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Sensing Technologies in Industrial Defect Detection

edited by

Peng Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial defect detection; sensing technology; non-destructive testing; infrared thermography; ultrasonic sensing; acoustic sensing; machine vision; data fusion; intelligent inspection; smart manufacturing

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

Radio Frequency AI/ML (RF AI/ML) for Wireless Spectrum Sensing and Awareness

edited by

William Headley

and Stephen Adams

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1251 | Submission Open

Keywords: radio frequency; spectrum sensing; RF AI/ML

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Sensing System for Microfluidic Research

edited by

Sagnik Basuray

and Zhenglong Li

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 34 | 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)

Deep Learning Applications for Pose Estimation and Human Action Recognition—2nd Edition

edited by

Paolo Russo

and

Fabiana Di Ciaccio

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17146 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; action recognition; pose estimation; human activities; robotics and intelligent systems; navigation; positioning; control; datasets; sensors; embedded systems and devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Sensors in Brain–Computer Interfaces

edited by

Eduardo Quiles

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9860 | 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)

Sensors for Human Health Monitoring Based on Biomedical Signals: From New Perception to Intelligent Diagnosis

edited by Zhong Ji

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical signals; health monitoring; sensors; wearable devices; flexible electronics; signal processing; artificial intelligence; intelligent diagnosis; non-invasive monitoring; physiological parameters monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

From Brain Signals to Recovery: Neural Sensing for Functional Restoration

edited by Yingchun Zhang and

Su Liu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: EEG; iEEG; EMG; brain– computer interface (BCI); neurorehabilitation; neural plasticity; neuromodulation; biosensors; motor decoding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Remote Sensing for Crop Growth Monitoring

edited by

Antonio Uris Martínez

and

Alberto San Bautista

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6699 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; crop modelling; vegetation indices; machine learning; data processing; productivity; crop management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Advanced Environmental Sensing Towards Acoustic Monitoring and Modeling: Applications and Challenges

edited by

Elena Ascari

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3749 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sensing; acoustic monitoring; bioacoustics; ecoacoustics; noise pollution monitoring; acoustic sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Remote Sensing for Hydrogeological/Hydrological Modelling and Applications: Second Edition

edited by Xiaoyong Xu and

Amen Al-Yaari

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; satellite hydrologic products; water cycle; water resources’ sustainability; water security; climate change; data assimilation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Advances in Biosignal Sensing and Signal Processing

edited by

Emi Yuda

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosignal sensing; signal processing; wearable devices; physiological monitoring; noise reduction; machine learning; multimodal biometrics; edge computing; Internet of Things (IoT); real-time processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensors and Their Applications in Seismology

edited by Yong Zheng and

Guangcai Feng

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodetic observation; DAS; dense array; AI; seismic tomography; unconventional observation techniques; integrated studies; multiple observational techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Body Composition Assessment with Sensors

edited by

Antonio Hernández

, Carlos Serrano and Maria Luisa Martín

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: body composition; biomedical sensors; bioimpedance; densitometry; muscle mass; body fat; hydration; wearable devices; instrument validation; non-invasive assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart City

edited by

Guisong Yang

Yutong Liu

and

Linghe Kong

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 33533 | Submission Open

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

Optic Fiber Sensing Technology for Marine Environment

edited by

Fang Li

Chi Wu

and

Zhou Meng

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25469 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Security Issues and Solutions for the Internet of Things

edited by

Marco Grossi

and Martin Eugenio Omana

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1610 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; security; cyberattacks; artificial intelligence; machine learning; authentication; cryptography; firewall; physical unclonable functions; denial of service attack

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

Smart Sensors and Digital Biomarkers for Ambient Assisted Living, Health Monitoring, Social Care and Rehabilitation

edited by

Fasih Haider

Bernard Ženko

Aleksandra Rashkovska

, Mojca Debeljak, Muhammad Rehan Usman, Zlatko Matjačić and

Saturnino Luz

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; digital biomarkers; assisted living; social care; health monitoring; AI in healthcare; wearable technology; sensor networks; multimodal data analysis; cognitive health; personalized support

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Quantum-Enabled Optical Communications and Networks

edited by M. V. Jabir

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1166 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advanced Nanogenerators for Micro-Energy and Self-Powered Sensors

edited by

and

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1137 | Submission Open

Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerators; piezoelectric nanogenerators; electromagnetic nanogenerator; wearable self-powered sensor; zero-power sensors; artificial intelligence; sound and vibration; multifunctional sensors; energy harvesting; internet of things; monitoring and communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensor-Driven Anomaly Detection Using Deep Learning Techniques

edited by Naveed Ilyas

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; anomaly detection; deep learning; sensor fusion; unsupervised learning; industrial iot; biomedical sensors; real-time monitoring; temporal modeling; healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensing, Communication, and Security for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Francisco J. Aparicio-Navarro

Ali Safaa Sadiq Al Shakarchi

, Hesam Jadidbonab and Asma Adnane

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; communication; security ; connected and autonomous vehicle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Human–Computer Interaction in Sensor Systems

edited by

Maja Pušnik

and

Boštjan Šumak

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interaction (HCI); sensor-based systems; usability; accessibility; and user experience (UX); digital inclusion and assistive technologies; smart glasses and immersive XR (VR/AR/MR); multimodal interaction; context-aware systems; wearable and mobile sensors; smart environments; participatory design and co-creation; privacy; trust; and ethics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Recent Advances in Silicon Photonic Sensors

edited by Beiju Huang and

Zan Zhang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: on-chip silicon photonic sensor design; heterogeneous integration of silicon photonics with III-V semiconductors; 2D materials; or microfluidics; high-sensitivity detection schemes; thermal; vibration; and electromagnetic interference robustness optimization; machine learning/AI-aided sensor calibration; error mitigation; and data analysis; biomedical applications; environmental/industrial sensing; silicon photonic-based LiDAR systems; silicon photonic circuits for spectrum sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

