XXV Magnetic Recording Conference 2014 Foreword

On behalf of the organizing committee of the XXV Magnetic Recording Conference, TMRC 2014, we are pleased to present selected papers from the conference in this issue of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS. The conference convened at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, on August 11–13, 2014. The hard work and hospitality of the hosting institution in making this event so successful is greatly appreciated.