Entropy

Higher-Order Interactions and Their Relevance to Real Networks

edited by Athen Ma and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: higher-order networks; hypergraphs; complex systems; dynamical systems; synchronization; contagion dynamics; simplicial complex; epidemic models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information Theory Applied to Sociophysics

edited by

David Dominguez

and

Mario González-Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: sociophysics; entropy; information theory; opinion dynamics; collective behavior; statistical mechanics; stochastic dynamics; socio-economic systems

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

From Fundamental Fields to Information and Emergent Phenomena: Theory and Applications of Quantum Electrodynamics

edited by

Khépani Raya

and Alfredo Raya

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum electrodynamics; information theory; Dirac and Weyl materials; effective field theories; emergent phenomena in quantum systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Statistical Physics and Nonlinear Dynamics for Complex Systems

edited by

Alberto Robledo

and

Francisco J. Sevilla

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: dissipative processes; onset of chaos; borderline behaviors; self-organization; diversity; Zipf law; allometry; evolutionary game theory; time series into networks; urban dynamics; swarm intelligence.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Geometric Perspectives in Emergent Phenomena: From Phase Transitions to Machine Learning

edited by Loris Di Cairano and

Roberto Franzosi

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 860 | Submission Open

Keywords: classical and quantum phase transitions (Ising; XY; quantum simulators; long-range models; BKT; etc.); geometric approaches (microcanonical geometry; entropy curvature; information geometry; geometric deep learning); artificial intelligence and complex networks (neural networks as spin systems; phase transitions in learning dynamics; criticality in AI models); cross-fertilization: exploiting AI to detect phase transition/exploiting statistical physics to understand neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Entropy Production and Information Flow in Biological Networks

edited by

Qi Ouyang

and Yuansheng Cao

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: stochastic thermodynamics; entropy production; information flow; biological networks; nonequilibrium systems; signal transduction; active matter

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

Recent Advances in Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution

edited by

Xueqin Jiang

and

Peng Huang

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4518 | Submission Open

Keywords: information security; quantum communication; continuous-variable quantum key distribution; post processing; information reconciliation; error correcting codes; privacy amplification; secret key rate

(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 15 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1911 | 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)

Deep Generative Models for Simulating Physical Systems

edited by

Kim Andrea Nicoli

, Lei Wang and

Anindita Maiti

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1389 | 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)

Nonequilibrium Phenomena and AI Techniques

edited by Davide Carbone,

Hong Zhao

and

Lamberto Rondoni

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonequilibrium phenomena; statistical physics; artificial intelligence; machine learning

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

Information Theory and Large Language Models

edited by

Xueyan Niu

,

Jun Chen

and Bo Bai

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models; information theory; LLM reasoning; generalization; memory management; safety and hallucination detection; watermarking; model compression

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

Token-Based Communications

edited by

Howard Hao Yang

,

Nikolaos Pappas

, Zihan Chen and Christopher G. Brinton

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; large language models; token communications; networked systems

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

Mutual Information in Statistical Learning

edited by Philip E. Cheng and

Michelle Liou

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: conditional mutual information; discrete data analysis; entropy; feature selection; mutual information

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

Advances in Image Encryption and Chaotic Cryptography

edited by Chengqing Li

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: image encryption; chaotic cryptography; multimedia security; permutation– diffusion structures; nonlinear dynamics; pseudo-random sequence generation; cryptanalysis; side-channel attacks; fault attacks; hardware security; secure image transmission

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Theory and Coding for Image and Video Processing in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Ofer Hadar

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: image compression; video coding; information theory; learned compression; deep learning; multimedia communication; computer vision

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

Driven-Dissipative Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems

edited by Sayak Ray and

Lamberto Rondoni

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: open quantum systems; many-body systems; non-equilibrium dynamics; driven-dissipative systems; exceptional point; Bose– Josephson junctions; Bose– Einstein condensation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Information and Quantum Computation

edited by Zhian Jia and Dagomir Kaszlikowski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6922 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundations; quantum games; generalized probabilistic theory; quantum computation; quantum algorithm; quantum simulation; quantum metrology; quantum entanglement; steering; and nonlocality; quantum contextuality; topological quantum information; quantum error correction; quantum memory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Failure Diagnosis of Complex Systems

edited by

Tao Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4606 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; entropy; deep learning; nonlinear dynamics; fault detection; fault diagnosis; fault pattern recognition

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

Statistical Inference: Theory and Methods

edited by

Michel Broniatowski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3903 | Submission Open

Keywords: variational inference; conditional inference; Bayesian inference; divergence-based inference; misspecification; robustness; machine learning; outlier detection; extreme values; semi-parametric models; depth estimators; discrete and categorized data

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

Uncertainty Quantification and Entropy Analysis

edited by

Marcin Kamiński

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3070 | Submission Open

Keywords: Monte Carlo simulation; stochastic perturbation method; semi-analytical approaches; Bayesian methods; polynomial chaos expansion; reliability assessment; durability prediction; probabilistic entropy; probabilistic distance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Coding and Signal Processing for Data Storage Systems

edited by Kui Cai and

Tuan Thanh Nguyen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3008 | 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)

Entropy Analysis of Electrophysiological Signals

edited by

Elzbieta Olejarczyk

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2651 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy; multiscale entropy; multivariate entropy; biomedical signal analysis; electrophysiological signals; electroencephalography (EEG); electrocardiography (ECG); electromyography (EMG); complexity; information theory; nonlinear dynamics; neural system; neural dynamics; cognitive neuroscience; sleep research; brain– computer interface

