Entropy

Entropy-Based Applications in Sociophysics, Third Edition

edited by

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 569 | Submission Open

Keywords: opinion dynamics; votes; consensus; econophysics; networks; agent-based models; phase transitions; equilibrium and non-equilibrium concepts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Dynamics in Hybrid Systems

edited by

Haobin Wang

and

Ofir E. Alon

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum mechanics; atomic; molecular; optical; and chemical physics; condensed matter theory; molecular dynamics; other fields involving theoretical aspects of quantum– classical and light– matter interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Stochastic Processes of Complex Reaction Networks

edited by Schuyler B. Nicholson and

Eun-jin Kim

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: stochastic thermodynamics; complex reaction networks; statistical mechanics; stochastic processes; tensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Statistical Approaches for Modeling Human Social Systems

edited by

Jorge Navarro

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical modeling; human social systems; sentiment analysis and social networks; cognitive decision making; co-decision models in complex systems; entropy and information theory; Bayesian and probabilistic inference; computational social science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Computation, Quantum AI, and Quantum Information

edited by

Younghun Kwon

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum algorithms; quantum computing devices; quantum error correction; quantum artificial intelligence; applications of quantum algorithms; quantum information theory; quantum state discrimination; quantum key distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

The Information Bottleneck: Foundations, Algorithms, and Modern Applications

edited by

Behrooz Razeghi

and

Slava Voloshynovskiy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: information bottleneck; rate– distortion theory; mutual information estimation; variational information bottleneck; distributed information bottleneck; information geometry; large language models; KV cache compression; policy information bottleneck; information-constrained reinforcement learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Quantum Thermodynamics in Action

edited by Bayan Karimi and Jukka P. Pekola

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: open quantum systems; thermalization; quantum heat transport; quantum thermal machines and refrigerators; measurement of quantum systems; stochastic thermodynamics; quantum trajectories; thermometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy-Aware Graph Neural Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Junran Wu

,

Friedhelm Schwenker

and

Nan Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: graph neural networks; information theory in graph learning; entropy and information bottleneck; fisher information and Riemannian geometry; mutual information estimation on graphs; information-theoretic regularization; over-smoothing and entropy loss; representation learning and graph compression; entropy-based optimization in deep GNNs; applications in finance; biology; social networks; etc.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Hamiltonian Dynamics in Fundamental Physics

edited by

Lawrence Horwitz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: Hamiltonian dynamics; canonical quantization; general relativity; symplectic geometry; quantum gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Probability and Randomness, 6th Edition

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

and

Karl Svozil

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundation; quantum vs. classical probability and randomness; quantum information; Bell inequality; entanglement; contextuality; random generators; generalized probabilistic models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Measurement, Gravitation and Entropy

edited by Zhongkun Hu, Yongchang Han,

Jing Liu

and

Lushuai Cao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum precision measurement; gravitation; entanglement; measurement noise; decoherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Dynamic Models of Group Decision Making

edited by

Jerome Busemeyer

and

Kumar Akash

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic group decisions; agent based models; social network models; neural network models; complex systems models; linear and nonlinear system models; Markov diffusion models; statistical physics models; quantum dynamic models; systems based on non-commutative logic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Advances in Quantum Cryptography

edited by

Leong Chuan Kwek

and

Xiang-Bin Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum communication; quantum key distribution; quantum teleportation; integrated photonics; quantum communication infrastructure; quantum energy analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Thermodynamic Modeling and Analysis of Thermoelectric Cooling Systems

edited by

Ning Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermoelectric cooling systems; thermodynamic modeling; thermal management optimization; energy conversion; self-powered technology; smart chips; electronic device thermal management; technological innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Edge Modes, Impurities, and Phase Transitions in One-Dimensional Quantum Matter

edited by Natan Andrei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: open system; boundary; impurity; conformal; topological; symmetry-protected; fractionalized modes; quantum information; entanglement; quench; dissipation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerance

edited by

Jianxin Chen

, Ke Liu and

Linghang Kong

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1642 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum error correction; fault-tolerant quantum computing; hardware-aware QEC strategies; scalable decoding architectures; quantum LDPC code; surface code; color code

