Entropy

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

edited by

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 151 | 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)

Private Information Retrieval and Its Applications

edited by

Sajani Vithana

and

Syed A. Jafar

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 138 | 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)

Energy Transition: Exergy, Emissions and Optimization

edited by

Monica Carvalho

and

Adriano Da Silva Marques

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Data Analysis for Complex Systems

edited by Ixandra Achitouv

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 102 | 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)

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

edited by

Dario Ferraro

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 96 | 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)

Next-Generation Channel Coding: Theory and Applications

edited by

Min Qiu

,

Xiaowei Wu

,

Peng Kang

and Jinhong Yuan

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3310 | Submission Open

Keywords: LDPC codes; turbo codes; polar codes; coded modulations; spatially coupled codes; coding hardware architectures; learning-based coding schemes; rateless codes; joint source– channel coding

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

Nonlinear Dynamics of Complex Systems

edited by

Alina Cristiana Gavriluţ

and

Maricel Agop

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1532 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Rethinking Representation Learning in the Age of Large Models

edited by

Yuhang Liu

,

Xinyu Zhang

and Qingsen Yan

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1502 | 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)

Advances in Entropy and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jorge Arturo Alfaro-Ayala

and

José de Jesús Ramírez-Minguela

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1128 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy and CFD in laminar and turbulent flows; entropy generation rate by fluid flow and heat/mass transfer processes; entropy generation rate in multiphase flows; entropy generation rate in chemically reactive flows; optimization with the second law of thermodynamics and CFD; entropy generation rate in biological and physiological flows; entropy generation rate in nano- and micro-fluid flows; entropy and CFD in thermal equipment; such as fuel cells; solar collectors; heat exchangers; combustors; ovens; refrigeration cabins; etc.; entropy and CFD in devices used to generate energy; such as horizontal/vertical wind turbines; gas/vapor turbines; etc.; entropy and CFD in other equipment; such as compressors; blowers; stirred tanks; etc.; entropy and CFD in biological tissues; such as aorta; veins; heart; etc.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

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

edited by Loris Di Cairano and

Roberto Franzosi

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 27 | 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)

Information Theory in Control Systems, 3rd Edition

edited by

Adrian-Mihail Stoica

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-agent systems; optimal control; optimal estimation and filtering; communication channel constraints; decentralized control; fault detection; isolation and recovery

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

Space Quantum Communication

edited by

Laszlo Bacsardi

and

Morio Toyoshima

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 57 | 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)

Information-Theoretic Approaches for Machine Learning and AI

edited by

Songze Li

and Linqi Song

submission deadline 22 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5719 | 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)

Advances in Information Theory and Machine Learning for Computational Imaging

edited by Shirin Jalali

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1734 | 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 and Physics-Based Interpretation of AI and Machine Learning Methods for Biomedical Data

edited by

Gastone C. Castellani

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 436 | 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)

Stochastic Processes in Pricing Financial Derivatives

edited by

Piotr Nowak

and Dariusz Gątarek

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

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

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

Quantum Precision Measurement

edited by

Le Luo

and Feng Zhu

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum metrology; quantum sensing; quantum entanglement; quantum phase transitions; quantum many-body systems; atomic clocks; open quantum systems; artificial intelligence (in quantum measurement); non-equilibrium dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Network Information Theory and Its Applications

edited by

Yanlin Geng

, Youlong Wu and Ling Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9113 | Submission Open

Keywords: network information theory; capacity region; Gaussian noise; information inequality; distributed system; federated learning; channel coding; source coding; randomness generation; integrated sensing and communication; coded caching and computing; communication for computing; network coding

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

Coding Theory and Its Applications

edited by Yauhen Yakimenka and

Eirik Rosnes

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4445 | Submission Open

Keywords: coding theory; error-correcting codes; network coding; quantum codes; distributed storage; LDPC codes; polar codes; machine learning in coding; data compression

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

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) in 6G

edited by Danaisy Prado-Alvarez and

Jose F. Monserrat

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2945 | 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)

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

edited by

Massimo Tessarotto

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1868 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Information Security

edited by Wei Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1672 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Advances in Complex Networks and Their Applications, from COMPLEX NETWORKS 2025

edited by

Hocine Cherifi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 584 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural network measures; community structure; link analysis and ranking; motif discovery in complex networks; network models; diffusion and epidemics; temporal networks; multilayer networks; dynamics on/of networks; synchronization in networks; resilience and robustness of networks; controlling networks; reputation; influence; and trust; mobility; networks in finance and economics; ecological networks and food webs; earth science applications; biological networks; brain networks; urban systems and networks; network medicine; machine learning and networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Foundations and Frontiers of Information Theory—Dedicated to Professor H. Vincent Poor on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday

edited by

Onur Günlü

,

Holger Boche

,

Giuseppe Caire

,

Shlomo Shamai (Shitz)

and Osvaldo Simeone

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; wireless networks; network security; statistical signal processing; efficient machine learning for engineering

