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Innovative Sensing Methods for Motion and Behavior Analysis

edited by Koichi Hashimoto,

Naoya Chiba

and

Shohei Ochi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: motion analysis; behavior sensing; sensor fusion; SLAM; hyperspectral imaging; RFID; high-speed vision; animal tracking; human– machine interaction

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

Recent Advances in Spectroscopic Sensing and Sensor Engineering

edited by

Andrea Zifarelli

Giansergio Menduni

and

Mariagrazia Olivieri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical spectroscopy; sensing technologies; laser sources and detectors; photoacoustic gas and liquid sensing; light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy; real-world applications of sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Chemical Sensors for Toxic Chemical Detection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marijo Buzuk

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2926 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical sensing; toxic chemicals; electrochemical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Fluorescent Sensors for Advanced Applications in Biological and Chemical Detection

edited by Sellamuthu Anbu

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent sensors; biological detection; chemical detection; fluorescent probes; biosensing technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

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