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Early-Stage Damage Detection Using Nonlinear Ultrasonic Techniques and Validation

edited by

Saptarshi Sasmal

, Umar Amjad and Tribikram Kundu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 729 | Submission Open

Keywords: incipient/early-stage damage; linear and nonlinear ultrasonics; environmental degradation; stress-induced damage; microstructure-related studies

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

Wearable Sensing Technologies for Human Movement and Rehabilitation

edited by Nitish V. Thakor

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; human movement analysis; rehabilitation engineering; gait analysis; inertial sensors; bioelectrical sensing; digital mobility biomarkers; signal processing; machine learning; real-world monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensing and Reliability Challenges in Next-Generation Power Electronic Energy Systems and Related Applications

edited by

Gia Minh Thao Nguyen

and

van Khang Huynh

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 644 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-frequency power conversion; high power-density power electronics; wide-bandwidth and in situ sensing; sensor integration and signal integrity; multi-physics modeling and digital twins; condition monitoring and reliability assessment; physics-informed data-driven diagnostics; fault diagnosis and prognostics; thermal and electromagnetic measurement; converter-dominated energy systems; advanced BMSs with sensing algorithms for non-dissipative active cell balancing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Remote Sensing for Digital Earth

edited by Shuzhu Shi,

Xudong Gu

and

Guobin Yang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 590 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital earth; radar sensor; photographic sensor; remote sensing; earth environment observation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Advances in Optical Fiber Sensors for Extreme Environments: Fundamentals and Applications

edited by Federico Scurti and Amy Van Newkirk

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; extreme environments; distributed sensing; Rayleigh scattering; Brillouin scattering; Raman scattering; BOTDA; OFDR; Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG); cryogenic; high-temperature; ionizing radiation; hollow core fibers; radiation tolerance; superconducting magnets; multi-core fibers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Key Technologies Towards the Integration of AI and Radio Access Network

edited by

Yuwei Wang

Li Sun

, Maged Elkashlan,

Qinghe Du

and

Bilal Hussain

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; radio access network; physical-layer technologies; resource management; ISAC; cooperative and distributed learning; collaborative Inference; wireless foundation model; multi-agent; 6G

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advancements in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: Challenges, Solutions and Applications in Modern Domains

edited by Alessandro Aloisio

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous wireless networks; communication; IoT

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

Integrating Consumer Wearables into Healthcare Delivery Models

edited by

Louis Faust

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: consumer wearables; health sensors; healthcare delivery; machine learning; data interoperability; digital biomarkers; clinical decision support; remote patient monitoring; electronic health records (EHRs); adherence

Cybersecurity for Internet of Things Devices in Sensors

edited by

Talal Halabi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 423 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT) security; cybersecurity; intrusion detection; anomaly detection; lightweight cryptography; secure architectures; machine learning for security; privacy preservation; edge and fog security; resilient IoT systems; CPS/IIoT security

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

Next-Generation Semiconductor-Based Nanophotonic Sensors for Applied Technologies

edited by Evripidis Michail

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Innovative IoT Devices in Biomedical Monitoring: From Design to Application

edited by

Eduardo Cañete-Carmona

and

Aurora Sáez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; biomedical monitoring; wearable sensors; artificial intelligence; physiological signal analysis; biomedical image analysis; telemedicine and remote monitoring; biomedical data analytics; smart healthcare systems

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

Generative AI and Neural Representations for Intelligent Sensing and Cooperative Perception in Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Abdulla Al-Kaff

and Jamal Berrich

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI; vision-language models (VLMs); large language models (LLMs); neural scene representations; object detection; dataset augmentation; semantic perception; digital twins; anomaly detection; cooperative perception; smart infrastructure; autonomous vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

AI-Enhanced Biosensing Technologies and Medical Applications

edited by

Cheng Cheng

and

Anindita Paul

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial Intelligence; biosensors; machine learning; medical diagnostics; point-of-care diagnostics; wearable devices; digital health; healthcare management; personalized medicine; edge computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Intelligent Vision Sensors

edited by

Juan Antonio Leñero-Bardallo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: vision sensors; intelligent vision sensors; processing at-the-edge; spiking vision sensors; image sensors for AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Sensing, Intelligent Control and Collaborative Optimization for Swarms of Unmanned Systems

edited by Tianle Mai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: swarms of unmanned systems; sensing; intelligent control; collaborative optimization; sensor fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Materials for Sensing Applications

edited by

Maria Vesna Nikolic

and Milena P. Dojcinovic

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal oxides; nanomaterials; 2D materials; metal–organic frameworks; conducting polymers; nanocomposites; hybrid materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

