Entropy

Network Information Theory and Its Applications

edited by

, Youlong Wu and Ling Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 14182

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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7463

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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6555

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)

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

edited by

Hocine Cherifi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3867

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1930

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)

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

edited by

Yuehua Wu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1203

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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731

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)

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

edited by

Congxu Zhu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 468

Keywords: chaos; chaotic system; complexity analysis; information theory; entropy analysis and calculation; image encryption algorithms; privacy protection schemes; complex networks and artificial intelligence technology

Entanglement and Nonlocality in Quantum Mechanics

edited by Yu Shi

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 258

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)

Entropy, Artificial Intelligence and the Financial Markets

edited by

Gil Cohen

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 34911 | 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 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16921 | 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)

Emergent Dynamics of Complex Systems: From Synchronization to Clustering

edited by Zhigang Zheng

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5699 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; emergence; self-organization; synchronization; swarming; chaos; nonlinear dynamics; statistical physics; phase transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale

edited by Jan Mol

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3244 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Topics from the 2025 Biennial Symposium on Communications

edited by

Sébastien Roy

, Claude D’Amours,

Abdellah Chehri

and Dave Touchette

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G; quantum communications; coding; signal processing; cybersecurity; ultra-low-power communications; massive MIMO; advanced beamforming; IoT; ultra-dense networks

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

Low-Latency Communications

edited by

Shenghui Song

and

Wei Chen

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 352 | 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 7105 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5532 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1441 | 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)

Entanglement, Transport, and Topology in Spin Models

edited by

Leonardo dos Santos Lima

submission deadline 22 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: spin Hall effect; spintronics; topological phase transitions; magnon bands; quantum entanglement; various quantum spin models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Active Inference in Cognitive Neuroscience

edited by

Ivilin Stoianov

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24690 | Submission Open

Keywords: active inference; predictive coding; free energy principle; prediction errors; neurocomputational modeling; perception; motor control; cognitive control; decision making; cognitive neuroscience; neuropsychology; psychiatry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)

Decision Optimization in Information Theory and Game Theory, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marek Szopa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5342 | Submission Open

Keywords: decision optimization; game theory; quantum game theory; negotiation; machine learning; deep learning; Pareto optimization

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

The Future of Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum AI, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andreas (Andrzej) Wichert

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5312 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum-inspired machine learning; quantum-inspired AI; quantum genetic algorithms; quantum machine learning applications; linear algebra-based quantum machine learning; quantum kernels; efficient preparation of data; quantum programming languages; variational algorithms; quantum decision trees; quantum neural networks; quantum annealing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Computing: From Basics to Advanced Algorithms

edited by

Ali Mohammad-Djafari

and

Mohammad-Vahid Takook

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1926 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

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 1828 | 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)

Quantum Computation, Quantum AI, and Quantum Information

edited by

Younghun Kwon

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1597 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum algorithms; quantum computing devices; quantum error correction; quantum artificial intelligence; applications of quantum algorithms; quantum information theory; quantum state discrimination; quantum key distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Entropy-Based Applications in Sociophysics, Third Edition

edited by

Francisco W. De Sousa Lima

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1524 | 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)

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

edited by

Junran Wu

,

Friedhelm Schwenker

and

Nan Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1429 | 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)

Hamiltonian Dynamics in Fundamental Physics

edited by

Lawrence Horwitz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1421 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Dynamics in Hybrid Systems

edited by

Haobin Wang

and

Ofir E. Alon

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1081 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum mechanics; atomic; molecular; optical; and chemical physics; condensed matter theory; molecular dynamics; other fields involving theoretical aspects of quantum– classical and light– matter interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Quantum Thermodynamics in Action

edited by Bayan Karimi and Jukka P. Pekola

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1068 | 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)

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 584 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Probability and Randomness, 6th Edition

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

and

Karl Svozil

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 400 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum foundation; quantum vs. classical probability and randomness; quantum information; Bell inequality; entanglement; contextuality; random generators; generalized probabilistic models

(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 372 | 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)