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Opportunities and Challenges of Network Science in the Age of AI

edited by Linyuan Lü and

Qingchun Meng

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: network science; complex networks; artificial intelligence (AI); graph machine learning; generative AI; entropy; statistical physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer

edited by

Xin Xiao

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoscale; microscale; heat transfer; numerical calculation; experimental investigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Joint Sensing, Communication, and Computation

edited by

Onur Günlü

and Rafael Schaefer

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); future communication systems; trustworthy 6G; sensing-assisted communication; communication-assisted sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Opinion Dynamics: Applications and Fundamentals

edited by Carmela Bernardo and

Piotr Bródka

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: opinion dynamics models; opinion formation; sociophysical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Channel Modeling in Terahertz Wireless Communications: Information Theoretic Perspectives

edited by Maryam Olyaee and Juan Manuel Romero‐Jerez

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz (THz) wireless channel modeling; information-theoretic capacity analysis; ultra-massive MIMO and beamforming; blockage and beam misalignment effects; hardware constraints; THz system design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Diagnosis and Prognosis of Incipient Faults Using Information Processing or Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

edited by

Claude Delpha

,

Demba Diallo

and

Khalid Dahi

submission deadline 27 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: incipient faults; resilience; statistical and information measures; machine and deep learning; predictive maintenance; cybersecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Kolmogorov Complexity and Applications: Theoretical Achievements and Practical Tools

edited by Dragutin T. Mihailović

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1886 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; machine learning and data analysis; quantum computing; cryptography; Lempel– Ziv algorithm (engineering; geosciences; cardiology; neurology oncology; image analysis; language); Kolmogorov complexity spectrum (astrophysics and cosmology; Bell's experiment; earth sciences; financial issues; psychophysics; and philosophical issues)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Wireless Communications: Signal Processing Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sébastien Roy

and Julian Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4884 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna selection; massive MIMO; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); physical-layer security; cell-free MIMO; green communications; machine learning; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); relaying and cooperation; self-organization; modulation and waveform design; integrated sensing and communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Entropy Analysis of ECG and EEG Signals

edited by Marcelo Risk

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3084 | Submission Open

Keywords: heart rate variability; blood pressure variability; blood volume variability; and other cardiovascular time series; energy sub-band decomposition; inter-spike times; and other neurological time series; clinical applications of nonlinear times series analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Signal and Data Analysis)

Modeling, Analysis, and Computation of Complex Fluids

edited by Jia Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1265 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiphase flows; complex fluids; continuum and kinetic theory; multiscale modeling; phase-field methods; non-equilibrium thermodynamics; structure-preserving numerical methods; entropy-based modeling; soft matter physics; scientific computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Graph Theory and Its Applications in Quantum Mechanics

edited by

Fabiano Manoel de Andrade

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open

Keywords: graph theory; quantum graphs; quantum walks; graph states; quantum state transfer; spin chains; quantum networks; quantum transport; filtering devices; metamaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Alive or Not Alive: Entropy and Living Things

edited by

Krzysztof Wojciech Fornalski

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonequilibrium statistical physics; stochastic thermodynamics; entropy dissipation; dissipative adaptation; self-adaptation; adaptive response; physics of life; nonlinear dynamics; complex systems; far-from-equilibrium

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)

Quantum Mereologies and Quantum Inspired Set Theories and Logics

edited by

Federico Holik

and

Juan Pablo Jorge

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum mereology; quantum-inspired set theory; non-standard set theories; quasi-set theory; quasets theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Physical Layer Security for Next-Generation Wireless Networks: Theory, Technologies, and Applications

edited by

Lin Zhou

,

Jingjing Wang

, Xin Zhang and

Jinpeng Xu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical layer security; secure communication; covert communication; information-theoretic security; key generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Bayesian Network and Signal Processing

edited by

Carlos Dias Maciel

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian network; large-scale models; quantum-inspired network; distributed inference; probabilistic models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Information-Theoretic Principles for Advanced Clustering and Structured Representation Learning

edited by

Jie Yang

,

Yan Ma

and

Liang Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced clustering theory; automatic clustering; clustering algorithms; information-theoretic clustering; structured representation learning; parameter-free and self-tuning methods; unsupervised and semi-supervised learning; manifold learning and dimensionality reduction; outlier and anomaly detection; data analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Uncertainty Quantification and Robustness in Modern Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Fabio Cuzzolin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty; uncertainty quantification; bayesian deep learning; calibration; robustness; statistical learning; generalisation; model adaptation; safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Non-Hermitian Quantum Systems: Emergent Phenomena and New Paradigms

edited by Ruizhe Shen and Ching Hua Lee

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-Hermitian quantum systems; non-unitary dynamics; open quantum systems; parity– time (PT) symmetry; exceptional points; non-Hermitian topology; non-Hermitian skin effect; biorthogonal quantum mechanics; entanglement dynamics; measurement-induced phenomena; dissipative quantum systems; post-selected quantum dynamics; quantum simulators; non-Hermitian phase transitions; Lindblad dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Complex Networks and Their Applications—in Memory of Prof. Erik Bollt

