Data-Driven Insights and Practices in Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

In this era of big data, data science plays a pivotal role in sustainable development. It enables individuals, businesses, and social organizations to optimize resource utilization, enhance data application efficiency, and improve research outcomes. By integrating data management, computation, statistics, visualization, and domain knowledge, data science accurately captures the complexity of phenomena and supports data-driven decision-making. Through predictive modeling, pattern recognition, and optimization, data science enhances research results and uncovers anomalies and associations that traditional methods may overlook. It also fosters interdisciplinary practices and holistic research approaches, fostering progress and collaboration across various fields. By effectively harnessing resources and improving methodologies, data science reveals insights with significant potential and benefits, benefiting individuals, businesses, and social organizations. Data science is not only an important research tool but also a crucial paradigm that guides research methods and cognition, providing support and guidance for sustainable development.

This Special Issue is dedicated to providing a platform for the exchange of information on the application of data science in important fields, and will include a series of topical articles covering the latest techniques, tools, and methods in data science, as well as the sharing of success stories and practical experiences. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews that discuss the latest research on the theory, methods, techniques, and applications of data science in various fields. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: smart grid operation optimization in the context of carbon emission reduction, big data and power systems, big data and kinesiology, engineering equipment diagnosis and maintenance, supply chain management, and other related topics.

Thank you for your support! I look forward to receiving your contributions.  

Prof. Dr. Yagang Zhang
Guest Editor

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