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AI-Enhanced Biosensing Technologies and Medical Applications

edited by

Cheng Cheng

and

Anindita Paul

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 348 | 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)

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

edited by Tianle Mai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

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

(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 327 | 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)

Advances in Materials for Sensing Applications

edited by

Maria Vesna Nikolic

and Milena P. Dojcinovic

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 274 | 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 10727 | 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 4615 | 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 364 | 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)

Chemical Sensors for Toxic Chemical Detection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marijo Buzuk

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17163 | 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 4543 | 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 16771 | 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 9788 | 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 3910 | 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 2033 | 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 47385 | 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 | 11 articles | Viewed by 12530 | 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 9329 | 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 8699 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6709 | 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 3210 | 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 2822 | 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 2392 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2264 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor; EEG; brain–computer interfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent 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 758 | 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 514 | 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)

Advances and Prospects in Optoelectronic Sensing Technology

edited by

Der-Yuh Lin

and

Chia-Feng Lin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 449 | 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 409 | 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 350 | 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 322 | 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 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20660 | 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 12569 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12179 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7214 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

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 6985 | 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)

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 6199 | 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)

Optical Nanosensors for Environmental and Biomedical Monitoring

edited by

Zhiyang Zhang

and Ling Chen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5059 | 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)

Intelligent Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Mechanical Fault Diagnosis: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zijian Qiao

and

Zhihui Lai

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4211 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensing; advanced sensors; structural health monitoring; mechanical fault diagnosis; data quality improvement

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

Fault Diagnosis in Transportation and Industry: Sensors, Methods, and Experimental Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Steven Chatterton

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2681 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine fault diagnosis; gear fault diagnosis; rolling element bearing diagnosis; heavy noise; nonstationary condition; experimental implementations

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

Smart Sensors and Imaging for Face and Gesture Recognition

edited by

Athanasios Nikolaidis

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2179 | Submission Open

Keywords: biometric authentication; computer vision; edge AI processing; infrared depth sensing; machine learning; gesture-based control; time-of-flight (ToF) sensors; emotion recognition

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

Advanced Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Magdalena Wajrak

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2163 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Sensing Technologies for Mobile Health Monitoring

edited by

Yuezhou Zhang

and Shaoxiong Sun

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1656 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile health (mHealth); wearable sensors; smartphones; remote monitoring; behavioral sensing; loT; multimodal signal processing; machine learning for health; digital biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Integrated AI and Communication for 6G

edited by Hui Tian, Wanli Ni, Lei Sun and

Qimei Cui

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1639 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G networks; artificial intelligence; integrated sensing and communication; edge intelligence; intelligent reconfigurable surfaces; federated learning; AI-native networks; wireless AI; network intelligence; smart radio environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

IoT-Enabled Applications for Smart Cities

edited by Ye Zhu and Zicheng Chi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1634 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart infrastructure; edge computing; sustainable urbanization; IoT; urban sensing; data security and privacy

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

Advances in Learning-Based Sensing-Driven Multimedia Processing

edited by

Jinjia Zhou

and

Li Song

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing-driven multimedia processing; image and video analysis; multimedia sensing; sensor-aware processing; multimodal data; learning-based methods

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

Sensors for Radiation Detection and Measurements

edited by

Victor V. Golovko

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 804 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation detection; spectroscopy (gamma/neutron); dosimetry; distributed sensing; environmental monitoring; UAV/robotic mapping; data fusion; uncertainty quantification; Bayesian inference; Monte Carlo modeling; low‑count statistics; probabilistic machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Fiber Optic Sensors for Smart Systems

edited by Chengliang Zhu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; smart systems; sensor networks; signal processing; structural health monitoring; industrial IoT; biomedical sensing; distributed sensing; optical fiber technology; sensor integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

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

edited by

Francesco Fienga

submission deadline 22 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 368 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence in Computer Vision: Methods and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhaoyang Wang

, Minh P. Vo,

Hieu Nguyen

and John Hyatt

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 18 articles | Viewed by 39060 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; computer vision; smart sensors; intelligent sensing; 3D imaging and sensing; localization and mapping; navigation and positioning

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

Transformer-Based Deep Learning in Medical Imaging and Healthy Sensors

edited by

Steve Ling

and Juan Lyu

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 23840 | Submission Open

Keywords: transformer-based deep learning; medical imaging analysis; health and biomedical sensors; self-attention mechanisms; multimodal healthcare data; wearable and physiological sensing; clinical decision support systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Smart Textile Sensors, Actuators, and Related Applications

edited by Dhaval Solanki

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15012 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart textiles; textile biosensors; e-textiles in healthcare; IoT-enabled wearable systems; flexible and durable health monitoring; AI in smart textile applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensors Technology Applied in Power Systems and Energy Management

edited by

Enrique Personal

Antonio Parejo

and Luca Parodi

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12685 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grid sensors; advanced metering infrastructures; sensor-based flexibility services; microgrid and virtual power plant management based on sensors; monitoring systems for asset management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

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