Preface

摘要

This volume is part of the four-volume proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2016) held in Kyoto, Japan, during October 16-21, 2016, which was organized by the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Society and the Japanese Neural Network Society. ICONIP 2016 Kyoto was the first annual conference of APNNS, which started in January 2016 as a new society succeeding the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA). APNNS aims at the local and global promotion of neural network research and education with an emphasis on diversity in members and cultures, transparency in its operation, and continuity in event organization. The ICONIP 2016 Organizing Committee consists of JNNS board members and international researchers, who plan and run the conference.