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We present new theoretical foundations for unsupervised Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) learning in spiking neural networks (SNNs). In contrast to empirical parameter search used in most previous works, we provide novel theoretical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Ali Safa , Ilja Ocket , André Bourdoux , Hichem Sahli , Francky Catthoor , Georges Gielen

We present a digital implementation of the Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) learning rule. The proposed digital implementation consists of an exponential decay generator array and a STDP adaptor array. On the arrival of a pre- and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Runchun Wang , Chetan Singh Thakur , Tara Julia Hamilton , Jonathan Tapson , André van Schaik

We present a two-layer fully connected neuromorphic system based on a thin-film transistor (TFT)-type NOR flash memory array with multiple postsynaptic (POST) neurons. Unsupervised online learning by spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP)…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Soochang Lee , Chul-Heung Kim , Seongbin Oh , Byung-Gook Park , Jong-Ho Lee

Neuromorphic, or spiking, processors are increasingly being considered for use in harsh, radiation-prone environments such as space and avionics, where energy efficiency and graceful degradation are essential. In this study, we propose and…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Wim Nijsink , Bruno Endres Forlin , Amirreza Yousefzadeh , Marco Ottavi

We have added a simplified neuromorphic model of Spike Time Dependent Plasticity (STDP) to the Synapto-dendritic Kernel Adapting Neuron (SKAN). The resulting neuron model is the first to show synaptic encoding of afferent signal to noise…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-12 Saeed Afshar , Libin George , Jonathan Tapson , Andre van Schaik , Philip de Chazal , Tara Julia Hamilton

Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) is a Hebbian like synaptic learning rule. The basis of STDP has strong experimental evidences and it depends on precise input and output spike timings. In this paper we show that under biologically…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-04-14 Subhajit Sengupta , Karthik S. Gurumoorthy , Arunava Banerjee

This study introduces a novel supervised learning approach for spiking neural networks that does not rely on traditional backpropagation. Instead, it employs spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) within a supervised framework for image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Wei Xie

Most normative models in computational neuroscience describe the task of learning as the optimisation of a cost function with respect to a set of parameters. However, learning as optimisation fails to account for a time varying environment…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2020-08-10 Jannes Jegminat , Jean-Pascal Pfister

Memristive devices represent a promising technology for building neuromorphic electronic systems. In addition to their compactness and non-volatility features, they are characterized by computationally relevant physical properties, such as…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-07-18 Melika Payvand , Manu V Nair , Lorenz K. Muller , Giacomo Indiveri

We suggest a mechanism based on spike time dependent plasticity (STDP) of synapses to store, retrieve and predict temporal sequences. The mechanism is demonstrated in a model system of simplified integrate-and-fire type neurons densely…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-07 Thomas Nowotny , Misha I. Rabinovich , Henry D. I. Abarbanel

The Bienenstock-Cooper-Munro (BCM) and Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) rules are two experimentally verified form of synaptic plasticity where the alteration of synaptic weight depends upon the rate and the timing of pre- and…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-03-21 Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi , Said Al-Sarawi , Nicolangelo Iannella , Derek Abbott

Configurable synaptic delays are a basic feature in many neuromorphic neural network hardware accelerators. However, they have been rarely used in model implementations, despite their promising impact on performance and efficiency in tasks…

Synapse plays an important role of learning in a neural network; the learning rules which modify the synaptic strength based on the timing difference between the pre- and post-synaptic spike occurrence is termed as Spike Time Dependent…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-12-31 Roshan Gopalakrishnan , Arindam Basu

This paper presents a controlled empirical study of biologically motivated local learning for handwritten digit recognition. We evaluate an STDP-inspired competitive proxy and a practical hybrid benchmark built on the same spiking…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Debjyoti Chakraborty

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) could play a key role in unsupervised machine learning applications, by virtue of strengths related to learning from the fine temporal structure of event-based signals. However, some spike-timing-related…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-10 Timoleon Moraitis , Abu Sebastian , Irem Boybat , Manuel Le Gallo , Tomas Tuma , Evangelos Eleftheriou

Computation on a large volume of data at high speed and low power requires energy-efficient computing architectures. Spiking neural network (SNN) with bio-inspired spike-timing-dependent plasticity learning (STDP) is a promising solution…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-12 Sahibia Kaur Vohra , Sherin A Thomas , Mahendra Sakare , Devarshi Mrinal Das

Recent work has shown that dopamine-modulated STDP can solve many of the issues associated with reinforcement learning, such as the distal reward problem. Spiking neural networks provide a useful technique in implementing reinforcement…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-02-24 Richard Evans

Thought to be responsible for memory, synaptic plasticity has been widely studied in the past few decades. One example of plasticity models is the popular Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP). The huge litterature of STDP models are…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-03-02 Pascal Helson

A large effort is devoted to the research of new computing paradigms associated to innovative nanotechnologies that should complement and/or propose alternative solutions to the classical Von Neumann/CMOS association. Among various…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-09 F. Alibart , S. Pleutin , O. Bichler , C. Gamrat , T. Serrano-Gotarredona , B. Linares-Barranco , D. Vuillaume

We present an effective model for timing-dependent synaptic plasticity (STDP) in terms of two interacting traces, corresponding to the fraction of activated NMDA receptors and the Ca2+ concentration in the dendritic spine of the…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-02-26 Rodrigo Echeveste , Claudius Gros