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Symmetries in Mechatronics and Robotics

edited by

Jingyu Zhang

Qin Fang

and Wei Tang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 946 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetries relations in robotics; symmetry mechatronic system design; robotic kinematics and dynamics; symmetry-based control methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Cyber Security

edited by

Mingwu Zhang

and Yuanyuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 861 | Submission Open

Keywords: asymmetric threat modeling; cryptographic primitives; interdisciplinary cybersecurity research

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry in Metaheuristics: Combinatorial Optimization and Data Mining

edited by Christian Daniel Von Lucken Martinez,

Ana Lucila Sandoval Orozco

, Enrique Dávalos and Nery Riquelme-Granada

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 800 | 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 B: Mathematics)

Advances of Symmetry/Asymmetry in Fluid Dynamics: Engineering Applications and Marine Hydrodynamics

edited by

Sofia Peppa

Christos Liosis

and

Ioannis Sarris

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 602 | 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 F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry and Its Applications in Mechanical Design

edited by

Juan Carlos Paredes-Rojas

and

Christopher René Torres San Miguel

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 513 | 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 F: Engineering and Materials)

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering with Symmetry

edited by

Chia-Feng Hsu

, I-Hui Chen and Chih-Yu Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 507 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry and asymmetry in geotechnical engineering; numerical modeling of geomaterials; deep excavations and underground structures; tunnel engineering; slope stability and landslide prevention; groundwater and hydrogeology; geotechnical monitoring and sensing; artificial intelligence and machine learning; geological hazard and risk assessment; soil liquefaction and offshore geotechnics

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Applications Based on Symmetry/Asymmetry in Optoelectronic Devices

edited by

Yuqiang Guo

and Yangyang Xie

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: optoelectronic devices; photoelectric materials; electro-optic properties; electro-optic modulation; photoelectric conversion; illumination; displays; imaging; intelligent optoelectronic system; symmetry and asymmetry

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Meta-Heuristics for Manufacturing Systems Optimization, 4th Edition

edited by

Deming Lei

and

Jingcao Cai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: meta-heuristic; production scheduling; optimization; manufacturing systems

Generative Models for Low-Level Vision: Advances, Applications and Symmetry-Driven Design

edited by Xixi Jia

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative models; low-level vision; diffusion models; image restoration; symmetry prior; super-resolution; image inpainting; computer vision

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Biomechanics: Assessment, Modeling and Applications

edited by

Lucia Donno

and

Veronica Cimolin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; movement analysis; clinical biomechanics; rehabilitation; sport biomechanics; injury prevention; musculoskeletal modeling; symmetry indices

(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Life Sciences)

Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption in Information Security

edited by

Mosiur Rahaman

and Santitham Prom-On

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetric encryption; asymmetric cryptography; hybrid cryptography; secure key management; information security

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry and Advanced Control in Power Electronics, Electric Drives and Energy Conversion Systems

edited by

Jorge Rodas

Osvaldo González

and Roberto Eduardo Quintal Palomo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; advanced control; robust control; model predictive control; power electronics; electric drives; multiphase machines; renewable energy systems; fault-tolerant control; energy conversion; energy storage systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Exploiting Symmetry for High-Performance Antennas: Theory, Optimization, and Next-Generation Wireless

edited by Zhentian Wu and Xin Fang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetric antennas; metamaterials & metasurfaces; AI-optimized antennas; high-gain miniaturized antennas; IoT antenna applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry/Asymmetry with Power Systems

edited by

Dongsheng Cai

submission deadline 31 Jul 2027 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system stability and control; renewable energy integration; power quality; source-grid-load-storage coordination; active power balance; power quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Nondestructive Testing

edited by

Gaofeng Sha

and

Yang Li

submission deadline 1 Aug 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1605 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; ultrasonic nondestructive testing; electromagnetic testing; radiography testing; visual testing; infrared thermography; acoustic emission; microwave testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Intelligent Image Processing: Optimization, Security, and Applications

edited by

Mohamed Amine Tahiri

and

Mhamed Sayyouri

submission deadline 10 Aug 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1678 | 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 A: Computer Science)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Decision-Making: Application and Optimization

edited by Jiuying Dong and

Jun Ye

submission deadline 30 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiple criteria decision making; operations research; group decision; expert systems; fuzzy sets and their extensions/generalizations; fuzzy optimization models and methods; aggregation operators; linguistic variables; soft computing; applications of fuzziness in artificial intelligence, economics, education, medicine, engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)

