The Official Journal of the International Neural Network Society & Japanese Neural Network Society

Neural Networks provides a forum for developing and nurturing an international community of scholars and practitioners who are interested in all aspects of neural networks, including deep learning and related approaches to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Neural Networks welcomes submissions that contribute to the full range of neural networks research, from cognitive modeling and computational neuroscience, through deep neural networks and mathematical analyses, to engineering and technological applications of systems that significantly use neural network concepts and learning techniques. This uniquely broad range facilitates the cross-fertilization of ideas between biological and technological studies and helps to foster the development of the interdisciplinary community that is interested in biologically-inspired artificial intelligence. Accordingly, the Neural Networks editorial board represents experts in fields including psychology, neurobiology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physics. The journal publishes articles, letters, and reviews, as well as letters to the editor, editorials, current events, and software surveys. Articles are published in one of four sections: learning systems, cognitive and neural science, mathematical and computational analysis, engineering and applications.

Neural Networks is the archival journal of the world's three oldest neural modeling societies: the International Neural Network Society (INNS), the European Neural Network Society (ENNS), and the Japanese Neural Network Society (JNNS). A subscription to the journal is included with membership in each of these societies.

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Co-Editors-in-Chief
Kenji Doya
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Neural Computation Unit, Kunigami-gun, Japan Email Kenji Doya
DeLiang Wang
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio, United States Email DeLiang Wang
Current Events Editor
Paul Pang
Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Email Paul Pang
Action Editors
Toru Aonishi
Tokyo Institute of Technology - Suzukakedai Campus, Yokohama, Japan Fields of specialization: Statistical mechanics, computational neuroscience, coupled oscillators, neural data analysis
Sabri Arik
Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Department of Computer Engineering, ?stanbul, TurkeyFields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, neurodynamics, recurrent neural network learning architectures, nonlinear systems, stability theory
Pierre Baldi
University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States Fields of specialization: Supervised and unsupervised learning, recursive neural networks, deep architectures, bioinformatics applications
Michael Basin
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, San Nicolas De Los Garza, Mexico Fields of specialization: Signal processing, control of nonlinear systems, variable structure systems, sliding mode control
Roman Borisyuk
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Fields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, nonlinear systems, oscillations and synchronization, neural network models of cognitive functions
Steven Bressler
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States Fields of specialization: Neurocognitive networks, cerebral cortex, event-related potentials, EEG, MEG, local field potentials
Thomas Burwick
Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Fields of specialization: Oscillatory neural networks, models of cortical oscillations and cross-frequency couplings, models of attention and binding, pattern recognition
Jinde Cao
Southeast University Department of Mathematics, Nanjing, China Fields of specialization: Collective Intelligence; Dynamic Systems; Neural networks
Gail Carpenter
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Fields of specialization: Machine learning, memory, vision, ART
Jonathan Chan
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand Fields of specialization: Modeling and simulation, computational systems biology, bioinformatics, machine learning
Ke Chen
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Fields of Specialization: Machine Learning, speech processing
Zhe Chen
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, New York, New York, United StatesFields of specialization: Machine learning and computational statistics, computational neuroscience, statistics in neuroscience, neural spike train analysis
Jianlin (Jack) Cheng
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States Fields of specialization: Deep learning, bioinformatics
Mounya Elhilali
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Fields of specialization: Auditory perception, sound processing, models of attention, computational neuroscience, neural decoding
Mauro Forti
University of Siena, Siena, Italy Fields of specialization: Nonlinear dynamics, theoretical neural networks (convergence, stability, complex dynamics, chaos), memristor circuits
