Advances in Deep Learning-Based Data Analysis

A special issue of Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893). This special issue belongs to the section "Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 189

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School of Computer Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Interests: deep learning; data mining; computer vision; image processing

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School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: artificial intelligence; digital communications; mobile communication system; wireless communications
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Dear Colleagues,

With the continuous evolution of deep neural network architectures, convolutional neural networks (CNN) have achieved sub-pixel accuracy in medical image segmentation and remote sensing image interpretation. The Transformer model has reshaped temporal data analysis paradigms through self-attention mechanism, demonstrating strong generalization capabilities in areas such as financial forecasting and energy management. Meanwhile, the fusion of generative adversarial networks (GANs) and variational autoencoders (VAEs) has driven significant advances in tasks such as synthetic data generation and anomaly detection.

This Special Issue highlights the latest progress in applying learning to data analysis. It aims to bring together cutting-edge research results from leading scholars and practitioners worldwide, exploring innovative applications, theoretical breakthroughs, challenges, and solutions related to deep learning technologies across diverse data types, such as structured, unstructured, and temporal data. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Design of new neural network architecture;
  • Multimodal data fusion;
  • Self supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms;
  • Edge computing and lightweight;
  • Distributed and parallel computing framework;
  • The application of deep learning in data analysis in different fields.

Dr. Lingyu Yan
Dr. Xing Tang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • computer vision
  • data generation
  • anomaly detection
  • temporal data analysis

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Article
xScore: A Simple Metric for Cross-Domain Robustness in Lightweight Vision Models
by Weidong Zhang, Pak Lun Kevin Ding, Baoxin Li and Huan Liu
Algorithms 2026, 19(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/a19010014 - 23 Dec 2025
Abstract
Lightweight vision models are widely deployed in mobile and embedded systems, where strict computational and memory budgets demand compact architectures. However, their evaluation remains dominated by ImageNet—a single, large natural-image dataset that requires substantial training resources. This creates a dilemma: lightweight models trained [...] Read more.
Lightweight vision models are widely deployed in mobile and embedded systems, where strict computational and memory budgets demand compact architectures. However, their evaluation remains dominated by ImageNet—a single, large natural-image dataset that requires substantial training resources. This creates a dilemma: lightweight models trained on ImageNet often reach capacity limits due to their constrained size, while scaling them to billions of parameters with specialized training tricks to achieve top-tier ImageNet accuracy does not guarantee proportional performance once the architectures are scaled back down to meet mobile constraints, particularly when re-evaluated on diverse data domains. These challenges raise two key questions: How should cross-dataset robustness be quantified in a simple and lightweight way, and which architectural elements consistently support generalization under tight resource constraints? To answer them, we introduce the Cross-Dataset Score (xScore), a simple metric that captures both average accuracy across domains and the stability of model rankings. Evaluating 11 representative lightweight models (2.5 M parameters) across seven datasets, we find that (1) ImageNet accuracy is a weak proxy for cross-domain performance, (2) xScore provides a simple and interpretable robustness metric, and (3) high-xScore models reveal architectural patterns linked to stronger generalization. Finally, the architectural insights and evaluation framework presented here provide practical guidance for measuring the xScore of future lightweight models. Full article
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