2. BVAI 2007: Naples, Italy
Francesco Mele, Giuliana Ramella, Silvia Santillo, Francesco Ventriglia (Eds.): Advances in Brain, Vision, and Artificial Intelligence, Second International Symposium, BVAI 2007, Naples, Italy, October 10-12, 2007, Proceedings. Springer 2007 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 978-3-540-75554-8
Basic Models in Visual Sciences
Takako Nishi, Kyoko Shimotsu, Tsukasa Gotow: Physiology of Simple Photoreceptors in the Abdominal Ganglion of Onchidium. 1-10
Luigia Cristino, Vittorio Guglielmotti, Carlo Musio, Silvia Santillo: Diffuse Nerve Net of Hydra Revealed by NADPH-Diaphorase Histochemical Labeling. 11-20
Paolo d'Alessandro: On Global Geometry of Image on Eye's Back. 21-29
Cortical Mechanism of Vision
Robert A. Frazor, Andrea Benucci, Matteo Carandini: Independent Encoding of Position and Orientation by Population Responses in Primary Visual Cortex. 30-41
Mia Setic, Drazen Domijan: A Neural Model for Attentional Modulation of Lateral Interactions in the Visual Cortex. 42-51
Michael P. Ewbank, William A. P. Smith, Edwin R. Hancock, Timothy J. Andrews: Testing Viewpoint Invariance in the Neural Representation of Faces: An MEG Study. 52-61
Emanuel Diamant: Modeling Visual Information Processing in Brain: A Computer Vision Point of View and Approach. 62-71
Color Processing in Natural Vision

Marc Ebner: How Does the Brain Arrive at a Color Constant Descriptor? 84-93
Teemu Tukiainen, Lasse Lensu, Jussi Parkkinen: Temporal Characteristics of Artificial Retina Based on Bacteriorhodopsin and Its Variants. 94-103
Action Oriented Vision
Michael A. Arbib, JinYong Lee: Vision and Action in the Language-Ready Brain: From Mirror Neurons to SemRep. 104-123
Roberto Prevete, Matteo Santoro, Ezio Catanzariti, Giovanni Tessitore: A Neural Network Model for a View Independent Extraction of Reach-to-Grasp Action Features. 124-133
Claudio Castellanos Sánchez: Neuromimetic Indicators for Visual Perception of Motion. 134-143
Jirina Radilova, Cloe Taddei-Ferretti, Carlo Musio, Silvia Santillo, Edoardo Cibelli, Antonio Cotugno, Tomás Radil: Reversal of "Cubic" and "Cylindric" Figures. 144-149
Visual Recognition and Attentive Modulation
John K. Tsotsos, Antonio Jose Rodríguez-Sánchez, Albert L. Rothenstein, Evgueni Simine: Different Binding Strategies for the Different Stages of Visual Recognition. 150-160
Ruben Coen Cagli, Paolo Coraggio, Paolo Napoletano, Giuseppe Boccignone: The Bayesian Draughtsman: A Model for Visuomotor Coordination in Drawing. 161-170
Naoya Ohnishi, Atsushi Imiya: Independent Component Analysis of Layer Optical Flow and Its Application. 171-180
Lucia Maddalena, Alfredo Petrosino: A Self-organizing Approach to Detection of Moving Patterns for Real-Time Applications. 181-190
Biometric Recognition
Massimo Tistarelli, Linda Brodo, Andrea Lagorio, Manuele Bicego: Recognition of Human Faces: From Biological to Artificial Vision. 191-213
Bogdan Raducanu, Jordi Vitrià: Incremental Subspace Learning for Cognitive Visual Processes. 214-223
Juan B. Gómez, Jorge E. Hernández, Flavio Prieto, Tanneguy Redarce: Real-Time Robot Manipulation Using Mouth Gestures in Facial Video Sequences. 224-233
Image Segmentation and Recognition
Giuseppe Boccignone, Mario Ferraro, Paolo Napoletano: A Variational Bayes Approach to Image Segmentation. 234-243
Maria Frucci, Petra Perner, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja: Watershed Segmentation Via Case-Based Reasoning. 244-253
Vittoria Bruni, Andrew Crawford, Anil C. Kokaram, Domenico Vitulano: Digital Removal of Blotches with Variable Semi-transparency Using Visibility Laws. 254-263
Rubi Hammer, Tomer Hertz, Shaul Hochstein, Daphna Weinshall: Classification with Positive and Negative Equivalence Constraints: Theory, Computation and Human Experiments. 264-276
Pasquale Foggia, Gennaro Percannella, Carlo Sansone, Mario Vento: A Graph-Based Clustering Method and Its Applications. 277-287
