The three volume set LNCS 8834, LNCS 8835, and LNCS 8836 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2014, held in Kuching, Malaysia, in November 2014. The 231 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 375 submissions. The selected papers cover major topics of theoretical research, empirical study, and applications of neural information processing research. The 3 volumes represent topical sections containing articles on cognitive science, neural networks and learning systems, theory and design, applications, kernel and statistical methods, evolutionary computation and hybrid intelligent systems, signal and image processing, and special sessions intelligent systems for supporting decision, making processes, theories and applications, cognitive robotics, and learning systems for social network and web mining.

The four-volume proceedings LNCS 13108, 13109, 13110, and 13111 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2021, which was held during December 8-12, 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Bali, Indonesia but changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total of 226 full papers presented in these proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 1093 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Theory and algorithms; Part II: Theory and algorithms; human centred computing; AI and cybersecurity; Part III: Cognitive neurosciences; reliable, robust, and secure machine learning algorithms; theory and applications of natural computing paradigms; advances in deep and shallow machine learning algorithms for biomedical data and imaging; applications; Part IV: Applications.

The four-volume proceedings LNCS 13108, 13109, 13110, and 13111 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2021, which was held during December 8-12, 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Bali, Indonesia but changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total of 226 full papers presented in these proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 1093 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Theory and algorithms; Part II: Theory and algorithms; human centred computing; AI and cybersecurity; Part III: Cognitive neurosciences; reliable, robust, and secure machine learning algorithms; theory and applications of natural computing paradigms; advances in deep and shallow machine learning algorithms for biomedical data and imaging; applications; Part IV: Applications.

The four-volume proceedings LNCS 13108, 13109, 13110, and 13111 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2021, which was held during December 8-12, 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Bali, Indonesia but changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total of 226 full papers presented in these proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 1093 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Theory and algorithms; Part II: Theory and algorithms; human centred computing; AI and cybersecurity; Part III: Cognitive neurosciences; reliable, robust, and secure machine learning algorithms; theory and applications of natural computing paradigms; advances in deep and shallow machine learning algorithms for biomedical data and imaging; applications; Part IV: Applications.

The four-volume proceedings LNCS 13108, 13109, 13110, and 13111 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2021, which was held during December 8-12, 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Bali, Indonesia but changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total of 226 full papers presented in these proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 1093 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Theory and algorithms; Part II: Theory and algorithms; human centred computing; AI and cybersecurity; Part III: Cognitive neurosciences; reliable, robust, and secure machine learning algorithms; theory and applications of natural computing paradigms; advances in deep and shallow machine learning algorithms for biomedical data and imaging; applications; Part IV: Applications.

The two-volume set CCIS 1516 and 1517 constitutes thoroughly refereed short papers presented at the 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2021, held in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, in December 2021.* The volume also presents papers from the workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security, held during the ICONIP 2021. The 176 short and workshop papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for publication out of 1093 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: theory and algorithms; AI and cybersecurity; cognitive neurosciences; human centred computing; advances in deep and shallow machine learning algorithms for biomedical data and imaging; reliable, robust, and secure machine learning algorithms; theory and applications of natural computing paradigms; applications. * The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The two-volume set CCIS 1516 and 1517 constitutes thoroughly refereed short papers presented at the 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2021, held in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, in December 2021.* The volume also presents papers from the workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security, held during the ICONIP 2021. The 176 short and workshop papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for publication out of 1093 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: theory and algorithms; AI and cybersecurity; cognitive neurosciences; human centred computing; advances in deep and shallow machine learning algorithms for biomedical data and imaging; reliable, robust, and secure machine learning algorithms; theory and applications of natural computing paradigms; applications. * The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The three-volume set of LNCS 11953, 11954, and 11955 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2019, held in Sydney, Australia, in December 2019. The 173 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 645 submissions. The papers address the emerging topics of theoretical research, empirical studies, and applications of neural information processing techniques across different domains. The second volume, LNCS 11954, is organized in topical sections on image processing by neural techniques; learning from incomplete data; model compression and optimisation; neural learning models; neural network applications; and social network computing.

