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Symmetries and Asymmetries in Space Physics
edited by and Zoltán Németh
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: space physics; space plasmas; space weather; solar physics; planetary physics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Advanced Neutrino Physics
edited by Tanaz Angelina Mohayai and Kevin J. Kelly
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: neutrino interactions; detector systematics; liquid and gaseous argon TPCs; neutrino mass models; CP violation; sterile neutrinos; dark matter connections
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Advances in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Asymmetry/Symmetry submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: microelectromechanical system (MEMS); symmetry/asymmetry; microfabrication; coupled resonators; sensors; actuators; vibration mechanics; dynamics; microfluids; PMUT; accelerometer; electric field sensor; thermometer; mass sensor; quantum dots; phonon– photon interaction; internal resonance; biosensor; energy harvester; microphone
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Studies of Symmetry/Asymmetry in Biosensors and Their Application
edited by , Germán Ernesto Gomez and Liliana Patricia Fernández
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials; metal nanoparticles; biosensors; emerging contaminants; advances and applications of new nanosensors; environmental toxicity markers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Superconducting Quantum Computation
edited by Haozhi Wang and Parameshwar R. Pasnoori
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: superconducting qubits; coherence time; noise protection; qubit design; asymmetric gap; asymmetric SQUID; circuit optimization; Josephson junction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Studies of Symmetry and Asymmetry in Cryptography
edited by , Shengli Deng and Rui Zhang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric encryption; asymmetric encryption; confidentiality; secure communication; cryptographic protocols; privacy-preserving technologies; trusted computing; information hiding; cybersecurity; quantum-safe cryptography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Systems
edited by and Xu Xu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
Keywords: micro/nano-electromechanical systems; mechanical properties; low-dimensional materials; molecular dynamics simulation; nonlinear dynamical systems; data-driven methods; machine learning methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry with Power Systems: Control and Optimization
edited by Hui Gao and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open
Keywords: power system aggregation; coordinated control strategies; decentralized control architectures; distributed control algorithms; flexible energy resource management; power system optimization; game-theoretic approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Control Science submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in linear and nonlinear control systems; asymmetry and system robustness; energy-based control methods; passivity systems; modelling; simulation and control of processes and energy systems; identification methods; adaptive control in asymmetric systems; estimation and identification systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Gravitational Waves and Symmetry
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: gravitational waves; symmetry principles; symmetry breaking; interferometric detectors; numerical relativity; waveform modeling; data analysis pipelines; conformal symmetry; gauge symmetry; modified gravity theories
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetries in Gravity Research: Classical and Quantum (Second Edition)
edited by Carlos Frajuca and Nadja Simão Magalhães
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetries; symmetries in gravitation; symmetries in quantum gravity; preserving properties in gravitation; symmetries in general relativity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Intelligent Spindle Modelling and Vibration Analysis submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent spindle modelling; vibration analysis; chatter detection; symmetry in dynamics; high-performance manufacturing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Material Properties and Structures submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical modeling; symmetry in materials; computational materials science; sustainable materials engineering; structure– property relationships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions
edited by Jiaxing Zhao
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: relativistic heavy-ion collisions; nuclear clusters; hypernuclei; equation of state; strong force
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Power Electronics and Grid Integration submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetrical renewable energy integration; symmetrical harmonic cancellation; symmetrical power converter topologies; balanced grid-forming control; symmetrical control strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Chemical and Systems Engineering: From Resource Recovery to Sustainable Design
edited by Somil Thakur and Mohamad Mustafa
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: process integration; reaction and transport networks; resource recovery pathways; geometric and topological symmetry; sustainable system design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Application of Symmetry in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Hydrodynamics
edited by , and Alejandro Alonzo-Garcia
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open
Keywords: PIV; LES; CFD; aerodynamics; hydrodynamics; propellers; impellers; multiphase
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Bioorganic Chemistry
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; chirality; stereochemistry; bioorganic chemistry; supramolecular chemistry; stereoselective catalysis; biomimetic chemistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems over Signed Networks: Symmetry and Asymmetry Perspectives
