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Eurosensors 2026 Selected Papers
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: physical sensors; chemical sensors; biosensors/-electronics and biomimetic sensors
Advanced Sensing System for Microfluidic Research
edited by and Zhenglong Li
submission deadline 20 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open
Keywords: analytic equipment; microfluidic device; paper-based analytical device; genetic procedures; self assembled monolayer; dielectric spectroscopy; microelectrode MEMS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
NIR Sensing for Food Analysis and Process Control
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open
Keywords: NIR spectroscopy; process control; food production; quality control; portable NIRs; chemometrics; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
Advanced Radar and Multi-Sensor Fusion for Human Action Recognition
edited by Chong Han
submission deadline 25 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: human action recognition (HAR); radar and radio frequency (RF) sensing; human–computer interaction; signal processing and feature extraction; deep learning & AI for HAR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
RF Circuits and Systems for Wireless Communication
edited by Jiankang Xiao
submission deadline 25 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: RF circuits and systems; antennas and arrays; sensors and systems; wireless communication systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
Advances in GNSS Signal Processing and Navigation—Third Edition
edited by Ming Huang, Jingjing Yang and Zhe Xiao
submission deadline 30 Jul 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 921 | Submission Open
Keywords: GNSS signal processing; LEO opportunistic Doppler-aided GNSS positioning; GNSS alternatives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
Nano-Hybrid Systems for Electrochemical Sensing
edited by Akbar Mohammad, and
submission deadline 30 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanocomposites; metallic nanocomposites; metal oxide/hydroxide-based nanocomposites; carbon-based nanocomposites; electrochemical sensors; chemical sensor; pollutant sensor; sensitivity and selectivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)
Sensing Techniques for Intelligent Network Optimization in 6G
edited by , , Tomoaki Ohtsuki, and
submission deadline 30 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: 6G network optimization; SAGIN; spectrum resource allocation; multi-agent collaboration; physical layer technologies; intelligent sensing; cooperative communications; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Intelligent Wireless Communication Systems and Sensor Networks
edited by Chong Huang and Zijing Zou
submission deadline 30 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent wireless communications; intelligent sensor networks; intelligent wireless systems; intelligent signal processing; digital twin; Internet of Things
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
UAV-Enabled Wireless Communications and Networking submission deadline 30 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV-enabled communications; 6G wireless networks; non-terrestrial networks (NTNs); artificial intelligence (AI) for wireless communications; channel modeling and measurement; resource management; trajectory optimization; safety, security, and privacy issues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
Nanogenerators for Self-Powered Sensors: Innovations and Applications
edited by Chengyu Li
submission deadline 30 Jul 2027 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanogenerators; self-powered; sensors; AI; edge-computing; applications; human–machine interfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)
Advancing Global Connectivity: Efficient Transmission and Intelligent Sensing in Satellite Communications
edited by Ziyi Yang, , , Xiang Gao, and Dekang Liu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4165 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite communications; advanced antenna design; signal processing techniques; MIMO; intelligent reflecting surfaces; intelligent sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
Wearable Sensing Technologies for Human Movement and Rehabilitation
edited by Nitish V. Thakor
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 717 | 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)
Explainable AI for Internet of Things Security
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open
Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); internet of things security (IoT security); intrusion detection systems; trustworthy artificial intelligence; cybersecurity analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Proximal Sensing in Precision Agriculture: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 416 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil; sensor; crop; image analysis; PXRF; DRS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)
Innovative IoT Devices in Biomedical Monitoring: From Design to Application submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 412 | 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)
Electrochemical Sensors for Metal Ion and Pathogen Recognition
edited by Sakda Jampasa, Orawon Chailapakul and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical (bio)sensor; metal ion detection; pathogen recognition; nanomaterials; aptasensors; molecularly imprinted polymers; microfluidics; environmental monitoring; food safety; immunosensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)
Advanced Sensing Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring and Control
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: damping; health monitoring; sensor technologies; structural control; vibration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Recent Advances in Vehicle Communication and In-Vehicle Networks submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle communication; in-vehicle networks; vehicular network security; in-vehicle network security; connected and autonomous vehicles; V2X (vehicle-to-everything); VANET
(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)