The two-volume set CCIS 1142 and 1143 constitutes thoroughly refereed contributions presented at the 26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2019, held in Sydney, Australia, in December 2019.For ICONIP 2019 a total of 345 papers was carefully reviewed and selected for publication out of 645 submissions. The 168 papers included in this volume set were organized in topical sections as follows: adversarial networks and learning; convolutional neural networks; deep neural networks; embeddings and feature fusion; human centred computing; human centred computing and medicine; human centred computing for emotion; hybrid models; image processing by neural techniques; learning from incomplete data; model compression and optimization; neural network applications; neural network models; semantic and graph based approaches; social network computing; spiking neuron and related models; text computing using neural techniques; time-series and related models; and unsupervised neural models.

The three-volume set of LNCS 11953, 11954, and 11955 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2019, held in Sydney, Australia, in December 2019.The 173 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 645 submissions. The papers address the emerging topics of theoretical research, empirical studies, and applications of neural information processing techniques across different domains. The third volume, LNCS 11955, is organized in topical sections on semantic and graph based approaches; spiking neuron and related models; text computing using neural techniques; time-series and related models; and unsupervised neural models.

The three-volume set of LNCS 11953, 11954, and 11955 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2019, held in Sydney, Australia, in December 2019. The 173 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 645 submissions. The papers address the emerging topics of theoretical research, empirical studies, and applications of neural information processing techniques across different domains. The first volume, LNCS 11953, is organized in topical sections on adversarial networks and learning; convolutional neural networks; deep neural networks; feature learning and representation; human centred computing; human centred computing and medicine; hybrid models; and artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

The two-volume set CCIS 1142 and 1143 constitutes thoroughly refereed contributions presented at the 26th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2019, held in Sydney, Australia, in December 2019.For ICONIP 2019 a total of 345 papers was carefully reviewed and selected for publication out of 645 submissions. The 168 papers included in this volume set were organized in topical sections as follows: adversarial networks and learning; convolutional neural networks; deep neural networks; embeddings and feature fusion; human centred computing; human centred computing and medicine; human centred computing for emotion; hybrid models; image processing by neural techniques; learning from incomplete data; model compression and optimization; neural network applications; neural network models; semantic and graph based approaches; social network computing; spiking neuron and related models; text computing using neural techniques; time-series and related models; and unsupervised neural models.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence, MIWAI 2019, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November 2019. The 19 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. They cover a wide range of topics in theory, methods, and tools in AI sub-areas such as cognitive science, computational philosophy, computational intelligence, game theory, machine learning, multi-agent systems, natural language, representation and reasoning, data mining, speech, computer vision and the Web as well as their applications in big data, bioinformatics, biometrics, decision support, knowledge management, privacy, recommender systems, security, software engineering, spam filtering, surveillance, telecommunications, Web services, and IoT.

The three volume set LNCS 8834, LNCS 8835, and LNCS 8836 constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2014, held in Kuching, Malaysia, in November 2014. The 231 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 375 submissions. The selected papers cover major topics of theoretical research, empirical study, and applications of neural information processing research. The 3 volumes represent topical sections containing articles on cognitive science, neural networks and learning systems, theory and design, applications, kernel and statistical methods, evolutionary computation and hybrid intelligent systems, signal and image processing, and special sessions intelligent systems for supporting decision, making processes, theories and applications, cognitive robotics, and learning systems for social network and web mining.

The three volume set LNCS 8834, LNCS 8835, and LNCS 8836 constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2014, held in Kuching, Malaysia, in November 2014. The 231 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 375 submissions. The selected papers cover major topics of theoretical research, empirical study, and applications of neural information processing research. The 3 volumes represent topical sections containing articles on cognitive science, neural networks and learning systems, theory and design, applications, kernel and statistical methods, evolutionary computation and hybrid intelligent systems, signal and image processing, and special sessions intelligent systems for supporting decision, making processes,theories and applications, cognitive robotics, and learning systems for social network and web mining.