edited by Mengji Shi
submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 688 | Submission Open
Keywords: cooperative control; multi-agent systems; signed networks; symmetry; asymmetry; bipartite consensus; distributed algorithms; structural balance; flocking; switching topologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Neural Networks
edited by Yufeng Tian and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10669 | Submission Open
Keywords: neural network model; stability analysis of neural networks; state estimation on neural networks; neural networks and deep learning; neural networks and their applications in robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Optimal Control and Applications
edited by Xin Chen, Liu He and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9065 | Submission Open
Keywords: optimal control; robust control; uncertainty theory; computational methods; applications in robotics; fractional systems; biological systems; economic systems; energy optimization; symmetry in financial models and economic systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Condensed Matter Physics submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 737 | Submission Open
Keywords: spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum materials; topological phases and topological insulators; symmetry-protected states and topological order; charge density waves and structural phase transitions; magnetism; spin textures; and skyrmions; superconductivity and unconventional pairing symmetry; symmetry breaking at interfaces and in low-dimensional systems; emergent phenomena from symmetry reduction in engineered structures; computational and analytical methods for symmetry analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Exploring Symmetry and Asymmetry in Supply Chain Management: Frameworks, Applications and Innovations for Resilient and Sustainable Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open
Keywords: supply chain symmetry; asymmetry in logistics networks; resilient supply chains; sustainable supply chain systems; mathematical modeling in scm; optimization techniques; risk management in supply chains; collaborative supply chain frameworks; innovation in logistics; resilient supply chain design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Sensing, Computing and Intelligence for Cyber–Physical Systems
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyber-physical systems; artificial intelligence; resillence; security control; symmetry; scalability; interoperability; optimization algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Cryptography and Cybersecurity
edited by , Okuthe P. Kogeda and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric cryptography; asymmetric cryptography; applied cryptography; cryptographic attacks; network and data security; software security; privacy preservation and secure protocol design; attack– defense asymmetry; cyber threat detection and mitigation; AI security and machine learning in cybersecurity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Wireless Communications for Secure IoT Networks submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless channel modelling and performance; generative artificial intelligence (GenAI); Internet of Things (IoT); sensor data fusion; security; encryption; security and privacy in wireless systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Studies of Symmetry and Asymmetry in Big Data
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; big data; deep learning; feature extraction; artificial intelligence; medical imaging; cancer detection; data imbalance; model interpretability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Engineering Decisions: Data-Driven and Expert-Based Approaches to Multi-Attribute Decision-Making submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: engineering; symmetry/asymmetry in MADM; data-driven; expert-based; fuzzy sets; decision-making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Intelligent Detection Mechanisms for Modern Security Systems
edited by , Timothy T. Adeliyi and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open
Keywords: cryptographic primitives; symmetric key encryption; asymmetric cryptography; post-quantum security; blockchain security; secure multiparty computation; hybrid encryption schemes; privacy-preserving computation; lightweight cryptography; formal methods in cryptography; cybersecurity; IoT forensics; deep learning and NLP; Semantic data models; Smart environments; class imbalance; secure AI architectures; blockchain and distributed security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Asymmetric and Symmetric Data Analysis in Equipment Fault Diagnosis and Health Management
edited by , , Guoqiang Li and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: asymmetric data analysis; symmetric data analysis; fault diagnosis; health management; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; predictive maintenance; condition monitoring; prognostic health management; IoT integration; mechanical system reliability; failure prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Studies in Cybersecurity with Symmetry/Asymmetry
edited by , Xibin Zhao, Zonghui Li and Jiqiang Liu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; artificial intelligence; anomaly detection; symmetric security; asymmetric systems; adversarial learning; intrusion detection; intelligent defense
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Biomechanics in Sport, Tactical Performance and Physical Expression
edited by , Corey A. Peacock, and Katja Magdalena Osterwald
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: sport biomechanics; tactical athlete; high performance; performing arts; military; athletes; assessment; injury risk; symmetry computation; modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Symmetry and Asymmetry Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinear dynamics; complex systems; symmetry and asymmetry; interdisciplinary studies; data-driven decision; machine learning; multi-fractal analysis; agent-based modeling; networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Smart Materials and Structures
