Algorithms for Manifold Learning and Its Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to submit your latest research in the area of manifold learning to this Special Issue, “Algorithms for Manifold Learning and Its Applications”. The progress in science and engineering depends more than ever on our ability to analyze huge amounts of sensor and simulation data. The vast majority of this data, coming from, for example, high performance high fidelity numerical simulations, high resolution scientific instruments (microscopes, DNA sequencers, etc.) or Internet of Things streams and feeds, is a result of complex non-linear processes. While these non-linear processes can be characterized by low dimensional sub-manifolds, the actual observable data they generate is high dimensional. Revealing the low-dimensional representation of such high-dimensional data sets not only leads to a more compact description of the data, but also enhances our understanding of the system. Manifold learning-based dimensionality reduction algorithms are an important class of solutions presented for this problem. Such algorithms assume that the observed data lies on a low-dimensional manifold, embedded in a high-dimensional space. Manifold-learning algorithms attempt to recover the original low-dimensional domain structure in different ways.

We are looking for new and innovative approaches for solving the problem of manifold learning, with an emphasis on handling the big data challenges encountered in real-world applications. High-quality papers are solicited that address theoretical foundations, computational and other algorithmic challenges and present novel applications. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, real-time manifold learning, handling potential dependencies in the observed data, dealing with data from multiple manifolds, and accelerating manifold learning on upcoming computational architectures.

Dr. Varun Chandola
Guest Editor

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