Multidisciplinary Approaches to Neural Computing

Part I. Introduction

1. Redefining Information Processing Through Neural Computing Models
Anna Esposito, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Eros Pasero

Part II. Algorithms

2. A Neural Approach for Hybrid Events Discrimination at Stromboli Volcano
Antonietta M. Esposito, Flora Giudicepietro, Silvia Scarpetta, Sumegha Khilnani

3. Fully Automatic Multispectral MR Image Segmentation of Prostate Gland Based on the Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Algorithm
Leonardo Rundo, Carmelo Militello, Giorgio Russo, Davide D’Urso, Lucia Maria Valastro, Antonio Garufi, Giancarlo Mauri, Salvatore Vitabile, Maria Carla Gilardi

4. Integrating QuickBundles into a Model-Guided Approach for Extracting “Anatomically-Coherent” and “Symmetry-Aware” White Matter Fiber-Bundles
Francesco Cauteruccio, Claudio Stamile, Giorgio Terracina, Domenico Ursino, Dominique Sappey-Marinier

5. Accurate Computation of Drude-Lorentz Model Coefficients of Single Negative Magnetic Metamaterials Using a Micro-Genetic Algorithm Approach
Annalisa Sgrò, Domenico Carlo, Giovanni Angiulli, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Mario Versaci

6. Effective Blind Source Separation Based on the Adam Algorithm
Michele Scarpiniti, Simone Scardapane, Danilo Comminiello, Raffaele Parisi, Aurelio Uncini

Part III. ANN Applications

7. Depth-Based Hand Pose Recognizer Using Learning Vector Quantization
Domenico Felice, Francesco Camastra

8. Correlation Dimension-Based Recognition of Simple Juggling Movements
Francesco Camastra, Francesco Esposito, Antonino Staiano

9. Cortical Phase Transitions as an Effect of Topology of Neural Network
Ilenia Apicella, Silvia Scarpetta, Antonio Candia

10. Human Fall Detection by Using an Innovative Floor Acoustic Sensor
Diego Droghini, Emanuele Principi, Stefano Squartini, Paolo Olivetti, Francesco Piazza

11. An Improved Hilbert-Huang Transform for Non-linear and Time-Variant Signals
Cesare Alippi, Wen Qi, Manuel Roveri

12. Privacy-Preserving Data Mining for Distributed Medical Scenarios
Simone Scardapane, Rosa Altilio, Valentina Ciccarelli, Aurelio Uncini, Massimo Panella

13. Rule Base Reduction Using Conflicting and Reinforcement Measures
Luca Anzilli, Silvio Giove

14. An Application of Internet Traffic Prediction with Deep Neural Network
Sanam Narejo, Eros Pasero

15. Growing Curvilinear Component Analysis (GCCA) for Dimensionality Reduction of Nonstationary Data
Giansalvo Cirrincione, Vincenzo Randazzo, Eros Pasero

16. Convolutional Neural Networks with 3-D Kernels for Voice Activity Detection in a Multiroom Environment
Paolo Vecchiotti, Fabio Vesperini, Emanuele Principi, Stefano Squartini, Francesco Piazza

Part IV. Special Session on Industrial Applications of Computational Intelligence Approaches

17. A Hybrid Variable Selection Approach for NN-Based Classification in Industrial Context
Silvia Cateni, Valentina Colla

18. Advanced Neural Networks Systems for Unbalanced Industrial Datasets
Marco Vannucci, Valentina Colla

19. Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for a Dynamic Production Scheduling Approach
Maurizio Fiasché, Diego E. Liberati, Stefano Gualandi, Marco Taisch

20. A Neural Network-Based Approach for Steam Turbine Monitoring
Stefano Dettori, Valentina Colla, Giuseppe Salerno, Annamaria Signorini

21. A Predictive Model of Artificial Neural Network for Fuel Consumption in Engine Control System
Khurshid Aliev, Sanam Narejo, Eros Pasero, Jamshid Inoyatkhodjaev

22. SOM-Based Analysis to Relate Non-uniformities in Magnetic Measurements to Hot Strip Mill Process Conditions
Gianluca Nastasi, Claudio Mocci, Valentina Colla, Frenk Berg, Willem Beugeling

23. Vision-Based Mapping and Micro-localization of Industrial Components in the Fields of Laser Technology
C. Theoharatos, D. Kastaniotis, D. Besiris, N. Fragoulis

Part V. Special Session on Social and Biometric Data for Applications in Human-Machine Interactions: Models and Algorithms

24. Artificial Neural Network Analysis and ERP in Intimate Partner Violence
Sara Invitto, Arianna Mignozzi, Giulia Piraino, Gianbattista Rocco, Irio Feudis, Antonio Brunetti, Vitoantonio Bevilacqua

25. Investigating the Brain Connectivity Evolution in AD and MCI Patients Through the EEG Signals’ Wavelet Coherence
Cosimo Ieracitano, Nadia Mammone, Fabio Foresta, Francesco C. Morabito

26. On the Classification of EEG Signal by Using an SVM Based Algorithm
Valeria Saccá, Maurizio Campolo, Domenico Mirarchi, Antonio Gambardella, Pierangelo Veltri, Francesco Carlo Morabito

27. Preprocessing the EEG of Alzheimer’s Patients to Automatically Remove Artifacts
Nadia Mammone

28. Smell and Meaning: An OERP Study
Sara Invitto, Giulia Piraino, Arianna Mignozzi, Simona Capone, Giovanni Montagna, Pietro Aleardo Siciliano, Andrea Mazzatenta, Gianbattista Rocco, Irio Feudis, Gianpaolo F. Trotta, Antonio Brunetti, Vitoantonio Bevilacqua

29. Automatic Detection of Depressive States from Speech
Aditi Mendiratta, Filomena Scibelli, Antonietta M. Esposito, Vincenzo Capuano, Laurence Likforman-Sulem, Mauro N. Maldonato, Alessandro Vinciarelli, Anna Esposito

30. Effects of Gender and Luminance Backgrounds on the Recognition of Neutral Facial Expressions
Vincenzo Capuano, Gennaro Cordasco, Filomena Scibelli, Mauro Maldonato, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Anna Esposito

31. Semantic Maps of Twitter Conversations
Angelo Ciaramella, Antonio Maratea, Emanuela Spagnoli

32. Preliminary Study on Implications of Cursive Handwriting Learning in Schools
Andreu Comajuncosas, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Jordi Solé-Casals, Marta Portero-Tresserra

33. Italian General Elections of 2006 and 2008: Testing the Direct and Indirect Impact of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes on Voting Behaviour
Angiola Conza, Maria Marco, Francesca Tanganelli, Ida Sergi, Vincenzo Paolo Senese, Augusto Gnisci

34. Are the Gambler’s Fallacy or the Hot-Hand Fallacy due to an Erroneous Probability Estimate?
Olimpia Matarazzo, Michele Carpentieri, Claudia Greco, Barbara Pizzini

35. When Intuitive Decisions Making, Based on Expertise, May Deliver Better Results than a Rational, Deliberate Approach
Mauro Maldonato, Silvia Dell’Orco, Raffaele Sperandeo

36. Artificial Entities or Moral Agents? How AI is Changing Human Evolution
Mauro Maldonato, Paolo Valerio

Keywords: Engineering, Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Biometrics