Sensors

Next-Generation Edge AI in Wearable Devices

edited by Akshaya Aliyana and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge AI; wearable sensors; smart textiles; IoT; neuromorphic computing; flexible electronics; energy harvesting; real-time analytics; privacy-preserving sensing; adaptive learning systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Evolution of IoT and IIoT: Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications: Second Edition

edited by

Nicoleta Cristina Gaitan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; sensors; Industrial Internet of Things; real time systems; embedded systems; LoRa; tensors decompositions

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

State-of-the-Art Sensor Technology in Human Movement Analysis

edited by

Adam J. Toth

, Ross Anderson and

Sarah Kraeutner

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: human movement analysis; wearable sensors; inertial measurement units; motion capture; biomechanics; sensor fusion; artificial intelligence; rehabilitation technology; sports performance monitoring; human– machine interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Microneedle-Based Diagnosis and Treatment

edited by Jingyang Shan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: microneedle; skin; nanozyme; diagnosis and treatment; bacterial infection; smart electronics and wearables; nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

AI for Sensor-Based Robotic Object Perception

edited by Gan Sun and Zhenyu Lu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic; object perception; sensor-based perception

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

IoT Technologies in Smart Cities: Challenges and Sensor Applications

edited by

Laura Belli

and

Luca Davoli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; smart city; data integration; services; data analysis; urban mobility

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

AI on Biomedical Signal Sensing and Processing for Health Monitoring—2nd Edition

edited by

Shing-Tai Pan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); biomedical signal processing; biomedical signal sensing; disease diagnosis; human health monitoring; non-invasion device

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Acquisition and Processing of Seismic Signals

edited by

Juan Jose Galiana-Merino

and

Boualem Youcef Nassim Benabdeloued

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic data acquisition; seismic sensors; seismic recorders; seismic networks; real-time seismic signal processing; wavelet processing; methodologies based on artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

AI-Driving for Autonomous Vehicles—2nd Edition

edited by

Agapito Ledezma Espino

and

Araceli Sanchis de Miguel

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection algorithms; autopilots; connected cars; self-driving; passengers’ experiences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

AI-Enhanced Sensing with Quantum and Edge Computing for Intelligent Healthcare and Environmental Systems

edited by

Ranesh Naha

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI); quantum computing; edge computing; intelligent sensing systems; smart healthcare; environmental monitoring; Internet of Things (IoT); federated and distributed learning; energy-efficient sensing; privacy and data security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Sensor Applications

edited by

Mitar Simic

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: EIS-based sensors & biosensors; EIS-enabled microfluidics; EIS modeling & data analysis; materials in EIS; signal processing and machine learning in EIS; EIS-based wearables; innovative applications of EIS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Innovative Sensing Technologies for Interactive Education

edited by

Qingquan Sun

, Jin Wang and Xinlin Huang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent agent development; sparse sensor data fusion; educational informatics; smart classroom analytics based on sensors and AI-empowered sensing technologies; adaptive learning systems; edge computing in education; privacy-preserving sensor analytics; TinyML for education; federated learning in schools; IoT-based teaching optimization; AIGC-powered pedagogical agents; human– computer interaction in learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Next-Generation Fluorescent Sensing for Low-Cost Chemical Analysis

edited by

George Tsogkas

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent sensing; low-cost platforms; analytical chemistry; paper-based devices; pharmaceutical analysis; food analysis; environmental monitoring; smartphone-based analysis; nanomaterials; point-of-care diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Edge Computing for Resource Sharing and Sensing in IoT Systems

edited by

Elisa Rojas

,

Isaias Martinez Yelmo

,

Joaquin Alvarez Horcajo

and DIego López-Pajares

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; resource sharing and discovery; cooperative and distributed sensing; IoT systems and architectures; edge intelligence and orchestration; heterogeneous networks; federated and collaborative learning at the edge; low-latency communication; energy-efficient edge systems; 5G and 6G networks

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

Applications of Spectroscopy and Imaging in Environmental and Biomedical Studies, as Well as Clinical Diagnosis

edited by Sayo O. Fakayode and

David Bwambok

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopy; microscopic imaging; nanoscience; materials science; nanotechnology; sensing; disease process; disease diagnostics; cancer detection; pathogen detection; biological sample analysis; emerging contaminants; perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); microplastics; pharmaceuticals; hyperspectral data analysis; photocatalysis; molecular recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Converter-Based Architectures for Precision and Intelligent Current Sensing

edited by Yangxiao Xiang, Hongjian Lin,

Yuanxi Chen

and

Zhihao Lin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: current sensing; analog-to-digital converter (ADC); mixed-signal circuits; sensor signal conditioning; digital calibration; precision measurement; system-on-chip (SoC)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Defect Detection Based on Vision Sensors

edited by Pu Huang, Liuyong Chang and Xiangdong Ma

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: nondestructive testing; computer vision; visual inspection and characterization; robot vision; multi-modal sensor

