Preface

摘要

It is our honor and our pleasure to present this two-volume proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Artificial Networks (ICANN 2016) held during September 6-9, 2016, in Barcelona, Spain, and organized by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The annual ICANN is the flagship conference of the European Neural Network Society (ENNS). After 25 editions, it is clear that ICANN's is a story of success. The field has grown and matured during all these years and the conference series has maintained its rank among the most prestigious conferences in the world. A special social gathering brought together all ENNS members to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Professor Teuvo Kohonen was the first president of ENNS serving the term 1990-1992. The office was then taken by John G. Taylor, Errki Oja, Wlodek Duch, and Alessandro Villa, who comes to the end of his last term. A new president of ENNS was elected and Barcelona is a very appropriate location for this anniversary edition. It has a long tradition in neuroscience going back to Santiago Ramon y Cajal, more than one century ago, who, after moving to the University of Barcelona, made his pioneering neuroanatomical studies in this city. We are sure that such a nice environment and intense program of activities will leave a positive trace in our memories.