This book is the second of a two-volume set that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2007. It features contributions related to computational neuroscience, neurocognitive studies, applications in biomedicine and bioinformatics, pattern recognition, self-organization, text mining and internet applications, signal and times series processing, vision and image processing, robotics, control, and more.

Computational Neuroscience, Neurocognitive Studies.- Applications in Biomedicine and Bioinformatics.- Pattern Recognition.- Data Clustering.- Self-organization.- Text Mining and Internet Applications.- Signal and Times Series Processing.- Vision and Image Processing.- Robotics, Control.- Real World Applications.- Independent Component Analysis.- Graphs.- Emotion and Attention: Empirical Findings Neural Models (Special Session).- Understanding and Creating Cognitive Systems (Special Session).