Entropy

Information Theory in Artificial Intelligence

edited by

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 104 | 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)

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

edited by

Gastone C. Castellani

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 93 | 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)

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Plasmas

edited by

Gianpiero Colonna

, Annarita Laricchiuta and

Elena Kustova

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: equilibrium plasma; non-equilibrium plasma; Chapman– Enskog method; multi-temperature models; state-to-state models; excited states

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Mathematical Modeling in Systems Biology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Pavel Kraikivski

submission deadline 9 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematical modeling; biological systems; computational methods; network dynamics; systems-oriented approaches; data analysis tools; regulatory networks; complex biological mechanisms; mechanistic approaches

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

Information-Theoretic Approaches for Machine Learning and AI

edited by

Songze Li

and Linqi Song

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1630 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; coding theory; data compression; quantum computing; semantic information theory; statistical learning theory; reinforcement learning; large language models; federated learning; security and privacy; unbiasedness and fairness

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

Complexity and Synchronization in Time Series

edited by

Lev Guzmán-Vargas

and

Daniel Aguilar-Velázquez

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: time series synchronization; entropy analysis; fractal analysis; signaling networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Topics from the 2025 Biennial Symposium on Communications

edited by

Sébastien Roy

, Claude D’Amours,

Abdellah Chehri

and Dave Touchette

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G; quantum communications; coding; signal processing; cybersecurity; ultra-low-power communications; massive MIMO; advanced beamforming; IoT; ultra-dense networks

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

The Future of Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum AI, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andreas (Andrzej) Wichert

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum-inspired machine learning; quantum-inspired AI; quantum genetic algorithms; quantum machine learning applications; linear algebra-based quantum machine learning; quantum kernels; efficient preparation of data; quantum programming languages; variational algorithms; quantum decision trees; quantum neural networks; quantum annealing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Mereologies and Quantum Inspired Set Theories and Logics

edited by

Federico Holik

and

Juan Pablo Jorge

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 107 | 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)

Entropy and Optimal Control: Theory and Applications

edited by

Hanz Richter

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimal control; thermodynamic optimization; port-Hamiltonian systems; multi-domain systems; control theory; exergy and entropy generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy-Based Fault Diagnosis: From Theory to Applications

edited by

Xiaoan Yan

, Ling Xiang,

Jinde Zheng

and

Zhi-Xin Yang

submission deadline 16 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3086 | Submission Open

Keywords: information entropy; sample entropy; permutation entropy; fuzzy entropy; dispersion entropy; hierarchical entropy; multiscale entropy; condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; fault prognostics; anomaly detection; feature extraction; machinery equipment

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

Non-Equilibrium Quantum Many-Body Dynamics

edited by Ricardo Puebla and Fernando Gómez-Ruiz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3512 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum annealing; adiabatic quantum computation; Kibble– Zurek mechanism; driven quantum systems; collective quantum phenomena; exploiting quantum coherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Non-Extensive Entropies: Properties and Applications

edited by

Orlando Luongo

and

Hernando Quevedo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-extensive entropy; thermodynamics; dark energy; dark matter; inflation; cosmological tensions; quantum gravity; observational cosmology; cosmological constant

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

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 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 54 | 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)

Bayesian Network and Signal Processing

edited by

Carlos Dias Maciel

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 47 | 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)

Synergy and Redundancy Measures: Theory and Applications to Characterize Complex Systems, Build Models, and Shape Neural Network Representations

edited by

Daniel Chicharro

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: mutual information; synergy; redundancy; unique information; neural networks; disentanglement; feature extraction; representation learning; partial information decomposition; fairness

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

Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Algorithms

edited by Qi Zhao, Fei Shi and

Banghai Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum entanglement; quantum algorithms; quantum computing; quantum simulation; quantum teleportation; quantum error correction; entanglement detection; quantum networks; quantum computational advantage; hybrid quantum-classical algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Active Inference in Cognitive Neuroscience

edited by

Ivilin Stoianov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1266 | Submission Open

Keywords: active inference; predictive coding; free energy principle; prediction errors; neurocomputational modeling; perception; motor control; cognitive control; decision making; cognitive neuroscience; neuropsychology; psychiatry

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

Wireless Communications: Signal Processing Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sébastien Roy

and Julian Cheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 308 | 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)

Emergent Dynamics of Complex Systems: From Synchronization to Clustering

edited by Zhigang Zheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 255 | 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)

Cutting-Edge AI in Computational Bioinformatics

edited by Lin Gao and

Shixiong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; bioinformatics; single-cell; multi-omics integration; drug discovery; disease prediction; biomedical imaging; RNA/protein structure prediction; information theory; systems biology; explainable AI

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

Dynamics Beyond the Hamiltonian: Dissipation in Classical Metriplectic Systems and Quantum Non-Unitary Systems

edited by

Massimo Materassi

and

Frédéric Barbaresco

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: metriplectic formalism; generic formalism; quantum open systems; dissipation; collisional plasmas; trophic webs with losses; maximum and minimum entropy production principles; non-unitary quantum systems; macroscopic limit of quantum systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Recent Advances in Refractory High Entropy Alloys, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yucheng Wu

and

Shunhua Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: refractory high entropy alloy; high-temperature application; mechanical property; deformation mechanism; corrosion and oxidation behavior; radiation damage; tungsten alloy; refractory alloy; processing; nuclear application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Dynamics: Entropy-Driven Evolutionary Machine Learning

edited by

Diego Oliva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning (ML); evolutionary algorithms (EAs); entropy; uncertainty; information theory; optimization; entropy-driven evolutionary machine learning; information-theoretic measures; evolutionary operators; complex real-world problems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Alive or Not Alive: Entropy and Living Things

edited by

Krzysztof Wojciech Fornalski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 101 | 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)

