Entropy

Integrated Sensing and Communications for Distributed Virtualized MIMO Networks

edited by Yair Noam

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC); cell-free MIMO; distributed MIMO; information theory; performance bounds; Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN); throughput analysis; target and channel tracking; beamforming; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

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

Information-Theoretic Approaches for Machine Learning and AI

edited by

Songze Li

and Linqi Song

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; coding theory; data compression; quantum computing; semantic information theory; statistical learning theory; reinforcement learning; large language models; federated learning; security and privacy; unbiasedness and fairness

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

Assessing Complexity in Physiological Systems through Biomedical Signals Analysis II

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 20909 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy; fractals; multiscale analysis; linear and nonlinear prediction; self-organization; chaos; information dynamics; symbolic dynamics; nonlinearity; heart rate variability; EEG

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

Information Theory and Coding for Image/Video Processing

edited by Ofer Hadar and Shevach Riabtsev

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15370 | Submission Open

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

Advances in Quantum Thermodynamics

edited by Lucas Chibebe Céleri and Norton G. De Almeida

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9741 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Foundations of Goal-Oriented Semantic Communication in Intelligent Networks

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9589 | Submission Open

Keywords: goal-oriented compression; information bottleneck methods; goal-oriented joint source channel coding; information theoretic coordination; networked control systems; age of information; value of information; neuromorphic computing; semantic entropy; knowledge graphs; natural language processing; distributed function computation; machine learning; information theory; security and privacy aspects; game-theoretical models

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

Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer II

edited by

Jia Yan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6519 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied thermodynamics; heat transfer; power generation; cooling; heating; ventilation; and air conditioning (HVAC); computational fluid dynamics; green building; energy saving

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Robustness and Resilience of Complex Networks

edited by Daniele Proverbio and Stefano Boccaletti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5875 | Submission Open

Keywords: networks; robustness; resilience; complex systems; systems biology; engineering; control theory; ecology; management science; information theory; bifurcations; non-equilibrium; early warning signals; tipping points; monotone systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Recent Advances in the Theory of Nonlinear Lattices

edited by Lars English and Faustino Palmero

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5702 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear lattices; solitons; rogue waves; topological excitations; chiral edge states; PT symmetry; non-Hermitian physics; flat band physics; energy localization/transport; fractional lattice models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Advances in Information and Coding Theory, the Third Edition

edited by

Jun Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4035 | Submission Open

Keywords: information-theoretic methods; coding techniques; distributed storage; cloud computing; machine learning; data analysis; wireless communications; networking; emerging applications

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

Semantic Information Theory

edited by Meixia Tao,

Kai Niu

and Youlong Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic metric; information bottleneck; rate-distortion-perception trade-off; remote source coding; joint source– channel coding; task-oriented communications; AI-based communications; end-to-end communications; multi-modality communications

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

Statistical Physics Approaches for Modeling Human Social Systems

edited by

Chaoming Song

and

Jianxi Gao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1668 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; statistical mechanics; social systems; social networks; human dynamics; agent-based modeling; data-driven modeling; human mobility patterns; innovation diffusion; socioeconomic systems; dynamics on/of networks; political polarization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Robustness of Graph Neural Networks

edited by Irwin King and Ziqiao Meng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1653 | Submission Open

Keywords: robust GNN architecture; GNN robustness to noises; graph dataset biases; GNNs and information theory; scalable and reliable GNNs; adversarial robustness; out-of-distribution; robustness to group transformations; robust GNNs on social networks analysis; robust GNNs on point cloud; robust GNNs on protein; molecules and materials

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

Quantum Resource Theories: From Entanglement to Time Correlations and Measurement-Induced Noise

edited by

Lewis Clark

and

Almut Beige

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1595 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum correlations; quantum Markov processes; quantum finite-state machines; quantum bounds; causality; complexity; hypothesis testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

The First Half Century of Finite-Time Thermodynamics

edited by

Bjarne Andresen

and

Peter Salamon

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1368 | Submission Open

Keywords: finite-time thermodynamics; thermodynamic geometry; control thermodynamics; optimization; thermodynamic bounds; optimal control modeling; efficiency; wide range of applicability of the concepts in chemistry; physics; quantum; engineering; economics; biology; etc.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Entropy in Biomedical Engineering, 3rd Edition

edited by

George Manis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1215 | 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)

Interfacing with Quantum Information Processors—Readout and Control

edited by Benjamin Lienhard and N. Anders Petersson

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum information processing; quantum processor characterization; quantum processor calibration; quantum control; quantum measurement; quantum error mitigation; quantum error suppression; quantum error correction; machine learning for quantum computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Information-Theoretic Methods in Computational Neuroscience

edited by

Sarah Marzen

, John Beggs,

Martina Lamberti

and Jared Salisbury

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 373 | Submission Open

Keywords: maximum entropy models; information theory; criticality in neural systems; information-theoretic quantities; Information-theoretic normative theories