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

Sensors in Digital and Biomechanical Engineering Sciences for Sports and Rehabilitation

edited by

Peter Dabnichki

and

Dominik Hoelbling

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensors and digital devices; computational modelling; machine learning; real-time feedback systems; musculoskeletal modelling; gait and posture analysis; biomechanics; biomedical engineering; new sport technologies; rehabilitation devices; serious-game or VR-based rehabilitation platforms; smart textiles; pressure and force measurement; rehabilitation robotics; assistive systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Next-Generation Cyber-Physical Systems: Security, Sensing, Intelligence, and System Integration

edited by

Lan Wang

, Ming Li and Dejun Yang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-physical systems; wireless sensor networks; intelligent sensing; AI/ML for autonomous systems; security and privacy; system integration; IoT and edge computing; robotics and unmanned vehicles; sensor fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Smart Sensing Systems for Security, Industrial and Biomedical Applications

edited by

Pietro Bia

,

Corrado Di Natale

and

Antonio Manna

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensing systems; security; industrial applications; biomedical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Ultrasound Imaging and Sensing in Biomedical Engineering

edited by Tri Vu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasound; photoacoustic imaging; clinical applications; next-gen probe and sensing techniques; portable and compact imaging systems; high resolution and imaging speed; AI-assisted imaging

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

AI-Enabled Biosensor Technologies for Boosting Medical Applications

edited by

Carlos G. Juan

and

José María Vicente-Samper

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; reagents; chemical sensors; electronic sensors; optical sensors; electromagnetic sensors; biomedical applications; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; medical imaging

Applied Robotics and AI in Agriculture: Sensing and Autonomy for Deployment and Adoption

edited by

Santosh Pitla

and

Luan Pereira De Oliveira

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robotics; artificial intelligence in agriculture; autonomous farm machinery; precision agriculture; computer vision for crops and livestock; edge AI and real-time analytics; robotic planting and harvesting; human– robot collaboration; scalable automation in farming; technology adoption in agriculture

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

Advanced Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems and Micro-Electro-Optical-Mechanical Systems in Scanning Probe Microscopy

edited by Andrzej Sikora

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7550 | Submission Open

Keywords: MEMSs; MEOMSs; scanning probe microscopy; sensors; nanoscale imaging; biosensing; control systems

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

Quantum-Inspired Computational Sensing and Imaging

edited by Siddhartha Bhattacharyya,

Jan Platoš

and

Avishek Nag

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 829 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum computational imaging techniques; quantum sensors; intelligent quantum sensing

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

Design and Application of Nanosensor Arrays

edited by Yingying Geng and

Abdelhafed Taleb

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanosensor; biomedical; environmental monitoring; cell phenotyping; drug discovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Artificial Intelligence for Sensing, Data Analytics, and Intelligent Human–Computer Interaction

edited by

Boštjan Šumak

and

Maja Pušnik

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interaction (HCI); intelligent user interfaces (IUI); user experience (UX) and generative UX (GenUX); artificial intelligence (AI) and multimodal large models; intelligent sensors and edge AI for HCI; conversational and agent-based interfaces; extended reality (XR: AR/VR/MR) and HCI; internet of things (IoT) and internet of behaviors (IoB); user interaction patterns and data analytics; responsible AI in HCI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Wearable Sensors and IoT-Oriented Systems for Life Quality Improvement-Edition II

edited by

Paolo Visconti

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 25464 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors and systems; body sensors networks; wearable devices; internet of medical things; internet of healthcare things; remote control systems; software and hardware development; life quality improvement; data processing; monitoring health platforms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Recent Development of Flexible Tactile Sensors and Their Applications

edited by Min Li

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13826 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible tactile sensors; novel sensing materials; smart structure design; new sensing principles; high performance; applications

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

Acoustic Sensing for Condition Monitoring

edited by Pan Dou,

Tonghai Wu

and Longbiao He

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4206 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic sensing; acoustic emission sensing; calibration; structural health monitoring (SHM); mechanical health monitoring (MHM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Wearable Sensors for Human Posture and Motion Recognition

edited by

Zixiang Gao

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 383 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; motion recognition; clinical/sports-related applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Microwave, RF, and mm-Wave Circuits for Advanced Wireless Communications and Sensing

edited by Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan and

Elias Alwan

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: RF and mm-Wave circuits; wideband transceivers; beamforming and phased arrays; self-interference cancelation (SIC); antenna– circuit co-design; AI-assisted circuit design; metamaterial components; on-chip measurement and calibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Body Area Networks: Intelligence, Sensing and Communication

edited by

Xiang Li

and

Lei Jing

submission deadline 18 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: body area networks (BANs); wearable sensors; signal processing; structural health monitoring (SHM); human– structure co-monitoring; artificial intelligence (AI); large language models (LLMs); human activity recognition; sensor fusion and multimodal data; embodied game interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensing Technologies and Optical Communication

edited by

Isiaka A. Alimi

and

Paulo Pereira Monteiro

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18048 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable optical and electromagnetic sensors; fiber bragg gratings; micro- and nano-structured fiber sensors; metro; data-center; and long-haul fiber optic networks; ai/machine learning-based communication and sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Sensing and Imaging for Defect Detection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Haitao Wang