Technologies of Highly Efficient Telecommunication Systems and Devices—2nd Edition
edited by and Svetlana Dymkova
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open
Keywords: spectrally efficient telecommunication systems; new waveforms and modulations; signal-code constructions; channel coding, estimation, and tracking; massive MIMO; NOMA; OTFS; QKD; Internet of Things; high-efficiency RF power amplifiers; energetically locally optimal solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
Microwave/RF Sensors and Applications (2nd Edition)
edited by and Feifei Tan
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: microwave energy applications in the industry; microwave sensors and advanced sensing systems; real-time industrial monitoring; sensor performance benchmarking: simulation vs. validation; permittivity measurement sensor; RF sensors; emerging wireless sensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)
Dynamics and Control System Design for Robotics: 2nd Edition
edited by , and Sungkeun Yoo
submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open
Keywords: robot design; robot control; robot sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
Advanced Sensing Materials and Self-Powered Sensors for Structural and Environmental Hazard Monitoring submission deadline 8 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs); self-powered sensors; advanced materials; multifunctional sensors; smart materials; flexible electronics; seismic sensing; ground-motion monitoring; earthquake detection; flood monitoring; water-level sensing; wildfire detection; extreme weather; disaster prevention; risk mitigation; structural health monitoring; environmental monitoring; Internet of Things (IoT); wireless sensor networks; artificial intelligence; edge computing; digital twins; graphene; nanocomposites; smart textiles; energy harvesting; early warning systems; climate resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)
Advanced Antenna Arrays and Architectures for Sensing and Communications
edited by Yihong Su, Liying Nie and Peng Mei
submission deadline 10 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: ISAC; reconfigurable arrays; near-field beamforming; advanced antenna architecture; hardware-algorithm co-design; joint waveform optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
Multimodal Sensing, Fusion, and VLMs for Scene Understanding and Robot Vision
edited by and Sungkeun Yoo
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5752 | 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 1010 | 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
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 501 | 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)
Energy Harvesting and Management in Communication Networks and Systems
edited by Cumali Sabah
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 109 | 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)
Advanced Computer Vision, Multimodal AI and Sensor-Based Intelligent Systems (2nd Edition) submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 109 | 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)
Applied Spectroscopy for Chemical Sensing, Imaging, Detection and Analysis
edited by Gombojav O. Ariunbold
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 101 | 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)
Intelligent Sensing Technologies for Smart Agriculture
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 63 | 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)
Quantum Sensing and Optical Measurement Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 60 | 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)
Adaptive and Trustworthy AI for Multimodal Biomedical Sensing and Digital Health submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 29 | 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)
Advanced Sensors and Imaging for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications
edited by Sheikh Ziauddin
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 5 | 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 and Olaf Simanski
submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | 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 and Hsiao-Chun Wu
submission deadline 10 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 25 | 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 submission deadline 15 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 82 | 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 and Mourad Nedil
submission deadline 20 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 101 | 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 , Yongkai Zhu and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 38 | 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 submission deadline 20 Sep 2027 | 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 and Efat Fathalla
submission deadline 25 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 27 | 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)
Innovative Sensors and Processes for Intrusion and Anomaly Detection in IoT submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2582 | 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
submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2137 | 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 submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 78 | 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 30 | 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)
Advanced Sensors in Brain–Computer Interfaces: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2027 | 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)
Advanced Sensors and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Smart, Autonomous, and Assistive Navigation
edited by and Apostolos Meliones
submission deadline 30 Nov 2027 | Viewed by 1 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2030 | 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 , and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 574 | 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 126 | 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)
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