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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Neural Computing

  • Provides fundamental insights for cross-fertilization: machine learning, artificial neural networks (ANNs) (algorithms and models), social and biometric data for applications in human–computer interactions, and neural networks-based approaches to industrial processes
  • Identifies features from dynamic realistic signal exchanges and invariant machine representations to automatically identify, detect, analyze, and process them in related applications
  • Simplifies automatic signal processing and its exploitation in realistic applications devoted to improving the quality of life of the end users
  • Features contributions from computer science, physics, psychology, statistics, mathematics, electrical engineering, and communication science
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST, volume 69)

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Redefining Information Processing Through Neural Computing Models

      • Anna Esposito, Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Eros Pasero
      Pages 3-7
  3. Algorithms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. A Neural Approach for Hybrid Events Discrimination at Stromboli Volcano

      • Antonietta M. Esposito, Flora Giudicepietro, Silvia Scarpetta, Sumegha Khilnani
      Pages 11-21
    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 et al.
      Pages 23-37
    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
      Pages 39-46
    5. Accurate Computation of Drude-Lorentz Model Coefficients of Single Negative Magnetic Metamaterials Using a Micro-Genetic Algorithm Approach

      • Annalisa Sgrò, Domenico De Carlo, Giovanni Angiulli, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Mario Versaci
      Pages 47-55
    6. Effective Blind Source Separation Based on the Adam Algorithm

      • Michele Scarpiniti, Simone Scardapane, Danilo Comminiello, Raffaele Parisi, Aurelio Uncini
      Pages 57-66
  4. ANN Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Depth-Based Hand Pose Recognizer Using Learning Vector Quantization

      • Domenico De Felice, Francesco Camastra
      Pages 69-75
    3. Correlation Dimension-Based Recognition of Simple Juggling Movements

      • Francesco Camastra, Francesco Esposito, Antonino Staiano
      Pages 77-84
    4. Cortical Phase Transitions as an Effect of Topology of Neural Network

      • Ilenia Apicella, Silvia Scarpetta, Antonio de Candia
      Pages 85-96
    5. Human Fall Detection by Using an Innovative Floor Acoustic Sensor

      • Diego Droghini, Emanuele Principi, Stefano Squartini, Paolo Olivetti, Francesco Piazza
      Pages 97-107
    6. An Improved Hilbert-Huang Transform for Non-linear and Time-Variant Signals

      • Cesare Alippi, Wen Qi, Manuel Roveri
      Pages 109-117
    7. Privacy-Preserving Data Mining for Distributed Medical Scenarios

      • Simone Scardapane, Rosa Altilio, Valentina Ciccarelli, Aurelio Uncini, Massimo Panella
      Pages 119-128
    8. Rule Base Reduction Using Conflicting and Reinforcement Measures

      • Luca Anzilli, Silvio Giove
      Pages 129-137
    9. Growing Curvilinear Component Analysis (GCCA) for Dimensionality Reduction of Nonstationary Data

      • Giansalvo Cirrincione, Vincenzo Randazzo, Eros Pasero
      Pages 151-160
    10. 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
      Pages 161-170

About this book

This book presents a collection of contributions in the field of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The themes addressed are multidisciplinary in nature, and closely connected in their ultimate aim to identify features from dynamic realistic signal exchanges and invariant machine representations that can be exploited to improve the quality of life of their end users.

Mathematical tools like ANNs are currently exploited in many scientific domains because of their solid theoretical background and effectiveness in providing solutions to many demanding tasks such as appropriately processing (both for extracting features and recognizing) mono- and bi-dimensional dynamic signals, solving strong nonlinearities in the data and providing general solutions for deep and fully connected architectures. Given the multidisciplinary nature of their use and the interdisciplinary characterization of the problems they are applied to – which range from medicine to psychology, industrial and social robotics, computer vision, and signal processing (among many others) – ANNs may provide a basis for redefining the concept of information processing. These reflections are supported by theoretical models and applications presented in the chapters of this book.

This book is of primary importance for: (a) the academic research community, (b) the ICT market, (c) PhD students and early-stage researchers, (d) schools, hospitals, rehabilitation and assisted-living centers, and (e) representatives of multimedia industries and standardization bodies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy

    Anna Esposito

  • Fundació Tecnocampus, Pompeu Fabra University, Mataro, Spain

    Marcos Faudez-Zanuy

  • Department of Civil, Environmental, Energy, and Material Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Francesco Carlo Morabito

  • Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Politecnico di Torino, Laboratorio di Neuronica, Torino, Italy

    Eros Pasero

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