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

Thermodynamics of Interfaces

edited by Christopher Balzer and Tapio Ala-Nissila

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: interfacial thermodynamics; soft matter; phase transitions; confined systems; self-assembly

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Recent Advances in Superconducting Quantum Computing

edited by Zheng-Hang Sun and

He-Liang Huang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: superconducting qubits; quantum computation; quantum simulation; quantum algorithm; variational quantum eigensolver; quantum chemistry; quantum control; quantum thermalization; many-body localization; quantum error correction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Non-Extensive Entropies: Properties and Applications

edited by

Orlando Luongo

and

Hernando Quevedo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-extensive entropy; thermodynamics; dark energy; dark matter; inflation; cosmological tensions; quantum gravity; observational cosmology; cosmological constant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Black Holes)

Unstable Hamiltonian Systems and Scattering Theory

edited by

Lawrence Horwitz

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1190 | Submission Open

Keywords: classical instability; chaos; quantum instability; decaying systems; semigroups; symmetries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Non-equilibrium Phenomena)

Ising Model—100 Years Old and Still Attractive

edited by

Adam Lipowski

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 739 | Submission Open

Keywords: spin models; statistical mechanics; Monte Carlo simulations; phase transitions; sociophysics; econophysics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; inference; computational biology; neuroscience; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Complexity Characteristics of Natural Language

edited by

Stanisław Drożdż

,

Jarosław Kwapień

and Tomasz Stanisz

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6272 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language; complexity; hierarchical organization; long-range correlations; time series analysis; scaling laws; multifractals; complex networks; large language models; natural language generation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Entropy-Based Fault Diagnosis: From Theory to Applications

edited by

Xiaoan Yan

, Ling Xiang,

Jinde Zheng

and

Zhi-Xin Yang

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1617 | Submission Open

Keywords: information entropy; sample entropy; permutation entropy; fuzzy entropy; dispersion entropy; hierarchical entropy; multiscale entropy; condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; fault prognostics; anomaly detection; feature extraction; machinery equipment

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

Universality Classes of Synchronization Phase Transitions

edited by

Géza Ódor

and Shengfeng Deng

submission deadline 19 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1879 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Time Series Analysis in Earthquake Complex Networks

edited by

Tamaz Chelidze

,

Luciano Telesca

and

Filippos Vallianatos

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10888 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex systems; laboratory fracture and earthquake process models; nonlinear dynamics and machine learning; non-extensive statistical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Transport in Complex Environments

edited by

Nikolaos Voulgarakis

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1396 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomalous diffusion; active Brownian motion; Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion; aging phenomena; ergodicity breaking; complex fluids; cell migration; animals foraging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Continuous Variables for Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Random Number Generators

edited by

Matteo Schiavon

,

Marco Avesani

and

Cosmo Lupo

submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1133 | Submission Open

Keywords: continuous variables (CVs); quantum key distribution (QKD); quantum random number generator (QRNG); measurement-device-independent QKD (MDI-QKD); quantum cryptography; coherent detection; free-space and satellite CV-QKD; integrated photonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Information Security and Data Privacy

edited by Mina Sheikhalishahi

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20381 | Submission Open

Keywords: data privacy; data security; information theory; security and privacy metrics; theoretical analysis of data security and privacy

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

Entanglement in Quantum Spin Systems

edited by

Leonardo dos Santos Lima

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3066 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal and spin Hall transport; spin Hall effect; spintronics; longitudinal spin transport; quantum spin one-half and integer spin Heisenberg model; topological phase transition; quantum entanglement; magnon bands; stochastic differential equations and Fokker– Planck equations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Advances in Bayesian Optimization and Deep Reinforcement Learning

edited by Eduardo C. Garrido-Merchán

submission deadline 29 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1603 | Submission Open

Keywords: Bayesian optimization; deep reinforcement learning; hyperparameter tuning; AutoRL; information

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

Quantum Probability and Randomness V

edited by

Andrei Khrennikov

and

Karl Svozil

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 10489 | 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)

Applications of Information Theory to Machine Learning

edited by

Bin Chen

,

Shu-Tao Xia

and

Mehul Motani

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7172 | Submission Open

Keywords: adversarial machine learning; self-supervised learning; sequential decision-making (bandit/reinforcement learning); deep learning theory; clustering/community detection; security and privacy in machine learning; generative models; decision theory; federated learning

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

Mesoscopic Fluid Mechanics

edited by Tianbai Xiao, Yuan Hu, Xing Ji and

Mikhail Sheremet

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3751 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinetic theory of gases; rarefied gas dynamics; discrete velocity methods; lattice Boltzmann methods; high-order methods; direct simulation Monte Carlo; particle-in-cell methods; computational fluid dynamics; plasma physics; statistical fluid dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)

