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Simone Bassis
Anna Esposito
Francesco Carlo Morabito
Eros Pasero Editors
Advances
in Neural
Networks
Computational Intelligence for ICT
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Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume 54
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Simone Bassis Anna Esposito
Francesco Carlo Morabito
Eros Pasero
Editors
Advances in Neural
Networks
Computational Intelligence for ICT
123
Editors
Simone Bassis Francesco CarloMorabito
Department ofComputer Science Department ofInformatics, Mathematics,
University of Milano Electronics andTransportation
Milan Mediterranea University of ReggioCalabria
Italy ReggioCalabria
Italy
Anna Esposito
Department ofPsychology ErosPasero
Seconda Università di Napoli Dipartimento di Elettronica e
Caserta Telecomunicazioni
Italy Politecnico di Torino
Turin
and Italy
IIASS
Vietri sul Mare
Italy
ISSN 2190-3018 ISSN 2190-3026 (electronic)
Smart Innovation,Systems andTechnologies
ISBN978-3-319-33746-3 ISBN978-3-319-33747-0 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33747-0
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Preface
Advances in Neural Networks: Computational and Theoretical Issues is a book
series dedicated to recent advances in computational and theoretical issues of
artificial intelligence methods. Special attention is reserved to information com-
munication technologies (ICT) applications that are of public utility and profitable
for a living science that simplify user access to future, remote and nearby social
services. In particular, avatars replacing human in high-responsibility tasks, com-
panion agents for elderly and impaired people, robots interacting with humans in
extreme, stressful time-critical conditions, wearable sensors and apps for clinical
applications. In addition, new mathematical models for representing data, reason-
ing, learning and interacting are considered as well as new psychological and
computational approaches from existing cognitive frameworks and algorithmic
solutions. Any book edition will select new topics that report progresses towards
the implementation of automaton human levels of intelligence, crucial for devel-
oping believable and trustable HCI systems that enhance the end user’s quality of
life.Thecontentofthebookisorganizedinsectionsandineacheditionnewtopics
are afforded and discussed on the basis of their contribution in the conception of
new ICT functionalities and evaluation methods for modelling the concepts of
learning, reasoning, interaction and data interpretation. Each edition of the book is
related to a long running international conference, International Workshop on
Neural Networks (WIRN, currently at the 25th edition), where researchers con-
tributing to the book meet each year to propose new topics, advances and appli-
cations in the field of neural networks, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
After the conference, the topics of major interest are selected and researchers
proposing these topics are invited to contribute to the book.
This second edition, different from the previous ones, is dedicated to compu-
tational intelligence for ICT (the subtitle of the current book), and emphasizes
robotic applications, embedded systems, and ICT computational and theoretical
methodsforpsychologicalandneurologicaldiseases.Thelastthemeisinspiredby
the European Call for Collaboration “Connect2Sea, Supporting European Union
andSoutheast Asia ICTstrategicpartnership andpolicydialogue: ConnectingICT
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EU-SEA Research, Development and Innovation Knowledge Network” which
supported a special session of WIRN organized by the EU Partners and the SEA
Partners.
The content of book is organized in sections. Each section is dedicated to a
specific topic. The topics accounted for this edition are the following:
1. Introduction
2. Machine learning
3. Artificial neural networks: algorithms and models
4. Intelligent cyberphysical and embedded system
5. ComputationalintelligencemethodsforbiomedicalICTinneurologicaldiseases
6. Neural networks-based approaches to industrial processes
7. Reconfigurable, modular, adaptive, smart robotic systems for optoelectronics
industry: the White’R instantiation
Given the themes afforded, we believe that this book is unique in proposing a
holistic and multidisciplinary approach to implement autonomous and complex
human–computer interfaces. We would like to thank the contributors and the
reviewers.
May 2015 Simone Bassis
Anna Esposito
Francesco Carlo Morabito
Eros Pasero
Organization
Executive Committee
Anna Esposito, Seconda Università di Napoli and IIASS, Italy
Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain
Francesco Carlo Morabito, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Francesco A.N. Palmieri, Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy
Eros Pasero, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Stefano Rovetta, Università di Genova, Italy
Stefano Squartini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Aurelio Uncini, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy
Salvatore Vitabile, Università di Palermo (IT)
International Advisory Committee SIREN
Metin Akay, Arizona State University, USA
Pierre Baldi, University of California, Irvine, USA
Piero P. Bonissone, Computing and Decision Sciences, USA
Leon O. Chua, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Jaime Gil-Lafuente, University of Barcelona, Spain
Giacomo Indiveri, Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland
Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Vera Kurkova, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Shoji Makino, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, USA
Dominic Palmer-Brown, London Metropolitan University, UK
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Harold H. Szu, Army Night Vision Electronic Sensing Dir., USA
Jose Principe, University of Florida at Gainesville, USA
Alessandro Villa, Università Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1, France
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Fredric M. Ham, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Cesare Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Marios M. Polycarpou, Politecnico of Milano, Italy
Program Committee
Alda Troncone
Alessandro Formisano
Alessio Micheli
Amedeo Buonanno
Andrea Tettamanzi
Angelo Ciaramella
Anna Di Benedetto
Anna Esposito
Antonino Staiano
Aurelio Uncini
Bill Howell
Danilo Comminiello
Emanuele Principi
Enea Cippitelli
Eros Pasero
Fabio Antonacci
Fabio La Foresta
F. Carlo Morabito
Francesco Castaldo
Francesco Ferracuti
Francesco Masulli
Francesco Palmieri
Francesco Rugiano
Francesco Trovo
Gennaro Cordasco
Giuliano Armano
Isabella Palamara
Italo Zoppis
Luca Liparulo
Luca Mesin
Luigi Di Grazia
Manuel Roveri
Marco Fagiani
Marco Muselli
Marcos Faundez-Zanuy
Massimo Panella
Maurizio Campolo
Organization ix
Maurizio Fiaschè
Michele Scarpiniti
Nadia Mammone
Pasquale Coscia
Pietro Falco
Roberto Bonfigli
Roberto Serra
Silvia Scarpetta
Simone Bassis
Simone Scardapane
Stefano Rovetta
Stefano Squartini
Valentina Colla
Sponsoring Institutions
InternationalInstituteforAdvancedScientificStudies(IIASS)ofVietriS/M(Italy)
Department of Psychology, Second University of Napoli (Italy)
Provincia di Salerno (Italy)
Comune di Vietri sul Mare, Salerno (Italy)
International Neural Network Society (INNS)
University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria (Italy)