edited by

Paul Laurienti

and Jeremie Fish

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: complexity; networks; information theory; entropy; dynamical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Dynamics in Biological and Social Networks, Second Edition

edited by Luiz Henrique Alves Monteiro

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: agent-based model; cellular automata; complex network; dynamical systems; entropy measures; game theory; social media; social network; systems biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Insight into Entropy

edited by

Philip Broadbridge

and

Tony C. Scott

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9577 | Submission Open

Keywords: Everett– Hirschman entropy; Von Neumann entropy; Shannon entropy; Ré nyi entropy; Tsallis entropy; quantum theory; nonlinear optics; logarithmic Schrö dinger equation; superfluids; superconductors; emergent gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Theory and Entropy Methods in Security Information Processing and Its Applications

edited by

Carlos M. Travieso-González

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; entropy methods; information security and data privacy; anomaly detection; biometric systems; cryptography; network security; machine learning in security; quantum information processing; cybersecurity; stochastic processes in security; secure communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Uncertainty-Aware Feature Learning and Anomaly Detection for Unlabeled Complex Data

edited by

Zhong Yuan

,

Binbin Sang

and Keyu Liu

submission deadline 17 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty modeling; uncertain information processing; feature selection; anomaly/outlier detection; granular computing; rough sets; fuzzy sets; entropy; high-dimensional data; representation learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Entropy Method for Decision Making with Uncertainty, 2nd Edition

edited by

Małgorzata Przybyła-Kasperek

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: rough sets; fuzzy sets; expert systems; distributed learning; multi-criteria decision making (MCDM); game theory; decision making; uncertainty; decision support systems; information fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Thermodynamic Speed Limits in Quantum and Classical Systems

edited by Erez Aghion and

Swetamber P. Das

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty relations; information thermodynamics; optimal control; open quantum and classical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Non-equilibrium Phenomena)

Advances in IoT Security and Privacy

edited by

Samsul Huda

and Yasuyuki Nogami

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: information-theoretic security; entropy-based privacy; uncertainty quantification in IoT; lightweight cryptography with entropic guarantees; stochastic intrusion detection; information flow in blockchain-IoT systems; entropy-driven trust models; secure architectures via mutual information bounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Information Processing in Complex Biological Systems

edited by

Young-Seok Choi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3811 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; complex biological or adaptive systems; knowledge distillation; model compression; neural networks; information entropy; system optimization; computational efficiency; low-rank representations; resource-constrained computing; biological information processing; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Wireless Physical Layer Security Toward 6G

edited by Hui-Ming Wang, Feng Shu,

Ning Xie

, Bin Dai and

Na Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 452 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless physical layer security; physical layer secrecy transmission; physical layer key agreement; physical layer authentication; physical layer security for ISAC; AI driven physical layer security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

Modified Gravity: From Black Hole Entropy to Modern Cosmology

edited by

Kazuharu Bamba

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum aspects of black holes; evaporation; thermodynamics; black hole entropy; modified theories of gravity; dark energy; inflationary cosmology; observational cosmology; physics in the early universe; astrophysics of compact objects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Black Holes)

Complexity of AI

edited by Siew Ann Cheong, Ling Feng and

Lock Yue Chew

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: complexity science; artificial intelligence; neural networks; statistical physics; phase transitions; dynamical systems; self-organization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information Processing in Neuromorphic Systems

edited by

Craig M. Vineyard

and

Stephen J. Verzi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuromorphic computing; neuromorphic architectures; neuromorphic engineering; neuromorphic systems; neuron-based computation; neural-inspired computation; artificial neurons; complex neurology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)

The Role of Entropy in Quantum Computation and Algorithms

edited by

Qisheng Wang

, Kean Chen and

Masahito Hayashi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum entropy; quantum information theory; quantum resource theory; quantum property testing; quantum algorithms; quantum machine learning; quantum complexity; quantum communication; quantum cryptography; quantum error correction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Nanothermodynamics: From Theory to Applications

edited by

Dick Bedeaux

and

Signe Kjelstrup

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanothermodynamics; non-equilibrium thermodynamics; subdivision potential; small system thermodynamics; Hill's thermodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Nonlinear Oscillator Synchronization and Multi-Agent Cooperative Control on Compact Manifolds and Complex Networks

edited by Eric Butcher and Sabina Adhikari

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-agent cooperative control; compact manifolds; nonlinear oscillator synchronization; complex networks; time delay; fractional-order dynamics; higher-order interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

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