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Advances in Perovskites: Growth, Characterization and Optoelectronic Devices
edited by Longxing Su
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3423 | Submission Open
Keywords: inorganic perovskites; inorganic-organic hybrid perovskites; characterizations; lattice symmetric/asymmetric; stability; simulations/DFT calculations; photodetectors; solar cells; laser diodes; light-emitting diodes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Trends and Prospects of Asymmetric and Symmetric Studies on Algorithms Optimizations
edited by and Jelena Misic
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3353 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; process optimization; optimization methods; machine learning; algorithm efficiency; model robustness; solution quality; interdisciplinary; economy; social activity; medicine; engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Asymmetry Study in Object Detection
edited by Vladimir Brtka, Dragan Kukolj, Dragan M. Samardžija and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3251 | Submission Open
Keywords: object detection; symmetry; asymmetry; computer vision; machine learning; pattern recognition; geometric properties; autonomous systems; robotics; medical imaging 
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Reliability Engineering
edited by , Cun Shi and Xiaoyu Cui
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3135 | Submission Open
Keywords: prognostics and health management; failure mechanism analysis; degradation modeling; reliability estimation; fault-tolerant control; fault diagnosis; health management; network reliability analysis; maintenance strategy; digital twins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Computer Vision and Graphics
edited by Yuanfeng Lian and Jian-wei Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2969 | Submission Open
Keywords: neural networks and deep learning; generative models; pre-training models; multimodal large models; cross-modal learning; object detection; tracking; and recognition; action recognition; three-dimensional reconstruction and rendering; computational geometry; shape analysis and retrieval; visualization and visual analysis; VR/AR/MR; digital twins; human– computer interaction; interactive machine learning; interactive embodied intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry/Asymmetry and Novel Nanomaterials: Preparation, Characterizations, and Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2956 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Mathematical Optimization Algorithm and Its Applications
edited by Zhe Sun
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2847 | 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 Mathematics)
Advances in Optical and Electrical Integrated Circuits with Symmetry/Asymmetry
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2505 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Quantum Optics and Symmetry
edited by and Aimin Yan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2172 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum optics; quantum neural network; quantum optical information processing; quantum symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Nuclear Symmetry Energy: From Finite Nuclei to Neutron Stars
edited by Martin Veselsky, George A. Souliotis, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2112 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear matter; nuclear symmetry energy; finite nuclei; exotic nuclei; nuclear fission; nuclear reactions; neutron stars; phase transition; hybrid stars
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Fractional Derivatives, Fractional Equations and Fractional Order Systems
edited by Xiaoling Han and Chenghua Gao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2088 | Submission Open
Keywords: fractional differential equations; delay differential equations; functional equations; partial differential equations; stochastic differential equations; integral equations; dynamical systems; applications of fixed-point theorems to nonlinear equations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Advances in Mathematical Models and Partial Differential Equations: 2nd Edition
edited by Yunhu Wang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2021 | Submission Open
Keywords: partial differential equation; mathematical method
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Mathematics: Feature Papers 2025
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 1991 | Submission Open
Keywords: dynamical systems; mathematical physics; geometrical and topological methods; applied mathematics; discrete mathematics and graph theory; mathematical analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Advances of Network Structures for Cooperative Working
edited by Yuhua Luo and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1987 | Submission Open
Keywords: network structures; impact of symmetry in networks; cooperative work; internet; social network; sensor network; neural network; Internet of Things; convolutional neural network; energy network; multi-cell; multi-unit structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Lorentz Invariance Violation and Space–Time Symmetry Breaking
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1927 | Submission Open
Keywords: Lorentz invariance violation; CPT symmetry violation; spontaneous symmetry breaking; space– time symmetries; quantum gravity; phenomenology of physics beyond the standard model; astroparticle physics and cosmology; test of Einstein's relativity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Advances in Mechanics of Rigid and Flexible Systems: Mathematical Models, Numerical Modelling, Experiments, Symmetry and Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1855 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanics; mechanisms; flexible structures; finite element modelling; multibody dynamics; experimental mechanics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry/Asymmetry of Applications in Automation and Control Systems
edited by , Ping Wang and Qiang Shen
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1710 | Submission Open
Keywords: automatic control; adaptive control; model predictive control; guidance; navigation and control; intelligent control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Advances in Graph Theory Ⅱ
edited by Yuefang Sun
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1628 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; graph; digraph; hypergraph; structural graph theory; extremal graph theory; random graph theory; spectral and algebraic graph theory; chemical graph theory; topological graph theory; graph algorithms; complexity analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Selected Papers: Symmetry 2025—The Fifth Edition of the International Conference on Symmetry
edited by , Changzheng Qu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1467 | Submission Open
Keywords: physics; mathematics; chemistry; engineering; computer science; symmetry applications
Symmetric Ordered Algebraic Structures and Lattice Theory
