Sequence Data Representation Learning and Applications

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 910

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Xi’an Key Laboratory of Intelligent Spectrum Sensing and Information Fusion, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
Interests: deep learning; sequence data mining; pattern recognition

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School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Interests: control theory and control engineering; navigation, guidance, and control; detection technology; automation devices

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School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Interests: weak signal detection; nonlinear signal processing; vector DOA estimation

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School of Electrical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
Interests: deep learning; computer vision; radar emitter recognition

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Data mining is a decision support process, which is mainly based on machine learning, pattern recognition, statistics, database, visualization technology, etc., to analyze data in practical applications in a high degree of automation, dig out potential patterns, or make inductive reasoning, and then assist decision-making. As an important branch of data mining, sequential data mining has important characteristics that are different from traditional data mining, which concerns how to find the evolution law of sequence data (e.g., electromagnetic information processing, radar navigation and positioning, communication, video, i.e., image sequence processing, robot perception, and energy fields, etc.). Sequence data mining is the right-hand man of informatization environment perception, understanding, data information, and the data into decision-making advantages. Sequence data representation and recognition. Considering the extensive and urgent requirement of this task, effective mining of relevant, useful information contained in data at any time or in the evolution of specific rules through sequence data modeling can effectively promote the development of sequence data mining, which has important theoretical significance for signal analysis and application. At the same time, it has important guiding significance for military and civilian fields.

This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research that explores the latest techniques and methodologies in sequence data mining, emphasizing their relevance and impact across diverse domains. By bridging the gaps between signal processing, video analysis, robot perception, and energy management, we endeavor to solve the common sequence data mining technologies in various military and civilian fields and verify these theory methods in the various military and civilian fields. Suggested themes for contributions include advanced algorithms for sequence pattern recognition, including signal processing, video analysis, energy safety,, etc. We invite researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to share their groundbreaking work and insights, contributing to the advancement of sequence data mining research and its real-world applications. Join us in this endeavor to shape the future of data-driven decision-making and optimization.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

Theory:

  • Sequence Data Mining;
  • Deep Learning;
  • Knowledge Graph;
  • Signal Processing;
  • ……

Applications:

  • Video Analysis;
  • Signal Recognition;
  • Radar Target Detection;
  • Electromagnetic Information Processing;
  • Automatic Modulation Recognition;
  • Specific Emitter Identification;
  • Interference Suppression;
  • Weak Signal Detection;
  • Nonlinear Signal Processing;
  • Vector DOA Estimation;
  • Navigation and Positioning;
  • Power Systems and Power Electronics;
  • Robot Perception.
  • ……

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zhigang Zhu
Prof. Dr. Yongfeng Zhi
Dr. Haitao Dong
Dr. Wenbo Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sequence data representation
  • sequence data mining and applications
  • pattern recognition

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A Scalable Sorting Network Based on Hybrid Algorithms for Accelerating Data Sorting
by Xufeng Li, Li Zhou and Yan Zhu
Electronics 2025, 14(3), 579; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14030579 - 1 Feb 2025
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Sorting in sequential data mining is significantly improved through hardware acceleration, which becomes essential as data volume and complexity increase. This paper presents a scalable hybrid sorting network that maintains or improves performance while reducing computational load and hardware requirements. The network is [...] Read more.
Sorting in sequential data mining is significantly improved through hardware acceleration, which becomes essential as data volume and complexity increase. This paper presents a scalable hybrid sorting network that maintains or improves performance while reducing computational load and hardware requirements. The network is composed of the pre-comparison odd–even sorting network (P-OESN) and the bidirectional insertion sorting network (BISN). A pre-comparison layer is introduced to the original OESN. This layer aims to place larger values in the first half of the input sequence and smaller values in the latter half. The number of iterations is reduced when the P-OESN transitions from fully parallel execution to iterative execution. A novel pipelined BISN architecture is proposed, which leads to enhanced operating frequency and throughput. The experimental results show that the pre-comparison layer reduces the number of iterations by 6% to 50%. Throughput is improved by more than four times, and operating frequency is increased by more than two times due to the pipelined BISN. The proposed hybrid sorting network reduces sorting time or resource usage, while enabling the sorting of large-scale data sets that other methods cannot support. Full article
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