Neural Networks: Overview of Current Theories and Applications
暫譯: 神經網絡：當前理論與應用概述

ANNA ESPOSITO earned a Laurea Degree (Summa cum laude) from Salerno University and a PhD from Naples "Federico II". Visiting researcher at MIT, RLE Lab (1993-1995). Assistant Professor at Salerno University (1996-2008) and Research Professor at Wright State University, USA (2000-2002). Full Professor (2020-present) in Cybernetics, AI, and Multimodal Communication at Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli". Head of the Behaving Cognitive Systems Lab and President of the Italian Society of Neural Networks (2022-present). Principal Investigator of multiple EU and Italian projects, supervisor of numerous PhD students, author of 320+ publications and editor of 32+ international books. Associate Editor of several journal among those Cognitive Computation (Elsevier).

MARCOS FAUNDEZ-ZANUY was born in Barcelona, Spain. He received the B.Sc. in Telecommunication (1993) and the Ph.D. (1998) from the Polytechnic University of Catalunya. He is Full Professor at Tecnocampus Universitat Pompeu Fabra, where he leads the Signal Processing Group. His research focuses on biometrics for security and health. He initiated and chaired the European COST Action 277 on nonlinear speech processing and was secretary of COST Action 2102 on verbal and non-verbal communication. He has published over 100 ISI-indexed journal papers, 100+ conference papers, and 10 books, leading multiple national and European research projects.

FRANCESCO CARLO MORABITO was born in Italy, he earned a Laurea Degree (Summa cum laude) from the University of Napoli in 1985. After serving as Lieutenant at the Italian Army Technical School, he worked at Selenia SpA as a Researcher in Radar (1987-1989). He joined the University of Reggio Calabria in 1989, becoming Full Professor in 2001 and Vice-Rector for Internationalisation. He was Dean of Engineering (2001-2008) and held various academic leadership roles. Visiting researcher at Max-Planck Institute (1994-2001) and lecturer at EPFL Lausanne. Author of 280+ papers, 10 book chapters, and 6 edited books. Former President of the Italian Society of Neural Networks and Board Member of INNS. Associate Editor of Neural Networks (Elsevier) and Editorial Board member for multiple journals.

EROS G. PASERO has been Professor of Electronics at Politecnico di Torino since 1991, after four years at University of Roma. Visiting Professor at ICSI, UC Berkeley (1991), Tongji University, Shanghai (2011, 2015), and TTPU, Tashkent, where he was also Vice-Rector (2014). Expert in Artificial Neural Networks and Electronic Sensors, he founded the Neuronica Lab (1990) for neuromorphic research. Developed hardware neurons and synapses, as well as wired/wireless sensors for biomedical, environmental, and automotive applications. He has been President of SIREN (2014-2022) and chair of major international conferences. Holds 5 international patents, supervised numerous PhDs, and authored 100+ publications. Leads funded research projects in AI, mobility, and sensor technology.

GENNARO CORDASCO earned a Laurea degree (cum laude) in Computer Science from the University of Salerno (2002) and a PhD (2006). Visiting Scholar at University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2005) under Prof. Arnold L. Rosenberg. Postdoctoral fellow at ISISLab, University of Salerno (2006-2011). Researcher (2011-2020) and then Associate Professor (2020-2025) at Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli". Since 2025, Associate Professor at the University of Salerno. Associate Editor of Cognitive Computation (Elsevier) and Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing.

安娜·埃斯波西托（ANNA ESPOSITO）於薩萊諾大學獲得優等學位（Summa cum laude），並於那不勒斯的「費德里科二世」大學獲得博士學位。曾任麻省理工學院（MIT）RLE實驗室的訪問研究員（1993-1995）。在薩萊諾大學擔任助理教授（1996-2008），並於美國懷特州立大學擔任研究教授（2000-2002）。自2020年至今，擔任坎帕尼亞大學「L. Vanvitelli」的全職教授，專注於控制論、人工智慧和多模態通信。她是行為認知系統實驗室的負責人，並自2022年起擔任意大利神經網絡學會的會長。她是多個歐盟和意大利項目的首席研究員，指導多位博士生，發表超過320篇論文，並編輯超過32本國際書籍。她還是多本期刊的副編輯，包括《Cognitive Computation》（Elsevier）。

馬可斯·法恩德斯-薩努伊（MARCOS FAUNDEZ-ZANUY）出生於西班牙巴塞隆納。他於1993年獲得電信學士學位，並於1998年獲得加泰羅尼亞理工大學的博士學位。他是巴賽隆納的Tecnocampus Universitat Pompeu Fabra的全職教授，負責信號處理小組。他的研究重點是安全和健康的生物識別技術。他發起並主持了歐洲COST行動277，專注於非線性語音處理，並擔任COST行動2102的秘書，該行動涉及口頭和非口頭通信。他已發表超過100篇ISI索引的期刊論文、100多篇會議論文和10本書籍，並領導多個國家和歐洲的研究項目。

弗朗切斯科·卡洛·莫拉比托（FRANCESCO CARLO MORABITO）出生於意大利，於1985年在那不勒斯大學獲得優等學位（Summa cum laude）。在意大利陸軍技術學校擔任中尉後，他於1987年至1989年在Selenia SpA擔任雷達研究員。1989年加入雷焦卡拉布里亞大學，於2001年成為全職教授並擔任國際化副校長。他曾擔任工程學院院長（2001-2008）並擔任多個學術領導職位。曾任馬克斯·普朗克研究所的訪問研究員（1994-2001）及洛桑聯邦理工學院的講師。發表超過280篇論文、10章書籍和6本編輯書籍。曾任意大利神經網絡學會會長及INNS董事會成員。擔任《Neural Networks》（Elsevier）的副編輯，並為多本期刊的編輯委員會成員。

埃羅斯·G·帕塞羅（EROS G. PASERO）自1991年以來一直擔任都靈理工大學的電子學教授，此前在羅馬大學任教四年。曾任加州大學伯克利分校ICSI的訪問教授（1991）、上海同濟大學（2011、2015）及塔什干TTPU的訪問教授，並於2014年擔任該校副校長。他是人工神經網絡和電子傳感器的專家，於1990年創立了Neuronica實驗室，專注於神經形態研究。開發了硬體神經元和突觸，以及用於生物醫學、環境和汽車應用的有線/無線傳感器。他曾擔任SIREN的會長（2014-2022），並主持多個國際會議。擁有5項國際專利，指導多位博士生，並發表超過100篇論文。領導資助的AI、移動性和傳感器技術研究項目。

詹納羅·科達斯科（GENNARO CORDASCO）於2002年在薩萊諾大學獲得計算機科學的優等學位（cum laude），並於2006年獲得博士學位。2005年在馬薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校擔任訪問學者，指導教授為阿諾德·L·羅森伯格（Prof. Arnold L. Rosenberg）。2006年至2011年在薩萊諾大學的ISISLab擔任博士後研究員。2011年至2020年擔任研究員，隨後於2020年至2025年擔任坎帕尼亞大學「L. Vanvitelli」的副教授。自2025年起，擔任薩萊諾大學的副教授。擔任《Cognitive Computation》（Elsevier）及《Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing》的副編輯。