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Advances in Security of Mobile and Wireless Communications

edited by

Hyoungshick Kim

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16904

Keywords: mobile security; wireless security; mobile malware; mobile/wireless sensor network intrusion; intrusion and anomaly detection in mobile and wireless sensor networks; risk assessment in mobile and wireless sensor networks; security protocols for mobile and wireless sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Recent Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Sensors

edited by Kuoyuan Hwa

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10397

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

EEG-Based Brain–Computer Interface: Trends, Challenges and Advancements

edited by

Imène Jraidi

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6108

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Sensing Technologies for Sleep Monitoring

edited by

Mahnoosh Kholghi

, Moid Sandhu and

David Silvera-Tawil

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4908

Keywords: sleep monitoring; sensing technology; AI; IoT; data science; remote monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Acoustic Sensing and Monitoring in Urban and Natural Environments (2nd Edition)

edited by

Hector Eduardo Roman

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3239

Keywords: noise source identification; sound source location; wireless acoustic sensor networks; acoustic data processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Advances in Gas Sensing Technologies for Disease Diagnosis Application

edited by

Tesfalem Welearegay

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 594

Keywords: disease diagnosis and monitoring; disease biomarkers; gas sensors; micro-nanosensors; electronic-nose; chemical sensors; optical sensors; sensor systems and point of care devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

The Evolving Landscape of Ultrasonic Sensing and Testing

edited by Ehsan Dehghan-Niri

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 554

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)

Remote Sensing Techniques for Water Quality Monitoring

edited by

Ronghua Ma

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 321

Keywords: lake; pond; reservoir; water quality; remote sensing; algorithm development; environmental monitoring; land use; land change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Multiphysics Simulation and Design of Antennas and Devices for Next-Gen Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

Huanhuan Zhang

and

Bian Wu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 296

Keywords: multiphysics simulation; artificial intelligence; machine learning system; antennas; devices; wireless sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

DNA Nanotechnology in Biosensors and Their Applications

edited by Mengdi Bao

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 256

Keywords: DNA nanotechnology; biosensors; nanostructures; DNA aptamers; DNA nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Semiconductor and Functional Materials Based Sensors for the Infrared and the Terahertz Waves: Recent Developments and Applications

edited by

Annick F. Dégardin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 148

Keywords: infrared and terahertz sensors ; semiconductors ; quantum materials ; functional oxides ; organic polymers ; dielectrics ; Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) ; photon detectors ; junction detectors ; thermal detectors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Biomedical Imaging, Sensing and Signal Processing

edited by

Saideh Ferdowsi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 30471 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical imaging; neuroimage; signal processing; biosensors; machine learning; artificial intelligence; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Sensor Systems

edited by

Richard J. Povinelli

Cristinel Ababei

and

Priya Deshpande

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 26485 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; machine learning; edge computing; internet of things; embedded systems; data warehouses; time series

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensor-Based State Estimation and Fault Diagnosis in Automatic Control

edited by

Fanglai Zhu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7457 | Submission Open

Keywords: state observer; disturbance observer; UIO; distributed observer; fault detection; fault reconstruction; fault-tolerant control; attack detection and secure control

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

Advances in Optical Fiber-Based Sensors

edited by Peng Zhang,

Yiping Wang

and Wei Jin

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6542 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser-engraved fabry– perot pressure sensors; ultra-large range fabry– perot pressure sensors; Fabry– Perot manufacturing technology (MEMS; 3D print); ultra-thin fabry– perot pressure sensor manufacturing process; ultra-thin fabry– perot pressure sensor signal processing; pressure alignment and calibration methods; optical fiber-based sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Topical Advisory Panel Members’ Collection Series: Smart Cities in the Digital Age: Balancing Innovation and Security

edited by

Radek Fujdiak

and

Helena Rifà-Pous

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4224 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advanced Massive MIMO Antenna Arrays, Metasurfaces and Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Sensing, Localization, and Wireless Communications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Peng Mei

Shuai Zhang

and Liying Nie

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2980 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna arrays; decoupling technology; metasurface reconfigurable intelligent surface; millimeter-wave communications; sensing and location

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Secure and Decentralised IoT Systems

edited by Diletta Romana Cacciagrano

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2698 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; blockchain; edge computing; machine learning; scalability; security

