Entropy

edited by Tsachy Weissman

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6116 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; data compression (lossless and lossy); compression complexity; source coding; coding theory; distortion; point clouds

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

Entropy in Adaptive Learning Systems: Modeling Uncertainty, Information Dynamics and Personalized Education

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submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1632 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy-based modeling; adaptive learning systems; information theory in education; uncertainty quantification; personalized education; learning analytics; intelligent tutoring systems; educational data mining; information dynamics; AI in education

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Data Science, Statistics, and Entropy

edited by

Marcelo Bourguignon

and

Diego I. Gallardo

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open

Keywords: distribution theory; regression models; survival analysis; inference in stochastic processes; machine learning; time series analysis

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

Energy Transition: Exergy, Emissions and Optimization

edited by

Monica Carvalho

and

Adriano Da Silva Marques

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment; thermoeconomics; exergoeconomics; exergoenvironmental assessment; energy optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy and Dissipation in Non-Collisional Space Plasmas

edited by Giuseppe Consolini and

Simone Benella

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 429 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-collisional space plasmas; entropy; dissipation; turbulence; complexity

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

Information Theory in Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Marco Piangerelli

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4381 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; artificial intelligence; entropy; machine learning; mutual information; anomaly detection; representation learning; predictive maintenance; statistical inference; explainable AI

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

Complexity, Entropy and the Physics of Information, 3rd Edition

edited by

Yi-Cheng Zhang

and

Shimin Cai

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 804 | Submission Open

Keywords: information systems; neural networks; information theory; complexity theory; statistical physics; complex networks; complexity and entropy in AI; data-driven modeling; machine learning and deep learning; time series analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Harnessing Low-Dimensional Structures in Machine Learning and Signal Processing

edited by

Jiaxi Ying

and

Jun Chen

submission deadline 21 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1502 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-dimensional structures; sparse representations; low-rank models; tensor decomposition; compressed sensing; nonconvex optimization; information-theoretic bounds; neural network compression; efficient AI systems

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

Entropy-Based Complexity Analysis in Econophysics and Biophysics

edited by

Janusz Miśkiewicz

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; complex systems; econophysics; biophysics; information theory; statistical mechanics; non-equilibrium dynamics; financial time series; biological complexity; ion channels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Emergent Dynamics of Complex Systems: From Synchronization to Clustering

edited by Zhigang Zheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6516 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; emergence; self-organization; synchronization; swarming; chaos; nonlinear dynamics; statistical physics; phase transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Quantum Information Security

edited by Wei Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5592 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum computing; information security; cryptography; secure computation; attacks; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Covariance, Multiverse, and Stochastic Effects in Classical Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, and Quantum Gravity

edited by

Massimo Tessarotto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4487 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum mechanics; quantum gravity; quantum effective minimum length

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

New Trends on Quantum Batteries and Energetics in the Quantum Regime, 2nd Edition

edited by

Dario Ferraro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2130 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum batteries; coherent energy transfer and manipulation; open quantum systems; many-body quantum systems; quantum simulations; quantum optimal control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Complexity in Urban Systems

edited by

Ruiqi Li

, Suoyi Tan and Er-Jian Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1790 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mobility; urban modeling; spatial growth model; migration; transportation; urban scaling laws; segregation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Statistical Approaches for Modeling Human Social Systems

edited by

Jorge Navarro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1786 | 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)

Stochastic Processes in Pricing Financial Derivatives

edited by

Piotr Nowak

and Dariusz Gątarek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1631 | Submission Open

Keywords: financial derivatives pricing; Black–Scholes model; stochastic processes; Lévy processes; semimartingales; Dupire formula

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

Statistical Methods for Modeling High-Dimensional and Complex Data: Third Edition

edited by

Yuehua Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1325 | Submission Open

Keywords: model selection; spatiotemporal modeling; cluster analysis; high-dimensional statistics; data mining; multiple change-point detection

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

Information Theory for Future Communication Systems

edited by Min Li,

Lawrence Ong

, Congduan Li and

Mingmin Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1217 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; coding theory; information-theoretic security and privacy; integrated sensing and communication; future wireless systems; machine learning-driven wireless communications

