Symmetry-Aware Machine Learning and Optimization for Innovative Technologies
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 76
Special Issue Editors
Interests: AI; DTN networks; machine learning; Internet of Things (IoT); smart cities; game theory
Interests: machine learning; deep learning; data mining; explainable AI; precision agriculture; recommender systems
Interests: artificial intelligence; reinforcement learning; blockchain for data integrity; Internet of Things (IoT); smart energy systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As a critical concept in understanding the laws of nature, symmetry has been well-investigated in the studies of mathematical optimizations. Over the past few decades, optimization has played a pivotal role in formulating and solving machine learning tasks, thus the connection between optimization and machine learning is becoming a popular research topic. It is no surprise that with the ever-increasing complexity of real-life tasks, both optimization and machine learning involve inherent facets of symmetry or asymmetry conveyed in different formal ways, which require effective approaches to produce optimal solutions as well as efficient algorithms.
This Special Issue focuses on the methodologies and applications for addressing symmetry in optimization through the use of machine learning concepts. Research papers that employ theoretical analysis and/or practical applications in the related scopes are welcome. Paper devoted to improving the interpretability and the computational efficiency of the symmetry constrained optimization models are also welcomed.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. El Arbi Abdellaoui Alaoui
Dr. Abdelaaziz Hessane
Guest Editors
Dr. Mohamed Khalifa Boutahir
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- data mining
- machine learning
- symmetries
- optimization
- explainable AI
- deep learning
- internet of things
- smart cities
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