Contemporary developments of neural computation and applications

The aim of this Special Issue is to solicit theoretical and application-oriented research in the field of neural computing and to present examples of experimental and real-world investigations that demonstrate the advances, successes, and state-of-the-art of the developments in the neural computing area. We believe it provides a good opportunity for reflection on current developments in neural network research and its applications and gives an impression of where the research in the included topics is headed.