Many-Body Light–Matter Systems in Superconducting Circuit QED

edited by

Ivan Arraut

and

Wilson Rosado

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 609 | Submission Open

Keywords: circuit QED; many-body quantum simulation; photon-hopping metamaterials; phase transitions; quantum optics; Bose–Hubbard lattices; Rabi–Hubbard lattices; strongly correlated systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Physics)

Symmetry-Aware Machine Learning and Optimization for Innovative Technologies

edited by El Arbi Abdellaoui Alaoui,

Abdelaaziz Hessane

and Mohamed Khalifa Boutahir

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; machine learning; symmetries; optimization; explainable AI; deep learning; internet of things; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Railroad and Highway Engineering

edited by

Zihang Weng

Shengchuan Jiang

and

Zhifei Tan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 521 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials and structure design; mechanical simulation and analysis; automated construction; smart sensing and monitoring; performance evaluation; AI-empowered maintenance and operation; traffic operation and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Applications Based on Asymmetry/Symmetry in Data Mining and Machine Learning

edited by

Cesaré Ovando-Vazquez

and

Mishael Sánchez-Pérez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; symmetries; asymmetries; explainable

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Embedded Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by Cheng Ji, Geng Yuan and

Fanfan Shen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; symmetric system; cloud–edge converged computing; artificial intelligence; power efficiency; training optimization; privacy-preserving; federated learning; transfer learning; lifelong learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Dynamic Modeling for Mechanical Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Minmin Xu

Wennian Yu

and Jiawei Xiao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic modelling; nonlinear dynamics; signal processing; condition monitoring; fault feature extraction; deep learning; fault diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry in Rheology and Mechanical Performance of Pavement Materials

edited by

Pier Paolo Riviera

and

Sadegh Yeganeh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry and asymmetry; pavement materials; asphalt binders; asphalt mixtures; rheology; viscoelasticity; anisotropy; fatigue and rutting; self-healing; multiscale modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Applications of Symmetry/Asymmetry in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Metaheuristic, 2nd Edition

edited by

Peng-Yeng Yin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; Internet of Things (IoT); big data; artificial intelligence; metaheuristic

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry/Asymmetry in Image Processing and Computer Vision, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xingbo Dong

and Shuo Yang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; computer vision; pattern recognition; object recognition; image segmentation; deep learning; machine learning; convolutional neural network

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry-Aware Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity and Smart Healthcare

edited by Yang Xiao, Fengyu Wang and Hao Sun

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; cyberspace security; smart healthcare; symmetry-aware learning; trustworthy AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry/Asymmetry in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Bifurcation and Chaos

edited by

Tousheng Huang

and Yihe Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry and asymmetry; nonlinear dynamical systems; bifurcation theory; chaos; multistability; synchronization; spatiotemporal patterns; complex networks; fractional-order systems; chaos control

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)

Symmetry/Asymmetry Applied in Multiphase Flow and Fluid Mechanics

edited by

Tamás Karches

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; multiphase flow; interfacial dynamics; turbulent flow; computational fluid dynamics; multiphysics modeling; interfacial instability; transport phenomena; multiscale modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry for Advanced Sensing: Novel Materials, Structures, Systems and Signal Processing

edited by

Xiaogang Lin

and

Yong Zhou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2027 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; sensing; sensors; sensing materials; sensor structures; sensor systems; signal processing; machine learning; metamaterials; nanostructures; biosensors; chemical sensors; physical sensors; wearable sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Applications of Symmetry Three-Phase Electrical Power Systems

edited by

Simona Filipova-Petrakieva

and

Milena Lazarova

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4041 | Submission Open

Keywords: overvoltage and short-current protections; transient analysis; data cybersecurity; machine learning; deep learning; metaheuristics