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

Information Theory and Differential Privacy

edited by

Amirreza Zamani

and Mina Sheikhalishahi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 228 | 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)

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

edited by

Congxu Zhu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 198 | 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

Harnessing Low-Dimensional Structures in Machine Learning and Signal Processing

edited by

Jiaxi Ying

and

Jun Chen

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 117 | 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)

Time Series Analysis for Signal Processing

edited by Ruobin Gao,

Yang Yu

and

Zicheng Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 117 | 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)

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

edited by

Yuehua Wu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 86 | 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)

Entanglement and Nonlocality in Quantum Mechanics

edited by Yu Shi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum mechanics; quantum information; quantum measurement; quantum state; quantum nonlocality; quantum contextuality; quantum wavefunction realism; quantum decoherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Field Theory Methods in Turbulence and Relativistic Hydrodynamics

edited by

Esteban Calzetta

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 64 | 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)

Multivariate Entropy-Informed Fault Diagnosis and Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Rui Yuan

,

Weihang Zhu

, Xingkai Yang and

Zhuo Long

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: multivariate entropy; multivariate signal processing; fault diagnosis; structural health monitoring; prognostics and health management; remaining useful life prediction; multi-sensor data fusion; information-theoretic measures; nonstationary heterogeneous signals; intelligent condition monitoring

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

Entropy, Artificial Intelligence and the Financial Markets

edited by

Gil Cohen

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16571 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI and financial innovations; AI and business information; AI and trading; AI and market forecasts; AI and risk analysis; AI and fintech; AI real estate information and pricing; AI and technical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Application of Information Theory to Computer Vision and Image Processing, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jesús Elías Miranda-Vega

,

Wendy Flores-Fuentes

,

Julio Cesar Rodríguez-Quiñonez

and

Oleg Sergiyenko

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8907 | 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)

Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale

edited by Jan Mol

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1333 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Low-Latency Communications

edited by

Shenghui Song

and

Wei Chen

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-latency communications; ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC); 6G networks; network architecture; resource allocation; signal processing; protocol design; autonomous systems; smart cities; industrial automation

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

Information Spreading Dynamics in Complex Networks

edited by

Duanbing Chen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4613 | Submission Open

Keywords: information spreading; complex networks; temporal networks; resilient and recoverable networks; simplicial complex; influential spreaders; phase transition; network attack and defense; collaborative evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Information-Theoretic Methods in Data Analytics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Kichun Lee

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2169 | 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)

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

edited by

Liang Dong

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 40 | 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)

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

edited by

Massimo Materassi

and

Frédéric Barbaresco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 960 | 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)

Entropy-Based Applications in Sociophysics, Third Edition

edited by

Francisco W. De Sousa Lima

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 389 | 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)

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Stochastic Processes of Complex Reaction Networks

edited by Schuyler B. Nicholson and

Eun-jin Kim

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Computing: From Basics to Advanced Algorithms

edited by

Ali Mohammad-Djafari

and

Mohammad-Vahid Takook

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum computing; quantum error correction; quantum algorithms; quantum machine learning; quantum simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

The Information Bottleneck: Foundations, Algorithms, and Modern Applications

edited by

Behrooz Razeghi

and

Slava Voloshynovskiy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: information bottleneck; rate– distortion theory; mutual information estimation; variational information bottleneck; distributed information bottleneck; information geometry; large language models; KV cache compression; policy information bottleneck; information-constrained reinforcement learning

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

Quantum Thermodynamics in Action

edited by Bayan Karimi and Jukka P. Pekola

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: open quantum systems; thermalization; quantum heat transport; quantum thermal machines and refrigerators; measurement of quantum systems; stochastic thermodynamics; quantum trajectories; thermometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy-Aware Graph Neural Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Junran Wu

,

Friedhelm Schwenker

and

Nan Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: graph neural networks; information theory in graph learning; entropy and information bottleneck; fisher information and Riemannian geometry; mutual information estimation on graphs; information-theoretic regularization; over-smoothing and entropy loss; representation learning and graph compression; entropy-based optimization in deep GNNs; applications in finance; biology; social networks; etc.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Quantum Measurement, Gravitation and Entropy

edited by Zhongkun Hu, Yongchang Han,

Jing Liu

and

Lushuai Cao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum precision measurement; gravitation; entanglement; measurement noise; decoherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Hamiltonian Dynamics in Fundamental Physics

edited by

Lawrence Horwitz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Dynamic Models of Group Decision Making

edited by

Jerome Busemeyer

and

Kumar Akash

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic group decisions; agent based models; social network models; neural network models; complex systems models; linear and nonlinear system models; Markov diffusion models; statistical physics models; quantum dynamic models; systems based on non-commutative logic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Statistical Approaches for Modeling Human Social Systems

edited by

Jorge Navarro

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 75 | 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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