Quantum Measurement, Gravitation and Entropy

edited by Zhongkun Hu, Yongchang Han,

Jing Liu

and

Lushuai Cao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Advances in Quantum Cryptography

edited by

Leong Chuan Kwek

and

Xiang-Bin Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum communication; quantum key distribution; quantum teleportation; integrated photonics; quantum communication infrastructure; quantum energy analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Thermodynamic Modeling and Analysis of Thermoelectric Cooling Systems

edited by

Ning Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermoelectric cooling systems; thermodynamic modeling; thermal management optimization; energy conversion; self-powered technology; smart chips; electronic device thermal management; technological innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Edge Modes, Impurities, and Phase Transitions in One-Dimensional Quantum Matter

edited by Natan Andrei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: open system; boundary; impurity; conformal; topological; symmetry-protected; fractionalized modes; quantum information; entanglement; quench; dissipation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Quantum Error Correction and Fault-Tolerance

edited by

Jianxin Chen

, Ke Liu and

Linghang Kong

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3577 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum error correction; fault-tolerant quantum computing; hardware-aware QEC strategies; scalable decoding architectures; quantum LDPC code; surface code; color code

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Opportunities and Challenges of Network Science in the Age of AI

edited by Linyuan Lü and

Qingchun Meng

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1006 | Submission Open

Keywords: network science; complex networks; artificial intelligence (AI); graph machine learning; generative AI; entropy; statistical physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer

edited by

Xin Xiao

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoscale; microscale; heat transfer; numerical calculation; experimental investigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Joint Sensing, Communication, and Computation

edited by

Onur Günlü

and

Rafael Schaefer

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1824 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); future communication systems; trustworthy 6G; sensing-assisted communication; communication-assisted sensing

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

Channel Modeling in Terahertz Wireless Communications: Information Theoretic Perspectives

edited by Maryam Olyaee and Juan Manuel Romero‐Jerez

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz (THz) wireless channel modeling; information-theoretic capacity analysis; ultra-massive MIMO and beamforming; blockage and beam misalignment effects; hardware constraints; THz system design

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

Opinion Dynamics: Applications and Fundamentals

edited by Carmela Bernardo and

Piotr Bródka

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: opinion dynamics models; opinion formation; sociophysical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Diagnosis and Prognosis of Incipient Faults Using Information Processing or Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

edited by

Claude Delpha

,

Demba Diallo

and

Khalid Dahi

submission deadline 27 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2171 | Submission Open

Keywords: incipient faults; resilience; statistical and information measures; machine and deep learning; predictive maintenance; cybersecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Kolmogorov Complexity and Applications: Theoretical Achievements and Practical Tools

edited by Dragutin T. Mihailović

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4933 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; machine learning and data analysis; quantum computing; cryptography; Lempel– Ziv algorithm (engineering; geosciences; cardiology; neurology oncology; image analysis; language); Kolmogorov complexity spectrum (astrophysics and cosmology; Bell's experiment; earth sciences; financial issues; psychophysics; and philosophical issues)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Thermodynamic Optimization of Energy Systems

edited by

Adriano Viana Ensinas

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11683 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamics; energy optimization; sustainable energy systems; multi-objective optimization; emission reduction strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy in Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Edition

edited by

George Manis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9898 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy; nonlinear analysis; biomedical engineering; entropy in biomedical applications; entropy in biomedical signals analysis; entropy in biomedical imaging; entropy in machine learning; fast computation of entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Wireless Communications: Signal Processing Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sébastien Roy

and Julian Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8300 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna selection; massive MIMO; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs); physical-layer security; cell-free MIMO; green communications; machine learning; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); relaying and cooperation; self-organization; modulation and waveform design; integrated sensing and communication

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

Time in Quantum Mechanics

edited by

Michael Ridley

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5180 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum time; quantum gravity; time operator; retrocausality; quantum clocks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Time)

Entropy Analysis of ECG and EEG Signals

edited by Marcelo Risk

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4396 | Submission Open

Keywords: heart rate variability; blood pressure variability; blood volume variability; and other cardiovascular time series; energy sub-band decomposition; inter-spike times; and other neurological time series; clinical applications of nonlinear times series analysis

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

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