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Assistive Robots for Healthcare and Human-Robot Interaction: 3rd Edition submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open
Keywords: development of new sensing methodologies to facilitate HRI; improvement of existing technologies in HRI; application of multimodal approaches in HRI; role of emotional detection in HRI; ethical aspects of HRI; sensitive design in care robotics; patient centeredness; acceptability and usability assessment; impact of robot embodiment and how this affects interactions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
Emerging Sensors and AI-Driven Innovations in Infrastructure Health Monitoring
edited by Seyyedbehrad Emadi and
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open
Keywords: infrastructure health monitoring; novel sensor technologies; AI-driven algorithms; sensor fusion; modal analysis; low-cost sensors; predictive maintenance; digital twins; IoT in civil engineering; edge computing in monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
Advanced Sensors and Signal Processing for Psychophysiological Monitoring
edited by
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovations in wearable and contactless sensors; including miniaturised and flexible bioelectronic systems; multimodal wearables; and passive sensing technologies; machine learning methods for feature extraction; such as deep learning models for interpreting physiological signals; automated noise reduction techniques; and personalised calibration strategies; multimodal data integration to improve reliability and interpretation; including sensor fusion strategies combining physiological; behavioural; and contextual data; advances in real-time processing and edge computing; enabling fast; low-latency analysis for continuous monitoring applications; novel signal processing techniques; such as adaptive filtering; wavelet transforms; and graph-based methods for detecting subtle physiological changes; validation studies in controlled and naturalistic settings; addressing challenges in terms of the accuracy; usability; and generalisability of psychophysiological sensors; applications in mental health; cognitive workload assessment; human– computer interaction; and clinical interventions; showcasing how these technologies are reshaping research and practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)
Measurement Sensors and Machine Learning Applications in Modern Manufacturing
edited by Tomasz Mazur and
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensors; gauges; calibration; measurement; surface topography; coordinate measurement; manufacturing; machine learning; measurement data processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
Advances in Mobile Sensing for Smart Healthcare
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17899 | Submission Open
Keywords: wearable sensors; remote patient monitoring; disease management; preventive healthcare; telemedicine and telehealth; mHealth applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Application of FPGA-Based Sensor Systems
edited by Nicola Lusardi
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14475 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated processing intelligence; digitization of sensor data; real-time processing; latency reduction; communication overhead; programmable parallel processing; field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); time-mode
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
edited by Ning Xiong
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10949 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensor fusion; fusion system architecture; signal; image; machine learning; multi-modal fusion; uncertainty; resource management; fusion performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
Advanced Sensing and Fault Diagnosis for Complex Manufacturing Processes
edited by , and Yuri A. W. Shardt
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9642 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
Recent Advances in X-Ray Sensing and Imaging
edited by Bahaa Ghammraoui
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8976 | Submission Open
Keywords: X-ray imaging; photon-counting detectors; spectral imaging; high-spatial-resolution detectors; direct conversion detectors; X-ray phase-contrast imaging; X-ray coherent scatter imaging; material characterization; machine learning in imaging; industrial X-ray applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
Smart Sensing and Control for Autonomous Intelligent Unmanned Systems
edited by , Yanxu Su, and Bo Xu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8663 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart sampling; machine vision; machine learning; distributed filtering; intelligent detection; autonomous decision making; optimal control; cooperation control; game-based control; smart fault tolerant; safety and security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
Advanced Silicon Photomultiplier Based Sensors
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8605 | Submission Open
Keywords: SiPM; silicon photomultiplier; single-photon; avalanche photodiode; solid-state photomultiplier; detection efficiency; radiation; scintillation; Cherenkov
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)
Energy Harvesting Technologies for Wireless Sensors
edited by Vishwas Bedekar
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8285 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy harvesting; wireless sensors; energy management; energy optimization; Internet of Things (IoT); energy-aware data collection; self-powered wireless sensor networks; multimodal energy harvesting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Advanced Sensing Technology in Structural Health Monitoring submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7195 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensors; sensor networks; MEMS sensors; measuring systems; uncertainty evaluation; structural monitoring; artificial intelligence; sensor fusion; calibration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics for the Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks
edited by and Chiara Contoli
