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Intelligent Optical Sensors in Biomedicine and Robotics

edited by Jae-Ho Han and

Cheol Song

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2878 | Submission Open

Keywords: biophotonics; optical biosensing; medical diagnostics; surgical robotics / minimally invasive surgery; wearable optical sensors; robot vision/computer vision; haptic/tactile sensing (optical); deep learning / neural networks for sensor data

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

Secure Smart Sensor and IoT Systems for Healthcare Monitoring

edited by

Satinder Gill

and Khawlah Harahsheh

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors for healthcare; wearable and embedded biomedical devices; secure healthcare IoT systems; privacy and data integrity in healthcare sensing; edge and embedded intelligence for healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Radio Environmental Maps Generation for Wireless Coverage Evaluation: Recent Progress, Methods and Techniques

edited by

Franco Fuschini

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: radio environmental maps; radio coverage; electromagnetic propagation; deep learning; wireless channel modeling; propagation measurements; ray tracing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Sensing Technologies for Object Detection and Path Control in Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Fenghua Zhu

Ryan Wen Liu

and

Chunlin Shang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; multimodal sensor fusion; object detection and tracking; path planning and control; LiDAR and radar perception; machine learning for navigation; robustness in adverse weather; simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Medical Image Processing and Analysis Based on Sensor Technology

edited by Weimin Tan and Dawei Dai

submission deadline 27 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical image processing; sensor technology; foundation models; AI fairness; image enhancement; multimodal fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Innovations in Functional Neuroimaging: Imaging Technologies and Sensing Applications

edited by

Jing Zhang

and Benjamin Dunkley

submission deadline 27 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional neuroimaging; multimodal neuroimaging; computational neuroimaging models; AI‑assisted neuroimaging; generative AI for neuroimaging

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

Nanomaterial-Driven Innovations in Biosensing and Healthcare

edited by

Arunkumar Shanmugasundaram

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7262 | 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)

Novel Low-Dimensional Material-Based Photodetectors for Sensing and Imaging Applications

edited by

Li Tao

and Ziyuan Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3186 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-dimensional materials; photodetectors; 2D materials; nanowires; quantum dots; in-sensor computing; imaging; heterostructures

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

Advances in Sensors and Metering Solutions for Smart Grids

edited by

Silvia Sangiovanni

, Federico Carere and Alessandro Sardellitti

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 999 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; smart metering; distribution networks; advanced metering infrastructure; power quality; distributed measurement systems; uncertainty evaluation; smart sensors; flexibility; voltage regulation

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

Advances in Optical Sensing, Instrumentation and Systems: 3rd Edition

edited by

Xin Zhu

and

Zhenhe Ma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 793 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical coherence tomography (OCT); image processing; deep learning; binocular vision; 3D reconstruction; optimization; spectral analysis; computer vision; stereo vision; surface plasmon resonance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advanced Sensors for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

edited by

Marco Laracca

, Federico Carere and Alessandro Sardellitti

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors and transducers for nondestructive testing and evaluation; advanced measurement techniques for NDT& E; smart and multifunctional sensors for NDT applications; design; optimization; and characterization of NDT instruments and devices; signal processing and data analysis techniques for NDT& E; reliability; accuracy; and uncertainty assessment in nondestructive testing; novel methodologies for damage detection and material characterization; methods and devices for enhancing the performance of existing NDT techniques

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

Integrated Sensing, Communication, and Networking for 5G–6G and IoT Systems

edited by

Domenico Scotece

and Riccardo Venanzi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); 5G/6G networks; Internet of Things (IoT); joint communication and sensing; edge and fog computing; smart cities and industrial IoT

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

Multimodal Perception and Processing for Underwater Scenes

edited by

Wenyi Zhao

and

Weidong Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater scenes; multimodal perception; underwater data fusion; underwater imaging; underwater 3D reconstruction; underwater object detection; underwater knowledge graph

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Remote Sensing of Plants, Soil, and Atmosphere for Agricultural Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Oz Kira

and

Asim Biswas

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; remote sensing; satellite monitoring; climate monitoring; digital soil mapping; smart farming; agricultural management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Advances in Optoelectronic Information and Computer Engineering

edited by

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: optoelectronic information; computer engineering; spectroscopy technology; optical communications; photoelectric sensing; micro– nano photonics; intelligent signal processing; laser applications; optoelectronic materials and devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Smart Sensing Technology for Human Activity Recognition: 2nd Edition

edited by

Giorgio Biagetti

and

Paolo Crippa

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable devices and systems; smart sensors; signal acquisition and conditioning; activity tracking; activity diarization; automatic classification; fitness tracking; automated sports coaching; ambient assisted living