Kinetic Analysis and Engineering of (Bio)chemical Reactions—in Honor of the 85th Birthday of Professor Gregory Yablonsky

edited by

Peter Strizhak

,

Necip B. Üner

and Rebecca Fushimi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: reaction mechanisms and pathways; chemical equilibrium; chemical reaction engineering; multiphase reactions; transport effects in observed kinetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Thermodynamic Analysis and Process Intensification: Second Edition

edited by

Yasar Demirel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic analysis; process intensification; process irreversibility; information processing; energy efficiency; resource conservation; energy conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Decoding Earthquake Complexity: From Earthquake Ruptures and Slip Styles to Seismic Sequences and Faulting

edited by

Davide Zaccagnino

,

Filippos Vallianatos

and

Robert Shcherbakov

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault system behavior; complexity in seismicity; earthquake clustering; earthquake triggering; preparatory processes; complexity in faulting; fault slip styles; fractality; synchronization; earthquake cycle-related crustal deformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Random Walks and Stochastic Processes in Complex Systems: From Physics to Socio-Economic Phenomena, Second Edition

edited by

Trifce Sandev

and

Alexander Iomin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: random walks; stochastic equations; kinetic equations; diffusion; geometric Brownian motion; voter model; econophysics; sociophysics

New Advances in Quantum Communications and Quantum Computing

edited by Mariella Minder and David Lucas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum key distribution; quantum computing; quantum networks; quantum communication infrastructure; postquantum cryptography; quantum algorithms; quantum information theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Joint Sensing, Communication, and Computation

edited by

Onur Günlü

and Rafael Schaefer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 62 | 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)

Quantum Measurements and Quantum Metrology

edited by János A. Bergou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum measurements; quantum sensing; quantum metrology; quantum Fisher information; quantum state tomography; positive operator-valued measure (POVM); Cramer– Rao bound

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Modeling, Analysis, and Computation of Complex Fluids

edited by Jia Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 53 | 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)

Entropy Analysis of ECG and EEG Signals

edited by Marcelo Risk

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 47 | 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)

Opportunities and Challenges of Network Science in the Age of AI

edited by Linyuan Lü and

Qingchun Meng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 28 | 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)

Information-Theoretic Approaches for Network Data Mining: Causality, Complexity and Scalability

edited by

Lianyong Qi

, Wenwen Gong, Yang Zhang,

Xuyun Zhang

and Yanwei Xu

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: networked systems; information theory; complex networks; algorithmic complexity; network data mining

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

Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerance

edited by Jianxin Chen, Ke Liu and

Linghang Kong

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 16 | 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)

Thermodynamics and Climate Change

edited by

Ivan Kennedy

, James Chapman and Migdat Hodzic

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamics; climate change; Gibbs energy; statistical mechanics; environmental chemistry; quantum field theory; climate science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy in Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Edition

edited by

George Manis

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1636 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy; nonlinear analysis; biomedical engineering; entropy in biomedical applications; entropy in biomedical signals analysis; entropy in biomedical imaging; entropy in machine learning; fast computation of entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Advances in Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control: From Classical Approaches to AI-Driven Solutions

edited by

Joseph J. Yame

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault detection and diagnosis (FDD); fault-tolerant control (FTC); model-based methods; data-driven control; machine learning for control systems; reinforcement learning; uncertainty quantification; information– theoretic analysis; control reconfiguration; cyber– physical systems’ resilience

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

Thermodynamics of Dissipative Structures and Related Emergent Phenomena

edited by Hisashi Ozawa and

Robert Niven

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8808 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-equilibrium thermodynamics; physical kinetics; dissipative structure; entropy production; pattern formation; nonlinear process; emergent phenomena; self-organization; fractal structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

The Information-Theoretic Approach in Density Functional Theory and Beyond

edited by Shubin Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open

Keywords: Shannon entropy; Fisher information; Ré nyi entropy; information gain; Kullback– Leibler divergence; chemical reactivity; electrophilicity; nucleophilicity; Hirshfeld charge; entanglement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Dynamics in Hybrid Systems

edited by

Haobin Wang

and

Ofir E. Alon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 193 | 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)

Next-Generation Multiple Access for Future Wireless Communications

edited by Chongjun Ouyang, Jia Guo and Xingqi Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 155 | 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)

Review Papers for Entropy, Second Edition

edited by

J. Miguel Rubi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy Reviews)

Shortcut to Adiabaticity in Classical and Quantum Systems

edited by Jing Li and

Andreas Ruschhaupt

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) schemes; enhanced-STA schemes; experimental implementation of STA schemes; machine learning for quantum control; atomic state population transfer; molecular manipulation; manipulation of external fields; quantum heat engines; quantum thermodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

The Thermodynamics of Social Processes

edited by

Alexander V. Mantzaris

and

George-Rafael Domenikos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamics; social physics; sociophysics; computational sociology; entropy; energy; urban studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

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

edited by

Carlos M. Travieso-González

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 50 | 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)

Thermodynamic Optimization of Industrial Energy Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Daniel Flórez-Orrego

and

Meire Ellen Ribeiro Domingos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: technoeconomic assessment; sustainability; industrial processes; optimization; energy integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Port-Hamiltonian Methods

edited by

Federico Califano

, Stefano Stramigioli and Ramy Rashad

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 39 | 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)

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