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Fall Detection Based on Wearable Sensors

edited by

Plinio Moreno

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1383 | Submission Open

Keywords: data generation from simulation; transfer learning; data augmentation from fall videos; motion capture; fall detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Secure and Resilient Solutions for CCTV, Small Sensor and IoT Device Security

edited by

Jong Hyuk Park

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; CCTV anomaly detection; lightweight cryptography; blockchain for IoT; secure IoT frameworks; sensor authentication; cyber threat mitigation; federated learning for IoT; quantum-resistant algorithms; resilient IoT architectures

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

Nanophotonic Materials and Sensor Devices

edited by

Zhengbiao Ouyang

Huihui Lu

, Xin Jin and Huanhuan Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 813 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Acoustic Sensing for Musical Instrument Study and Vocal Analysis

edited by Chii-Chang Chen

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustics; musical instruments; vocal; holography; acoustic materials; vocals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advances in Smart Nanomaterials and Quantum Sensors: Integrating AI/ML for Next-Generation Applications

edited by

Kamil Reza Khondakar

Hirak Mazumdar

and

Azahar Ali

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 617 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart nanomaterials; quantum sensors; lab-on-chip; smart sensors; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); medical diagnostics; environmental monitoring; predictive analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Underwater Vision Sensing System: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhibin Yu

, Sai-Kit Yeung and

Huimin Lu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater imaging; underwater 3D reconstruction; autonomous underwater vehicles; underwater vision sensing systems; underwater networks; underwater communication; underwater sensing and detection; underwater microscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors Technology for Sports Biomechanics Applications

edited by

Ana Vanessa Bataller-Cervero

César Berzosa Sánchez

Juan Rabal-Pelay

and

Eduardo Piedrafita Trigo

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports technology; wearable sensors; sport biomechanics; performance assessment; GPS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Multi-Sensor Resilient Fusion Perception, Positioning and Navigation Systems

edited by

Long Zhao

and

Cheng Yang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 256 | 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)

Remote Sensing and UAV Technologies for Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Alfred Colpaert

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV sensors; flight automation; drone swarms; UAV high-precision positioning; RTK; environmental monitoring; damage assessment; long-endurance flight technology; weather resistant drones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Smart Sensing for Green Engineering: Technologies to Enhance Sustainable Design, Manufacturing and Recycling

edited by Scott D. Adams and

Mario Coccia

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: green engineering; sustainable technologies; smart sensors; sustainable engineering; circular economy; IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Scalable Blockchain and AI-Based Embedded IoT Systems for Smart Spaces (3rd Edition)

edited by

Faisal Jamil

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; Internet of Things (IoT); smart systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Next-Generation Healthcare: The Role of 6G and Vehicular Edge Computing in Smart Automation Systems

edited by

Nuno M. Garcia

and

Ali Hassan Sodhro

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G; AI; IoT vehicular edge computing; smart healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Electromagnetic Sensors and Their Applications

edited by

Shiquan Wang

and

Kwok L. Chung

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic sensors; metamaterial-enhanced sensors; AI-driven sensor design; non-contact sensing; IoT-based sensing; integrated sensing and communication; biomedical and industrial applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Architecture, Applications and Challenges of Communication and Navigation Integration

edited by Zhongliang Deng

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless positioning signal design and signal processing; high-precision distance measurement; high-precision angle measurement; wireless positioning signal propagation path identification; wireless positioning error estimation; multi-sensor fusion positioning; fusion positioning algorithm; communication and positioning fusion system; seamless indoor and outdoor location service; mobile device tracking

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

State of the Art in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring

edited by Yang Liu, Stephen Xia and Ting Dang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 50 | 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)

Advancing Ocean Sustainability: Cutting-Edge Sensor Technology and Applications

edited by

Teruhisa Komatsu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; marine sensing technologies; monitoring; remote sensing; habitat mapping; ecosystem health; in situ measurement; archival tags; marine pollution; microplastics; sensor platforms; submersible devices and equipment; biological oceanography; physical oceanography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Sensor Techniques and Methods for Sports Science: 2nd Edition

edited by

Arnold Baca

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; biomechanics; heart rate; machine learning; motion analysis; sports equipment technology; tracking; workload