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

edited by

Hector Eduardo Roman

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10337 | 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)

Smart Healthcare 4.0: AI, Quantum Computing, and Real-Time Biomedical Monitoring

edited by

Jiann-Shing Shieh

Shou-Zen Fan

and Faiyaz Doctor

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4542 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in healthcare; quantum computing in medicine; real-time biomedical monitoring; ai-driven diagnosis and therapy; precision medicine technologies; biomedical signal processing; healthcare data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging and Sensing

edited by

Hans-Martin Schwab

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical ultrasoun; ultrasound imaging; ultrasound-guided therapy; wearable ultrasound; machine learning for ultrasound; multimodal imaging; ultrasound transducers; ultrasound acquisition systems; signal and image processing; image reconstruction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Edge AI for Smart Sensor Systems

edited by

Nenad Petrovic

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open

Keywords: GenAI; edge computing; smart sensors; sensor networks; sensor data analysis; vision-language models; LLM; federated learning; model-driven engineering; ontologies; semantic technology; autonomous systems; security analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Chemical Sensors for Toxic Chemical Detection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marijo Buzuk

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16870 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical sensing; toxic chemicals; electrochemical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Next-Generation Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases: Microfluidics, BioMEMS for Pathogen Detection and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

edited by

Wei Wang

, Yaoping Liu and Shitao Shen

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4320 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogen detection; microfluidics; BioMEMS; antimicrobial resistance; AMR; AI-enhanced diagnostics; multiplexed biosensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Platforms and Application—Second Edition

edited by

Spyros Panagiotakis

Evangelos K. Markakis

and

Nancy Alonistioti

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16472 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial informatics; Industry 4.0; OT/IT convergence; Internet of Things; sensor networks; computer networks; wireless communications; network management; network function virtualization and software-defined networking; cybersecurity; predictive maintenance; edge/fog/cloud computing; smart industries (factories, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, farming, cities, grids, etc.); machine learning, artificial and computational intelligence; augmented and virtual reality; supply chain management; data analytics; human–computer interaction

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

Advances and Innovations in Optical Fiber Sensors

edited by

Francesca De Tommasi

, Elena De Vita,

Rui Min

and

Kaiwei Li

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9519 | 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)

Energy Harvesting Self-Powered Sensing and Smart Monitoring

edited by

Tao Yang

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3645 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; self-powered sensing; smart monitoring; sensor technology; sustainable energy

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

Information Security of Sensor Networks: A Focus on Surveys and Tutorials

edited by Jian Li

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1875 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography; Sensor network security; information security

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

Edge AI for Wearables and IoT

edited by

Bashir Morshed

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 46744 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge, fog, and cloud computing; AI; real-time systems; wearable; IoT; medical device; smart health; robotics

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

Human Signal Processing Based on Wearable Non-Invasive Device: 2nd Edition

edited by

Wing-Kuen Ling

Steve Ling

and

Bonnie Law

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11486 | Submission Open

Keywords: photoplethysmograms; electrocardiograms; electromyograms; electroencephalograms; electrooculograms; denoising; feature extraction; classification; regression

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical and Optical Biosensors

edited by

Angelo Ferlazzo

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8923 | Submission Open

Keywords: preparation and characterizations of nanomaterials; electrochemical sensors; colorimetric sensors; fluorescence sensors; applications of biosensors based on nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Recent Advances in Optoelectronic Materials and Device Engineering

edited by

Pargam Vashishtha

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8460 | Submission Open

Keywords: optoelectronic; 2D materials; III-nitrides; wide band gap materials; Van der Waals materials; photodetector; sensor; photonics devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advances in Magnetic Sensors: Innovations, Challenges and Applications

edited by

Qi Han

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6150 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic sensor; magnetic anomaly detection; earth magnetism navigation; biological magnetic measurement; space magnetic measurement; unmanned vehicle; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Intelligent Sensing for Robotic Control and Visual Perception

edited by

Adrian Burlacu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2991 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensing; sensor fusion; visual perception/computer vision/mixed reality; event-based vision; deep; learning for perception and control; SLAM, localization, and mapping; tactile and proprioceptive sensing; real-time perception and control; human–robot interaction