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

Open Quantum Systems Applied to Quantum Computation

edited by

Nadja Bernardes

and Francesco Petruccione

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1038 | Submission Open

Keywords: open quantum systems; quantum simulation; variational quantum methods; quantum algorithms; dissipative quantum computation; open quantum walk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Cutting-Edge Research in Nonlinear Dynamics, Memristive Devices, and Secure Image Processing

edited by Mingxu Wang, Chunpeng Wang and Qi Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 805 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear dynamics; chaos; image processing; deepfake detection; image moments; watermarking attack; information hiding; image steganography; AI security; computer vision

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Private Information Retrieval and Its Applications

edited by

Sajani Vithana

and

Syed A. Jafar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 607 | Submission Open

Keywords: private information retrieval; capacity-achieving schemes; threat models; quantum pir; privacy-preserving machine learning; private distributed computations

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

Quantum Computing in the NISQ Era, Second Edition

edited by Xiao Yuan, Xiaoming Zhang and Bujiao Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 470 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum computing; noisy intermediate-scale quantum; variational quantum simulation; quantum computational chemistry; quantum materials; quantum error mitigation; quantum error correction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Higher-Order Interactions in Physiological Networks

edited by

Yuri Antonacci

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 456 | Submission Open

Keywords: higher-order interactions; information theory; network science; redundancy and synergy; multivariate time series analysis

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

Uncertainty and Fuzziness: Analysis and Applications

edited by

Eugene Kagan

and Alexander Rybalov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty; fuzziness; fuzzy systems; possibilistic algorithms; probabilistic analysis; decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang (KPZ) Equation

edited by

Yi-Cheng Zhang

, Zi-Ke Zhang and Fei Jing

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-equilibrium potential (NEP); stochastic thermodynamics; memory effects; golubović–bruinsma (GB) model; scaling behavior; noise regularization; large deviation statistics; interface growth dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Neural Operators and Physics-Informed Neural Networks: Theory and Applications in Complex Systems

edited by

Luca Bergamasco

,

Eliodoro Chiavazzo

and

Constantinos Siettos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: neural operators; physics-informed neural networks (PINNs); multiscale dynamical systems; complex systems; high-dimensional time series forecasting; partial differential equations (PDEs); data-driven modeling; learning physical laws; learning collective variables; uncertainty quantification; numerical analysis; scientific machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Key Technologies Towards Future Wireless Networks

edited by

Qianfan Wang

,

Wanting Ji

and

Shuangyang Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: channel coding; coded modulation; finite-blocklength coding; probabilistic shaping; waveform design; delay–Doppler signaling; high-mobility communications; integrated sensing and communications; intelligent receivers; learning-aided detection and decoding

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

Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Complex and Data-Driven Systems: Methods, Evaluation, and Applications

edited by

Sotiris Kotsiantis

and

Vasilis Papastefanopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable AI; interpretable machine learning; trustworthy AI; model transparency; explainability metrics; human-centered AI; explainable deep learning; generative AI explainability; interpretable foundation models; AI governance; uncertainty and interpretability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Communications in the Era of LLMs: Shaping the Future of Intelligent Connectivity

edited by Baturalp Buyukates and Melih Baştopçu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: LLM communications; multi-agent LLMs; networked LLMs; collaborative decision-making in LLMs; semantic networking; decentralized AI; distributed intelligence; LLM efficiency; LLM reliability; edge AI systems

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

Gravitation, Thermodynamics, and Quantum Theory

edited by Dimitris Moustos and

Charis Anastopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: QFT in curved spacetime; spacetime thermodynamics; black hole thermodynamics; stochastic gravity; stochastic thermodynamics; dissipation, noise, fluctuations; decoherence; entanglement; nonequilibrium QFT; analogue gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics and Generative AI: Control, Transport, and Sampling

edited by Michael Misha Chertkov and

Abhishek Halder

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-equilibrium statistical physics; generative AI; diffusion models; Schrödinger bridges; stochastic optimal control; optimal transport; statistical thermodynamics; rare-event sampling; interacting particle systems; information theory; path measures; AI for scientific computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications: Entropy and Information-Theoretic Perspectives

edited by

Liang Dong

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1961 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; biomedical data analysis; medical imaging and radiomics; multi-omics and precision medicine; graph neural networks and network biology; generative and self-supervised learning; multimodal data fusion; uncertainty quantification and interpretability; entropy and information-theoretic methods; complexity analysis in biological systems

