Entropy

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

edited by

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 158 | 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)

The Thermodynamics of Social Processes

edited by

Alexander V. Mantzaris

and

George-Rafael Domenikos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Quantum Correlations in Spacetime

edited by Oscar Dahlsten and

Xiangjing Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information; quantum spatiotemporal correlations; quantum comb or process tensor; signalling quantum games; quantum causal inference; measurement effects; quantum thermodynamics; quantum dimension reduction; quantum error correction for spatiotemporal errors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Port-Hamiltonian Methods

edited by

Federico Califano

, Stefano Stramigioli and Ramy Rashad

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 109 | 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)

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 95 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Wireless Physical Layer Security Toward 6G

edited by Hui-Ming Wang, Feng Shu,

Ning Xie

, Bin Dai and

Na Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 91 | 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)

Information Processing in Neuromorphic Systems

edited by

Craig M. Vineyard

and

Stephen J. Verzi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 89 | 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)

Complexity in High-Energy Physics: A Nonadditive Entropic Perspective

edited by

Bhattacharyya Trambak

and

Maciej Rybczynski

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Information and Probability: From Foundations to Engineering IV

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 435 | 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 Quantum Information)

Network-Based Machine Learning Approaches in Bioinformatics

edited by

Zhi-Ping Liu

submission deadline 8 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open

Keywords: networks; machine learning; bioinformatics; systems biomedicine; deep learning; graph neural networks; biomolecular interactions; biomarker discovery; context-specific pathways in diseases

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

On Synergies Between Chemical Reaction Networks, Mathematical Epidemiology and Population Dynamics

edited by

Florin Avram

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: CRN; auto-catalytic CRN; stoichiometric matrix; Feinberg– Horn– Jackson graph; petri/Volpert/DSR graph; species graph; reaction variables; robust lyapunov function; robust non-oscillation; k-contraction; fixed points; Hopf and Bogdanov– Takens bifurcations; Routh– Hurwitz-Lié nard– Chipart criteria; scientific computing; real algebraic geometry; resultants; Groebner bases; stochastic continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) CRN; escape paths; Hamiltonian ODE

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Key Distribution and Its Applications

edited by Shihai Sun

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information processing; single photon imaging; quantum cryptography; quantum optics; quantum measurement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Entropy in Machine Learning Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yanchun Liang

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2905 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge graph; data correlation; differential expression; long short-term memory; semantic disambiguation; advertising vocabulary; entity relationship extraction; semi-supervised learning; cross-entropy loss; semantic entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Bridging Bayesian and Information-Theoretic Approaches in Earth and Environmental System Modeling: Theory and Practical Applications

edited by

Anneli Guthke

,

Jasper A. Vrugt

and Steven V. Weijs

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian probability theory; Bayesian uncertainty assessment; Bayesian optimal design; information theory; Shannon entropy; algorithmic information theory; causal inference; model evaluation

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

Dynamics in Complex Neural Networks, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ivanka Stamova

,

Gani Stamov

,

Trayan Stamov

and Cvetelina Spirova

submission deadline 17 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1278 | Submission Open

Keywords: stability theory and strategies; control theory; extended stability strategies; delayed neural networks; impulsive neural networks; fractional-order neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information-Theoretic Security and Privacy

edited by Mohamed Seif and

Hua Sun

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4531 | Submission Open

Keywords: differential privacy; machine learning; federated learning; secure aggregation; age of information; gossip over networks; statistical inference over networks; information-theoretic privacy and security; wireless network; social networks and healthcare

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

Phase Transitions in Complex and Nonequilibrium Systems: From Criticality to Topological and Active Matter

edited by Edson Denis Leonel, Diego Fregolent Mendes de Oliveira and

Chris G. Antonopoulos

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonequilibrium phase transitions; topological phase transitions; self-organized criticality; collective behavior; critical phenomena

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Measurement

edited by Marcin Wieśniak

submission deadline 24 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3671 | Submission Open

