The Third IAPR TC3Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition,
ANNPR 2008, was held at Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris
(France), July 2–4, 2008. The workshop was organized by the Technical Committee
on Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence (TC3) that is one
of the 20 TCs of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).
The scope of TC3 includes computational intelligence approaches, such as fuzzy
systems, evolutionary computing and artificial neural networks and their use in
various pattern recognition applications. ANNPR 2008 followed the success of
the previous workshops: ANNPR 2003 held at the University of Florence (Italy)
and ANPPR 2006 held at Reisensburg Castle, University of Ulm (Germany). All
the workshops featured a single-track program including both oral sessions and
posters with a focus on active participation from every participant.
In recent years, the field of neural networks has matured considerably in both
methodology and real-world applications. As reflected in this book, artificial neural
networks in pattern recognition combine many ideas from machine learning,
advanced statistics, signal and image processing for solving complex real-world
pattern recognition problems.