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This paper studies the capability of a recurrent neural network model to memorize random dynamical firing patterns by a simple local learning rule. Two modes of learning/memorization are considered: The first mode is strictly online, with a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Patrick Murer , Hans-Andrea Loeliger

A key open question in quantum computation is what advantages quantum neural networks (QNNs) may have over classical neural networks (NNs), and in what situations these advantages may transpire. Here we address this question by studying the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-06 Logan G. Wright , Peter L. McMahon

Determining the memory capacity of two layer neural networks with $m$ hidden neurons and input dimension $d$ (i.e., $md+2m$ total trainable parameters), which refers to the largest size of general data the network can memorize, is a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Liam Madden , Christos Thrampoulidis

We consider the problem of training a neural network to store a set of patterns with maximal noise robustness. A solution, in terms of optimal weights and state update rules, is derived by training each individual neuron to perform either…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-24 Georgios Iatropoulos , Johanni Brea , Wulfram Gerstner

Quantum neural networks form one pillar of the emergent field of quantum machine learning. Here, quantum generalisations of classical networks realizing associative memories - capable of retrieving patterns, or memories, from corrupted…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-28 Lukas Bödeker , Eliana Fiorelli , Markus Müller

We present a global algorithm for training multilayer neural networks in this Letter. The algorithm is focused on controlling the local fields of neurons induced by the input of samples by random adaptations of the synaptic weights. Unlike…

Biological Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hong Zhao , Tao Jin

We show that a protein can be trained to recognise multiple conformations, analogous to an associative memory, and provide capacity calculations based on energy fluctuations and information theory. Unlike the linear capacity of a Hopfield…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas M A Fink , Robin C Ball

In machine learning, the use of an artificial neural network is the mainstream approach. Such a network consists of layers of neurons. These neurons are of the same type characterized by the two features: (1) an inner product of an input…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-28 Fenglei Fan , Wenxiang Cong , Ge Wang

Learning or memory formation are associated with the strengthening of the synaptic connections between neurons according to a pattern reflected by the input. According to this theory a retained memory sequence is associated to a dynamic…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-03-23 Pascal Chossat , Martin Krupa

The paper examines the problem of accessing a vector memory from a single neuron in a Hebbian neural network. It begins with the review of the author's earlier method, which is different from the Hopfield model in that it recruits…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2009-05-26 Subhash Kak

Can deep learning solve multiple tasks simultaneously, even when they are unrelated and very different? We investigate how the representations of the underlying tasks affect the ability of a single neural network to learn them jointly. We…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Atish Agarwala , Abhimanyu Das , Brendan Juba , Rina Panigrahy , Vatsal Sharan , Xin Wang , Qiuyi Zhang

Learning to remember long sequences remains a challenging task for recurrent neural networks. Register memory and attention mechanisms were both proposed to resolve the issue with either high computational cost to retain memory…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-10-04 Wei Zhang , Bowen Zhou

Modular neural networks outperform nonmodular neural networks on tasks ranging from visual question answering to robotics. These performance improvements are thought to be due to modular networks' superior ability to model the compositional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Akhilan Boopathy , Sunshine Jiang , William Yue , Jaedong Hwang , Abhiram Iyer , Ila Fiete

Reservoir computing is a powerful framework for real-time information processing, characterized by its high computational ability and quick learning, with applications ranging from machine learning to biological systems. In this paper, we…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-10-24 Shotaro Takasu , Toshio Aoyagi

This paper explores Memory-Augmented Neural Networks (MANNs), delving into how they blend human-like memory processes into AI. It covers different memory types, like sensory, short-term, and long-term memory, linking psychological theories…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Savya Khosla , Zhen Zhu , Yifei He

Networks of neurons in some brain areas are flexible enough to encode new memories quickly. Using a standard firing rate model of recurrent networks, we develop a theory of flexible memory networks. Our main results characterize networks…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-02-25 Carina Curto , Anda Degeratu , Vladimir Itskov

The effectiveness of recurrent neural networks can be largely influenced by their ability to store into their dynamical memory information extracted from input sequences at different frequencies and timescales. Such a feature can be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-01 Antonio Carta , Alessandro Sperduti , Davide Bacciu

The neural network is a powerful computing framework that has been exploited by biological evolution and by humans for solving diverse problems. Although the computational capabilities of neural networks are determined by their structure,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Nathaniel Rodriguez , Eduardo Izquierdo , Yong-Yeol Ahn

A recurrent neural network model storing multiple spatial maps, or ``charts'', is analyzed. A network of this type has been suggested as a model for the origin of place cells in the hippocampus of rodents. The extremely diluted and fully…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 Francesco P. Battaglia , Alessandro Treves

Associative memory architectures are designed for memorization but also offer, through their retrieval method, a form of generalization to unseen inputs: stored memories can be seen as prototypes from this point of view. Focusing on Modern…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-14 Matan Abudy , Nur Lan , Emmanuel Chemla , Roni Katzir