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Multimodal Sensing, Fusion, and VLMs for Scene Understanding and Robot Vision

edited by

ByoungChul Ko

and Sungkeun Yoo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6609 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal sensing and fusion (RGB/Depth/Thermal/Event/LiDAR/Radar/IMU/Audio); sensor calibration, synchronization, and uncertainty modeling; Vision–Language Models (VLMs)/Multimodal LLMs (MLLMs) for sensor-grounded perception; open-vocabulary detection/segmentation/tracking with real sensor data; grounded VQA, referring expressions, spatio-temporal/3D grounding; 3D perception and SLAM with language guidance; cross-modal registration; edge/embedded deployment, real-time inference, power–latency tradeoffs; robustness, safety, OOD detection, and trustworthy evaluation; retrieval-augmented and knowledge-aware perception with sensor priors; datasets, data acquisition protocols, and reproducible benchmarks

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

Millimeter-Wave Antennas for 5G—2nd Edition

edited by Minmin Mao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: millimeter-wave; antennas; 5G

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Securing the Future: Emerging Security and Radio Access Technologies for 5G/6G Networks

edited by

Max Hashem Eiza

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G security; 5G networks; radio access technologies; secure architecture; zero trust; OpenRAN; vulnerability management; API security; certification frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Applied Spectroscopy for Chemical Sensing, Imaging, Detection and Analysis

edited by Gombojav O. Ariunbold

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared and fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS); coherent anti-stokes Raman scatterring (CARS) spectroscopy; stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) spectroscopy and imaging; terahertz spectroscopy; mass spectrometry and imaging; cavity ring-down spectrocopy; photoacoustic spectroscopy; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); X-ray photoelectron/fluorescence spectroscopy (XPS/XRF); trace chemical detection; vibrationally resonant sume-frequency generation (VR-SFG) spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Advanced Computer Vision, Multimodal AI and Sensor-Based Intelligent Systems (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jungpil Shin

and

Yutaka Watanobe

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; multimodal AI; sensor fusion; foundation models; human behavior analysis; edge AI; intelligent sensing; human-centered AI; explainable AI; smart systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Energy Harvesting and Management in Communication Networks and Systems

edited by Cumali Sabah

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; energy management; RF energy harvesting; rectenna; wireless power transfer; energy-efficient communications; Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; 5G/6G; sustainable communication systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Quantum Sensing and Optical Measurement Technologies

edited by

Tongyu Dai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum sensing; optical measurement; precision measurement; optical sensors; photonic sensing; interferometry; spectroscopy; optical instrumentation; light source and detection device

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensing Technologies for Smart Agriculture

edited by

Rui Kang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensing; smart agriculture; agricultural perception; artificial intelligence; machine vision; multimodal sensing; hyperspectral imaging; agricultural robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Adaptive and Trustworthy AI for Multimodal Biomedical Sensing and Digital Health

edited by

Yu Lu

Wenjun (Chris) Zhang

and

Andrew W. H. Ip

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical sensing; multimodal learning; physiological signal processing; adaptive artificial intelligence; trustworthy artificial intelligence; wearable sensors; digital health; smart medical devices; health monitoring; biomedical foundation models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensor Fusion in Navigation and Positioning

edited by

Iain Collings

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor fusion; positioning; navigation

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

Advanced Electromagnetic Sensing Technologies and Applications

edited by

Chien-Ching Chiu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic sensing; electromagnetic imaging; microwave sensing; inverse scattering; radar sensing; computational electromagnetics; artificial intelligence (AI); signal processing; non-destructive testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Advanced Sensors and Imaging for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications

edited by Sheikh Ziauddin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical sensors; medical image segmentation; medical image registration; multimodal data fusion; deep learning in healthcare; computer vision; point-of-care technologies; image-guided intervention; foundation models; edge AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced Sensing, Signal Processing, and Intelligent Systems: Selected Papers from the International Interdisciplinary PhD Workshop 2027 (IIPhDW 2027)

edited by

Andreas Ahrens

and Olaf Simanski

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing technologies and systems; advanced sensor design; signal processing; intelligent systems and AI; autonomous systems and robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Trustworthy Software-Defined IoT Leveraging Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Jehad Ali

and Hsiao-Chun Wu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven IoT security; software-defined Internet of Things (SD-IoT); AI-enabled network automation; 6G and intelligent IoT networks; trust management; trustworthy artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

MEMS Sensors and Their Impact on Industries

edited by

Beelee Chua

and

Holden King-Ho Li

submission deadline 15 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: MEMS sensors; micro sensors; medical; automotive; gaming; control; economics; evolution; disruptive; robotics; physical AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advanced Antenna Design, Electromagnetic Sensing, and Radar Systems

edited by

Halim Boutayeb

and Mourad Nedil

submission deadline 20 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna-integrated sensors; electromagnetic sensing; radar-based detection and localization; micro-doppler signature analysis; sensor fusion and signal processing; biomedical and environmental monitoring; wireless sensor networks; computational electromagnetics (FDTD); wave propagation in complex media

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Sensing and Imaging for Defect Detection: 3rd Edition

edited by

Haitao Wang

, Yongkai Zhu and

Fei Fei

submission deadline 20 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; NDT&E technology; defect detection technology; imaging technology; data acquirement and processing; sensing techniques

