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Wearable Devices for Physical Activity and Healthcare Monitoring

edited by

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 45290

Keywords: physiological disorders; disability; orthopaedics; epidemiology; public health; detection; prevention; sedentary behaviour; digital healthcare; wearable motion and pressure sensors; textile sensors for human movement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensors and Sensing Technologies in Remote Laboratories

edited by

Unai Hernandez

, Javier Garcia-Zubia,

Gustavo R. Alves

and André Fidalgo

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5627

Keywords: remote sensing and control; remote laboratories; smart remote education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Intelligent Sensors for Security and Attack Detection

edited by

Frederick Sheldon

, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman,

Bander Ali Saleh Al-Rimy

,

Ananth Jillepalli

and

Mohammed Almutairi

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5608

Keywords: intelligent sensors; security; attack detection; anomaly detection; IoT security; sensor networks; adversarial machine learning; privacy protection; malware analysis and detection; smart infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Neuromorphic Sensing and Computing: Technologies and Applications

edited by

Jean Chamberlain Chedjou

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5565

Keywords: analog/digital/mixed-signal circuits and architectures for neuromorphic systems; architectures and algorithms for neuromorphic computing; event-based sensory systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Remote Sensing Image Fusion and Object Tracking

edited by

Xu Li

and Tao Gao

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3748

Keywords: remote sensing; image fusion; object tracking; machine learning; deep learning; object detection; feature extraction; computer vision; pattern recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Flexible Electronics and Wearables for Biomedical, Health and Sport Monitoring

edited by

Raúl Fernández-García

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2295

Keywords: e-textiles; flexible electronics; biomedical monitoring; health monitoring; sport performance monitoring; physiological sensing; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Spectroscopic Characterization of Cultural Heritage Materials: Techniques and Systems

edited by

Xueshi Bai

and Duixiong Sun

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2081

Keywords: applications of novel spectroscopic techniques in cultural heritage; algorithmic innovations for the analysis of cultural heritage materials; applications of spectroscopy-based interdisciplinary techniques in cultural heritage; applications of AI-empowering spectroscopic techniques in the field of cultural heritage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Technology and Applications

edited by Xuping Zhang,

Bo Liu

,

Lingmei Ma

and

Jun He

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1352

Keywords: fiber optic; distributed fiber optic sensing; sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Computer Vision-Based Human Activity Recognition

edited by

Stefan Poslad

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 38976 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activity recognition (HAR); activities of daily living (ADLs); computer vision (CV); sensor data fusion for CV; AI and data science for CV

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

Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Traffic, Driving and Transportation

edited by Duo Lu and

Bharatesh Chakravarthi

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 32216 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; sensing technologies; sensor fusion; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); intelligent vehicles (IVs); artificial intelligence (AI); datasets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Innovative Sensing Methods for Motion and Behavior Analysis

edited by Koichi Hashimoto,

Naoya Chiba

and

Shohei Ochi

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8767 | Submission Open

Keywords: motion analysis; behavior sensing; sensor fusion; SLAM; hyperspectral imaging; RFID; high-speed vision; animal tracking; human–machine interaction

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

Nondestructive Sensing and Imaging in Ultrasound—Second Edition

edited by

Miguel Ángel García Izquierdo

and

Margarita Hernández

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4388 | Submission Open

Keywords: nondestructive sensing and imaging; ultrasound; NDE

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

Intelligent Sensors and Advanced Computing: Developments in the Era of Industry 4.0: 2nd Edition

edited by

Grigore Stamatescu

,

Anatoliy Sachenko

and Serhii Vladov

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4007 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors; data acquisition; advanced computing systems; information processing; wireless sensor networks; internet of things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communications: 3rd Edition

edited by

Omprakash Kaiwartya

and

Kashif Naseer Qureshi

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2483 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent vehicles; intelligent transportation systems; 5G mobile communication; vehicle-to-vehicle communication; V2X communications; vehicle safety; vehicle ad hoc networks; mobility management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

AI-Powered Vision Sensing for Autonomous Driving

edited by Joshua H. Meng and Dachuan Li

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1564 | Submission Open

Keywords: vision sensing; autonomous driving; artificial intelligence; data fusion; end-to-end system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Biosensors and Integrated Therapeutics for Precision Health

edited by Kuldeep Mahato and Amal Abbas

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; chemical sensors; precision health; therapeutic drug monitoring; wearable sensors; implantable sensors; disposable sensors; point of care sensors; closed-loop devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensor-Enabled Intelligent Surgery: Intelligent Sensing and Imaging, Surgical Robotics, and Smart Image-Guided Technology

edited by

Guoyan Zheng

,

Wenyong Liu

and

Shaolong Kuang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent surgery; artificial intelligence; intelligent sensing; intelligent imaging; medical image analysis; surgical interventions; surgical robotics; surgical data science; image-guided technology; computer-assisted surgery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Harnessing Infant and Toddler Wearable Systems to Promote Development and Health

edited by Elena Geangu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable technology; developmental science; infant monitoring; pediatric health; ecological assessment; multimodal sensing; machine learning; early intervention; scalable screening; prevention and intervention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Secure Authentication Scheme and Key Management for Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

