Entropy

Alive or Not Alive: Entropy and Living Things

edited by

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4378 | 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)

Advances in Information Theory and Machine Learning for Computational Imaging

edited by Shirin Jalali

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3918 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational imaging; inverse problems; deep learning for imaging; information theory in imaging; model-based deep learning; deep unfolding; phase retrieval; coherent imaging; physics-informed machine learning; optimization in imaging; statistical imaging methods

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

Statistical and Physics-Based Interpretation of AI and Machine Learning Methods for Biomedical Data

edited by

Gastone C. Castellani

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2989 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical interpretation of learning rules; diffusion processes in AI; complex networks; AI methods for biomedicine; integration of multi-omic data; AI for medical imaging; biophysics-inspired learning rules

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

Modeling, Analysis, and Computation of Complex Fluids

edited by Jia Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2464 | 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)

Dynamic Models of Group Decision Making

edited by

Jerome Busemeyer

and

Kumar Akash

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2015 | 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)

Multivariate Entropy-Informed Fault Diagnosis and Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Rui Yuan

,

Weihang Zhu

, Xingkai Yang and

Zhuo Long

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1862 | Submission Open

Keywords: multivariate entropy; multivariate signal processing; fault diagnosis; structural health monitoring; prognostics and health management; remaining useful life prediction; multi-sensor data fusion; information-theoretic measures; nonstationary heterogeneous signals; intelligent condition monitoring

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

Quantum Thermodynamics in Action

edited by Bayan Karimi and Jukka P. Pekola

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1832 | 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)

Symmetry and Its Applications in Complex Systems

edited by

Francisco W. De Sousa Lima

and

J. A. Plascak

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; phase transition; complex network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Advances in Quantum Cryptography

edited by

Leong Chuan Kwek

and

Xiang-Bin Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 484 | 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)

Swarm Intelligence, Self-Organization, and Creative Computational Systems

edited by Carlos Fernandes and

Nuno Fachada

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: swarm intelligence; self-organization; computational creativity; generative art; artificial art; evolutionary art; creative systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Explaining Economic and Social Science Phenomena Through Physical Models, Third Edition

edited by

Marcin Makowski

and

Jan Sładkowski

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy and fisher information; quantum games; econophysics; decision making/analysis; quantum market game; quantum-like models; social science; quantum finances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

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

edited by

Zhong Yuan

,

Binbin Sang

and Keyu Liu

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2202 | 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)

Quantum Probability and Randomness, 6th Edition

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

and

Karl Svozil

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 565 | 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)

Mathematical Foundation of Quantum Shannon Information Theory

edited by

Osamu Hirota

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: positive operator valued measure and instrument theory; mathematical theory for entangled measurement; quantum stochastic equation and fock space; quantum reliability function; quantum cut-off rate and coding; quantum kalman filter; mathematical theory for non-commutative parameter estimation; realization theory of holevo capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Modern Solvation Thermodynamics

edited by

Arieh Ben-Naim

submission deadline 10 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: solvation; Solvation Thermodynamics; solvation entropy; solute–solvent interaction; solvation Gibbs energy; solvation of ionic solutes; solvation of inert solute; solvation of proteins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerance

edited by

Jianxin Chen

, Ke Liu and

Linghang Kong

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5721 | 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)

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 15 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3876 | 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)

Methods in Artificial Intelligence and Information Processing, 4th Edition

edited by

Zoran H. Perić

,

Vladimir Despotovic

,

Zoran Ognjanović

, Marko S. Andjelković and

Vlado Delić

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2347 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; neural networks; compression; entropy coding; speech and image processing; biomedical signal processing

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

Recent Advances in High Entropy Alloys, 2nd Edition

edited by Hui Xu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-entropy alloys/materials; medium-entropy alloy/materials; alloy design; synthesis methods; magnetic properties; mechanical properties; electrocatalysis; irradiation; microstructure; modeling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Next-Generation Multiple Access for Future Wireless Communications

edited by Chongjun Ouyang, Jia Guo and Xingqi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2388 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation multiple access; information-theoretic techniques; ubiquitous connectivity; artificial intelligence and communications; integrated sensing and communications; electromagnetic signal and information theory; network intelligence; advanced modulation and coding; novel waveform design; MIMO evolutions

(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 25 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 609 | Submission Open