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1462 | Submission Open
Keywords: algebraic structures; ordered algebra; commutative algebra; homological algebra; hypercompositional algebra; coding theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry in Nonlinear Dynamics
edited by Chaoran Liu, and Guobiao Hu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1348 | Submission Open
Keywords: Nonlinear Dynamics; Dynamical System; Symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry Study in Electromagnetism: Topics and Advances
edited by , Yinhong Liao and Wei Xiao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1276 | Submission Open
Keywords: electromagnetic symmetry; metamaterials; transformation optics; electromagnetic field manipulation; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic device design; waveguides; antennas; symmetry in photonics; symmetry in materials science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Advances in Topology and Algebraic Geometry submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1232 | Submission Open
Keywords: general and algebraic topology; topological aspects of algebraic geometry; projective spaces; manifold topology; topological groups
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry and Its Application in Differential Geometry and Topology, 4th Edition
edited by and Tiehong Zhao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open
Keywords: singularity theory; morse theory/discrete Morse theory; singularities; singular submanifolds; lightlike submanifolds; biharmonic submanifolds; warped product submanifolds; differentiable manifolds; Submanifold theory; Legendrian duality; front and frontal; physics; statistics; topological data analysis; computational topology; applied topology and geometry; topological and geometric methods in data analysis; spectral and geometric methods in machine learning and data analysis; persistent homology and cohomology; and applications; neuroscience; cancer biology; genomics; other sciences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications
edited by Yonggang Zhang, Hangyu Li and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1129 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; healthcare; symmetry; brain tumour diagnosis; autism spectrum disorders; multimodal models for disease diagnosis; personalized medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
The Fusion of Fuzzy Sets and Optimization Using Symmetry
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 983 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuzzy games theory; fuzzy vector optimization; fuzzy goal programming; arithmetics of fuzzy intervals; fuzzification of crisp functions; extension principle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry in Computational and Mathematical Methods in Fractional Calculus, Second Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 980 | Submission Open
Keywords: fractional calculus; computational methods; mathematical methods; mathematical modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Applications Based on Symmetry and Asymmetry in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence Methods
edited by Changshuo Wang, and Meiqing Wu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 887 | Submission Open
Keywords: point cloud symmetry; neural network architecture; symmetry-aware feature learning; 3D shape analysis; computer vision symmetry; deep learning invariance; geometric deep learning; symmetry detection; vision transformers; symmetrical pattern recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Advances in Design and Analysis of Asymmetric Structures
edited by Xiaohua Li and Yongtao Bai
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 880 | Submission Open
Keywords: asymmetric structures; seismic design; torsional effects; nonlinear behavior; advanced materials; computational modeling; seismic resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Cosmology
edited by and Leila Lobato Graef
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; cosmology; early universe; large-scale structure; quantum gravity; effective field theory; cosmological phase transitions; cosmic microwave background; cosmological perturbations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry, Asymmetry and Other Patterns in Structural Engineering with Its Application
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open
Keywords: building structures; symmetry/asymmetry phenomena; computational methods; experimental methods; steel wood and concrete structures; structure geometry; symmetrical/asymmetrical load
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Asymmetry in Machine Learning
edited by Hui Zhang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; prediction algorithms; accuracy; SVM; data set
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Advances in Intelligent Power Electronics with Symmetry/Asymmetry
edited by and Valeri Petrov Gochev
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive algorithms; asymmetry; energy efficiency; loss optimization; intelligent controllers; power circuit topology; power electronic devices and systems; predictive control; real-time diagnostics; symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Quantum Mechanics: Concepts, Symmetries, and Recent Developments: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 588 | Submission Open
Keywords: supersymmetry; superintegrability; phase space formulation; entanglement; measurement theory; symmetry group invariance; representation theory; anyonsanions; deformation quantization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Mechanism Research and Artificial Intelligence for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Electrical Equipment in Smart Grids and Electrified Transportation
edited by Kui Chen, Yujun Guo and Kai Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 572 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grids; new energy; energy storage; electrified transportation; electrical equipment; artificial intelligence; mechanism research; symmetry theory; insulation performance; state evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Selected Papers from "2025 11th International Conference on Computing and Artificial Intelligence (ICCAI 2025)"