JoonYoung Lee

and

SungJin Yu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: secure authentication; key management; intrusion detection; wireless sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

NIR Sensing for Food Analysis and Process Control

edited by

Tamara Jurina

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 277 | 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)

Functional Nanomaterials in Sensing

edited by

Jai Prakash

,

Bruno Campos Janegitz

and

Danny Wong

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 35165 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal nanostructures; carbon-based materials; hybrid nanocomposites; sensing technologies; sensing devices; environmental sensors; biomedical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Sensing for Automatic Control and Measurement System

edited by

Igor Korobiichuk

and

Michał Nowicki

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19790 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing technologies; automatic control; measurement systems; autonomous systems; sensor-based control; calibration techniques; process control

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

Distributed Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Health Monitoring Applications

edited by

Ram Bilas Pachori

and M. Sabarimalai Manikandan

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19524 | Submission Open

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

Securing E-Health Data Across IoMT and Wearable Sensor Networks

edited by

Ashraf Uddin

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15354 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; federated learning; eHealth; mHealth; self-health monitoring systems; wearable sensing devices; smart mobile technologies; Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); sensor networks; health data

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

Advancements and Applications of UAV Communications with RF, Microwave, and mmWave Techniques

edited by

Gia Khanh Tran

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13398 | Submission Open

Keywords: millimeter-wave techniques for UAVs; beyond 5G/6G; NTNs including UAVs; microwave techniques for UAVs; UAV trajectories; UAV edge caching; UAV distributed computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Biosensors for Biomedical, Environmental and Food Applications

edited by

Sebania Libertino

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12997 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; point-of-care diagnostics; environmental monitoring; food safety; electrochemical sensing; optical biosensors; wearable sensors; nanomaterials; lab-on-a-chip; real-time detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Privacy and Security in Sensor Networks

edited by

Ahmed Sherif

,

Kasem Khalil

and

Nick Rahimi

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8134 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied cryptography; IoT privacy and security; privacy-preservation schemes; AI-based privacy and security schemes; secure embedded systems; cryptographic hardware; physical unclonable functions (PUFs); secure hardware architectures; hardware trojan detection; supply chain security; intrusion detection systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Multi-Sensor Resilient Fusion Perception, Positioning and Navigation Systems

edited by

Long Zhao

and

Cheng Yang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4083 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient PNT; multi-sensor information resilient fusion; simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM); system autonomous integrity

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

Acoustic and Ultrasonic Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Dimitrios G. Aggelis

,

Nicolas Ospitia

and

Gerlinde Lefever

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3930 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic emission; ultrasound; non-destructive testing; structural health monitoring; non-contact ultrasonics; damage detection; nonlinear acoustics; frequency; dispersion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Security and Privacy in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Kangbin Yim

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3258 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected vehicles; cybersecurity; privacy; V2X communication; intrusion detection; AI security; blockchain; cyber resilience; OTA security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Advanced Sensing for Surgical Robots and Devices

edited by Rui Li

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3155 | Submission Open

Keywords: surgical robotics; surgical devices; image-guided therapy; soft robotic sensing

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Sensors in Sports Safety and NextGen Rehabilitation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Attila Biró

,

Sándor Miklós Szilágyi

,

László Szilágyi

and

Antonio Ignacio Cuesta Vargas

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2295 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive modeling; injury diagnosis; fatigue management; biomechanical sensors; virtual rehabilitation; wearable sensors; radar sensors; concussion detection; smart insoles; EMG sensors; movement sensors; explainable AI (XAI) in sports diagnostics; neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) modeling; digital twin of athlete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensors for Predictive Maintenance of Machines: 2nd Edition

edited by Wenyi Wang

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-based machine predictive maintenance; mechanical fault detection and diagnosis; big data analytics for condition/health monitoring; failure trending and prognosis; structural health monitoring methods, technologies, and systems; advanced signal processing for condition/health monitoring; smart and novel sensors for condition/health monitoring; sensor networks and data fusion for fault diagnosis, failure prognosis, and NDT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Integration of New Disruptive Technologies into Digital Geological Mapping

edited by

Anselme Muzirafuti

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 1579 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; copernicus Sentinel satellites; electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); landsat satellites; ASTER satellites; landslide; coastal erosion; sinkholes; flooding; drought; big data; ERT inversion algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Photonic Sensing Technology in the Energy Sector

edited by

Marta Sofia dos Anjos Ferreira

and

Micael Nascimento

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical-fiber sensors; spectroscopic sensors; integrated photonic sensors; LiDAR sensors; green photonics; energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Optical Fiber Sensors for Acoustic, Electric, and Magnetic Field Detection

edited by

Daniel S. Homa

,

Joshua Daw

,

Gary R. Pickrell

and Austin Fleming

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel optical fiber sensor designs, materials, and fabrication; electric, magnetic and electromagnetic field fiber optical sensors; microstructured fiber sensors; fiber optic shape, vibration, acoustic sensing; fiber Bragg grating sensors, Fabry–Perot interferometric fiber optic sensors; Rayleigh, Brillouin backscatter fiber optic sensing; harsh environment fiber optic sensors; intelligent optical fiber sensing networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Challenges and Future Trends of 3D Image Sensing, Visualization, and Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Miguel Oliveira