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2885 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; machine learning for IoT; energy-aware machine learning; predictive maintenance; big data analytics; wireless sensor networks; security and privacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Optical Sensors for Biological and Biomedical Applications submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1716 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical sensor; LED; photodetector; biological; biomedical
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
State of the Art in Photoacoustic and Photothermal Spectroscopy Gas Sensing
edited by , , and Ruyue Cui
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1402 | Submission Open
Keywords: trace gas sensing; quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy; multiple-sound-source-excitation photoacoustic spectroscopy; photoacoustic and photothermal hybrid spectroscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
Efficient Resource Allocation in Wireless Sensor Networks
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1060 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy efficiency; bandwidth management; computational resources; memory utilization; load balancing; machine learning approaches; cross-layer design; energy harvesting techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Sensors for Hyperspectral Imaging: Technologies, Methods and Data Processing—Second Edition submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 551 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; band selection; data compression; information fusion; and data visualization; model/algorithm development using machine learning/deep learning; new sensor technology and hardware
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
Quantum-Inspired Computational Sensing and Imaging
edited by Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 518 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum computational imaging techniques; quantum sensors; intelligent quantum sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
Optical Nanosensors for Environmental and Biomedical Monitoring
edited by and Ling Chen
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 357 | 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 Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things Applications
edited by , Chaowei Wang, and Keke Zu
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI; wireless sensor networks; IoT; applications; resource allocation and management; distributed optimization; big data; wireless localization and tracking; ISAC
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Image Processing and Analysis for Object Detection: 3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: augmented reality; artificial intelligence; computer vision; classification algorithms; defect detection; deep learning; feature extraction; image processing; image classification; image super-resolution; machine vision; object detection; tracking; and recognition techniques; semantic segmentation; sensing technologies; sensor fusion and technologies; visual tracking; vision sensors; video classification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
Smart Sensing Technology in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural health monitoring; smart sensing; drone; robotics; sensor design; data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
Advances in Sensing, Imaging and Computing for Autonomous Driving: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 94 | 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)
Wireless Sensor Networks and Next-Generation Communication Technologies
edited by Li Chen
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); 5G/6G communication systems; internet of things (IoT); edge/fog computing; AI-driven data fusion; energy-efficient protocols; security and privacy; heterogeneous network interoperability; smart city and industrial IoT; distributed network architectures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Hyperspectral Imaging for Environmental Monitoring
edited by Matthew Hobbs and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral imaging (HSI); environmental monitoring; remote sensing; air pollution detection; climate change monitoring; biodiversity assessment; machine learning in HSI; spatial and spectral resolution; ecological health; glacial and cryosphere studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)
Smart Sensing System for Intelligent Human Computer Interaction
edited by Yang Yi
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 53 | 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)
Advances in Sensors for Sustainable Infrastructure: Inspection, Monitoring, and Maintenance
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced sensors; sustainable infrastructure; structural health monitoring; predictive maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
Smart Magnetic Sensors and Magnetometer Systems
edited by , Danyue Ma and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart magnetic sensors; magnetometer systems; high-precision magnetic field measurements; miniaturized design; low-power chip technologies; edge computing; atomic spin detection; atomic spin manipulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Sensor Data-Driven Fault Diagnosis Techniques
edited by
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open
Keywords: fault diagnosis; intelligent monitoring; predictive maintenance; sensor data analytics; machine learning for fault detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)
Novel Sensing Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Detection
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9827 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent sensors; environmental monitoring; early warning systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)
Deep Learning-Based Image and Signal Sensing and Processing: 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9096 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensing; object detection; object recognition; tracking; medical image processing; denoising signal enhancement; speech; music signal recognition; medical signal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
Novel Sensing Technology and Networks for Music Learning and Education
edited by , , Nicola Di Stefano and Marc Leman
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8631 | Submission Open
Keywords: human-centered technology; technology-enhanced music learning; music education; smart devices; wearables; functional assessment; tool use; body area networks; motor learning; motor control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Remote Healthcare with Sensors and Internet of Things
