Entropy

Non-Markovian Open Quantum Systems

edited by Ting Yu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1803 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-Markovian open quantum systems; non-Markovian dynamics; non-Markovian quantum transport; environmental memory effect; quantum control; quantum technology; quantum devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Information-Theoretic Methods for Trustworthy Machine Learning

edited by Sanghamitra Dutta and

Syed A. Jafar

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open

Keywords: fairness; explainability; reliability; privacy; security; robustness

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

From Order to Disorder: Superfluidity, Stochastic Processes, and the Dynamics of Life—Dedicated to Professor Peter McClintock on the Occasion of His 85th Birthday

edited by Aneta Stefanovska, Philip C.E. Stamp, Mark Dykman,

Laszlo B. Kish

and Ladislav Skrbek

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: superfluid vortices and turbulence; quantum and classical fluctuations; wave turbulence; vortex nucleation and effective mass; 2D superfluids and Kosterlitz– Thouless physics; dissipation in quantum systems; rare events in stochastic processes; quantum turbulence and cavitation; entropy production in nonequilibrium systems; deterministic and stochastic dynamics; biological dynamics and multiscale interactions; interactions and couplings in dynamical systems; biological and artificial ion channels; physics of life; biological oscillators; stochastic resonance; vibrational resonance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Probability Theory and Quantum Information

edited by Bin Yan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information; probability theory; quantum probabilities

(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 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Rethinking Representation Learning in the Age of Large Models

edited by

Yuhang Liu

,

Xinyu Zhang

and Qingsen Yan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models; multi-modal models; generative AI; representation learning; causality; entropy; visual perception; efficient AI training; interpretable AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Stochastic Processes of Complex Reaction Networks

edited by Schuyler B. Nicholson and

Eun-jin Kim

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: stochastic thermodynamics; complex reaction networks; statistical mechanics; stochastic processes; tensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Recent Advances in Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution

edited by

Xueqin Jiang

and

Peng Huang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 94 | 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)

Nonlinear Dynamics of Complex Systems

edited by

Alina Cristiana Gavriluţ

and

Maricel Agop

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: deterministic chaos; bifurcations; strange attractors; scale relativity theory; multifractality; non-linear behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Entropy-Based Time Series Analysis: Theory and Applications

edited by

Felipe Olivares

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural entropies; dynamical entropies; multiscale entropy; ordinal patterns-based entropies; entropy as a complexity measure; signal classification; signal segmentation and spike detection; multivariate time series analysis; real-world and socio-technical applications; interdisciplinary applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Failure Diagnosis of Complex Systems

edited by

Tao Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 42 | 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)

Geometry in Thermodynamics, 4th Edition

edited by

Michael Parker

,

Chris Jeynes

, Stuart Walker and

Luisberis Velazquez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic time; complex time; entropy production; dissipative processes and structures; conservation theorems; local and non-local constraints; thermodynamics of information; system complexity; Riemannian geometries; generalised fluctuation theorems; dynamics and thermodynamics of systems with long-range interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale

edited by Jan Mol

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum thermodynamics; thermal nanoelectronic devices; direct entropy measurements; quantum heat engines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Statistical Inference: Theory and Methods

edited by

Michel Broniatowski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 27 | 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)

Evolution of Community Complexity

edited by

Takashi Ikegami

, Hiroki Kojima and Michael Crosscombe

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; collective intelligence; evolutionary ecology; community; collective dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information and Coding Theory for Distributed Learning, Storage, Scheduling, and Security

edited by Chi Wan Sung and

Kenneth Shum

submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: coded computing; coded caching; coded federated learning; distributed machine learning; distributed storage systems; coding for insertion/deletion/edit channel; protocol sequence; secret sharing; secure multiparty computation

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

Quantum and Classical Processes in Living Systems

edited by

Alessandro Sergi

and

Antonino Messina

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3195 | Submission Open

Keywords: living systems; biological physics; life thermodynamics; complex systems biology; quantum biology; classical physics; quantum-classical dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Statistical Physics Approaches for Modeling Human Social Systems

edited by

Chaoming Song

and

Jianxi Gao

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1804 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; statistical mechanics; social systems; social networks; human dynamics; agent-based modeling; data-driven modeling; human mobility patterns; innovation diffusion; socioeconomic systems; dynamics on/of networks; political polarization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Deciphering the Link Between Information and Interpretability in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Michael L. Mayo and Kevin R. Pilkiewicz