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

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

edited by

Joseph J. Yame

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1586 | 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)

Quantum Measurements and Quantum Metrology

edited by János A. Bergou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1568 | 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)

Time Series Analysis for Signal Processing

edited by Ruobin Gao,

Yang Yu

and

Zicheng Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1345 | Submission Open

Keywords: time series analysis; time series forecasting; long-range forecasting; neural networks

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

Information Theory for Data Science, AI and Machine Learning

edited by

Irad Ben-Gal

and

Amichai Painsky

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 562 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; machine learning; AI; statistics and inference; information theory; federated learning; reinforcement learning

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

Entropy-Guided Evolutionary Intelligence: Information Dynamics for Adaptive and Explainable Machine Learning

edited by

Diego Oliva

and

Marco Perez-Cisneros

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 289 | 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)

Quantum Field Theory Methods in Turbulence and Relativistic Hydrodynamics

edited by

Esteban Calzetta

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; quantum field theory; relativistic turbulence; holographic fluid dynamics; numerical real relativistic hydrodynamics; thermalization and hydrodynamization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

New Advances in Black Hole Thermodynamics

edited by

Hernando Quevedo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: black hole; thermodynamics; gravity; geometrothermodynamics; extended thermodynamics; quantum physics; non-equilibrium

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

Quantum Ontology: Theory and Applications

edited by

Olimpia Lombardi

,

Sebastian Fortin

and

Matías Pasqualini

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum ontology; quantum field-theoretic ontology; formal and mathematical frameworks for quantum ontology; ontological issues in quantum information theory; applied quantum ontology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

MIMO Wireless Communications: Information Theoretic Perspectives

edited by

Wentao Yu

and

Lizhong Zheng

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: MIMO wireless communications; information theory; wireless channels; wireless transceivers

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

O-RAN-Enabled Future-Generation Terrestrial Networks and Non-Terrestrial Network

edited by Minglong Zhang and

Bo Tang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: open RAN (O-RAN); non-terrestrial networks (NTN); satellite– aerial– ground integrated networks (SAGIN); AI/ML-driven orchestration; 6G networks; network slicing

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

Estimation of Entropic Quantities with Diffusion Models

edited by

Giulio Franzese

and

Pietro Michiardi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative models; diffusion processes; information estimation; higher-order information; mutual information; o-information; transfer entropy; score matching; nonequilibrium statistical physics

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

Open Quantum Dynamics in Non-Equilibrium and Complex Systems

edited by

Alessandro Sergi

and

Antonino Messina

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: open quantum systems dynamics; nonequilibrium systems; complex quantum systems; dissipative quantum evolution; non-Hermitian dynamics; quantum thermodynamics; hybrid quantum– classical methods; stochastic and trajectory-based approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Recent Advances in Quantum Machine Learning

edited by

Nan Jiang

and Jian Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum machine learning; variational quantum circuits; quantum neural networks; hybrid quantum– classical models; quantum optimization; quantum gradient descent; quantum information theory; quantum entropy; near-term quantum devices; quantum computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Entropy, Frustration, and Emergent Phenomena in Correlated Systems

edited by Ludi Miao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; magnetic frustration; strongly correlated systems; emergent phenomena; quantum materials; spin systems; statistical physics; topological excitations; phase transitions; magnetic entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Technologies in the NISQ Era and Beyond

edited by

Tianqi Chen

, Danbo Zhang and

Jiangbin Gong

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information; quantum many-body physics; quantum algorithms; quantum error mitigation; quantum error correction; quantum computing; quantum thermodynamics; quantum technologies; theoretical and computational quantum physics; quantum for AI; AI for quantum; quantum for X

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

New Advances in Quantum Communication and Networks, 2nd Edition

edited by

Gui-Lu Long

, Xiao-Ming Xiu and Fei-Hao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum communication; quantum secure direct communication; quantum key distribution; device-independent quantum key distribution; device-independent quantum secure direct communication; quantum teleportation; quantum repeater; secure classical repeater; quantum network; quantum secret sharing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Ordinal Pattern-Based Entropies: New Ideas and Challenges, Second Edition

edited by Meryem Jabloun

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: permutation entropy; multiscale permutation entropy and its variants; Tsallis permutation entropy; ordinal pattern-based complexity measure of time series; real data application; multidimensional time series; encrypted data; theoretical understanding for appropriate application; ordinal pattern based-entropy in machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Discrete Math in Coding Theory, 2nd Edition

edited by

Patrick Solé

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4125 | 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)

Entropy-Based Applications in Economics, Finance, and Management, 4th Edition

edited by

Joanna Olbryś

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7497 | Submission Open

Keywords: information entropy; fuzzy entropy; maximum entropy; copula entropy; structural entropy; transfer entropy; permutation entropy; slope entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Theory and Data Compression

edited by Tsachy Weissman

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5356 | 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

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1258 | 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 | Viewed by 383 | 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)

Entropy and Dissipation in Non-Collisional Space Plasmas

edited by Giuseppe Consolini and

Simone Benella

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

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

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

Energy Transition: Exergy, Emissions and Optimization

edited by

Monica Carvalho

and

Adriano Da Silva Marques

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

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 1208 | 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 270 | 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)

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 1610 | 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)

Statistical Approaches for Modeling Human Social Systems

edited by

Jorge Navarro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1456 | 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)

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