Keywords: foundations of physics; quantum measurement; quantum collapse; non-demolishing quantum measurements; emergence of classicality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Higher-Order Interactions in Physiological Networks

edited by

Yuri Antonacci

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 145 | 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)

Time in Quantum Mechanics

edited by Michael Ridley

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum time; quantum gravity; time operator; retrocausality; quantum clocks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Time)

The Landauer Principle in Physics, Biophysics, Engineering and Computer Science: From Foundations of Thermodynamics to Computer Engineering

edited by

Edward Bormashenko

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1065 | Submission Open

Keywords: Landauer principle; entropy; information; the second law of thermodynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

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

edited by

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submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 198 | 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)

Quantum and Classical Mpemba Effects: From Theoretical Models to Practical Applications

edited by

Jixuan Hou

and Zhiyue Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: Mpemba effect; nonequilibrium dynamics; anomalous relaxation; cooling protocols; quantum Mpemba effect; quantum thermal quench; Markovian dynamics; strong Mpemba effect; open quantum systems; non-equilibrium quantum dynamics; non-Markovian quantum dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Synchronization and Information Patterns in Human Dynamics

edited by Franco F. Orsucci,

Wolfgang Tschacher

and

Giovanna Zimatore

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: synchronization; information dynamics; coordination; self-organization; networks; entropy; resilience; multi-scale dynamics; pattern formation; human interfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Causal Graphical Models and Their Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by Luis Enrique Sucar and Ruben Sanchez-Romero

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: causal graphical models; causal reasoning; causal discovery; applications of causal models

Entropy and Dissipation in Non-Collisional Space Plasmas

edited by Giuseppe Consolini and

Simone Benella

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

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

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

Fundamentals and Applications of Quantum Information and Quantum Optics

edited by Shahaf Asban and

Ángel S. Sanz

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information processing; quantum optics; quantum thermodynamics; quantum coherence; entanglement; non-equilibrium quantum systems; quantum interferometry; quantum energetics; quantum algorithms; open quantum systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Secure Aggregation for Federated Learning and Distributed Computation

edited by

Xiang Zhang

and Mingyue Ji

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: federated learning; secure aggregation; distributed computing; information-theoretic security; privacy-preserving machine learning; secret key generation; communication efficiency; linearly separable distributed computation; robustness

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

Advances in Bayesian Statistics

edited by

Weining Shen

, Weixuan Zhu and Juan Miguel Marin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian machine learning; empirical bayes; approximate Bayesian computation; Bayesian optimization; hierarchical models; variational inference; Bayesian model selection; Gaussian processes; posterior approximation; Bayesian nonparametrics

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

Quantum Nonstationary Systems—Second Edition

edited by

Viktor Dodonov

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1261 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum nonstationary systems; quantum dissipative systems; quantum entanglement; dynamics of decoherence and thermalization; dynamical Casimir effect; time-dependent quantum systems; time-dependent phenomena; quantum speed limits; energy-time uncertainty relations; quantum heat engines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Information Theory and AI-Driven Communications

edited by

Xinping Yi

and

Abdellatif Zaidi

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven communications; information theory; artificial intelligence; multi-input multi-output (MIMO); channel coding

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

Discrete Math in Coding Theory, 2nd Edition

edited by

Patrick Solé

submission deadline 2 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: codes; designs; rings; modules; graphs; discrete algorithms; incidence geometry; arithmetic geometry

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

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

edited by

Marcin Makowski

and

Jan Sładkowski

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3519 | 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)

Dissipative Physical Dynamics

edited by Katalin Mária Gambár

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 891 | Submission Open

Keywords: dissipation; irreversibility; nonequilibrium processes; entropy; state reconstruction; classical and quantum transport; decoherence; material structure; cosmological model; electrical losses; electromagnetic wave absorption; thermalization; complex systems; coupled systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Coding and Signal Processing for Data Storage Systems

edited by Kui Cai and

Tuan Thanh Nguyen

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 566 | Submission Open

Keywords: error-correction codes; constrained codes; efficient encoding/decoding algorithms; signal processing; channel capacity; machine learning; DNA data storage; non-volatile memory; distributed storage; security and privacy