Gregory Francis
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States Fields of specialization: Visual perception, cognitive psychology, human factors
Faustino Gomez
Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Manno, Switzerland Fields of specialization: Machine learning, neuroevolution, reinforcement learning, recurrent neural networks
Xiaodong Gu
Fudan University, Shanghai, China Fields of specialization: Spatial-temporal coding neural networks, pulse coupled neural networks, oscillations and synchronization
Barbara Hammer
Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany Fields of specialization: Learning in structured domains, self-organizing systems, metric learning, nonlinear-dimensionality reduction, bioinformatics applications
Masahiko Haruno
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Center for Information and Neural Networks, Suita, Japan Fields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, social neuroscience, decision making
Sebastien Helie
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States Fields of specialization: Cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, fMRI, mathematics of neural systems, reinforcement learning, and unsupervised learning
Zeng-Guang Hou
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Fields of specialization: Intelligent control, robotic systems, biomedical engineering
Dewen Hu, PhD
National University of Defense Technology College of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Changsha, China Fields of specialization: Neural networks, Identification and control, cognitive neuroscience, robotics
De-Shuang Huang
Tongji University, Shanghai, China Fields of specialization: Feedforward networks, pattern recognition, bioinformatics
Guang Bin Huang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Fields of specialization: Support vector machines, feedforward networks, brain computer interface, human computer interface, EEG signal based machine learning
Kazushi Ikeda
Nara Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School of Information Science, Nara, Japan Fields of specialization: Learning theory, neurodynamics, adaptive systems
Shin Ishii
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Fields of specialization: Statistical learning, reinforcement learning, bioinformatics, dynamical systems
Herbert Jaeger
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Bremen, Germany Fields of specialization: Reservoir computing, recurrent neural network learning architectures, agent architectures, machine learning applications
Hamid Reza Karimi
Polytechnic of Milan Department of Mechanical Engineering, Milano, Italy Fields of specialization: Control theory, control engineering applications, computational methods
Nikola Kasabov
Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Fields of specialization: Novel connectionist learning methods, evolving connectionist systems, neuro-fuzzy systems, computational neuro-genetic modeling, EEG data analysis, bioinformatics, gene data analysis, quantum neuro-computation, spiking neural networks, multimodal information processing in the brain, multimodal neural network models for pattern recognition, connectionist-based decision support systems
Yoshinobu Kawahara
Osaka University Institute of Science and Industrial Research, Ibaraki-shi, Japan Fields of specialization: Statistical machine learning, dynamical systems, optimization
Motoaki Kawanabe
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Soraku-gun, JapanFields of specialization: biomedical engineering, machine learning
Irwin King
Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Computer Science and Engineering, New Territories, Hong Kong Fields of specialization: Machine learning, social computing, data mining, information retrieval
Christof Koch
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States Fields of specialization: Neuroscience, biophysics
Robert Kozma
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States Fields of specialization: Autonomous adaptive systems, mathematical and computational modeling of spatio-temporal dynamics of cognitive processes, chaos, neuro-fuzzy systems, computational intelligence
Jeffrey Krichmar
University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States Fields of specialization: Embodied cognition, neurorobotics, computational neuroscience
Vera Kùrková
Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic Fields of specialization: Mathematical theory of neurocomputing and learning
Oh Min Kwon
Chungbuk National University School of Electrical Engineering, Cheongju, Korea, Republic of Fields of specialization: Stability analysis of delayed neural networks, recurrent neural networks, synchronization, complex networks, systems with time delays, stochastic system, control synthesis, neural networks and fuzzy methods, synchronization of oscillators and chaotic systems
Minho Lee
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of Fields of specialization: Deep learning, intention and emotion understanding, visual perception, and brain-computer interface.
