Sensors

Indoor Positioning Technologies for Internet-of-Things

edited by

Marco Passafiume

,

Stefano Maddio

and

Giovanni Collodi

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15376 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor positioning; user experience; RSSI; wireless sensor networks; Wi-Fi; bluetooth; home automation; tracking; robotics; multimedia

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

Design of Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor Configurations Implemented in Operational Environment

edited by

Theofanis S. Plagianakos

and

Nikolaos A. Chrysochoidis

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15073 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric actuators and sensors; energy harvesting; sensor topology optimization; adaptive structure control; morphing structures; structural health monitoring and fault detection; fatigue of piezoelectric transducers; piezoelectric transducers in IoT applications; piezoelectric wearables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Distributed Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Health Monitoring Applications

edited by

Ram Bilas Pachori

and M. Sabarimalai Manikandan

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7920 | Submission Open

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

Multi-sensor Integration for Navigation and Environmental Sensing

edited by Ahmed El-Rabbany

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7378 | Submission Open

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

Deep Learning Technology and Image Sensing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Sukho Lee

and

Dae-Ki Kang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6768 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; image sensing; video sensing; image sensor; video sensor; computer vision

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies in Geotechnical Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6530 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical monitoring; in situ monitoring of soil and rock; remote sensing of soil and rock; sensor-based instrumentation; monitoring data analysis; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Evaluation of the Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of Soft Materials via Sensing Technology

edited by Hasan Koruk, Srinath Rajagopal and Andre Victor Alvarenga

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6332 | Submission Open

Keywords: elastography; viscoelastic properties; viscosity; soft materials; ultrasound; magnetic resonance imaging; indentation; atomic force microscopy; rheometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Leveraging Advanced AI for Smart and Sustainable Industry 4.0 Solutions

edited by

Imran

, Naeem Iqbal and

Prince Waqas Khan

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6172 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning in smart manufacturing; explainable ai for quality control and predictive maintenance; distributed ai for real-time process optimization; IoT-enabled smart factories; cyber physical human systems and their role in Industry 4.0; AI-driven supply chain management; robotics and automation in manufacturing; big data analytics for manufacturing intelligence; sustainability through ai in manufacturing processes; human– ai collaboration in production environments; advanced manufacturing technologies for customization and flexibility; case studies and practical applications of AI in manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Sensors-Based Biomarker Detection and Bioinformatics Analysis

edited by

Panayiotis Vlamos

and

Marios Krokidis

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4632 | Submission Open

Keywords: data analytics; remote sensing platforms; biosensors; biomarkers; bioinformatics; digital health; neurodegenerative diseases; clinical trials; artificial intelligence; wearable devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advanced Spectroscopy-Based Sensors and Spectral Analysis Technology

edited by Israel Schechter

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4065 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; spectroscopy; spectral analysis; laser spectroscopy; chip spectrometers; chemometry; monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advances in Ultrasound Imaging and Sensing Technology

edited by

Qinghua Huang

and

Haigang Ma

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3758 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasound images; ultrasound sensing; ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging; image analyses; image segmentation; signal processing

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

Advanced Signal Processing for Affective Computing

edited by

Hugo F. Posada-Quintero

,

Raul Fernandez Rojas

,

Yedukondala Rao Veeranki

and

Youngsun Kong

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2360 | Submission Open

Keywords: affective computing; signal processing; emotion recognition; physiological signals; multimodal data; feature extraction; human– computer interaction; healthcare; mental health; artificial intelligence; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Multisensory AI for Human-Robot Interaction

edited by

Diego R. Faria

and Frank Förster

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1966 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-robot interaction; multisensory AI; sensors; socially assistive robotics; affective robotics; artificial perception for HRI; deep reinforcement learning for HRI; LLMs for HRI; adaptation for HRI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Bio- and Chemical Sensors: Young Scientists in the Asia-Pacific Region

edited by

Yingchun Fu

,

Jianlong Wang

,

Junseop Lee

and Yi Chen

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1936 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-chemical sensors; sensor technology; healthcare sensors; environmental monitoring; food safety; agricultural sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Robot Swarm Collaboration in the Unstructured Environment

edited by

Qingsong Fan

,

Haisong Huang

and

Yung Po Tsang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1224 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; unstructured environments; intelligent workshop; task scheduling; environmental perception; autonomous learning; individual skills of robots; swarm intelligence; swarm evolution; self-organization; self-decision; human– robot collaboration; blockchain; wireless communications; cybersecurity

