Newsletter: Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE (NOLTA) - April 2026

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Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE (NOLTA) is an all-electronic OA journal published quarterly by the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE).
NOLTA covers the entire field of nonlinear science, engineering and mathematics.
The journal home page: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/nolta/-char/en



======= NEWS and INFORMATION ========

1. Information for Authors updated

The article processing charges have been revised as follows:
- IEICE and sister society members: JPY 132,000
- Non-members: JPY 154,000

In addition, beginning with the October 2026 issue, accepted papers will, in principle, be published online on J-STAGE soon after the payment is completed.
Advance publication is currently planned to begin no earlier than July 2026.

For details, please refer to our updated Information for Authors as follows:
https://www.ieice.org/nolta/journal/author/


2. LaTeX template file updated

The new template file for paper submissions (Version 6.0) has been released.
Please use the latest template for your submission;
https://www.ieice.org/nolta/journal/for_authors/NOLTA_Template.zip


3. Accepted for inclusion in Scopus

NOLTA, IEICE has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus provided by Elsevier, and is currently indexed in Scopus.
https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21101288810


4. Journal Impact Factor

The Journal Impact Factor, provided by Clarivate, has been updated to 0.6 in June 2025.


5. Indexed in DOAJ

NOLTA, IEICE is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
https://doaj.org/toc/2185-4106


6. Invited Review series

NOLTA publishes a series of Invited Review papers contributed from top-notch researchers. You will find good articles for the latest knowledge you need.
The list of the Invited Review papers:
https://www.ieice.org/nolta/journal/invited_papers.html



======== LATEST ISSUE: Volume 17, Issue 2, 2026 ===============

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/nolta/17/2/_contents/-char/en


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Special Section on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Problems

Foreword
Mikio Hasegawa


Stabilization boundary control and stability analysis for the Burgers' cellular automaton and the difference Burgers' equation based on ultradiscretization
Tatsuya Kai, Eiji Tanabe


Discrete mechanics and its application to vibration suppression control for 1-dimensional distributed parameter mechanical systems
Tatsuya Kai, Kouhei Yamaki


A data-driven approach to 3D point-to-point control of multicopters based on just-in-time modeling
Tatsuya Kai, Youhei Kakurai


Amplitude effects on stepwise bifurcation in a bouncing ball system
Yuki Uemura, Shu Karube, Yuu Miino, Naohiko Inaba, Takuji Kousaka


A method utilizing the monodromy matrix for the derivation of the border-collision bifurcation points in switched dynamical systems
Hiroki Akiba, Hiroyuki Asahara, Takuji Kousaka


The Relationship between Feature Space and Images in Image Classification Tasks Using CNN
Hiroki Tamegai, Kenya Jin'no


Image Content Identity Verification with CNN Considering Cropping and Compositing
Kaito Hosono, Sumiko Miyata, Takamichi Miyata, Hirotsugu Kinoshita


Projected Gradient and Conjugate Gradient Methods for Image Reconstruction Using Preconditioning Matrix
Shoto Hiki, Yuichi Tanji, Ken'ichi Fujimoto


Graph Cut-Based Automatic Image Segmentation Driven by Seeds from Deep Semantic Segmentation Models
Saya Kumagai, Tsuyoshi Otake, Hisashi Aomori, Masatoshi Sato


Exploring common representations in multi-task federated lottery ticket learning
Fumiya Arai, Gebreegziabher Hagos Berhe, Syusei Kawai, Takao Marukame, Tetsuya Asai, Kota Ando


Optimal Road Traffic Dynamics through Reservoir Computing
Ryunosuke Fukuzaki, Hiroyasu Ando


A Voronoi-based Energy Function for Stable Associative Memory in Modern Hopfield Networks
Takanori Hashimoto, Teijiro Isokawa, Masaki Kobayashi, Naotake Kamiura


Evaluation of APCMA and CSMA/CA in Wireless Brain-Inspired Computing
Ryuji Nagazawa, Haruto Ota, Kosuke Sanada, Kien Nguyen, Hiroyuki Torikai, Mikio Hasegawa, Hiroo Sekiya


Transformations between left and right quaternion-valued neural networks
Masaki Kobayashi



2. Regular Section
Statistical properties of homoclinic bursting: an approach using infinite-modal maps toward predicting extreme events
Masaki Nakagawa



=========CALL FOR PAPERS(SPECIAL Section)===============

https://www.ieice.org/eng_r/information/schedule/journals.php?type=05


October 2026 Issue
Special Section on Advanced Technologies of Complex Communication Sciences
https://www.ieice.org/eng/s_issue/cfp/2026_10EN.pdf

January 2027 Issue
Special Section on Recent Progress in Neuromorphic AI Hardware
https://www.ieice.org/eng/s_issue/cfp/2027_1EN.pdf


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Editorial Committee
Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications, IEICE (NOLTA)
Contact: no...@ieice.org