(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 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2764 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Human-Centric Sensing and Technologies in Industry 5.0

edited by Elena Carlotta Olivetti,

Federica Marcolin

Enrico Vezzetti

and Sandro Moos

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2274 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 5.0; digital twins; holistic ergonomics; mental/physical stress in the workplace; psycho-physiological technologies; sensors for ergonomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Sensor-Based EEG Brain–Computer Interfaces: Technologies and Applications

edited by

Imène Jraidi

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1749 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor; EEG; brain–computer interfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Artificial Intelligence for Medical Sensing, Imaging, and Signal Classification

edited by

Ali Farzamnia

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1658 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical signal processing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; biomedical signal classification; physiological signals; wearable health monitoring; clinical decision support; time–frequency analysis; robust signal interpretation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Wearable Sensors for Postural Stability and Fall Risk Analyses: 2nd Edition

edited by

Tadayoshi Asaka

and

Hiroki Mani

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open

Keywords: fall risk; motor learning; postural control; postural stability; wearable sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Security and Privacy Preservation in Cyber–Physical Systems

edited by

A.S.M. Kayes

, Fariha Jaigirdar and

Rumpa Dasgupta

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 494 | 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)

Sensing Technology in Terahertz Frequencies: System Design, Application, and Challenges

edited by

Hiroshi Matsuo

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 488 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; terahertz frequencies; millimeter and submillimeter waves; far-infrared; spectroscopy; imaging; biomedical; environment; solar planets; astronomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances and Prospects in Optoelectronic Sensing Technology

edited by

Der-Yuh Lin

and

Chia-Feng Lin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging optoelectronic materials and sensing devices; new designs and fabrication techniques for sensing devices; new sensing theory and system designs; reliability and lifetime testing of optoelectronic sensing devices and systems; prospects of new optoelectronic materials for sensing applications; prospects of new optoelectronic sensing theory and system designs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Underwater Acoustic Target Detection and Parameter Estimation

edited by Min Wu, Guanying Huo, Yongqing Wu and Mingliang Tao

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

Keywords: target detection; parameter estimation; high resolution; array signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Radar Image Understanding Using Vision-Inspired Deep Learning with Sensor Integration

edited by

Abhijit Mahalanobis

and

Banafsheh Saber Latibari

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); efficient deep learning; robustness and uncertainty estimation

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

Multimodal Flexible Sensors: Toward Intelligent Sensing and Adaptive Interfaces

edited by

Jun Yang

and

Pei Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal flexible sensors; hybrid sensing materials; intelligent human–machine interfaces; AI-driven signal processing; wearable sensing technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Advances in Optical Fiber Sensors and Fiber Lasers

edited by

Ping Lu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19577 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fibers; fiber sensors; harsh environment sensing, fiber lasers; fiber communication; laser machining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Condition Monitoring in Manufacturing with Advanced Sensors

edited by

Uros Zuperl

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12188 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced sensors; condition monitoring; predictive maintenance; smart manufacturing; data analytics in manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

New Trends in the Sensing and Control Techniques Used for Intelligent Industrial Perception and Service Robotics

edited by

Silu Chen

, Hao Zheng and Yina Wei

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11456 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; human–robot collaboration; real-time perception; multi-modal sensor fusion; context-aware cognition

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

Wearable Technologies and Sensors for Health Monitoring

edited by

Francisco J. Romero

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6409 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advances in Wearable and Implantable Biosensors: Materials, Design, and Applications

edited by

Zhanhong Li

and Cheng Yang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5913 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable biosensors; implantable sensors; flexible electronics; biocompatible materials; real-time monitoring; point-of-care diagnostics; multiplexed sensing; wireless biosensing; personalized medicine; smart healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Biomechanics Research in Sports with Wearable Sensors

edited by

Bruno Fernández-Valdés

Víctor Toro-Román

Víctor Illera-Domínguez

and Carla Pérez-Chirinos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5674 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; sports biomechanics; mobile IMUs; smartphone applications; motion analysis; signal processing; sensor fusion; real-time feedback; human movement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Optical Nanosensors for Environmental and Biomedical Monitoring

edited by

Zhiyang Zhang

and Ling Chen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4895 | 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)

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