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Advances in Physical & Theoretical Chemistry with Symmetry/Asymmetry

edited by

Liuhua Mu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 350 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; chirality; group theory; asymmetric catalysis; spectroscopic selection rules; molecular electronic structure; piezoelectric devices; symmetry breaking; nonlinear optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Design of Bioactive Agents and Chemical Biology

edited by

Josef Jampilek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: chirality; chiral nature of biological targets; structural characterization of receptors, enzymes, and other chiral targets of bioactive agents; drugs; agrochemicals; natural compounds; asymmetric synthesis; analytical techniques suitable for the study of chiral compounds; chiral separation; pharmacophore; targets; in silico-–computational/in vitro/in vivo studies; asymmetry in nanosciences; legislation and guidelines; chemical biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)

Symmetric Spaces and Fixed Points

edited by

Konrawut Khammahawong

, Piyachat Borisut and

Pongsakorn Sunthrayuth

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: fixed point theory; symmetric spaces; variational inequalities; optimization algorithms; iterative methods; hadamard manifolds; proximal mappings; nonexpansive mappings

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Vibration and Impact Dynamics of Advanced Materials and Structures

edited by

Xin Xue

and Shiwen Feng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical behaviors; vibration control; impact dynamics; wave propagation; porous composites; multiscale modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry/Asymmetry in Cryptography and Cybersecurity

edited by

Aleksandra Mileva

, Vesna Dimitrova and Qianmu Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetric cryptography; asymmetric cryptography; cryptanalysis; quantum computing; AI-driven security and security of AI systems; threat detection and mitigation; privacy preservation; attack–defense asymmetry; anomaly and intrusion detection; IoT/CPS/cloud/network/database/web/software/blockchain security

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Biomechanical Symmetry and Asymmetry in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Wearable Technologies

edited by

Georgios Bouchouras

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanics; movement asymmetry; gait analysis; anomaly detection; wearable sensors; machine learning; rehabilitation; semantics; knowledge graphs; AI agents; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Life Sciences)

Applications of Symmetric/Asymmetric Mathematical Modelling in Epidemiological Research

edited by Amine El Bhih

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidemiological modelling; symmetry and asymmetry; infectious disease dynamics; heterogeneous transmission; epidemic networks; symmetry breaking; basic reproduction number; global stability; bifurcation analysis; reaction–diffusion systems; fractional differential equations; time-delay models; optimal control; parameter estimation; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)

Advances in Black Holes: Symmetry and Photon Ring

edited by Sara Kanzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2027 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: black hole; symmetry; photon ring; black hole shadow; quantum gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Physics)

Symmetry and Asymmetry in Unmanned Systems Control and Optimization

edited by

Zhenghong Jin

and Yufeng Tian

submission deadline 31 Oct 2027 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned systems; symmetry and asymmetry; control and optimization; multi-agent coordination; fault tolerance and robustness

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)

Symmetry and Asymmetry Applications in Power Electronics

edited by

Xianfu Lin

, Meng Huang and Yitong Li

submission deadline 30 Dec 2027 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; symmetry and asymmetry; grid-connected converters; renewable energy systems; power-electronic-dominated power systems; power system stability; power quality; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry in Reliability Modeling and Analysis

edited by

Wen-Bin Chen

Xiaoyang Li

and

Tianpei Zu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: reliability; failure; degradation; uncertainty; lifetime; risk; symmetry; physics of failure; belief reliability; prognostics and health management

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry/Asymmetry Power Electronics Applied to Electric Power Systems

edited by

Magno Ayala

and

Sergio Toledo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetry; power electronics; modular drives; energy quality; power efficiency; power systems; non-linear control

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

Symmetry in Mathematical Optimization Algorithm and Its Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by Zhe Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2027 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: combinatorial optimization; machine learning algorithm; heuristic algorithm; algorithm design; systems optimization and control; NP hard Problem optimization; parameter identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)

Collective Behaviors in Multi-Agent Systems: Symmetry, Dynamical Systems, Game Theory and Distributed Control

edited by Shijia Hua,