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How spiking networks are able to perform probabilistic inference is an intriguing question, not only for understanding information processing in the brain, but also for transferring these computational principles to neuromorphic silicon…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-07-12 Mihai A. Petrovici , Anna Schroeder , Oliver Breitwieser , Andreas Grübl , Johannes Schemmel , Karlheinz Meier

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

Research on neuromorphic computing is driven by the vision that we can emulate brain-like computing capability, learning capability, and energy-efficiency in novel hardware. Unfortunately, this vision has so far been pursued in a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Wolfgang Maass

Stochastic spiking neural networks based on nanoelectronic spin devices can be a possible pathway to achieving "brainlike" compact and energy-effcient cognitive intelligence. The computational model attempt to exploit the intrinsic device…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-01-29 Chamika M. Liyanagedera , Abhronil Sengupta , Akhilesh Jaiswal , Kaushik Roy

The study of plasticity in spiking neural networks is an active area of research. However, simulations that involve complex plasticity rules, dense connectivity/high synapse counts, complex neuron morphologies, or extended simulation times…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Philipp Spilger , Eric Müller , Johannes Schemmel

Neuromorphic computing mimics brain-inspired mechanisms through spiking neurons and energy-efficient processing, offering a pathway to efficient in-memory computing (IMC). However, these advancements raise critical security and privacy…

Learning and memory in the brain are implemented by complex, time-varying changes in neural circuitry. The computational rules according to which synaptic weights change over time are the subject of much research, and are not precisely…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-11-18 Scott W. Linderman , Christopher H. Stock , Ryan P. Adams

Spiking Neural Network (SNN) is considered more biologically realistic and power-efficient as it imitates the fundamental mechanism of the human brain. Recently, backpropagation (BP) based SNN learning algorithms that utilize deep learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Chengting Yu , Yangkai Du , Mufeng Chen , Aili Wang , Gaoang Wang , Erping Li

Memristors have been widely studied as artificial synapses in neuromorphic circuits, due to their functional similarity with biological synapses, low operating power, and high integration density. In this work, a memristive synapse,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Y. Liu , D. Wang , Z. Dong , H. Xie , W. Zhao

Neural networks have revolutionized the area of artificial intelligence and introduced transformative applications to almost every scientific field and industry. However, this success comes at a great price; the energy requirements for…

Two main routes of learning methods exist at present including error-driven global learning and neuroscience-oriented local learning. Integrating them into one network may provide complementary learning capabilities for versatile learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-23 Yujie Wu , Rong Zhao , Jun Zhu , Feng Chen , Mingkun Xu , Guoqi Li , Sen Song , Lei Deng , Guanrui Wang , Hao Zheng , Jing Pei , Youhui Zhang , Mingguo Zhao , Luping Shi

Neuromorphic computing and spiking neural networks (SNN) mimic the behavior of biological systems and have drawn interest for their potential to perform cognitive tasks with high energy efficiency. However, some factors such as temporal…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Haowen Fang , Brady Taylor , Ziru Li , Zaidao Mei , Hai Li , Qinru Qiu

Memristive devices hold promise to improve the scale and efficiency of machine learning and neuromorphic hardware, thanks to their compact size, low power consumption, and the ability to perform matrix multiplications in constant time.…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Zhenming Yu , Ming-Jay Yang , Jan Finkbeiner , Sebastian Siegel , John Paul Strachan , Emre Neftci

A Spiking Neural Network (SNN) is trained with Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP), which is a neuro-inspired unsupervised learning method for various machine learning applications. This paper studies the generalizability properties of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Biswadeep Chakraborty , Saibal Mukhopadhyay

The practical applications based on recurrent spiking neurons are limited due to their non-trivial learning algorithms. The temporal nature of spiking neurons is more favorable for hardware implementation where signals can be represented in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2008-07-16 Arfan Ghani , Martin McGinnity , Liam Maguire , Jim Harkin

Spiking neural network (SNN) has attracted much attention due to their powerful spatio-temporal information representation ability. Capsule Neural Network (CapsNet) does well in assembling and coupling features at different levels. Here, we…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-16 Dongcheng Zhao , Yang Li , Yi Zeng , Jihang Wang , Qian Zhang

We study the application of a neural network architecture for identifying charged particle trajectories via unsupervised learning of delays and synaptic weights using a spike-time-dependent plasticity rule. In the considered model, the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-04-14 Emanuele Coradin , Fabio Cufino , Muhammad Awais , Tommaso Dorigo , Enrico Lupi , Eleonora Porcu , Jinu Raj , Fredrik Sandin , Mia Tosi

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are distributed trainable systems whose computing elements, or neurons, are characterized by internal analog dynamics and by digital and sparse synaptic communications. The sparsity of the synaptic spiking…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-22 Hyeryung Jang , Osvaldo Simeone , Brian Gardner , André Grüning

Several analog and digital brain-inspired electronic systems have been recently proposed as dedicated solutions for fast simulations of spiking neural networks. While these architectures are useful for exploring the computational properties…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-11-08 Elisabetta Chicca , Fabio Stefanini , Chiara Bartolozzi , Giacomo Indiveri

Hyperparameters and learning algorithms for neuromorphic hardware are usually chosen by hand. In contrast, the hyperparameters and learning algorithms of networks of neurons in the brain, which they aim to emulate, have been optimized…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Thomas Bohnstingl , Franz Scherr , Christian Pehle , Karlheinz Meier , Wolfgang Maass