Shows readers how neural networks can be adapted for practical applications Introduces new research directions based on recent findings using mixed excitatory and inhibitory neuronal populations Helps readers apply neural networks to bio-inspired sensory processing tasks

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Tuba Ayhan was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1987. She received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electronics engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2008 and 2010, respectively. In 2015, she received the Ph.D. degree in Applied Sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium on electronic localization systems. She studied machine olfaction and cellular neural networks and she was a visiting scholar at The Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California San Diego (UCSD) during her Master. Since 2015, she has been a research assistant at Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, Mustak E. Yalcin was born in Unye, Turkey, in 1971. In 1993, he obtained the degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (I.T.U.), Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faculty. In 1997, he received the Master degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from I.T.U. Institute of Science andTechnology. In 2004, he recieved the Ph.D. degree in Applied Sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Between June 2004-December 2004, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT)/SCD-SISTA. He was also a Visiting Research Fellow at The Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California San Diego (UCSD) in 2009. He is currently a full Professor with Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. His research interests are mainly in the areas of the theory and application of nonlinear circuit and systems. He is co-author of the book "Cellular Neural Networks, Multi-Scroll Chaos and Synchronization" (World Scientific). Mustak E. Yalcin has been elected Chair of IEEE CAS Cellular Nanoscale(Neural) Networks and Array Computing Technical Committee form 2015. He was appointed as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering from 2015. RamazanYeniceri was born in Denizli, Turkey in 1985. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering Department from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). He has received ITU Annual Award for Best PhD Thesis in 2015. After six years of Research and Teaching Assistant experience in ITU Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and one year of Senior Design and Verification Engineer experience in Electra IC, he has been with ITU Aerospace Research Center (ITUARC) in a Senior Researcher position. He is now with Department of Aeronautical Engineering as Assistant Professor and Board Member of ITUARC. His current research topics are unmanned aerial vehicles, embedded systems and avionics.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Articial Neural Network Models.- Articial Olfaction System.- Implementations of CNNs.- Index.