Keywords: opinion dynamics models; opinion formation; sociophysical modeling

(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 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2916 | 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)

Complexity in High-Energy Physics: A Nonadditive Entropic Perspective

edited by

Trambak Bhattacharyya

and

Maciej Rybczynski

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2901 | Submission Open

Keywords: Tsallis entropy; nonadditive statistics; high-energy physics; power-law distributions; complexity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Computing: From Basics to Advanced Algorithms

edited by

Ali Mohammad-Djafari

and

Mohammad-Vahid Takook

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2583 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum computing; quantum error correction; quantum algorithms; quantum machine learning; quantum simulation

(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 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1391 | 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)

Nanothermodynamics: From Theory to Applications

edited by

Dick Bedeaux

and

Signe Kjelstrup

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1187 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Thermal Transport in Nanoscale Systems

edited by Shunda Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoscale thermal transport; non-equilibrium thermodynamics; phonon and electron transport; thermal rectification and control; interfaces and disorder; low-dimensional and complex materials; atomistic and first-principles simulations; machine learning for materials; thermoelectric and quantum materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Multi-Dimensional Entropy Feature-Driven State Perception, Fault Diagnosis and Safety Evaluation of Power Systems

edited by

Zhuo Long

, Feng Deng, Xiaofei Zhang and Fengqin Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: state perception; fault diagnosis; safety evaluation; power system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Stochastic Processes, Quantum Foundations, and Many-Body Dynamics in Quantum Mechanics: Theory, Computation, and Experiments

edited by

Cristian Staii

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: stochastic processes; quantum foundations; open quantum systems; quantum trajectories; decoherence; entropy production; Bell inequalities; quantum Brownian motion; parent Hamiltonians; entanglement dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Free Energy Calculation in Molecular Dynamics Simulation

edited by

Maciej Maciejczyk

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: free energy; thermodynamic integration; thermodynamic perturbation; end-point methods; metadynamics; molecular dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy in Landscape Ecology, 5th Edition

edited by

Samuel A. Cushman

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape; entropy; dissipative structures; pattern; complexity

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

Classical Limits on Quantum Information Processing—100 Years of Heisenberg Uncertainty

edited by

Sebastian Deffner

, Emery Doucet and Tara Kalsi

submission deadline 14 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum Darwinism; Heisenberg uncertainty relations; uncertainty relations; quantum information dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Nonlinear Dynamics, Stochastic Processes and Time Series Analysis

edited by

Lev Guzmán-Vargas

submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: fractal; multifractal; information; entropy; time series; nonlinear dynamics; synchronization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Entropy-Based Methods for Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Xianzhi Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 533 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy-based fault diagnosis; nonlinear and nonstationary signals; weak fault characterization; compound fault diagnosis; multiscale entropy; entropy-guided deep learning; interpretable fault diagnosis; domain adaptation; few-shot and zero-shot diagnosis; remaining useful life prediction

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

Information Dynamics and Control in Generative Cognitive Systems

edited by

Shlomo Dubnov

, Stas Tiomkin and

Stefan Lattner

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 482 | Submission Open

Keywords: information dynamics ; predictive information ; directed information ; generative systems ; interactive systems ; cognitive modeling ; control-oriented information ; temporal information measures

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

Emerging Perspectives on Optimization and Selection Principles in Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

edited by

Ashok Vaseashta

, Karen K. Huruntz and

Ioan Stamatin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonequilibrium thermodynamics; optimization principles; selection principles; irreversible processes; entropy production; stochastic thermodynamics; dissipative structures; self-organization; nonlinear dynamics; complex systems; multiscale modeling; thermodynamic optimization; energy conversion; AL/ML/digital twins; data-driven modeling; sustainability; transport phenomena

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

Thermodynamic Optimization and Entropy Analysis of Energy Conversion Systems

edited by Zhuomin Zhang, Qiang Cheng and

Greg F. Naterer

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy conversion efficiency; entropy generation; exergy analysis; thermodynamic optimization; second-law analysis; irreversible losses; electrochemical energy systems; renewable energy; hybrid energy systems; waste heat recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Dark Energy: At the Crossroads of Quantum Mechanics and Cosmology

edited by David Knobles and

Brian R. La Cour

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: dark energy; quintessence; quantum entanglement; cosmological constant; Hubble tension; quantum field theory; equation of state; inflation; quantum vacuum; Planck scale