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1230 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; neural networks; interpretability; statistical analysis; information theory; feature analysis; object detection/tracking; generative artificial intelligence

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

Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Many-Body Systems

edited by Ruizhe Shen and Ching Hua Lee

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum phase transitions; quantum criticality; quantum simulation; tensor networks; strongly correlated systems; topological order; non-equilibrium dynamics; cold-atom systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Number Theoretic Methods in Statistics: Theory and Applications

edited by

Kai-Tai Fang

and Yongdao Zhou

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4823 | Submission Open

Keywords: number– theoretic methods; quasi-Monte methods; experimental design; representative points; statistical inference; data science

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

Entropy-Centric Intelligent Computation with Graph: In Pursuit of Advanced Computational Theories, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Yongpan Sheng

,

Hao Wang

, Junyang Chen and

Chunwei Tian

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4591 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy-centric intelligent computation with graph; entropy-centric intelligent computation theories; entropy-centric graph/network representation learning; entropy-centric graph applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Resource Theories: From Entanglement to Time Correlations and Measurement-Induced Noise

edited by

Lewis Clark

and

Almut Beige

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1631 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum correlations; quantum Markov processes; quantum finite-state machines; quantum bounds; causality; complexity; hypothesis testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Information-Theoretic Methods in Computational Neuroscience

edited by

Sarah Marzen

, John Beggs,

Martina Lamberti

and Jared Salisbury

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open

Keywords: maximum entropy models; information theory; criticality in neural systems; information-theoretic quantities; Information-theoretic normative theories

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

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) in 6G

edited by Danaisy Prado-Alvarez and

Jose F. Monserrat

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 372 | 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)

Multiscale Entropy Approaches and Their Applications: Fourth Edition

edited by

Anne Humeau-Heurtier

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiscale entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy; permutation entropy; fuzzy entropy; distribution entropy; dispersion entropy; ensemble entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Theory for Future Communication Systems

edited by Min Li,

Lawrence Ong

, Congduan Li and

Mingmin Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 98 | 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)

Quantum Information Security

edited by Wei Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Application of Information Theory to Computer Vision and Image Processing III

edited by

Jesús Elías Miranda-Vega

,

Wendy Flores-Fuentes

,

Julio Cesar Rodríguez-Quiñonez

and

Oleg Sergiyenko

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 89 | 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)

Advances in Information Theory and Machine Learning for Computational Imaging

edited by Shirin Jalali

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 87 | 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 Machine Learning with High-Dimensional Data and Image Analysis: Second Edition

edited by

Lei Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical machine learning; high-dimensional data; image processing; data mining; pattern recognition; deep learning; big data; computer vision; multimedia

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

Decision Optimization in Information Theory and Game Theory, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marek Szopa

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: decision optimization; game theory; quantum game theory; negotiation; machine learning; deep learning; Pareto optimization

(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 52 | 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 46 | 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)

Information-Theoretic Methods in Data Analytics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Kichun Lee

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: information; probability; divergence; statistical inference; data compression; data visualization; community detection; outlier detection; feature selection; data mining; machine learning; pattern recognition; neural networks; applications of data analysis

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

Information Theory in Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Marco Piangerelli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 23 | 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)

Mathematical Modeling in Systems Biology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Pavel Kraikivski

submission deadline 9 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 17 | 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 | Viewed by 395 | 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)

Selected Papers from the 32nd Biennial Symposium on Communications

edited by

Sébastien Roy

, Claude D’Amours,

Abdellah Chehri

and Dave Touchette

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 40 | 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 128 | 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 73 | 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)

Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Algorithms

edited by Qi Zhao, Fei Shi and

Banghai Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 269 | 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)

Cutting-Edge AI in Computational Bioinformatics

edited by Lin Gao and

Shixiong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 211 | 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)

Recent Advances in Refractory High Entropy Alloys, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yucheng Wu

and

Shunhua Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 181 | 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)

Emergent Dynamics of Complex Systems: From Synchronization to Clustering

edited by Zhigang Zheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 78 | 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)

Alive or Not Alive: Entropy and Living Things

edited by

Krzysztof Wojciech Fornalski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 77 | 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)

Wireless Communications: Signal Processing Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sébastien Roy

and Julian Cheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 71 | 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)

Information Dynamics: Entropy-Driven Evolutionary Machine Learning

edited by

Diego Oliva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 65 | 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)

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 63 | 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)

Joint Sensing, Communication, and Computation

edited by

Onur Günlü

and Rafael Schaefer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 44 | 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)

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