Perspectives in Neural Computing

In Memory of Marco Protasi.- Computational Suspiciousness of Learning in Artificial Neural Nets.- Theoretical Approaches to On-Line Learning in Smooth Multilayer Networks.- A Morpho-Functional Model to Describe the Large Quantal Amplitude Variability at Hippocampal Synapses.- Combining Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models for Speech Recognition.- Cellular Neural Networks - an Approach to Circuit Design and Information Processing.- Correlation Collapse under Persistent Input Derangement in the Nervous System - fitting pRAM Models for Thalamo-Cortical Circuits.- A New Incremental Strategy for Function Approximation by Radial Basis Function Neural Networks.- Soft-Competitive versus EM Learning in Cortical Map Modeling.- Spatio-Temporal Cortical Activity Patterns in Cognitive Tasks using fMRI.- Support Vector Machine for Nonparametric Binary Hypothesis Testing.- Learning the Amplitude of Activation Functions in Layered Networks.- The BRAIN Learning Algorithm.- Training Data Selection for Optimal Generalization with Noise Variance Reduction in Neural Networks.- Astronomical Object Recognition by Means of Neural Networks.- Learning to Balance a Pole on a Movable Cart Through RL - what can be Gained using Adaptive NN?- Mean-Field Neural Networks for Antenna Array Diagnostics.- Initial Letter Spotting as a Complementary Feature for Lexical Filtering of Cursive Words.- Visual Person Localizaton with Dynamic Neural Fields - Towards a Gesture Recognition System.- Phoneme Classification using a Rasta-PLP Pre-processing Algorithm and a Time Delay Neural Network - Performance Studies.- A Neural System for Remote Sensing Multispectral Image Classification.- Invariance of WNNs Performance for Pattern Recognition Testing Translated Image Input Spaces.- The CALMA Project.- Computer Assisted Library for MAmmography.- Exploitation of Fuzzy Information for Tokamak Plasma Shape Recognition.- New Results in Image Compression Trough M.A.I.A. Neural Networks.- The Effect of Public Sector on the Financial Sector - An NN Approach in a View of Complexity.- A Hybrid Framework for Indoor Robot Navigation.- Training Feedforward Neural Networks - Convergence and Robustness Analysis.- Solving the Travelling Salesman Problem using the Kohonen Network Incorporating Explicit Statistics.- Boosting Learning Algorithms for the Colorimetric Characterization of Color Printers.- Hand-written Character Recognition with Analog Feature Extraction Module.- A High Performances and High Versatility Reconfigurable System for Fast Prototyping of Digital Neural Network Based on FPGA.- A L-based Energy Function for SE Prediction.- Robust Processing of Visual Evoked Potentials.- Convergence Properties of the Circular Cascade Correlation Algorithm.- Neural Learning and Weight Flow o n Stiefel Manifold.- From Behaviour to VHDL - a CAD Environment for SPNNs.- Incremental Min-Max Network - Part 2 - Continuous and Discrete Spaces.- An Adaptable Boolean Neural Net Obtained by Connecting Seven Node Assemblies.- A Comparative Evaluation of Constructive Sequential Methods.- A Unified Approach to Sequential Constructive Methods.- SOMLib - a Distributed Digital Library System Based on Self-Organising Maps.- Incremental Min-Max Network - Part 1 - Continuous Spaces.- Tangent Models - Comparing the TD-Neuron Constructive Algorithm versus SVD Based Algorith.- A Neural Multi-Agent Architecture for an Autonomous Mobile Robot Control.