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent computing; genetic algorithm; simulated annealing algorithm; taboo search algorithm; evolutionary algorithm; heuristic algorithm; ant colony algorithm; artificial fish swarm algorithm; particle swarm algorithm; hybrid intelligent algorithm; immune algorithm; neural networks; machine learning; biocomputing; DNA computing; quantum computing; intelligent calculation and optimization; fuzzy logic; knowledge discovery; data mining; rough and fuzzy rough set; artificial intelligence and its applications; biometrics; pattern recognition; computer vision; machine vision; fingerprint recognition; face recognition; retina recognition; iris recognition; palmprint recognition; expert system; speech recognition; smart search; automatic programming; intelligent control; smart robot; language and image understanding; genetic programming; natural language processing; computer vision and robotics; adaptive systems; intelligent agent; intelligent control; neural net and support vector machine; fuzzy set theory; fuzzy control and system; knowledge management; intelligent and knowledge-based system; visual information processing; artificial intelligence tools and applications; AI applied to the IoT; health big data; intelligent manufacturing; smart clothing; computer and information technology; coding; cryptography; and information protection; compilers and operating systems; computer networks; mobile computing; and distributed systems; computer systems: architecture; parallel processing; and dependability; embedded systems; signal; image; and speech processing; software engineering; security and database systems; human– computer interaction; vision and graphics; programming languages; theory of computing; information systems; information technology; big data technologies and applications; mobile information systems; web intelligence applications and search; recent trends in information technology; computing in the internet of things; machine learning for the internet of everything; information retrieval
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Gravitational Waves and Astrophysics
edited by Shaoqi Hou and Pengming Zhang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 443 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; gravitational waves; memory effects; soft theorems; infrared triangle; black holes; celestial holography; detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Studies of Symmetry/Asymmetry in Cybersecurity submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric cryptography; asymmetric cryptography; cloud security; IoT security; artificial intelligence in cybersecurity; machine learning for cyber defense; supply chain security; ransomware mitigation; zero trust architecture; critical infrastructure protection; data privacy and protection; 5G network security; insider threat detection; chaos-based encryption
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Novel Symmetric/Asymmetric Structures in High-Performance Photonic and Optoelectronic Devices
edited by Chuang Li, Jiaqi Liu and Sadeq Abbasi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open
Keywords: carrier transport mechanism in the hetero/homojunction; semiconductor physics; charge carrier transport modulation; metasurface; photonic crystals; light field manipulation within nanoscale; photodetectors; solar cells; surface science; interface science; electronic structures; film fabrication technologies; passivation method; hydrophobic surfaces; organic and inorganic semiconductors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Computational Fluid Dynamics submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; numerical analysis; fluids properties; application of computational models; droplets; bubbles; streamlines and fluid flows; fluid flow applications (chemistry; physics; mathematics; industrial; metallurgical; aeronautical; civil; medical; biology and engineering); numerical approaching analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Internet of Things and Symmetry
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 405 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); symmetry in IoT networks; fault diagnosis and reliability; symmetric encryption; Energy-efficient IoT systems; network topology optimization; IoT interoperability; digital twins; sensor fusion; federated learning; geometric symmetry; edge computing; IoT security; symmetrical system design; smart cities and IoT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Physics: From Conservation to Violation
edited by Adailton A. Araújo Filho and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open
Keywords: particle physics; Lorentz and CP violation; symmetry and broken symmetry; gravitation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry Principles and Gravity: Bridging the Fundamental Forces of Nature
edited by Shohreh Abdolrahimi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open
Keywords: gravity; black holes; quantum gravity; symmetries; covariance; spacetime symmetries; equivalence principle; global symmetries; local symmetries; conformal theories; gauge symmetry; Yang– Mills gauge theory; supersymmetry; Killing symmetry; symmetry breaking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Advances in Plasma Physics with Symmetry/Asymmetry
edited by , and Jaroslav Krištof
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open
Keywords: plasma physics; plasma applications; nonthermal plasma; thermal plasma; fusion plasma; atmospheric plasma; low-pressure plasma; microplasma; plasma medicine; plasma actuators; plasma for surface treatment; dielectric barrier discharge
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
New Higgs-Like States
edited by and Kai-Feng Chen
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open
Keywords: particles and fields; Higgs boson; electroweak interactions; spontaneous symmetrybreaking; quantum chromodynamics; quark and lepton masses and mixing; models beyond the standard model; experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics; data analysis; extensions of Higgs sector; Higgs-like states; phase transitions; Higgs mode; top quark; cosmology; superconductivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Sport Biomechanics submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; sports biomechanics; movement analysis; injury prevention; performance optimization; motion capture; wearable sensors; athletic training; biomechanical assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Advances in Quantum Theory with Symmetry
edited by Diandong Tang, Chad E. Hoyer and Xuechen Zheng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open
Keywords: vibrational and/or electronic spectroscopy; molecular chirality and stereochemistry; symmetry-adapted machine learning for quantum chemistry; application of symmetry in quantum computing; topology in condensed matter physics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry in Power System Dynamics and Control
edited by , and Abraham Efraim Rodríguez-Mata
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open
Keywords: modern power system control and integration; microgrid control; design; and applications; power converter design and control; design and application of advanced and intelligent controls; fault-tolerant control; modern power system operations under fault conditions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry/Asymmetry Studies in Composite Materials and Structures
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open
Keywords: composite materials; symmetry constraints; fracture and fatigue; interface; damage tolerance; fiber metal laminates; extreme environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Advancing Digital Signal and Image Processing
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital signal processing; image processing; feature extraction; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
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