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

Pattern Recognition Applications in Medical Image Analysis

edited by

Ines Domingues

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 1096 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; computational intelligence; deep learning; diagnostic imaging; image segmentation; machine learning; medical image analysis; medical sensors; multi-modal imaging; pattern recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Intelligent Sensing, Computing, Caching, and Networking Technologies for Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks

edited by

Bohao Feng

, Huachun Zhou, Yuming Zhang and

Ilsun You

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 872 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; computing; caching; networking; space– air– ground integrated networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Photonic Sensing Technology in the Energy Sector

edited by

Marta S. Ferreira

and

Micael Nascimento

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 701 | 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)

Advancements in Power Amplifier Design and Linearization Techniques for Wireless Communication Systems

edited by Pere L. Gilabert and

Anna Piacibello

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: power amplifier design; load-modulated balanced amplifiers (LMBAs); outphasing power amplifiers; Doherty power amplifiers; all-digital transmitters (TX); linearization techniques; efficiency enhancement; Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD); envelope tracking; radio frequency (RF) and microwave engineering; nonlinear distortion compensation; 5G and beyond wireless networks; phased arrays and beamforming; MIMO power amplifiers; high-efficiency PA architectures; machine learning for PA optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Intelligent Systems and Robots in Care

edited by Florian Wahl and Alexander König

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); Internet of Things (IoT); wearable devices; robotic assistance; smart systems; patient tracking; ambient assisted living (AAL); telemedicine; health data management; human-robot interaction

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

Recent Innovations in Computational Imaging and Sensing

edited by

Rakib Hyder

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational imaging; image reconstruction; machine learning; inverse problems; compressive sensing; medical imaging; coherent imaging; remote sensing; tomography; industrial applications

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

Remote Sensing for Digital Earth

edited by Shuzhu Shi,

Xudong Gu

and

Guobin Yang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital earth; radar sensor; photographic sensor; remote sensing; earth environment observation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Smart Manufacturing based on Sensing Technology: Digital Twin, Artificial Intelligence and Human–Robot Collaboration

edited by

Chao Liu

, Peiji Liu,

Chong Chen

,

Haidong Shao

and Baicun Wang

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7958 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; sensing technology; digital twin; human– robot collaboration; machine learning; deep learning; manufacturing system; robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Sensors, Systems and Methods for Power Quality Measurements

edited by

Alessandro Mingotti

and

Mario Luiso

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1922 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; transducers; power quality; harmonics; supraharmonics; signal processing; high frequency; measurement systems; signal generation; distubances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

AI-Driven Security and Privacy for IIoT Applications

edited by Jong Hyuk Park

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1465 | Submission Open

Keywords: IIoT security; Few-shot learning; Zero-shot learning; Intrusion detection systems; Data scarcity; Machine learning; Adversarial threats; Privacy-preserving AI.

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

Advanced Artificial Devices and Sensing Technologies in Rehabilitation

edited by

Bart Jansen

and

Bruno Bonnechère

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: AR/VR; digital twin; prediction models; wearables; mocap; computer games; rehabilomics; serious games

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

New Micro/Nanostructured Gas Sensors for Measurement and Analysis Applications

edited by

Sujit Kadam

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2D materials; gas sensors; adsorption mechanisms; surface engineering; flexible sensors; charge transfer dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Advances in Electrochemical Sensors for Biomarker Detection, Biomolecular Interaction Analysis and Nanomaterial-Enhanced Sensing Platforms

edited by Dhesmon Lima

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors and biosensors; biomarker detection; biomolecular interactions; precision medicine; lab-on-a-chip; protein– ligand interactions; wearable biosensors; nanomaterials for sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

5G/6G Networks for Wireless Communication and IoT

edited by

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and Antonino Orsino

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 38609 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G; wireless communications; IoT; future applications; network security and privacy

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

Short-Range Optical 3D Scanning and 3D Data Processing

edited by

Farbod Khameneifar

and Samanta Piano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 30619 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D scanning; 3D metrology; optical metrology; in-process metrology; computer-aided inspection; reverse engineering; point cloud processing; mesh processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensor and AI Technologies in Intelligent Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by Jiangtao Qi and

Gang Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24837 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; artificial intelligence; intelligent agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

AI-Based Automated Recognition and Detection in Healthcare

edited by Ningrong Lei,

Oliver Faust

and U Rajendra Acharya

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20007 | Submission Open

Keywords: bias and noise; explainability; computer aided diagnosis; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

RF and IoT Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications

edited by

Youchung Chung

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17682 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advanced Millimeter Wave Antenna Systems for 5G and beyond 5G Wireless Communications

edited by

Jie Huang

,

Li You

and Yu Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17250 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced mmWave antenna design; massive MIMO; ultra-massive MIMO; and holographic MIMO communications at mmWave bands; RIS communications at mmWave bands; ISAC at mmWave bands; mmWave UAV communications; mmWave maritime communications; mmWave communication channel measurements; mmWave communication channel characterization; mmWave communication channel modeling; multi-frequency cooperation algorithms design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Recent Developments in Wireless Network Technology

edited by

Yung-Fa Huang

,

Patrick Hung

and

Peng Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16993 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); internet of things (IoTs); fifth generation (5G) mobile communication; artificial intelligence of things (AIoT); massive machine type communication (mMTC); vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Sensor-Based Technology for Monitoring Movement in Special Populations

edited by

Hsin-Yi Kathy Cheng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14777 | Submission Open