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

Challenges and Future Trends of Smart Healthcare Based on AI-Empowered IoT

edited by

Liang Zhao

and

Maria Valero

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1434 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart healthcare; Internet of Things (IoT); remote patient monitoring; data analytics; telemedicine; AI in healthcare; healthcare IoT security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Design and Application of SAW Sensors

edited by Nikolay Smagin and Etienne Herth

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1314 | Submission Open

Keywords: advancements in SAW sensor design and fabrication techniques; SAW sensors for chemical and biological detection; wireless and passive SAW sensor systems; flexible and wearable SAW sensors; high-temperature and harsh environment SAW sensors; SAW sensors in microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems; material innovations for enhanced SAW sensor performance; calibration techniques and sensitivity optimization in SAW sensors; SAW sensors for environmental monitoring; emerging applications of SAW sensors in robotics and mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Recent Advances in Infrared Thermography and Sensing Technologies

edited by

Qiang Fang

, Dong Pan,

Yuxia Duan

and

Iván Garrido González

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1268 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared thermography; defect detection; temperature measurement; non-destructive evaluation (NDE); artificial intelligence; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Smart Sensors and Digital Biomarkers for Ambient Assisted Living, Health Monitoring, Social Care and Rehabilitation

edited by

Fasih Haider

Bernard Ženko

Aleksandra Rashkovska

, Mojca Debeljak, Muhammad Rehan Usman, Zlatko Matjačić and

Saturnino Luz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1113 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; digital biomarkers; assisted living; social care; health monitoring; AI in healthcare; wearable technology; sensor networks; multimodal data analysis; cognitive health; personalized support

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Applications and Perspectives of Real-Time Data Collection in Sensor Networks

edited by

Shabir Ahmad

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1099 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-time data collection; sensor networks; edge and fog computing; AI-driven sensing; IoT-based real-time monitoring; security and privacy in sensor networks; energy-efficient data transmission; machine learning for sensor data analysis; multimodal sensor fusion; smart cities and industrial applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Applications of Sensor-Based IoT Network Monitoring and Wireless Communication

edited by Demin Gao, Xiaoyong Yan and

Ye Liu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; IoT; wireless communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Innovative Sensors and Processes for Intrusion and Anomaly Detection in IoT

edited by Vasos Vassiliou and

Iacovos I. Ioannou

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; intrusion detection; anomaly detection; edge computing; cyber– physical systems; machine learning; sensor networks; privacy; network monitoring; embedded security; smart environments; AI for security; resilient sensing; hybrid threat detection

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

Edge Computing in IoT Networks Based on Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Ricardo S. Alonso Rincón

Iñaki Fernández Pérez

and

Sara Rodriguez

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 37089 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; federated learning; distributed learning

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

Fluorescence Sensors for Biological and Medical Applications

edited by Jiangwei Tian

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 27364 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Electromagnetic Sensing and Its Applications

edited by

Wuliang Yin

Mingyang Lu

and Ruochen Huang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 16383 | Submission Open

Keywords: nondestructive testing (NDT); nondestructive evaluation (NDE); eddy currents; RF; microwave; tomography; electromagnetic sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Spectroscopy Gas Sensing and Applications

edited by

Liqun Sun

and

Haoyun Wei

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13255 | 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)

Sensor Technologies and Intelligent Computing for Biometric Signal Analysis and Pattern Recognition

edited by

Min Wang

Raul Fernandez Rojas

and Essam Debie

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12938 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal biometrics; wearable sensors; biometric data/signal analysis; privacy and security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Nanotechnology Applications in Sensors Development

edited by

Maria Lepore

and

Ines Delfino

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10156 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; multilayer; core– shell-type nanoparticles for sensing applications; nanopatterning of surfaces; surface functionalization; and the self-assembling of structures; organization of nanoparticles into periodic or aperiodic functional structures for nanoscale probes; sensors; and devices; semiconductor quantum dot technology for sensor development; metallic nanoparticles and nanorods for biosensing; up-converting nanophores; nanosensors for in vitro bioanalysis; nanotechnologies for Raman; SERS; and SEIRA sensing; fluorescence-based nanosensors; DNA-based nanosensors; multimodal nanosensors; plasmonic nanosensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Semiconductor Radiation Detectors: Sensors, Readout Electronics and Applications

edited by

Filippo Mele

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10122 | Submission Open

Keywords: semiconductor radiation detectors; X-ray and gamma-ray detectors; nuclear microelectronics; application-specific integrated circuits; low-noise electronics; silicon drift detectors (SDDs); silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs); low-gain avalanche diodes (LGAD); SiC radiation detectors; compound semiconductor radiation detectors; high-Z semiconductor radiation detectors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Terahertz Spectroscopic Sensing and Imaging Technology for Biomedicine

edited by

Yuye Wang

and Huabin Wang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9520 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Sensor-Based Frequency, Time–Frequency and Higher-Order Signal Processing for Condition Monitoring, Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (Second Edition)

edited by

Len Gelman

and

Shuncong Zhong

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8227 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive testing technologies; structural health monitoring; diagnostic feature extraction