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

Information Coding for Communication Networks

edited by

Baoming Bai

and Xuan Guang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: source coding; channel coding; network coding; joint source–channel coding; index coding; MIMO coding; coding for cache; coding for distributed computing and leaning; AI-aided coding

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

Knowledge Base-Enhanced Semantic Communications with Intellicise Networking

edited by

Ping Zhang

and

Nan Ma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic communication; knowledge base; information theory; semantic entropy

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

Entropy, Geometry, and Multifractal Analysis of Complex Systems and Networks

edited by

Rafał Rak

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy measures; multifractal analysis; complex networks; time series analysis; nonlinear dynamics; cross-correlations; complexity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Port-Hamiltonian Methods

edited by

Federico Califano

, Stefano Stramigioli and Ramy Rashad

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1607 | Submission Open

Keywords: port-Hamiltonian modelling; port-Hamiltonian control; boundary control methods for port-Hamiltonian distributed parameter systems; mathematical methods using port-Hamiltonian formulations; discretization and numerical methods using port-Hamiltonian framework; port-Hamiltonian description of multi-physics field theories; port-Hamiltonian description of quantum systems; port-based modelling of thermodynamically irreversible processes; port-based description of entropy creation; simulations of multi-physics systems using port-Hamiltonian theory; machine learning methods for identification and control using port-Hamiltonian theory; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Causal Representation Learning with Its Applications

edited by

Kuang Zhou

and

Xiaoding Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open

Keywords: causal representation learning; causal discovery; invariant representations; transfer learning; complex networks; domain adaptation; complex systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information Processing in Machine Vision

edited by

Jesús Elías Miranda-Vega

,

Wendy Flores-Fuentes

,

Julio Cesar Rodríguez-Quiñonez

and

Oleg Sergiyenko

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; entropy and coding theory (data compression, watermark, minimizing data loss, visual information in a more compact form, transmission, storage); computer vision (identify relevant features and patterns); machine vision (data analysis and understanding, segmentation, registration, denoising and restoration, object recognition, classification and tracking); cyber-physical systems; instrumentation; signal and image processing; measurements (3D spatial coordinates, redundancy, statistical properties); artificial intelligence; applications (navigation, surveillance, facial recognition, medicine, robotics, entertainment, and more)

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

Channel Coding and Reliable Transmission in 5G/6G Networks

edited by

Kai Niu

, Qiyue Yu and Ling Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced LDPC and polar/Reed–Muller code designs for 6G; geometric codes (algebraic codes, lattice codes, and other structured constructions); coded modulation, probabilistic shaping, and iterative decoding; sequence design for channel estimation, synchronization, and multiple access; multi-user coding, multiple access coding, and rate-splitting; finite-length coding theory and short-block length performance analysis; coding for URLLC, massive connectivity, and non-terrestrial networks; semantic coding and joint source-channel coding; source coding and compression for emerging applications; physical layer security coding and wiretap coding; AI/ML-assisted encoding, decoding, and code design; hardware-efficient and energy-aware coding implementations; coding for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) and RIS-assisted systems

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

Information Processing in Neuromorphic Systems

edited by

Craig M. Vineyard

and

Stephen J. Verzi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 551 | 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 Information Bottleneck: Foundations, Algorithms, and Modern Applications

edited by

Behrooz Razeghi

and

Slava Voloshynovskiy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 466 | 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)

70 Years of Maximum Entropy—from Jaynes’ Foundations to Modern Inference and Data Driven Science

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 466 | Submission Open

Keywords: maximum entropy; Bayesian inference; statistical physics; information geometry; inverse problems; machine learning; quantum information

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Freshness and Semantic Communications

edited by Jie Cao, Aimin Li and

Zijing Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: information freshness; semantic communications; goal-oriented/task-oriented communications; value of information; timely decision-making in networked systems

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

Measuring Integration, Complexity, and Emergent Organization in Natural and Artificial Systems

edited by Susan Schneider,

Mark Bailey

and

Rodrigo Pena

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; information theory; complexity measures; information integration; spectral graph theory; mutual information; causal emergence; multiscale entropy; partial information decomposition; network neuroscience; multi-agent AI; emergent organization; artificial intelligence; consciousness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

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