edited by Liudi Jiang
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7291 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)
Artificial Intelligence-Based Target Recognition and Remote Sensing Data Processing
edited by Abdelmalek Toumi, and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7049 | Submission Open
Keywords: target recognition; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; environmental monitoring; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)
Computer Vision and Sensors-Based Application for Intelligent Systems submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4612 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensing technology; computer vision; human– computer interaction; image processing; pattern recognition; object detection; 3D reconstruction; virtual reality; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
Spacecraft Vibration Suppression and Measurement Sensor Technology
edited by Minglong Xu and Jian Zhou
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4020 | Submission Open
Keywords: vibration suppression; sensor; image stabilization; high-precision pointing; fast reflection mirrors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
Wireless Sensor Networks for Localization and Tracking Systems: Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1788 | Submission Open
Keywords: WSN; localization; tracking; energy-efficient algorithms; scalability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
Energy Harvesting and Machine Learning in IoT Sensors submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1654 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy harvesting; machine learning in IoT; embedded intelligence; adaptive IoT sensors; predictive maintenance; energy-efficient ML models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
Sports Sensors for Athlete Motion Tracking and Physiological Monitoring: Second Edition submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1591 | Submission Open
Keywords: sport training; GPS tracking systems; radio frequency-based position trackers; athlete monitoring; athlete motion tracking; laser distance trackers; inertial measurement unit; video analysis; wearable devices; physical and physiological analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Nanostructures and Nanocrystals for Sensing Studies
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensor; nanostructure; nanocrystal; biosensing; light sensing; gas sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)
Sensing Technologies Applied in Human Emotion and Facial Expression Recognition
edited by Tong Chen and
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open
Keywords: emotion recognition and understanding; intent recognition; facial expression recognition; micro-expression recognition; masked facial expression recognition; stress recognition; physiological signal; multi-modal signals; wearable sensors; imaging sensors; non-contact sensing for physiological signal measurement; non-contact sensing for emotion recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Novel Optical Biosensors in Biomechanics and Physiology
edited by and Michael McGeehan
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: wearable sensors; implantable sensors; biomechanics; physiology; optoelectronics; force; motion; kinematics; kinetics; assistive devices; biomechatronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
Advances in Communication Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open
Keywords: real time; energy efficiency; security; heterogeneity; application-specific protocols; AI and machine learning in communication protocols; IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Design and Application of Millimeter-Wave/Microwave Antenna Array
edited by Xiang Gao and Zheng Li
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: on-chip antenna arrays; on-package antenna arrays; conformal antenna arrays; flexible wearable antenna arrays; shared-aperture antenna arrays; leaky wave antenna arrays; metasurface antenna arrays; beamforming algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)
Sensor-Based Control and Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: perception sensors and algorithms for rare and extreme events; vision-based control and navigation for autonomous driving; sensor fusion including learning methods for autonomous vehicle control and navigation; sensor-based vulnerable road user safety of autonomous driving; perception sensor modeling for autonomous driving simulation; realistic perception sensors models for AV simulation/operation in virtual/augmented/mixed/extended reality environments; safe; efficient; and realistic AV development and evaluation methods and environments; other related topics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Sensing and Imaging on Wearable, Vehicular, and Portable Platforms submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: RF and microwave sensors; millimeter-wave sensors; microwave sensing networks; microwave imaging; millimeter-wave imaging; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; airborne radar; vehicular radars; wearable and portable sensing and imaging systems; biomedical RF/microwave sensing and imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
Agentic and Explainable AI for Secure and Trustworthy Industrial IoT: Advances in Cyber-Physical Systems, Wireless Communication and the Cloud–Edge–IoT Continuum
edited by Sarder Abedin and Nishat I Mowla
submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial IoT; AI; cyber-physical system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
Electrochemical Biosensors for Biomarker Detection and Medical Applications submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical biosensors; multiplex electrochemical biosensors; miniaturization technologies in the design of electrochemical biosensors; point-of-care biosensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)
Nanomaterial-Driven Innovations in Biosensing and Healthcare submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart nanomaterials; biosensors; biomedical sensing; point-of-care diagnostics; wearable sensors; electrochemical sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)
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