The two volume set LNCS 9886 + 9887 constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International
Conference on Artificial Neural Networks ICANN 2016 held in Barcelona Spain in September
2016. The 121 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 227
submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: from neurons to networks networks
and dynamics higher nervous functions neuronal hardware learning foundations deep learning
classifications and forecasting and recognition and navigation. There are 47 short paper
abstracts that are included in the back matter of the volume.