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advanced Sensing Technology in Structural Health Monitoring—2nd Edition

edited by

Emanuela Natale

Giulio D'Emilia

and Xiongyao Xie

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor networks; MEMS sensors; measuring systems; uncertainty evaluation; structural monitoring; artificial intelligence; sensor fusion; calibration; non-destructive testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

MIMO Antenna Technologies for High-Speed Sensor and Communication Networks

edited by

Xiaojing Huang

and Le Chung Tran

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: MIMO; mmWave; full duplex; software defined radio; 5G; 6G; edge computing; AI; IoT; channel estimation; ISAC

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advanced Sensing Towards Sustainable Agro-Water Systems

edited by

Sijia Li

Shaohua Lei

and

Jianwei Wang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-water; soil moisture; evapotranspiration; irrigation; water quality; IoT; wireless sensor networks; spectral sensing; data fusion; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Advanced Optical Sensors Based on Machine Learning: 3rd Edition

edited by

Jinhui Chen

and

Daquan Yang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; intelligent sensor design; computational sensing; hyperspectral imaging and sensing; inverse design optics; wearable sensors; intelligent spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Implantable Optoelectronic Technologies for Neural Sensing and Modulation

edited by Lizhu Li

submission deadline 16 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuromodulation; implantable technology; neural sensing; brain science; physical modulation methods (e.g.; optical; electrical); intracranial neural modulation; peripheral neural modulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Intelligent Vehicular Network and Communication Systems

edited by Sabur Baidya and Joong-Lyul Lee

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: V2X Communications; VANET; vehicular/edge computing; V2V communications; internet-of-vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advances in Photonic Sensing Materials and Multifunctional Chips

edited by Han Lin

submission deadline 25 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic integrated circuits (PICs); 2D materials (e.g.; graphene; MoS2); lab-on-a-chip; metamaterials and metasurfaces; photonic crystals; silicon photonics; surface plasmon resonance (SPR); optical fiber sensors; nanophotonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Sensors for Human Motion Analysis and Applications

edited by Yasutaka Uchida and

Bo Wu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1912 | Submission Open

Keywords: human motion analysis; wearable sensors; gait analysis; upper limb application; rehabilitation applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Intelligent Remote Sensing for Urban Building Health Assessment

edited by

Jianhua Liu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing sensors; structural health monitoring; building disease detection; artificial intelligence; deep learning algorithms; degradation mechanisms; multi-modal data fusion; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); engineering applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Robotic Systems for Future Farming

edited by

Xiaojun Jin

and Dong Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5267 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic farming; precision agriculture; agricultural robotics; AI-enabled sensors; sensor fusion; autonomous systems; smart farming; environmental sensing; IoT in agriculture; agricultural automation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Magnetic Sensor Applications: Status, Challenges and Perspectives

edited by

Stan Zurek

and

Branko Koprivica

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: induction coil; Hall effect; fluxgate; magneto-resistive and magneto-impedance; magnetoelastic; SQUID; proton resonance; electron spin; Faraday effect; Kerr effect; voltage and current transformers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Passive RFID Technology: Integrated Communications and Sensing

edited by

Piotr Jankowski-Mihułowicz

and

Mariusz Węglarski

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: RFID; passive transponder; tag-sensor; UHF/HF/NFC; textronics; IoT/IIoT; antenna design; energy harvesting; backscatter communication; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Research and Development of Signal Processing for Radar Sensors

edited by

Wei Xue

, Yue Yang and Wei Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing theory; application of signal processing; implementation of signal processing; signal processing combined with deep learning algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

AI-Driven Sensor Technologies for Biomedical Applications

edited by

He Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven sensors; biomedical signal processing; multimodal sensor fusion; deep learning for healthcare; data privacy in sensor systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced UAV-Based Applications for the Internet of Things (IoT)

edited by

Le Chung Tran

submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; IoT; AIoT; smart agriculture; emergency response; smart cities; wildlife monitoring; disaster mitigation; localization; positioning; clock synchronization; energy harvesting; UAV swarm; UAV-IoT integration; UAV-based data collection

