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We present results from a new approach to learning and plasticity in neuromorphic hardware systems: to enable flexibility in implementable learning mechanisms while keeping high efficiency associated with neuromorphic implementations, we…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2016-10-14 Simon Friedmann , Johannes Schemmel , Andreas Gruebl , Andreas Hartel , Matthias Hock , Karlheinz Meier

This paper introduces a novel approach in neuromorphic computing, integrating heterogeneous hardware nodes into a unified, massively parallel architecture. Our system transcends traditional single-node constraints, harnessing the neural…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-02 Murat Isik , Jonathan Naoukin , I. Can Dikmen

Physical systems exhibiting neuromechanical functions promise to enable structures with directly encoded autonomy and intelligence. We report on a class of neuromorphic metamaterials embodying bioinspired mechanosensing, memory, and…

The impressive performance of artificial neural networks has come at the cost of high energy usage and CO$_2$ emissions. Unconventional computing architectures, with magnetic systems as a candidate, have potential as alternative…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-03-06 Matthew O. A. Ellis , Alex Welbourne , Stephan J. Kyle , Paul W. Fry , Dan A. Allwood , Thomas J. Hayward , Eleni Vasilaki

Neuromorphic computing aims to mimic both the function and structure of biological neural networks to provide artificial intelligence with extreme efficiency. Conventional approaches store synaptic weights in non-volatile memory devices…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Peng Zhou , Alexander J. Edwards , Frederick B. Mancoff , Sanjeev Aggarwal , Stephen K. Heinrich-Barna , Joseph S. Friedman

Flexible electronics and neuromorphic computing face key challenges in material integration and function retention. In particular, freestanding membranes suffer from slow sacrificial layer removal and interfacial strain, while neuromorphic…

Embedded, continual learning for autonomous and adaptive behavior is a key application of neuromorphic hardware. However, neuromorphic implementations of embedded learning at large scales that are both flexible and efficient have been…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-08-10 Georgios Detorakis , Sadique Sheik , Charles Augustine , Somnath Paul , Bruno U. Pedroni , Nikil Dutt , Jeffrey Krichmar , Gert Cauwenberghs , Emre Neftci

Neuromorphic functionalities in memristive devices are commonly associated with the ability to electrically create local conductive pathways by resistive switching. The archetypal correlated material, VO2, has been intensively studied for…

Stochastic diffusion processes are pervasive in nature, from the seemingly erratic Brownian motion to the complex interactions of synaptically-coupled spiking neurons. Recently, drawing inspiration from Langevin dynamics, neuromorphic…

The hardware-software co-optimization of neural network architectures is becoming a major stream of research especially due to the emergence of commercial neuromorphic chips such as the IBM Truenorth and Intel Loihi. Development of specific…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Roshan Gopalakrishnan , Yansong Chua , Ashish Jith Sreejith Kumar

In computational neuroscience, as well as in machine learning, neuromorphic devices promise an accelerated and scalable alternative to neural network simulations. Their neural connectivity and synaptic capacity depends on their specific…

Memristors have demonstrated immense potential as building blocks in future adaptive neuromorphic architectures. Recently, there has been focus on emulating specific synaptic functions of the mammalian nervous system by either tailoring the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2018-04-19 Taimur Ahmed , Sumeet Walia , Edwin Mayes , Rajesh Ramanathan , Vipul Bansal , Madhu Bhaskaran , Sharath Sriram , Omid Kavehei

We consider a neural network with adapting synapses whose dynamics can be analitically computed. The model is made of $N$ neurons and each of them is connected to $K$ input neurons chosen at random in the network. The synapses are…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-30 G. Lattanzi , G. Nardulli , G. Pasquariello , S. Stramaglia

Nature inspired neuromorphic architectures are being explored as an alternative to imminent limitations of conventional complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) architectures. Utilization of such architectures for practical…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-12-29 Saurabh K. Bose , Joshua B. Mallinson , Rodrigo M. Gazoni , Simon A. Brown

Biological systems use neural circuits to integrate input information and produce outputs. Synaptic convergence, where multiple neurons converge their inputs onto a single downstream neuron, is common in natural neural circuits. However,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Wendy Otieno , Alex Gabbitas , Debi Pattnaik , Pavel Borisov , Sergey Savel'ev , Alexander G. Balanov

Large-scale integration of emerging nanoscale non-volatile memory devices, e.g. resistive random-access memory (RRAM), can enable a new generation of neuromorphic computers that can solve a wide range of machine learning problems. Such…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-12-20 Xinyu Wu , Vishal Saxena

Brain-inspired computing architectures attempt to mimic the computations performed in the neurons and the synapses in the human brain in order to achieve its efficiency in learning and cognitive tasks. In this work, we demonstrate the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-12-20 Abhronil Sengupta , Priyadarshini Panda , Parami Wijesinghe , Yusung Kim , Kaushik Roy

Neuromorphic systems open up opportunities to enlarge the explorative space for computational research. However, it is often challenging to unite efficiency and usability. This work presents the software aspects of this endeavor for the…

In this work, we propose stochastic Binary Spiking Neural Network (sBSNN) composed of stochastic spiking neurons and binary synapses (stochastic only during training) that computes probabilistically with one-bit precision for…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-02-27 Minsuk Koo , Gopalakrishnan Srinivasan , Yong Shim , Kaushik Roy

We present a novel software feature for the BrainScaleS-2 accelerated neuromorphic platform that facilitates the partitioned emulation of large-scale spiking neural networks. This approach is well suited for deep spiking neural networks and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Elias Arnold , Philipp Spilger , Jan V. Straub , Eric Müller , Dominik Dold , Gabriele Meoni , Johannes Schemmel