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart materials and structures; mechanics-based design; symmetry/asymmetry observation; mathematical modelling; numerical computation; simulation methods; symmetry/asymmetry analysis; engineering applications; sensors and actuators; nonlinear dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Advances of Symmetry/Asymmetry in Fluid Dynamics: Engineering Applications and Marine Hydrodynamics submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; fluid dynamics; ship hydrodynamics; computational fluid dynamics; flow– structure interaction; turbulence; vortex dynamics; offshore structures; marine engineering; heat transfer; flow control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Metaheuristics: Combinatorial Optimization and Data Mining
edited by Christian Daniel Von Lucken Martinez, , Enrique Dávalos and Nery Riquelme-Granada
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; metaheuristics; combinatorial optimization; many-objective optimization; niching; clustering; dimensionality reduction; decomposition; data mining; evolutionary algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry and Artificial Intelligence: Models, Methods, and Applications
edited by Soumia Ziti, and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry and asymmetry in AI; machine learning and deep learning; graph theory and graph neural networks; intelligent systems and optimization; data representation and structural patterns; algorithmic efficiency and robustness; application symmetry in computation; adaptive and asymmetric models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics
edited by Israel Edem Agbehadji, and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; explainable AI; deep learning; hybrid models; AI applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Studies of Symmetry and Asymmetry in Electrochemistry
edited by and Oscar Manuel Rodríguez Narváez
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemistry; materials; water treatment; energy storage; batteries; supercapacitors; redox; energy density
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry in Big Data and Blockchain Technologies submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open
Keywords: big data; blockchain applications; ML; LLM; privacy-preserving analytics; agentic-AI on blockchain
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Advancements in Symmetry/Asymmetry and Deep Learning for Smart Transportation, Microelectronics, and Photovoltaic Systems
edited by Xiaobo Xu and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; intelligent transportation systems; autonomous driving; microelectronics; semiconductor manufacturing; photovoltaics (PV); solar energy prediction; fault detection; smart grids; AI for industry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Chemical Engineering
edited by , Lingnan Wu and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in chemical processes; molecular symmetry; chemical reaction engineering; catalysis; process simulation; reaction pathways; process modeling and simulation; reactor design and optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Its Applications in Mechanical Design submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical element design; finite element design; structural design; automotive systems design; design and analysis of heat transfer; design and analysis of fluid mechanic; process design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Deep Learning for Computer Vision submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; deep learning; computer vision; medical imaging; precision agriculture; autonomous driving; industrial inspection; remote sensing; anomaly detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Computer Vision: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
edited by and Ajita Rattani
submission deadline 2 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in agriculture and satellite aperture ranging; sustainable and symmetric vision; secured symmetrical visual data in health care domain; transformer and neural networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Intelligent Image Processing: Optimization, Security, and Applications submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in image processing; metaheuristics in image processing; image security and authentication; intelligent embedded systems for visual applications; medical image diagnosis and symmetry analysis; optimization techniques for image reconstruction; pattern recognition in symmetric and asymmetric structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Data Analysis
edited by Song Deng, Xiong Fu and
submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2703 | Submission Open
Keywords: data mining; machine learning; artificial intelligence; data analysis for industrial information; outlier identification; data distribution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetries and Symmetry-Breaking in Data Security, 2nd Edition
edited by Na Ren and
submission deadline 18 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: data security; digital watermark; data encryption; data transactions; privacy-preserving computation; attack and defense
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Nonlinear Control: Theory and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 26 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric control; nonlinear control; fault-tolerant control; event-triggered control; intelligent transportation control; intelligent agriculture robotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Computing with Words with Symmetry
edited by and Nadya Regina Galo
submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 987 | Submission Open
Keywords: computing with words; fuzzy sets; intuitionistic fuzzy sets; 2-tuple fuzzy linguistic representation; hesitant fuzzy sets; grey systems; rough sets; soft sets; Z-numbers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
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