Supervised learning. Pattern classification using a penalized likelihood method / Ahmed Al-Ani and Amir F. Atiya -- Evaluation of feature selection by multiclass kernel discriminant analysis / Tsuneyoshi Ishii and Shigeo Abe -- Correlation-based and causal feature selection analysis for ensemble classifiers / Rakkrit Duangsoithong and Terry Windeatt -- A new Monte Carlo-based error rate estimator / Ahmed Hefny and Amir F. Atiya -- Recognition of sequences of graphical patterns / Edmondo Trentin, ShuJia Zhang, and Markus Hagenbuchner -- Maximum echo-state-likelihood networks for emotion recognition / Edmondo Trentin, Stefan Scherer, and Friedhelm Schwenker -- Robustness analysis of eleven linear classifiers in extremely high-dimensional feature spaces / Ludwig Lausser and Hans A. Kestler -- Unsupervised learning. Global coordination based on matrix neural gas for dynamic texture synthesis / Banchar Arnonkijpanich and Barbara Hammer -- SIC-means : a semi-fuzzy approach for clustering data streams using C-means / Amr Magdy and Mahmoud K. Bassiouny -- The mathematics of divergence based online learning in vector quantization / Thomas Villmann, Sven Haase, Frank-Michael Schleif, Barbara Hammer, and Michael Biehl -- Cluster analysis of cortical pyramidal neurons using SOM / Andreas Schierwagen, Thomas Villmann, Alan Alpár, and Ulrich Gärtner -- Parallelized kernel patch clustering / Stefan Faußer and Friedhelm Schwenker -- Visual pattern recognition. Neural network cascade for facial feature localization / Thibaud Senechal, Lionel Prevost, and Shehzad Muhammad Hanif -- A hidden Markov model based approach for facial expression recognition in image sequences / Miriam Schmidt, Martin Schels, and Friedhelm Schwenker -- Analysis, interpretation, and recognition of facial action units and expressions using neuro-fuzzy modeling / Mahmoud Khademi, Mohammad Hadi Kiapour, Mohammad T. Manzuri-Shalmani, and Ali A. Kiaei -- Content-based retrieval and classification of ultrasound medical images of ovarian cysts / Abu Sayeed Md. Sohail, Prabir Bhattacharya, Sudhir P. Mudur, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy, and Lucy Gilbert -- Applications. A novel word spotting algorithm using bidirectional long short-term memory neural networks / Volkmar Frinken, Andreas Fischer, and Horst Bunke -- Swarm based fuzzy discriminant analysis for multifunction prosthesis control / Rami N. Khushaba, Ahmed Al-Ani, and Adel Al-Jumaily -- Bayesian learning of generalized Gaussian mixture models on biomedical images / Tarek Elguebaly and Nizar Bouguila -- Defective areas identification in aircraft components by bivariate EMD analysis of ultrasound signals / Marco Leo, David Looney, Tiziana D'Orazio, and Danilo P. Mandic -- Different regions identification in composite strain-encoded (C-SENC) images using machine learning techniques / Abdallah G. Motaal, Neamat El-Gayar, and Nael F. Osman -- Exploiting neural networks to enhance trend forecasting for hotels reservations / Athanasius Zakhary, Neamat El Gayar, and Sanaa El-Ola. H. Ahmed -- VLSI architecture of the fuzzy fingerprint vault system / Sung Jin Lim, Seung-Hoon Chae, and Sung Bum Pan -- Invited talk. Clustering very large dissimilarity data sets / Barbara Hammer and Alexander Hasenfuss