Entropy, Econophysics, and Complexity

edited by Alejandro Raúl Hernández-Montoya, Thomas Seligman,

J.E. Trinidad-Segovia

and Manan Vyas

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3684 | Submission Open

Keywords: stylized facts; econophysics; sociophysics; entropy; financial markets; wealth distribution; inequality; financial crisis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Time, Change, Observables, and Quantum Gravity

edited by

J. Brian Pitts

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: change; observables; constrained Hamiltonian dynamics; gauge freedom; quantum gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Time)

The Entropy Production—as Cornerstone in Applied Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics—Dedicated to Professor Signe Kjelstrup on the Occasion of Her 75th Birthday

edited by

Dick Bedeaux

, Fernando Bresme and

Alex Hansen

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 20 articles | Viewed by 14375 | Submission Open

Keywords: entropy production as the proper basis for transport modelling; entropy production and exergy analysis; entropy production for surfaces; entropy production and entropy balance in thermodynamic modelling of industrial processes; entropy production minimization in nature and industry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)

Community Detection and Clustering Complex Networks and Their Applications

edited by

Boleslaw K. Szymanski

, Kevin E. Bassler and

Tao Jia

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6988 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamics of complex networks; information spreading; heterogeneous information networks; adaptive networks; co-evolving networks; bionetworks; political networks; networks with ambiguous structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Dynamics in Biological and Social Networks

edited by Luiz Henrique Alves Monteiro

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6033 | Submission Open

Keywords: agent-based model; cellular automata; complex network; dynamical systems; entropy measures; game theory; social media; social network; systems biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Entropy-Based Applications in Economics, Finance and Management, 3rd Edition

edited by

Joanna Olbryś

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5805 | Submission Open

Keywords: information entropy; fuzzy entropy; maximum entropy; copula entropy; structural entropy; transfer entropy; permutation entropy; slope entropy; approximate entropy; sample entropy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Non-Equilibrium Quantum Many-Body Dynamics

edited by Ricardo Puebla and Fernando Gómez-Ruiz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2265 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum annealing; adiabatic quantum computation; Kibble– Zurek mechanism; driven quantum systems; collective quantum phenomena; exploiting quantum coherence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)

Exploring Complexity: Short-Range Order in Medium and High-Entropy Materials

edited by Shunda Chen

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open

Keywords: short-range order; complexity; entropy; thermodynamics; statistical mechanics; medium-entropy alloys; high-entropy materials; material properties; structural properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Complex Dynamic System Modelling, Identification and Control, 2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1837 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex human-made and natural systems; system identification; nonlinear adaptive control; robotic systems; artificial intelligence for MIC; immerging methodologies and algorithms for MIC; entropy-oriented MIC; case studies; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)

Insight into Entropy

edited by

Philip Broadbridge

and

Tony C. Scott

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1283 | Submission Open

Keywords: Everett– Hirschman entropy; Von Neumann entropy; Shannon entropy; Ré nyi entropy; Tsallis entropy; quantum theory; nonlinear optics; logarithmic Schrö dinger equation; superfluids; superconductors; emergent gravity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Deciphering the Link Between Information and Interpretability in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Michael L. Mayo and Kevin R. Pilkiewicz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 676 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; neural networks; interpretability; statistical analysis; information theory; feature analysis; object detection/tracking; generative artificial intelligence

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

Lie Group Machine Learning

edited by

Fanzhang Li

and Li Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: Lie group algebraic learning; Lie group geometric learning; Lie group cover learning; Lie group meta learning; Lie group continual learning; Lie group reinforcement learning; Lie group neural network learning; Lie group Bayesian learning; symplectic group learning; quantum group learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

LDPC Codes for Communication Systems

edited by Zhiping Shi and

Guojun Han

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: LDPC codes; channel coding; information theory; coding theory; coding and modulations; 5G/6G communications; deep learning; integrated sensing and communications

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

Applications of Information Theory in Chemistry: Quantifying Molecular Structure, Dynamics, and Reactivity

edited by

Rodolfo O. Esquivel

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: information theory; quantum information science (QIS); molecular QIS applications; molecular qubits; Shannon entropy; statistical complexity; quantum entanglement; computational chemistry; machine learning; graph theory; atoms and molecules

(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)

Information Theory of Cognitive Radio Systems

edited by

Diluka Galappaththige

,

Chintha Tellambura

and MohammadAli Mohammadi

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive radio systems; information theory; entropy/entropy-based analysis; spectrum sensing; dynamic spectrum access; interference management; adaptive coding; rate-distortion theory; energy-efficient communication; machine learning for CRSs; optimization

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

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