Daniel Oberhoff, Marina Kolesnik: Neural Object Recognition by Hierarchical Learning and Extraction of Essential Shapes. 288-297
Disparity Calculation and Noise Analysis
Jarno Ralli, Francisco J. Pelayo, Javier Díaz: Increasing Efficiency in Disparity Calculation. 298-307
Antonio Javier Gallego Sánchez, Rafael Molina, Patricia Compañ, Carlos Villagrá: 3D Reconstruction and Mapping from Stereo Pairs with Geometrical Rectification. 318-327
Signal Identification in Neural Models
Petr Lánský, Ondrej Pokora, Jean-Pierre Rospars: Stimulus-Response Curves in Sensory Neurons: How to Find the Stimulus Measurable with the Highest Precision. 338-349
Paola Lecca, Michela Lecca: Molecular Mechanism of Glutamate-Triggered Brain Glucose Metabolism: A Parametric Model from FDG PET-Scans. 350-359
Ondrej Pokora, Petr Lánský: Steady-State Properties of Coding of Odor Intensity in Olfactory Sensory Neurons. 360-367
Laura Sacerdote, Cristina Zucca, Petr Láanskáy: Input Identification in the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Neuronal Model with Signal Dependent Noise. 368-377
Dragos Calitoiu, B. John Oommen, Doron Nussbaum: Numerical Results on the Hodgkin-Huxley Neural Network: Spikes Annihilation. 378-387
Vito Di Maio: Excitatory Synaptic Interaction on the Dendritic Tree. 388-397
Maria Teresa Giraudo, Laura Sacerdote, Alessandro Sicco: Ghost Stochastic Resonance for a Neuron with a Pair of Periodic Inputs. 398-407
Angelo Di Garbo, Michele Barbi, Santi Chillemi: Coincidence Detector Properties of Small Networks of Interneurons. 408-417
Drazen Domijan, Mia Setic: Computing the Maximum Using Presynaptic Inhibition with Glutamate Receptors. 418-427
Antonio Pazienti, Markus Diesmann, Sonja Grün: Bounds of the Ability to Destroy Precise Coincidences by Spike Dithering. 428-437
Natural and Artificial Representation Issues in Artificial Intelligence
José del R. Millán, Pierre W. Ferrez, Ferran Galán, Eileen Lew, Ricardo Chavarriaga: Non-invasive Brain-Actuated Interaction. 438-447
Broderick Crawford, Carlos Castro, Eric Monfroy, Claudio Cubillos: Decomposition Approach to Solve Dial-a-Ride Problems Using Ant Computing and Constraint Programming. 448-457
Priscila Machado Vieira Lima, M. Mariela Morveli-Espinoza, Felipe M. G. França: Logic as Energy: A SAT-Based Approach. 458-467
Antonio Calabrese, Carlo Coppola, Salvatore Masecchia, Francesco Mele, Antonio Origlia, Antonio Sorgente, Oliviero Talamo: Towards a Formal Approach to Generative Design: An Assistant System for the Creation of Artefact Models. 468-479
Claudia Di Napoli: Using Software Agent Negotiation for Service Selection. 480-489
Tugba Saraç, Aydin Sipahioglu: A Genetic Algorithm for the Quadratic Multiple Knapsack Problem. 490-498
Cenk Sahin, Seyfettin Noyan Ogulata, Kezban Aslan, Hacer Bozdemir: The Application of Neural Networks in Classification of Epilepsy Using EEG Signals. 499-508
Meaning, Interaction and Emotion

Mladen Stanojevic, Sanja Vranes: Applying Neural Networks to Knowledge Representation and Determination of Its Meaning. 523-532
Halis Altun, Gökhan Polat: New Frameworks to Boost Feature Selection Algorithms in Emotion Detection for Improved Human-Computer Interaction. 533-541
Anna Esposito, Vojtech Stejskal, Zdenek Smékal, Nikolaos G. Bourbakis: The Significance of Empty Speech Pauses: Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues. 542-554
Stanislao Lauria: Human Robot Interactions: Towards the Implementation of Adaptive Strategies for Robust Communication. 555-565
Robot Navigation and Control
Paolo Coraggio, Massimo De Gregorio: A Neurosymbolic Hybrid Approach for Landmark Recognition and Robot Localization. 566-575
Vincenzo Niola, Cesare Rossi, Sergio Savino: An Application of Vision Systems to the Path Planning of Industrial Robots. 586-594
Luis Gracia, Josep Tornero: Tracking Trajectories with a Robotic Manipulator with Singularities. 595-605
Luis Gracia, Josep Tornero: Motion Planning for Wheeled Mobile Robots Based on Singularity Criteria. 606-615



