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Entropy publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Integrated Information Theory and Consciousness II
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3820 | Submission Open
Keywords: consciousness; information; causation; phenomenology; emergence; neural correlates of consciousness; qualia; defining phi; computing integrated information; animal consciousness; artificial consciousness; mathematics and consciousness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Information Security and Data Privacy
edited by Mina Sheikhalishahi
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3722 | 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)
Information Theory and Nonlinear Signal Processing
edited by , and
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2500 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropy; fault diagnosis; fault detection/prognostics; damage tracking; anomaly detection; structural health monitoring; structural dynamics; modal analysis; machine/deep learning; biomedical signal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Signal and Data Analysis)
Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Nonequilibrium Dynamics and Statistical Theory in Plasmas Physics submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1193 | Submission Open
Keywords: plasmas; nuclear fusion; plasma turbulence; plasma transport; plasma physics; plasma simulations; plasma experiments; non-extensive statistical mechanics; anomalous transport; q-entropy; information theory; nonequilibrium statistics; Kullback-Leibler divergence; information length; differential geometry; self-organisation; fractional calculus; solar flares; stellar flares; transfer entropy; probability distribution; probability theory; extreme principle; entropy production; avalanches; machine learning; Bayesian statistics; continuum mechanics; information geometry; intermittency  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)
Structural Relaxation in Glass Transition and Crystallization Thermodynamics submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1064 | Submission Open
Keywords: crystal nucleation; crystal growth; general theory of phase transition; prediction of properties of glass-forming melts; glass and glass transition; thermodynamics of nucleation and growth; surface thermodynamics; description of relaxation in deeply undercooled liquids and glasses; interplay of elastic stress evolution and relaxation on crystallization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
New Advances in Error-Correcting Codes
edited by Robert H. Morelos-Zaragoza and
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open
Keywords: error-correcting codes; channel coding; forward error correction; future networks; quantum channels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Ordinal Pattern-Based Entropies: New Ideas and Challenges
edited by Meryem Jabloun
submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: permutation entropy; multiscale permutation entropy and its variants; Tsallis permutation entropy; ordinal pattern-based complexity measure of time series; real data application; multidimensional time series; encrypted data; theoretical understanding for appropriate application; ordinal pattern based-entropy in machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
From Functional Imaging to Free Energy—Dedicated to Professor Karl Friston on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday
edited by , , Rosalyn Moran, , Axel Constant and Anjali Bhat
submission deadline 16 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5707 | Submission Open
Keywords: active inference; free-energy principle; Bayesian; variational inference; functional imaging; predictive coding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)
Progress in Quantum Key Distribution
edited by Shihai Sun and Bo Liu
submission deadline 19 May 2024 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum cryptography; post-quantum cryptography; quantum chip; quantum communication; quantum entanglement; quantum internet
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
Application of Information Theory to Physical Modeling and State Awareness in Complex Systems
edited by and Yihua Dan
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9028 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropy; information theory; signal processing; state perception; electromagnetic parameter measurement; deep learning and machine learning; fault modeling and evolution analysis; fault diagnosis; digital twins; big data analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)
Signal Processing for Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Electric Machines and Energy Conversion Systems submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5509 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy conversion systems; electric machines; power electronic converters; signal processing; fault detection; fault diagnosis; fault-tolerant systems; machine learning and systems theory; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Signal and Data Analysis)
Image Encryption and Privacy Protection Based on Chaotic Systems—Second Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1414 | Submission Open
Keywords: chaos; chaotic system; complexity analysis; information theory; entropy analysis and calculation; image encryption algorithms; privacy protection schemes; complex network and artificial intelligence technology
Entropy and Information in Biological Systems
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 850 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropy; information theory; entropy dynamics; biological systems; theoretical biology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)
Probabilistic Models for Dynamical Systems
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open
Keywords: dynamic system modeling; probabilistic models; network models; dynamic Bayesian network; complex system models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Universality Classes of Synchronization Phase Transitions
edited by and Shengfeng Deng
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)
Exploring the Horizon of Practical Utility in Near-Term Quantum Computing
edited by Daiwei Zhu, Jason Iaconis and Torin F. Stetina