Xuelong Li
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China Fields of specialization: Optical imagery, image analysis, pattern recognition
Qinshan Liu
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Fields of specialization: Neurodynamics, recurrent neural networks, computational intelligence
Shih-Chii Liu
University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland Fields of specialization: Neuromorphic systems, sensory systems, event-driven processing and hardware
Jordi Madrenas
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain Fields of specialization: Bioinspired and neuromorphic implementations, integrated sensory systems, hardware architectures
Danilo Mandic
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Fields of specialization: Recurrent neural networks, deep learning, big data, tensor decompositions, complexity science, adaptive systems, brain computer interface, smart grid
Ali Minai
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Fields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, neurodynamical models of cognition & behavior, attractor networks, sequence learning, semantic cognition, motor control
Francesco Carlo Morabito
Università degli Studi Mediterranea, Fac. of Engineering - DIMET, Italy Fields of specialization: Engineering applications of computational intelligence (industrial inspection, biomedical signal processing, environmental data modeling), nonlinear systems and complexity
Takashi Morie
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan Fields of specialization: Bioinspired and neuromorphic hardware, devices, VLSI architecture
Jun Morimoto
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Soraku-gun, JapanFields of specialization: Robot learning, humanoid robotics
Hiroyuki Nakahara
RIKEN Center for Brain Science Laboratory for Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience, Wako, Japan Fields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, reinforcement learning, neural coding
Arun Narayanan
Google Inc, Mountain View, California, United States Fields of specialization: Automatic speech recognition, deep neural networks for speech processing
Tetsuya Ogata
Waseda University, Shinjuku-Ku, Japan Fields of specialization: Cognitive robotics, neurodynamical models of cognition & behavior, recurrent neural network, deep architecture
Jaakko Peltonen
Tampere University, Tampere, Finland Fields of specialization: Exploratory data analysis, information visualization, nonlinear dimensionality reduction, machine learning
Yuriy Pershin
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States Fields of specialization: Memristive neural networks, memory, hardware implementation
Tommaso Poggio
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Fields of specialization: Approximation theory, vision
Danil Prokhorov
Toyota Technical Center Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Fields of specialization: Recurrent neural networks, gradient-based learning algorithms, approximate dynamic programming, intelligent control, diagnostics, computer vision, autonomous systems
Asim Roy
Arizona State University WP Carey School of Business, Tempe, Arizona, United StatesFields of specialization: Radial basis function networks, autonomous learning, semantic cognition, complexity of learning, machine learning
Sergio Savaresi
Polytechnic University of Milan, Milano, Italy Fields of specialization: Applications of statistical machine learning and nonlinear system identification to advanced vehicles control, autonomous vehicles, and mobile robots
Terrence Sejnowski
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States Field of specialization: Neuroscience
Hidetoshi Shimodaira
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Fields of specialization: Statistics, Machine Learning
Hayaru Shouno
The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Japan Fields of specialization: Image processing, pattern recognition, deep neural networks
Alessandro Sperduti
University of Padua, Padova, Italy Fields of specialization: Learning in structured domains, recursive neural networks, deep architectures, kernel methods
Masashi Sugiyama
The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Fields of specialization: statistical machine learning, data mining
Ron Sun
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States Fields of specialization: Psychological modeling, cognitive architectures, neural network models of consciousness, skill acquisition, reasoning, neuro-symbolic systems, social simulation
Taiji Suzuki
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-Ku, Japan Fields of specialization: Machine learning, statistics
Taro Toyoizumi
Riken Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan Fields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, synaptic plasticity
Jochen Triesch
Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Fields of specialization: Computational neuroscience, neural plasticity, vision
Marley Maria Vellasco
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Fields of specialization: Hybrid intelligent systems (neuro-fuzzy, neuro-evolutonairy, etc.), time series forecasting, computational intelligence
Zidong Wang
Brunel University Department of Computer Science, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom Fields of specialization: Intelligent data analysis (bioinformatics, neural networks, etc.), signal processing (filter designs, etc.), real-time systems (control of nonlinear and multi-dimensional systems)
Herbert Werner
Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany Fields of specialization: Dynamic systems, nonlinear modeling and control, system identification, linear parameter-varying systems
Jia Wu
Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia •	Brain-inspired Intelligent Computing, •	Graph Mining, •	Neural Networks, •	Computational Intelligence
Zenglin Xu
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China Fields of specialization: Deep learning, statistical learning, health informatics
Keisuke Yamazaki
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tokyo Bay Area Center, Koto-Ku, Japan Fields of specialization: Statistical learning, Bayesian statistics, unsupervised learning
Tadashi Yamazaki
University of Electrocommunications Faculty of Informatics and Engineering Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, Chofu, Japan Fields of specialization: Cerebellum, numerical simulation, high-performance computing, neuroinformatics
Zhigang Zeng
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Fields of specialization: Nonlinear dynamics, hybrid systems, associative memories
Min-Ling Zhang
Southeast University, Nanjing, China Fields of specialization: Machine learning, data mining, pattern recognition
Xiao-Lei Zhang
Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China Fields of specialization: Deep learning, unsupervised learning, speech signal processing, statistical signal processing
Liang Zhao
University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Fields of specialization: Machine learning, oscillatory networks, chaotic neural networks