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

Recent Advances in Radio and Internet of Things

edited by Kelechi Hilary Anabi and

Mohammed H. Alsharif

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: RF energy harvesting; SWIPT; low-power IoT; ambient backscatter; energy-autonomous sensors; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; wireless power transfer; ISAC; ultra-wideband radio; AI-driven power management

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

Piezoelectric Sensors: Materials, Devices, and Applications

edited by

Ana Martins Amaro

and

Beatriz Branquinho Gomes

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric sensors; smart sensing systems; structural health monitoring; additive manufacturing; biomedical sensing; flexible and wearable sensors; sensor devices; internet of things (IoT) sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Smart Sensing and Embedded AI for IoT Systems

edited by

Giacomo Peruzzi

Alessandro Pozzebon

and Matteo Bertocco

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensing techniques and adaptive sensing systems; embedded AI and edge AI; machine learning and deep learning for embedded systems; TinyML and resource-constrained AI; sensor fusion and multimodal data processing; virtual sensing and augmented sensing techniques; distributed and collaborative sensing in IoT; real-time data processing and edge analytics; energy-efficient and low-power sensing systems; wireless sensor networks and IoT architectures; intelligent monitoring and predictive maintenance; smart sensing for industrial IoT applications; environmental and urban monitoring systems; healthcare and wearable sensing systems; security privacy and trust in smart sensing systems; hardware-software co-design for embedded AI; communication-efficient AI for IoT systems

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

Privacy and Security for Wireless Sensor Networks: Technologies and Strategies

edited by Yanqun Tang, Wei Li and

Miao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 761 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical layer security; AI/ML security; non-terrestrial networks (NTNs); reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); low-altitude economy (LAE); anti-jamming and spoofing; supply chain security; privacy-preserving transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Smart Materials and Sensing Strategies for Biomarker Detection

edited by

Krishna Kant

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart biomaterials; biosensors; biomarker detection; point-of-care diagnostics; microfluidic systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Selected Papers from the 19th International Conference on Sensing Technology

edited by

Krishanthi P. Jayasundera

Octavian Postolache

Subhas Mukhopadhyay

and

Nagender Kumar Suryadevara

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; smart sensors; wireless sensors; WSN; IoT; ML and AI in sensors

Advances of Deep Learning in Medical Image Interpretation—2nd Edition

edited by

Zongwei Zhou

submission deadline 12 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1100 | Submission Open

Keywords: applications of medical imaging; image segmentation; registration; and fusion; representation learning; feature extraction; image reconstruction; image enhancement; microscopy image analysis; machine learning; deep learning; computer-aided diagnosis; image-guided interventions and surgery

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

Next-Generation Environmental Sensors for Soil, Water, and Air Monitoring

edited by

Aleksandar Radu

and

Albana Veseli

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental sensors; soil monitoring; water quality monitoring; continuous environmental monitoring; portable sensing technologies; agricultural sensing; environmental pollution monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Advances in Earth Observation Sensors: Platforms, Processing and Environmental Applications

edited by

Luis Gómez Déniz

and

Rubén Darío Vásquez-Salazar

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; earth observation; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); data fusion; image processing; artificial intelligence: machine learning; deep learning; generative AI; environmental monitoring; satellite platforms; spatial analysis; computer vision; unmanned vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

IMU and Innovative Sensors for Healthcare—2nd Edition

edited by

Paolo Capodaglio

and

Veronica Cimolin

submission deadline 25 Jun 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable technology; inertial sensors; wearable sensors; healthcare; biomedical signals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Applications of Wearable Sensors and Body Worn Devices

edited by

Bijan Najafi

submission deadline 1 Jul 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2489 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; digital health; digital biomarkers; healthcare

Nano-Hybrid Systems for Electrochemical Sensing

edited by Akbar Mohammad,

Chang-Hyung Choi

and

Vinay Sharma

submission deadline 30 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocomposites; metallic nanocomposites; metal oxide/hydroxide-based nanocomposites; carbon-based nanocomposites; electrochemical sensors; chemical sensor; pollutant sensor; sensitivity and selectivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Feature Papers in "Industrial Sensors" Section 2026–2027

edited by