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advanced Sensing, Control, Autonomous and Fault Tolerant Technologies for Satellite Applications

edited by

Shu Ting Goh

and

Mihindukulasooriya Sheral Crescent Tissera

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: new space; space autonomy; sensor; navigation; control; guidance; fault analysis; space situation awareness; verification; validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Soft and Wearable Electronics for Health Monitoring

edited by

Yongkuk Lee

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft electronics; wearable biosensors; health monitoring; flexible circuits; biocompatible materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Recent Progress on Sensors in Power Industry: System, Signal Processing, and Data Analysis

edited by Ying Zhang,

Henry Leung

and

Junliang Wang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; power industry; signal processing; data analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Advances in Optical Sensing, Instrumentation and Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xin Zhu

and

Zhenhe Ma

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 15942 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical coherence tomography (OCT); image processing; deep learning; binocular vision; 3D reconstruction; optimization; spectral analysis; computer vision; stereo vision; surface plasmon resonance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Smartphone Sensors and Their Applications

edited by

Juan A. Monsoriu

and

Juan Carlos Castro-Palacio

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4583 | Submission Open

Keywords: smartphone sensors; smartphone applications; education; health; environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in E-health, Biomedical Sensing, Biosensing Applications

edited by

Hariton-Nicolae Costin

Cristian Rotariu

and Gladiola Petroiu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: ehealth; biomedical sciences; bioengineering; medical devices; biosignal; biomechanics; neurosciences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

State-of-the-Art Optical Sensors Technology in China 2024–2025

edited by

Yang Yang

and Yan Huang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 736 | Submission Open

Keywords: photodetectors; optical-fiber-based sensors; lidar; advanced microscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Integrated Sensing and Communication: Wireless and Optical Communication Techniques and Applications

edited by

Sicong Liu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communications; visible light communications; visible light positioning; sensing and detection; wireless localization and navigation; next-generation communication networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Sensor Networks and Communication with AI

edited by Ge Wang and Fei Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge and cloud computing; energy-harvesting systems; wearable computing; next generation of mobile networks; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for IoT Sensors

edited by

Hiroshi Watanabe

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; Internet of Things sensors; blockchain; verifications; security; attestations; distributed ledger; hash chain

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

The Advanced Spintronics Theory, Devices and Sensors

edited by Xiaofang Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: spintronics; half-metal; band alignment; spintronic devices and sensors; spintronic theory; magnetic materials; hall effect

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Innovations in Digital Healthcare Sensing: AI and IoT Intelligence

edited by

Akshi Kumar

and MPS Bhatia

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital healthcare sensing; large language models (LLMs) & small language models (SLMs) in healthcare; IoT edge intelligence; wearable & implantable sensors; AI-driven medical analytics; multimodal sensor fusion; real-time health monitoring; smart diagnostics; biomedical signal processing; remote patient monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Smart Sensing for Healthcare Transformation

edited by

Fernando Seoane

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; real-time location systems; environmental sensors; healthcare transformation; personalized care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Combining Machine Learning and Sensors in Human Movement Biomechanics: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariano Serrao

and

Alberto Ranavolo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; neural network; biomechanics; human movement; wearable devices; movement disorders; movement analysis; motor function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Datasets in Intelligent Agriculture

edited by

Wen-Hao Su

Zhou Zhang

and

Ce Yang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent plant identification; high-throughput phenotyping; deep learning; image segmentation; weed control; pest and disease monitoring; yield prediction; quality evaluation; grading equipment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cross Data)

Cyber Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoT)

edited by

Xu-An Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT sensor data; IoT security; security for UAV

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

UAV Detection, Classification, and Tracking

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 80174 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV detection; UAV classification; UAV tracking; Optical sensors; IR sensors; RF sensors; Radars; Deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in Physical Sensors

edited by

Evangelos Hristoforou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 21789 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors based on magnetic properties; sensors based on semiconducting properties; sensors based on dielectric properties; sensors based on conducting properties; sensors based on superconducting properties; magnetic sensors; optic sensors; acoustic sensors; electric sensors; industrial applications; defense applications; transportation applications; biomedical applications; multidisciplinary