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum error mitigation; quantum machine learning; near-term quantum computers; quantum algorithms; variational algorithms; heuristic algorithms; practical quantum advantages; quantum-inspired algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
Thermodynamic Evaluation and Optimization of Combustion Processes submission deadline 23 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1347 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
Time and Temporal Asymmetries submission deadline 26 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1987 | Submission Open
Keywords: direction of time; time-reversal invariance; irreversibility; entropy; quantum gravity; general relativity; thermodynamics; statistical mechanics; metaphysics of time; substantivalism vs. relationalism; topology of time; presentism; eternalism and block universe; time travel
(This special issue belongs to the Section Time)
Bayesian Inference and Mathematical Modeling in Complex Biological Systems
edited by Morten Mørup
submission deadline 27 May 2024 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)
Bayesian Learning and Its Applications in Genomics
edited by
submission deadline 27 May 2024 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open
Keywords: Bayesian learning; complex diseases; entropy; high-dimensional genomics data; Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); scalable Bayesian inference; uncertainty quantification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Deep Generative Modeling: Theory and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9508 | Submission Open
Keywords: variational auto-encoders; diffusion-based generative models; flow-based generative models; autoregressive generative models; energy-based models; hybrid modeling; neural compression; AI4Science; life sciences; molecular sciences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Information Geometry for Data Analysis submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5675 | Submission Open
Keywords: fisher metric; dualistic structure; manifold learning; data manifold; statistical manifold; statistical model; persistent homology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Entropy, Statistical Evidence, and Scientific Inference: Evidence Functions in Theory and Applications submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4162 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropy; evidential statistics; evidence; hypothesis testing; information theory; Kullback– Leibler discrepancy; model misspecification; model selection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Stochastic Models and Statistical Inference: Analysis and Applications
edited by and Solym Manou-Abi
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4061 | Submission Open
Keywords: stochastic model; parameter estimation; data analysis; stochastic algorithms; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Entropy-Based Statistics and Their Applications
edited by Zhiyi Zhang
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2272 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropic probability and statistics; entropy indices; diversity indices; decision tree classifiers; confidence levels of classifiers; machine learning; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Modern Trends in Multi-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropy; fluid flow towards a porous media; heat and mass transfer; nanofluids; computational simulations of multi-phase flows; thermal transferring in nanostructures; thermal measurement technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
Integrated Sensing and Communications
edited by Mehrasa Ahmadipour, and Michele Wigger
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open
Keywords: communication networks; capacity; wireless communication; optical fibres; estimation; detection; active sensing; localisation and mapping; distributed sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Complex Systems Time Series Analysis and Modeling for Geoscience II submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
Keywords: complex systems; time series analysis; nonlinear dynamics; seismo-electromagnetics; acoustic emissions; natural and man-induced earthquakes; material fracture; geomagnetic phenomena; climatic phenomena; applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)
Applications of Chaos Theory to Complex Systems Analysis in Engineering
edited by , and Jorge Gabriel G. S. Ramos
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: nonlinearity; complex systems; detection and diagnosis of failure; deterministic chaos; predictability; optimization; control; robustness; resilience; fault tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)
Advances in Entropy and Computational Fluid Dynamics submission deadline 14 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2874 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropy and CFD in laminar and turbulent flows; entropy generation rate by fluid flow and heat/mass transfer processes; entropy generation rate in multiphase flows; entropy generation rate in chemically reactive flows; optimization with the second law of thermodynamics and CFD; entropy generation rate in biological and physiological flows; entropy generation rate in nano- and micro-fluid flows; entropy and CFD in thermal equipment; such as fuel cells; solar collectors; heat exchangers; combustors; ovens; refrigeration cabins; etc.; entropy and CFD in devices used to generate energy; such as horizontal/vertical wind turbines; gas/vapor turbines; etc.; entropy and CFD in other equipment; such as compressors; blowers; stirred tanks; etc.; entropy and CFD in biological tissues; such as aorta; veins; heart; etc.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
Nonlinear Dynamics in Cardiovascular Signals
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9066 | Submission Open
Keywords: cardiovascular signal processing (electrocardiogram; blood pressure; and others); assessment of nonlinear dynamics features in time series; heart rate variability; blood pressure variability; blood volume variability; and other cardiovascular time series; applications of nonlinear assessment in heart rate variability to study of pathophysiological cardiovascular mechanisms; clinical applications (diagnosis or prognosis) of nonlinear heart rate variability indices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropy and Biology)