Keywords: elderly; children; women; developmental disabilities; intellectual disability; physical disability; movement disorder; sensory disability; rare disease; populations with special healthcare needs; movement analysis; screening; kinetics; kinematics; biomechanics; sensing devices; assistive technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensors and Acoustic Emission Technology for Nondestructive Evaluation

edited by

Anastasios Mpalaskas

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14302 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies Based on Intelligent Sensors

edited by

Andrea Tigrini

,

Alessandro Mengarelli

,

Federica Verdini

,

Ali Al-Timemy

and

Simone Ranaldi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13477 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interfaces; rehabilitation and assistive technologies; prosthesis control; EMG sensors; IMU systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Mobile Robot Perceptions, Planning, Control and Learning: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yingbai Hu

,

Chao Zeng

,

Shu Li

and

Alois Christian Knoll

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13212 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile robot; human-robot interaction; object detection; recognition; and tracking; robot control; motion planning and navigation

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

Virtual Reality and Sensing Techniques for Human

edited by

Răzvan Gabriel Boboc

and

Ali Vatankhah Barenji

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13169 | Submission Open

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

Metrology for Living Environment 2024

edited by

Francesco Lamonaca

and

Domenico Carnì

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11632 | Submission Open

Keywords: building diagnostic during and after constructions; IoT based monitoring systems; measurements for BIM and digital twins; indoor environmental quality; sensors and sensor networks for smart buildings; robots in living environment; unmanned systems for living environment monitoring; comfort and well being; active and assisted living; building energy performance assessment; use of artificial intelligence for living environment measurements; infrared and hyperspectral monitoring system for living environment; historical buildings and cultural heritage; standards and norms for measurements in built environment; uncertainty models for decision making

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

Recent Innovations in Electrochemical Biosensors

edited by Sundaram Gunasekaran and

Ashok Kumar Sundramoorthy

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9913 | Submission Open

Keywords: Biosensors of cancer cell detection; Biosensors for virus detection; Sensors for food pathogens; toxins; contaminations; etc.; Non-enzymatic sensors; Modified screen-printed electrodes for electroanalysis; Paper based (bio)sensors for medical; environmental; food quality; etc.; Biosensors for implants; Wearable biosensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Sensing Technologies and Optical Communication

edited by

Isiaka A. Alimi

and

Paulo Pereira Monteiro

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8501 | 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)

Augmented Reality-Based Navigation System for Healthcare

edited by

Kyungyong Chung

and Hoill Jung

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8285 | Submission Open

Keywords: convergence of the digital (virtual) and physical (real) worlds; interface for identifying spaces or objects; interaction with objects and artificial intelligence; expansion of user experience; explainable model; metaverse; data mining; healthcare; augmented reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Smart Sensors, Smart Grid and Energy Management

edited by

Emmanuel Karapidakis

and

Pompodakis Evangelos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7535 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; smart grids; energy management; real-time data monitoring; optimization; fault detection; renewable energy integration; grid efficiency and reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

New Trends and Progress in Plasmonic Sensors and Sensing Technology

edited by

Muhammad Ali Butt

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7252 | 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)

Intelligent Sensor Technologies for Predictive Maintenance and Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Nizar Faisal Alkayem

,

Maosen Cao

and Qiang Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5171 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; intelligent sensors; wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things (IoT); multi-sensor data fusion; structural model updating; deep learning; machine learning; concrete crack detection; structural condition assessment

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

Smart Gas Sensor Applications in Environmental Change Monitoring

edited by

Kai Xu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4860 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; environmental monitoring; nanomaterials; metal oxides; metal sulfides; pollutants; semiconductors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Spectroscopy for Biochemical Imaging and Sensing

edited by

Bruno Wacogne

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4589 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochemical imaging; sensing techniques; optical spectroscopy; fluorescence spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; near-infrared spectroscopy; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; hyperspectral/mulitspectral imaging; fluorescence imaging; molecular imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Sensing Technologies for Health Monitoring of Smart Structures and Systems

edited by Shirsendu Sikdar

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4336 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing technologies; health monitoring; smart structures and systems; structural health monitoring and NDT; sensor integration; IoT applications; signal processing; wireless sensor networks; wearable sensors; remote sensing

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

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