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Medical Imaging and Sensing Technologies

edited by

Cihui Yang

and

Shiping Wen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18097 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; medical image denoising; medical image segmentation; tumor detection; deep learning; image processing; computerized tomography; ultrasounds; positron emission tomography

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

Industrial Internet of Things in the Industry 4.0: New Researches, Applications and Challenges (Volume II)

edited by

Salvatore Cavalieri

and

Nunzio Marco Torrisi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18015 | Submission Open

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

Perception and Imaging for Smart Agriculture

edited by

Wei Wang

Seung-Chul Yoon

Xuan Chu

and Hongwei Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16032 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception; sensors; advanced imaging technology; smart agriculture; agricultural information acquisition; artificial intelligence; agricultural robot; deep learning

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

Wearable Sensing of Medical Condition at Home Environment

edited by

Gaddi Blumrosen

and

Amos Bardea

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14389 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensing; home monitoring; health monitoring; healthcare; sensor signal processing; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Multimodal Sensing Technologies for IoT and AI-Enabled Systems

edited by

Emmanouil Tsardoulias

Charalampos Dimoulas

and Andreas L. Symeonidis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13184 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI-enabled systems; data-driven systems; Internet of Things; machine learning; multimodal decision making; multimodal sensing; smart systems

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

Independent Living: Sensor-Assisted Intelligent Care and Healthcare

edited by Lili Liu and Antonio Miguel-Cruz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12582 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; ambient sensors; types of sensors (vision and imaging; radiation; temperature; motion; humidity; electrical contract; pressure; etc.); Internet of Things (IoT); apps (mobile applications); zero-effort technology (ZET); healthcare implementation; usability and adoption; technologies for indoor localization and tracking; e.g.; Ultra-wide Band (UWB); micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) / nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Electronic Noses III

edited by

Jose V. Ros-Lis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11230 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-nose; electronic nose; pattern recognition; optoelectronic nose; array analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Computer Vision Recognition and Communication Sensing System

edited by

Weizhong Qian

Weimin Shi

and Yue Xiu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10192 | Submission Open

Keywords: visual recognition perception; waveform design; visual positioning navigation; deep learning; algorithm design; integrated sensing and communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Feature Papers in Remote Sensors 2024–2025

edited by

Assefa M. Melesse

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8901 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensors; remote sensing; remote devices; platforms; and systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Tomographic and Multi-Dimensional Sensors

edited by

Manuch Soleimani

and Brian Hoyle

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8844 | Submission Open

Keywords: tomographic sensors; multi-dimensional sensing; process-sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensors and Signal Processing in Industry

edited by

Lisha Peng

, Oleksii Karpenko, Hongyu Sun and Zhichao Cai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8676 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive testing; structural health monitoring; intelligent sensors; signal processing; industrial applications; predictive maintenance; machine learning; real-time monitoring; Industrial IoT (IIoT)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Data Privacy, Security, and Trust in New Technological Trends—2nd Edition

edited by

Valderi R. Q. Leithardt

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8168 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; communication protocols; cryptographic algorithms; cyberattacks; cybersecurity; data privacy and trust; data security on drones; knowledge on security and privacy; hardware security; data security in smart cities; information context; Internet of Things; management data privacy and trust in cloud computing; mechanism to protect mobile and IoT applications; security in data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

EMG Signal Acquisition, Processing and Analysis: From Research to Daily Practice in the Rehabilitation, Sports, and Occupational Fields

edited by

Luca Miceli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7869 | Submission Open

Keywords: EMG and surface EMG analysis; myoelectric control; wearable sensors; rehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in the ‘Sensor Networks’ Section 2024–2025

edited by

Giovanni Pau

Dimitrios Georgakopoulos

and

Paolo Ferrari

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6652 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor networks; innovative methodologies; data analysis; Internet of Things (IoT); wireless sensor networks; energy efficiency; security and privacy; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Novel Sensors and Sensing Technology Used for Empowering High-End Equipment Structure

edited by