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

Quantum Dynamics in Hybrid Systems

edited by

Haobin Wang

and

Ofir E. Alon

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1667 | 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)

Image Encryption and Privacy Protection Based on Chaotic Systems—Third Edition

edited by

Congxu Zhu

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open

Keywords: chaos; chaotic system; complexity analysis; information theory; entropy analysis and calculation; image encryption algorithms; privacy protection schemes; complex networks and artificial intelligence technology

A Contemporary Triad in Quantum Foundations: Correlational, Compositional, and Causal Structures

edited by Ana Belén Sainz and

Marco Erba

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundations; correlational phenomena; compositional structures; causal structures; higher-order causal structures; quantum correlations; Bell’s theorem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Space Quantum Communication

edited by

Laszlo Bacsardi

and

Morio Toyoshima

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1621 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum key distribution; entanglement distribution; quantum memories; quantum channels; satellite-based quantum communication; deep space quantum communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Information and Probability: From Foundations to Engineering V

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 822 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundations; quantum probability; quantum measurement; quantum-like modeling; quantum information; quantum mechanics; quantum decision-making; quantum cognition; quantum biology; quantum computers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Theory and Differential Privacy

edited by

Amirreza Zamani

and Mina Sheikhalishahi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 738 | Submission Open

Keywords: information-theoretic differential privacy; differentially private distributed computing; differential privacy in fairness; differential privacy in network coding; differentially private learning algorithms; differential privacy in coded computing; differential privacy in network information theory; differential privacy in reinforcement learning and federated learning

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

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

edited by

Paul Laurienti

and Jeremie Fish

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Assessing Complexity in Physiological Systems Through Biomedical Signals Analysis, 3rd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; fractals; multiscale analysis; linear and nonlinear prediction; self-organization; chaos; information dynamics; symbolic dynamics; nonlinearity; heart rate variability; EEG

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

Data Analysis for Complex Systems

edited by Ixandra Achitouv

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven analysis in complex systems; machine learning and complex systems; stochastic propagation in networks; chaos, criticality, and emerging phenomena; data analysis and multi-scaled simulations; noise and signal in complex systems

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

AI for Wireless Communication Systems: From Semantic Communications to 6G

edited by

Yinfei Xu

, Qi Cao and Shu Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic communications; semantic-aware networks; 6G wireless communications; task-oriented communications; deep learning; AI-native network architecture

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

Carnot Cycle and Heat-Machines: From Applications (Systems and Processes) to Fundamentals (FDOT), Second Edition

edited by

Michel Feidt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimization; FDOT (Finite Physical Dimensions Optimal Thermodynamics); least action principle (MAUPERTUIS); finiteness principle (conjecture); structure of the universe (large-scale); FTT (Finite Time Thermodynamics); FST (Finite Speed Thermodynamics); efficiency; economy; environment; statistical thermodynamics; quantum thermodynamics; entropy analysis; exergy analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Advances in Information-Theoretic Methods for Representation Learning and Data Science

edited by

Luis Gonzalo Sánchez Giraldo

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: information-theoretic learning; entropy regularization; information noise contrastive estimation; neural scaling laws; information bottleneck; information-theoretic attribution methods; estimators of entropy, divergence and mutual information

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

Quantum Computation, Quantum AI, and Quantum Information

edited by

Younghun Kwon

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2247 | 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)

Hamiltonian Dynamics in Fundamental Physics

edited by

Lawrence Horwitz

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1705 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Entropy-Based Applications in Sociophysics, Third Edition

edited by

Francisco W. De Sousa Lima

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1674 | 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)

Entanglement, Transport, and Topology in Spin Models

edited by

Leonardo dos Santos Lima

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open

Keywords: spin Hall effect; spintronics; topological phase transitions; magnon bands; quantum entanglement; various quantum spin models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) in 6G

edited by Danaisy Prado-Alvarez and

Jose F. Monserrat

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7092 | Submission Open

Keywords: ISAC (integrated sensing and communication); trade-offs; channel models; sensing and communication; vehicular communications; industrial applications; resource optimization

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

Advances in Information Theory and Machine Learning for Computational Imaging

edited by Shirin Jalali

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3330 | 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)

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