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We propose a new framework, called Poisson learning, for graph based semi-supervised learning at very low label rates. Poisson learning is motivated by the need to address the degeneracy of Laplacian semi-supervised learning in this regime.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-17 Jeff Calder , Brendan Cook , Matthew Thorpe , Dejan Slepcev

Autonomous driving perception demands accurate and efficient processing of three-dimensional sensor data under strict power constraints. Traditional convolutional neural networks achieve strong detection accuracy but are computationally…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Sambit Mohapatra , Senthil Yogamani , Heinrich Gotzig , Patrick Mader

In the past two decades we have seen the popularity of neural networks increase in conjunction with their classification accuracy. Parallel to this, we have also witnessed how fragile the very same prediction models are: tiny perturbations…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Mark Beliaev , Payam Delgosha , Hamed Hassani , Ramtin Pedarsani

Spiking neural networks are motivated from principles of neural systems and may possess unexplored advantages in the context of machine learning. A class of \textit{convolutional spiking neural networks} is introduced, trained to detect…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-08-27 Daniel J. Saunders , Hava T. Siegelmann , Robert Kozma , Miklós Ruszinkó

We consider the task of measuring time with probabilistic threshold gates implemented by bio-inspired spiking neurons. In the model of spiking neural networks, network evolves in discrete rounds, where in each round, neurons fire in pulses…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Yael Hitron , Merav Parter

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), is ways for electronic devices to communicate directly with the brain. For most medical-type brain-computer interface tasks, the activity of multiple units of neurons or local field potentials is sufficient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Lang Qian , Shengjie Zheng , Chunshan Deng , Cheng Yang , Xiaojian Li

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) transmit information through discrete spikes, which performs well in processing spatial-temporal information. Due to the non-differentiable characteristic, there still exist difficulties in designing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Dongcheng Zhao , Yi Zeng , Yang Li

Solving constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) is a notoriously expensive computational task. Recently, it has been proposed that efficient stochastic solvers can be obtained through appropriately configured spiking neural networks…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Jonathan Binas , Giacomo Indiveri , Michael Pfeiffer

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), recognized as the third generation of neural networks, are known for their bio-plausibility and energy efficiency, especially when implemented on neuromorphic hardware. However, the majority of existing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Yi Jiang , Sen Lu , Abhronil Sengupta

Previous studies have shown that spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) can be used in spiking neural networks (SNN) to extract visual features of low or intermediate complexity in an unsupervised manner. These studies, however, used…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-12 Saeed Reza Kheradpisheh , Mohammad Ganjtabesh , Simon J Thorpe , Timothée Masquelier

We introduce a novel spiking neural network model for learning distributed internal representations from data in an unsupervised procedure. We achieved this by transforming the non-spiking feedforward Bayesian Confidence Propagation Neural…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Naresh Ravichandran , Anders Lansner , Pawel Herman

This paper presents a spike-based model which employs neurons with functionally distinct dendritic compartments for classifying high dimensional binary patterns. The synaptic inputs arriving on each dendritic subunit are nonlinearly…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-26 Shaista Hussain , Shih-Chii Liu , Arindam Basu

To address the increasing need for efficient and accurate content moderation, we propose an efficient and lightweight deep classification ensemble structure. Our approach is based on a combination of simple visual features, designed for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Mohammad Hosseini , Mahmudul Hasan

In hierarchical multi-label classification, a persistent challenge is enabling model predictions to reach deeper levels of the hierarchy for more detailed or fine-grained classifications. This difficulty partly arises from the natural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Isaac Xu , Martin Gillis , Ayushi Sharma , Benjamin Misiuk , Craig J. Brown , Thomas Trappenberg

Spiking Neural Network (SNN) inference has a clear potential for high energy efficiency as computation is triggered by events. However, the inherent sparsity of events poses challenges for conventional computing systems, driving the…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Simone Manoni , Paul Scheffler , Luca Zanatta , Andrea Acquaviva , Luca Benini , Andrea Bartolini

Information encoding in the nervous system is supported through the precise spike-timings of neurons; however, an understanding of the underlying processes by which such representations are formed in the first place remains unclear. Here we…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-12-01 Brian Gardner , Ioana Sporea , André Grüning

We propose a novel backpropagation algorithm for training spiking neural networks (SNNs) that encodes information in the relative multiple spike timing of individual neurons without single-spike restrictions. The proposed algorithm inherits…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Kakei Yamamoto , Yusuke Sakemi , Kazuyuki Aihara

As neural interfaces become more advanced, there has been an increase in the volume and complexity of neural data recordings. These interfaces capture rich information about neural dynamics that call for efficient, real-time processing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-26 Sai Deepesh Pokala , Marie Bernert , Takuya Nanami , Takashi Kohno , Timothée Lévi , Blaise Yvert

A vast majority of spiking neural networks (SNNs) are trained based on inductive biases that are not necessarily a good fit for several critical tasks that require low-latency and power efficiency. Inferring brain behavior based on the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Xi Chen , Siwei Mai , Konstantinos Michmizos

Modern deep networks are highly complex and their inferential outcome very hard to interpret. This is a serious obstacle to their transparent deployment in safety-critical or bias-aware applications. This work contributes to post-hoc…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Konstantinos P. Panousis , Sotirios Chatzis