New Technologies in Wireless Communication System

edited by

Michel Kulhandjian

and

Hovannes Kulhandjian

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 710 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communications; wireless networks; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

AI and Sensors in Computer-Based Educational Systems

edited by

Ahmet Can Sabuncu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 708 | Submission Open

Keywords: integration of AI and sensors; IoT sensors; AI and sensor-enabled systems

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

Health Monitoring and Maintenance of Road Pavements Using Emerging Sensing Technologies: 2nd Edition

edited by

Federico Gulisano

Juan Gallego Medina

and

Valerio Gagliardi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 636 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing systems; pavement health monitoring; embedded sensors; self-sensing materials; spaceborne (SAR; optical; multispectral); aerial (UAVs); and ground-based sensing applications for road health monitoring; non-destructive testing surveys; digital signal processing (DSP) in sensor applications; pavement management systems (PMS); predictive and condition-based road maintenance; machine learning; augmented and virtual reality tools

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensor-Driven Approaches to Enhancing D2D Communication Efficiency and Interference Management

edited by

Redha Radaydeh

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

Keywords: D2D communication; network sensing; spectrum sharing; intelligent devices; AI techniques; network efficiency; interference management; recourse management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Innovative Sensors and Processes for Intrusion and Anomaly Detection in IoT

edited by Vasos Vassiliou and

Iacovos I. Ioannou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 226 | 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)

Edge Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for IoT-Enabled Systems

edited by

Mohammad Farhan Khan

and

Mamoona Humayun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); internet of things (IoT); edge computing; data processing; sensor data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

AI-Driven IoT Solutions for Urban Mobility Challenges

edited by

Ricardo S. Alonso Rincón

Salvatore Monteleone

and

Albano Carrera

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; sensors network; urban mobility; artificial intelligence driven applications; sensor networks cybersecurity

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

AI and Big Data for Smart Healthcare: Ensuring Privacy and Security

edited by

Mamoon Rashid

and

Saqib Iqbal Hakak

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning for diagnosis; medical data management and analytics; big data for smart healthcare; privacy and security in smart healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Intelligent Mobile Robotics: Object Recognition, Human–Robot Interaction and Autonomous Navigation

edited by

Tomasz Krzeszowski

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile robot; object recognition; object detection; object tracking; place recognition; navigation; localization; SLAM

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

New Trends in Robot Vision Sensors and System

edited by

Tao Ye

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot vision sensors; intelligent sensing; multi-sensor information fusion; object detection; SLAM; artificial intelligence; autonomous systems; perception; 3D vision; mining robotics

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

Advancing Land Monitoring Through Synergistic Harmonization of Optical, Radar and Lidar Satellite Technologies: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ram C. Sharma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical– SAR– LiDAR fusion; BRDF harmonization; bandpass alignment; co-registration; radiometric terrain correction; temporal harmonization; cloud gap-filling; S1/S2 contrastive pretraining; physics-informed fusion; joint inversion; GEDI supervision; canopy height mapping; AGB mapping; conformal prediction; domain adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

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

edited by

Abdulla Al-Kaff

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 20 | 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)

Cutting-Edge Sensor and Fusion Approaches for Robust and Reliable Autonomous Driving

edited by

Stefano Quer

and Gábor Kiss

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous driving; sensor fusion; multi-sensor integration; environmental perception; data-level fusion; intelligent transportation systems; real-time processing; sensor networks; perception algorithms; safety in autonomous driving

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging and Sensing

edited by

Hans-Martin Schwab

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 7 | 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)

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 152 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Multimodal Flexible Sensors: Toward Intelligent Sensing and Adaptive Interfaces

edited by

Jun Yang

and

Pei Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 38 | 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)

AI-Enhanced Sensor Data Integration and Processing

edited by Jun Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning surrogate models for accelerating forward operators; neural network-based observation operators for sensor data; deep learning approaches for variational data assimilation; AI-driven ensemble data assimilation techniques; hybrid physics-AI models for environmental prediction; multi-sensor fusion using AI techniques; real-time processing of high-resolution sensor streams; quality control and bias correction of sensor observations; uncertainty quantification in sensor data assimilation; adaptive sensor placement and observation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances and Prospects in Optoelectronic Sensing Technology

edited by

Der-Yuh Lin

and

Chia-Feng Lin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 22 | 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)

Advanced Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Magdalena Wajrak

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors; environmental monitoring; smart sensing; solid-state electrodes; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Pervasive Fiber Optic Sensor Technology: Improvements and Applications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco Fienga

submission deadline 22 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; fiber Bragg grating-based sensors; optoelectronic devices and systems; the current state of the art in optical fiber detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Perspectives in Intelligent Sensors and Sensing Systems

edited by

Sergio A. Velastin

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 17562 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors ; smart sensing ; sensing systems ; sensor technology ; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Progress in LiDAR Technologies and Applications

edited by

Santiago Royo

, Maria Ballesta-Garcia and

Pablo García-Gómez

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3071 | Submission Open

Keywords: lidar; TOF lidar; FMCW lidar; AMCW lidar; data fusion; point cloud processing; 3D computer vision; scattering media; modelling; autonomous vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Reliable Autonomics and the Internet of Things

edited by

Joseph Rafferty

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: reliable autonomic systems; Internet of Things (IoT); self-management capabilitie; IoT automation; heterogeneous networks; self-healing networks; zero-trust protocols

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

Technological Advances for Sensing in IoT-Based Networks

edited by