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

Density Estimation in the Era of AI

edited by Jeffrey D. Hart

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: probability density estimation; high-dimensional data; neural networks; nonparametric methods; machine learning

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

Recent Progress in Uncertainty Measures

edited by

Xinyang Deng

and

Yong Deng

submission deadline 17 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: epistemic uncertainty; entropy and extropy; information theory; Deng entropy; plausibility entropy; fuzzy entropy; uncertainty reasoning; uncertain information fusion

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

The Mathematics of Structured Experience: Exploring Dynamics, Topology, and Complexity in the Brain

edited by

Giulio Ruffini

,

Johannes Kleiner

and

Ryota Kanai

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8611 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematical theories of consciousness; Kolmogorov complexity; AIT; manifold hypothesis; symmetry; world models; dynamics; topology; AI

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

Multi-Scale Information Dynamics in Neural Circuits: Theoretical, Computational and Experimental Perspectives

edited by

Giampiero Bardella

, Liming Pan and Gianni Valerio Vinci

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: neural dynamics; statistical physics; collective behavior in networks; information theory; dynamical systems; causality; graph theory; network theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

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

edited by Ana Belén Sainz and

Marco Erba

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 41 | 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)

Complexities: Their Media and Their Messages

edited by

Juval Portugali

and Egbert Stolk

submission deadline 23 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: variety of complexities; mediated complexity; cross-domain complexity; analogical vs. incongruity reasoning; complex adaptive systems; synergetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Quantum Foundations: 100 Years of Born’s Rule

edited by

Dustin Lazarovici

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6528 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundations; Born rule; probability in quantum mechanics; quantum measurement theory; quantum statistical mechanics; interpretations of the wave function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Interdisciplinary Statistical Physics, Neural Computation, and Complex Systems

edited by Marcelo Arlego and

Fernando Montani

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: neural computation; stochastic thermodynamics; physics-informed neural networks (PINNs); criticality in neural systems; entropy-driven learning; information theory in biology; neural network dynamics; active matter in neuroscience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Gases

edited by Antonio J. Ramirez-Pastor and Jose Luis Riccardo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6289 | Submission Open

Keywords: fundamentals of lattice gases; equilibrium thermodynamics; adsorption; phase transitions and critical phenomena; transport phenomena and kinetics; surface diffusion; lattice gases in complex systems; quantum lattice gases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Complexity of Social Networks

edited by Zi-Ke Zhang, Junming Huang, Xiaoke Xu and Quanhui Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5404 | Submission Open

Keywords: social networks; social media; network structure dynamics; echo chambers; collective behavior; AI in social networks; information diffusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Modern Perspectives on the Second Law of Thermodynamics and Infodynamics

edited by

Roberto Zivieri

and

Israa Medlej

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 953 | Submission Open

Keywords: second law of thermodynamics; entropy; irreversibility; thermodynamic processes; information theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Deep Generative Models for Simulating Physical Systems

edited by

Kim Andrea Nicoli

, Lei Wang and

Anindita Maiti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative models; variational inference; amortized inference; lattice field theory; monte Carlo methods; normalizing flows; autoregressive models; statistical learning theory; Bayesian learning; neural networks quantum states; enhanced sampling; variational free energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Kolmogorov Complexity and Applications—Dedicated to Professor Paul Vitanyi on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

edited by Ming Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: Kolmogorov complexity; randomness; compression and LLM; information distance; theory; and applications

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

The Information Bottleneck Method: Theory and Applications

edited by

Shujian Yu

and Robert Jenssen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: information bottleneck; neural networks; deep learning generalization; explainable neural networks; deep reinforcement learning; multimodal learning; self-supervised learning; graph neural networks

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

Quantum Physics: An Information Theory

edited by

Davi Geiger

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: Gibbs entropy; thermodynamic entropy; quantum entropy; quantum thermalization; black hole entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

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