, Yongkai Zhu and

Fei Fei

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13699 | 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)

Advances in Sensing, Imaging and Computing for Autonomous Driving: 2nd Edition

edited by

Wei Li

and

Honglu Jiang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4589 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous driving vehicles; sensory data acquisition; sensory data processing; computer vision; motion planning and decision making; object detection; perception; and prediction; attack and defense in autonomous driving; safety; security; and privacy in autonomous driving; anomaly detection in autonomous driving; cooperative and coordinated autonomous driving

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

Smart Sensing System for Intelligent Human Computer Interaction

edited by Yi Yang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1254 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensing systems; intelligent human– computer interaction (HCI); human– robot interaction (HRI); hardware-aware perspective; context-aware sensors; large language models (LLMs); reinforcement learning; real-time processing; machine learning integration

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

Edge Computing for Beyond 5G and Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

He Li

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge intelligence; beyond 5G networks; edge– cloud architecture; secure edge computing; blockchain in edge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

New Trends in Computational Pathology: Advancements in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence-Driven Image Analysis

edited by

Jorge Garcia-Gutierrez

and Laura Macías García

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 507 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); cytology; computational pathology; deep learning; histopathology; image analysis; multi-modal modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Emerging Trends and Novel Materials for Low-Cost Environmental Sensors

edited by

Daniel Dunea

, Gabriel Abarca and

Rodica-Mariana Ion

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 483 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; materials; built environment sensors; signal processing; data analytics; artificial intelligence; sensor networks; optical wireless communication; thermographic cameras; thermal camera communication; air quality; water quality; cultural heritage protection and monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Emerging 2D Material-Based Biosensors for Detecting Biological and Chemical Pollutants in Wastewater Systems

edited by

Narendhar Chandrasekar

and

Balaji Ramachandran

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; sensors; optoelectronics; photonics; nanotechnology; nanomaterials; 2D materials; carbon nanotubes; graphene; functional surfaces; nanoelectronics; environmental monitoring; environmental remediation; pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Event-Based Vision and Multimodal Sensor Fusion

edited by

Yi Chang

, Luxin Yan and Haoyue Liu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: event-based vision; multimodal sensor fusion; cross-modal learning; autonomous systems and robotics; intelligent perception systems

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

Computational Intelligence and Sensor Signal Analysis in Healthcare and Cyber Analytics

edited by

Supriya Supriya

and

Kamran Shaukat

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; reinforcement learning; explainable machine learning; adversarial machine learning; adversarial attacks; cyber security; intrusion detection systems; imbalanced datasets; bioinformatics; medical diagnosis; learning analytics; sensor data; multimodal biosignal and imaging fusion; wearable-derived physiological streams; low-power; real-time health monitoring; smart cities and sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

FEM-Supported and Embedded Sensing-Enhanced Health Monitoring of Composite Structures

edited by

Alessandro Airoldi

, Giuseppe Sala and

Pietro Ballarin

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: finite elements; structural health monitoring; prognostics; machine learning; digital twin; composite laminates; fracture mechanics; life cycle management

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

Resource Allocation and Interference Mitigation in Intelligent Wireless Sensing Systems

edited by Redha Radaydeh

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: resource allocation; wireless sensing; interference management and mitigation; energy efficiency; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Field-Effect Transistor (FET) Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection

edited by Walter Buchwald

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: field-effect transistor (FET); functionalized films; spectroscopic detection; on-chip sensor arrays; real-time detection; low-cost sensors; chemical sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Biological Signal Processing Technologies for Heart Disease Prediction and Diagnosis

edited by Maciej Sterliński and

Ewa Świerżyńska-Wodarska

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiovascular diagnostics; heart disease prediction; telemedicine; machine learning; biosensors; wearable devices; implantable devices; heart failure management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensing and Signal Processing Technologies for Outpatient Monitoring and Rehabilitation

edited by

John Rasmussen

and

Arash Ghaffari

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 39778 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor data processing; wearable biomarkers; outpatient monitoring; remote patient rehabilitation; telemedicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Sensors for Monitoring and Detection in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by Kuihua Wang and

Juntao Wu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 19027 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; monitoring and detection; advanced sensors; non-destructive testing; on-site testing; damage identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Spectroscopy Gas Sensing and Applications

edited by

Liqun Sun

and

Haoyun Wei

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15433 | Submission Open

Keywords: absorption spectroscopy; photoacoustic and photothermal spectroscopy; dispersion spectroscopy; frequency comb spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; optical gas sensor; laser gas sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

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