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

Smart Magnetic Sensors: Developments and Applications

edited by

Jiamin Chen

Zhenhu Jin

and

Chenglong Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic sensors; smart sensing; quantum magnetic sensing; magnetic sensing technologies; sensor integration; intelligent signal processing; sensor fusion; artificial intelligence; magnetic imaging; biomagnetic sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Multifaceted AI for Security, Privacy, and Intelligence in Cyber-Physical and Distributed Sensor Systems

edited by

Mohamed Azab

and Efat Fathalla

submission deadline 25 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; cyber-physical systems; distributed sensor systems; internet of things; AI-enabled sensors; security and privacy; trustworthy AI; adversarial AI; edge and distributed intelligence; intelligent sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Optical and Photonic Sensing for Industrial and Energy Infrastructure

edited by

Pawel Niewczas

submission deadline 25 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensing; photonic sensors; fibre-optic sensors; photonic instrumentation; distributed fibre sensing; sensor networks; condition monitoring; energy infrastructure; industrial infrastructure; harsh-environment sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Innovative Sensors and Processes for Intrusion and Anomaly Detection in IoT

edited by

Vasos Vassiliou

and

Iacovos I. Ioannou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2975 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; intrusion detection; anomaly detection; edge computing; cyber–physical systems; machine learning; sensor networks; privacy; network monitoring; embedded security; smart environments; AI for security; resilient sensing; hybrid threat detection

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

Advances in Photothermal Techniques for Material Characterization and Sensor Development

edited by

Dorota Korte

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2169 | 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)

Electronic Nose Systems for Food Quality, Safety and Authentication

edited by

Antonio Pardo Martínez

and

Luis Fernandez Romero

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: electronic nose; gas sensor arrays; food quality; food safety; food authentication; artificial intelligence; chemometrics; pattern recognition; sensor data fusion; hyphenated analytical techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

AI-Enabled Security and Resilience for Autonomous Sensing and Communication Systems

edited by Shidrokh Goudarzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous sensing; secure communications; resilient systems; edge intelligence; cyber-physical security; sensor fusion; GNSS-denied navigation; trustworthy AI; 5G/6G communications; multi-agent systems

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

Optical and Electrochemical Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring

edited by

Domenico Corso

Salvatore Pennisi

and

Sebania Libertino

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensors; electrochemical sensors; water quality monitoring; emerging contaminants; heavy metals; pathogen detection; lab-on-chip; microfluidic sensors; in situ monitoring; environmental sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Advanced Sensors in Brain–Computer Interfaces: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Quiles

submission deadline 20 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: brain–computer interface (BCI); signal processing; brain signal acquisition; cognitive enhancement; machine learning; human–machine interaction; neuroprosthetics; EEG (electroencephalography); neurofeedback; artificial intelligence; real-time processing; brain connectivity; neurorehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Intelligent Wearable and Bio-Integrated Sensing Systems: Design, Fabrication, and Human-Centered Applications

edited by

Jingping Nie

, Yiwen Dong and

Abraham Vázquez-Guardado

submission deadline 25 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable; bio-integrated sensing; multimodal; embedded AI and AIoT; human-centered AI; cyber-physical systems; mobile health; pervasive healthcare; precision health; flexible electronics and biosensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Intelligent Transportation Systems with Connected Vehicle, Cloud Computing, and Internet of Things Technologies: 2nd Edition

edited by Yongxing Li,

Tongfei Li

and Yunhe Tong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; cloud–edge computing; IoTs; connected vehicle; vehicle sensing; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Advanced Sensors and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Smart, Autonomous, and Assistive Navigation

edited by

Paraskevi Theodorou

and Apostolos Meliones

submission deadline 30 Nov 2027 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor fusion; indoor positioning; wearable sensing; computer vision sensing; context-aware navigation; sensor-based assistive technologies; evaluation of a sensing/navigation system; assistive technologies; artificial intelligence (AI); human–computer interaction (HCI); indoor positioning systems (IPS); unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT); AI trust and explainability (XAI)

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

Feature Papers in "Industrial Sensors" Section 2026–2027

edited by

Chun Sing Lai

Hyoungshick Kim

Jorn Mehnen

and

Miguel Delgado-Prieto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2238 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; process automation; robotics and automation; Industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Sensors for Human Activity Recognition: 4th Edition

edited by

Hui Liu

Tanja Schultz

and

Hugo Gamboa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activity recognition; wearable sensor; behavior recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advanced Virtual Sensing, Intelligent Soft Measurement, and AI-Enabled Sensing Systems for Industrial Processes

edited by

Wen Yu

and Jinliang Ding

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual sensing; soft sensors; industrial instrumentation; physics-informed neural networks (PINNs); deep learning for sensing; state estimation; sensor anomaly detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Next-Generation Photodetection and Multidimensional Optical Sensing

edited by Avishek Das

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: photodetectors; flexible photodetectors; high-speed photodetection; self-powered photodetection; multidimensional optical sensing, multidimensional optical imaging; snapshot imaging; integrated photonics; computational imaging; in-sensor computing; neuromorphic optical sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advanced Sensor Technologies and Sensor Fusion for Autonomous and Connected Vehicles

edited by

Patrik Viktor

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; sensor technologies; sensor fusion; multi-sensor fusion; intelligent transportation systems; LiDAR; radar; GNSS; inertial measurement unit (IMU); environmental perception; object detection; vehicle-to-everything (V2X); edge AI; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

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