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D image sensing; visualization; processing; machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; virtual reality; augmented reality; Industry 5.0; healthcare

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

Antennas, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Advanced Sensing Applications

edited by Guowen Ding

submission deadline 27 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8622 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna design; metamaterials; metasurfaces; sensing technologies; wireless communications; environmental monitoring; healthcare applications; smart city infrastructure; signal processing; electromagnetic theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

AI-Driven Methods for Chemometric Spectroscopy: Algorithms and Applications

edited by

Liang Zou

and

Yue Huang

submission deadline 27 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2274 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); spectroscopic sensing; chemical and material analysis; chemometric spectroscopy; AI-based spectral preprocessing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

State of the Art in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring

edited by Yang Liu, Stephen Xia and Ting Dang

submission deadline 29 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13446 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; health monitoring; physical rehabilitation; activity tracking; physiological sensing; sensing materials; personalized medicine; telehealth; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data analytics; security and privacy; lifestyle monitoring; preventive healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensor Technologies for the Reliability and Robustness of Current Measurement

edited by Shaoyi Xu, Sheng Lin and

Chengtao Wang

submission deadline 29 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 354 | Submission Open

Keywords: current measurement; optical fiber current sensor; power sensor technology; long-term stability and robustness; stray current; power transformer technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

New Trends and Progress in Plasmonic Sensors and Sensing Technology

edited by

Muhammad Ali Butt

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 24121 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface plasmon polariton; surface plasmon resonance; plasmonics; sensors; plasmonic nanoparticles; metal–insulator–metal waveguide; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Measurement Sensors and Applications

edited by

Laura Fabbiano

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12072 | Submission Open

Keywords: measurement theory; sensor design and fabrication; calibration and uncertainty analysis; multimodal sensing; signal processing and sensor fusion; AI/ML for sensor data; metrology in emerging sensors; smart cities and infrastructures; environmental and agricultural monitoring; smart applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

The Evolving Landscape of Ultrasonic Sensing and Testing

edited by

Ehsan Dehghan-Niri

and

Hossein Taheri

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5544 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasonic testing; signal processing; automation; AI; ML; digital twin; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic process monitoring; scanning acoustic microscopy; ultrasound metrology

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

Waveform for Joint Radar and Communications

edited by

Matthias Weiß

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2865 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar; environmental sensing; communication; waveform design; joint radar–communication (JRC); dual-function radar communication system (DFRC)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

A New Era of Embodiment: Cognitive Breakthroughs and Scene Adaptation in Robot Perception, Decision-Making and Autonomous Control

edited by

Yuanlong Xie

, Wenlong Li and Shuting Wang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2725 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning (ML)-based robot grasping detection; visual language model (VLM)-driven robot perception–plan–grasp framework; sensor-augmented visual language action (VLA) model for complex dual-arm operations; multi-modal sensing, recognition, mapping, and localization based on learning; perception fusion, decision-making, and collaboration across cross-domain clusters; foundational models for environmental perception and interaction under embodied intelligence; sensing and modeling of a collaborative environment for multiple autonomous systems; vision–language-based general target recognition and localization; human–machine–environment interaction modeling of embodied intelligence; perception, planning, and control of integrated embodied intelligence navigation

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

Wireless Sensor Networks and Next-Generation Communication Technologies

edited by Li Chen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2199 | 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)

Advanced IoT Systems in Smart Cities: 3rd Edition

edited by

Maurizio Mongelli

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 885 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous communication (5G, satellite, broadband) of IoT in smart city scenarios; machine learning for IoT in smart city scenarios; cybersecurity IoT in smart city scenarios; privacy preservation of IoT sensing in the smart city; standardization of IoT in smart city applications; risk analysis of IoT infrastructure in smart ecosystems; energy preservation in the smart city via sensor retrofitting or redesign; IoT for optimal interconnection of rural areas and the city; video analytics of smart city scenarios; IoT infrastructure to improve transport in the smart city; health monitoring at home with hospital interconnection

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

Micro-/Nanorobots for Medical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Applications

edited by Ali Ghanbari and

Tapas Sen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 587 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro-/nanorobots; micro-/nano sensors; medical diagnosis; micro-/nanorobotic systems; micro-/nanofabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Integrated Devices, Circuits, and Systems for Sensor Applications

edited by

Zoran Stamenkovic

and

Vladimir M. Milovanović

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing devices; signal conditioning circuits; interfacing circuits; millimeter wave radar circuits; monolithic sensor systems; hybrid sensor systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

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