As a consultant I've worked with Neural Networks for two years. I've had hands on experience with every part of the process, from design to implementation to training, and have applied the art to many different fields. To give a better sense of what I typically did with neural nets: * My last contract had me using neural nets to classify which pattern a stocks performance was adhering to and to use that to make smart recommendations about stop loss prices based on that. * My second last contract had me using RBFNs in classifiers to help determine if breast cancer MRIs showed malignant or benign tumors.