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

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

edited by Andrzej Sikora

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6673 | Submission Open

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

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

IoT-Embedded Electrical Drives and Machineries: The New Frontier of Edge Computing and Intelligent Sensors

edited by

Giuseppe Leonardo Cascella

and

Elia Brescia

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6669 | Submission Open

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

Innovative Applications of Gas Sensing Technology in the Medical and Health Field

edited by

Xiaofeng Wang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4732 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease diagnosis; respiratory analysis; biomarker detection; drug release monitoring; new sensing materials; gas-sensing mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Security and Privacy Technologies in Smart Cities: Advances in Anomaly Detection and Privacy-Preserving Solutions

edited by

Mohamed Baza

and

Tara Salman

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4110 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city security; privacy-preserving technologies; anomaly detection; blockchain and cryptography; IoT security; adversarial machine learning; secure sensor networks; federated learning; healthcare security in smart cities

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

Magnetoelectric Sensors and Their Applications

edited by

David Gray

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3756 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetoelectric; magnetic field sensors; multiferroic; low-noise sensing; noise rejection; materials synthesis; device fabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Optical Techniques and Sensors for Biological and Agricultural Applications

edited by Alma Fernández and

Aart J. Verhoef

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2962 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical coherence tomography; Raman spectroscopy; coherent Raman imaging; microscopy; multimodal imaging; infrared imaging and spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Progress in LiDAR Technologies and Applications

edited by

Santiago Royo

, Maria Ballesta-Garcia and

Pablo García-Gómez

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2812 | Submission Open

Keywords: lidar; TOF lidar; FMCW lidar; AMCW lidar; data fusion; point cloud processing; 3D computer vision; scattering media; modelling; autonomous vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Optical Fiber Sensing and Its Applications

edited by

Ki-Joong Kim

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensing; fiber optic sensor design; environmental monitoring; distributed sensing; chemical sensing materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors for Continuum, Soft and Compliant Robotics

edited by

Guangbo Hao

, Jieyu Wang, Haitong Liang and Yinjun Zhao

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 530 | Submission Open

Keywords: compliant robot; adaptive structure; origami; soft robot; continuum robot; wearable robot

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

Emerging Trends and Novel Materials for Low-Cost Environmental Sensors

edited by

Daniel Dunea

, Gabriel Abarca and

Rodica-Mariana Ion

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 398 | 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)

Advances in Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Communications

edited by

Chen Chen

and Licheng Wang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT in vehicle communication; vehicle communication technology; V2X and V2I communication technology; 5G/6G networks in vehicle communication; real-time traffic management; autonomous driving and collaborative driving; security and privacy protection; blockchain technology; energy efficiency and sustainability; low-power communication design technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Wearable and Portable Devices for Endurance Sports

edited by

Diego Jaén-Carrillo

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable devices; portable devices; sensors; biomechanics; endurance sports

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Innovations in Remote Sensing and AI-Enabled Sensing for Smart Agriculture

edited by

Faramarz F. Samavati

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoinformatics; remote sensing; AI-enabled sensors; geospatial data processing and organization; computational and optimization methods; UAV-based sensing; LiDAR; data fusion; agricultural monitoring; agrometeorology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Advanced Nanogenerators for Micro-Energy and Self-Powered Sensors

edited by

and

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: triboelectric nanogenerators; piezoelectric nanogenerators; electromagnetic nanogenerator; wearable self-powered sensor; zero-power sensors; artificial intelligence; sound and vibration; multifunctional sensors; energy harvesting; internet of things; monitoring and communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Localization for Positioning Applications and Mobile Robot Navigation—Second Edition

edited by

Henrik Hesse

and

Chee Kiat Seow

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 47032 | Submission Open

Keywords: applications of SLAM for mobile robot navigation; AI and machine learning algorithms for precise localization; location-based AI applications for (mobile) robots; data fusion for localization/ navigation using vision; inertial; LiDAR; UWB; or other time-of-flight sensors; fast SLAM and localization for edge deployment; map-based or landmark-based navigation; 3D SLAM for indoor mapping; algorithms and methods for mobile robot navigation; co-operative localization and SLAM; ultrawide-band (UWB)-based and other GPS-denied localization approaches; AI for non-line-of-sight (NLOS) detection and mitigation; Wi-Fi; 5G technology; and Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) applications for localization

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

Advanced Sensing and Measurement Control Applications

edited by Peter W. McCarthy,

Vincenzo Cascioli

and

Zhuofu Liu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 40575 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; measurement and control; signal processing; computer vision; artificial intelligence; machine/deep learning algorithms; clinical/medical data analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

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