Bayesianism submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5245 | Submission Open
Keywords: prior distributions; posterior probabilities or densities; likelihood optimizations: weighted average or maximization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Privacy-Preserving Cryptography for Emerging Technologies: Applications and Challenges submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; data privacy; applied cryptography; signal processing; randomization; privacy-preserving techniques; cryptographic protocols; secure communication; data protection; information security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Theoretical Aspects of the Maximum Entropy Principle and Its Applications
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Quantum Dynamics with Non-hermitian Hamiltonians II submission deadline 17 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3681 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
Theory and Applications of Hyperbolic Diffusion and Shannon Entropy
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1136 | Submission Open
Keywords: finite-velocity diffusion; wave telegrapher’ s equation; stochastic and random media; statistics information theory; complex transport; random waves and dispersion; physics; chemistry; biology; earth sciences; social sciences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Physics)
Entropy Measures to Assess Irregularity and Complexity of Time Series and Multidimensional Data submission deadline 21 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2409 | Submission Open
Keywords: irregularity; complexity; entropy; time series; multidimensional data; graphs; multivariate data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Information Theory and Network Coding II
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7781 | Submission Open
Keywords: information theory; network coding; network communication; network computation; distributed storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Cryptocurrency Behavior under Econophysics Approaches submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7424 | Submission Open
Keywords: cryptocurrency markets; econophysics; entropy; information theory; rare events; nonlinear dynamics; complex systems; investor behavior; market efficiency; financial integration; uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4620 | Submission Open
Keywords: entropy in non-equilibrium; irreversible thermodynamics; materials under extreme conditions; information entropy; microscopic and mesoscopic theory of non-equilibrium
(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
An Information-Theoretic Approach to Side-Channel Analysis submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2519 | Submission Open
Keywords: information theory; side-channel analysis; attacks; bounds; countermeasures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Advances in Complex Networks and Their Applications, from COMPLEX NETWORKS 2023
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2351 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)
Topological Data Analysis Meets Information Theory. New Perspectives for the Analysis of Higher-Order Interactions in Complex Systems submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1904 | Submission Open
Keywords: complexity; information theory; topological data analysis; higher-order interactions; simplicial complexes; hypergraphs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Multidisciplinary Applications)
Community Detection and Clustering Complex Networks and Their Applications
edited by , Kevin E. Bassler and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1255 | 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)
Thermodynamics and Anomalous Properties in Fluids
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open
Keywords: theory of the liquid structure; anomalous properties; liquid– liquid transition; supercooled liquids and crystal nucleation; entropy changes; water; liquid polymorphism in soft matter; crystallization of anomalous liquids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
Solvation Thermodynamics and Its Applications
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 837 | Submission Open
Keywords: solvation; solvation thermodynamics; preferential solvation; solvation Gibbs energy; solvation entropy; solute– solvent interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Thermodynamics)
Modified Gravity: From Black Holes Entropy to Current Cosmology IV
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum aspects of black holes; evaporation; thermodynamics; black hole entropy; modified theories of gravity; dark energy; inflationary cosmology; observational cosmology; physics in the early universe; astrophysics of compact objects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Black Holes)
Complexity, Entropy and the Physics of Information II
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: information systems; neural networks  ; information theory; complexity theory; statistical physics; complex networks; complexity and entropy in AI; data-driven modelling; machine learning and deep learning; time-series analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Complexity)
Information-Theoretic Guided Methods for Information Network Mining and Its Applications
edited by , , and Lirong He
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open
Keywords: information theory-based information networks; information theory-based network/graph representation learning; information theory-based information network applications; information theory for explainable AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Information Theory, Probability and Statistics)
Quantum Transport in Molecular Nanostructures
edited by Michael Ridley
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum transport; molecular junction; electronic correlations; nonequilibrium; Green's function; master equation; superconductivity; shot noise; full counting statistics; photon-assisted tunnelling; quantum dots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Quantum Information)
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