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Biological image processing is performed by complex neural networks composed of thousands of neurons interconnected via thousands of synapses, some of which are excitatory and others inhibitory. Spiking neural models are distinguished from…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Pedro Machado , Georgina Cosma , T. M McGinnity

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) have demonstrated excellent capabilities in various intelligent scenarios. Most existing methods for training SNNs are based on the concept of synaptic plasticity; however, learning in the realistic brain also…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Hongze Sun , Wuque Cai , Baoxin Yang , Yan Cui , Yang Xia , Dezhong Yao , Daqing Guo

We introduce Neural Dynamical Systems (NDS), a method of learning dynamical models in various gray-box settings which incorporates prior knowledge in the form of systems of ordinary differential equations. NDS uses neural networks to…

This study explores the design and control of the behaviour of agents and robots using simple circuits of spiking neurons and Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) as a mechanism of associative and unsupervised learning. Based on a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-09-25 Cristian Jimenez-Romero , David Sousa-Rodrigues , Jeffrey H. Johnson

We present a structured neural network architecture that is inspired by linear time-varying dynamical systems. The network is designed to mimic the properties of linear dynamical systems which makes analysis and control simple. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-06 Alexander Broad , Ian Abraham , Todd Murphey , Brenna Argall

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) offer both compelling potential advantages, including energy efficiency and low latencies and challenges including the non-differentiable nature of event spikes. Much of the initial research in this area has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-11 Somayeh Hussaini , Michael Milford , Tobias Fischer

Bio-hybrid systems---close couplings of natural organisms with technology---are high potential and still underexplored. In existing work, robots have mostly influenced group behaviors of animals. We explore the possibilities of mixing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-04-20 Mostafa Wahby , Mary Katherine Heinrich , Daniel Nicolas Hofstadler , Payam Zahadat , Sebastian Risi , Phil Ayres , Thomas Schmickl , Heiko Hamann

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are energy-efficient and biologically plausible, ideal for embedded and security-critical systems, yet their adversarial robustness remains open. Existing adversarial attacks often overlook SNNs' bio-plausible…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Lingxin Jin , Wei Jiang , Maregu Assefa Habtie , Letian Chen , Jinyu Zhan , Xingzhi Zhou , Lin Zuo , Naoufel Werghi

Neuroscience research has produced many theories and computational neural models of sensory nervous systems. Notwithstanding many different perspectives towards developing intelligent machines, artificial intelligence has ultimately been…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-10-05 David Di Giorgio

Simplicial map neural networks (SMNNs) are topology-based neural networks with interesting properties such as universal approximation ability and robustness to adversarial examples under appropriate conditions. However, SMNNs present some…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Eduardo Paluzo-Hidalgo , Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Naranjo , Rocio Gonzalez-Diaz

Inspired by the brain's information processing using binary spikes, spiking neural networks (SNNs) offer significant reductions in energy consumption and are more adept at incorporating multi-scale biological characteristics. In SNNs,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Yinqian Sun , Feifei Zhao , Zhuoya Zhao , Yi Zeng

Brain-inspired learning models attempt to mimic the cortical architecture and computations performed in the neurons and synapses constituting the human brain to achieve its efficiency in cognitive tasks. In this work, we present…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Priyadarshini Panda , Gopalakrishnan Srinivasan , Kaushik Roy

We propose that in order to harness our understanding of neuroscience toward machine learning, we must first have powerful tools for training brain-like models of learning. Although substantial progress has been made toward understanding…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Samuel Schmidgall , Joe Hays

Neural Memory Networks (NMNs) have received increased attention in recent years compared to deep architectures that use a constrained memory. Despite their new appeal, the success of NMNs hinges on the ability of the gradient-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-12 Tharindu Fernando , Simon Denman , Sridha Sridharan , Clinton Fookes

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer a biologically inspired alternative to conventional artificial neural networks, with potential advantages in power efficiency due to their event-driven computation. Despite their promise, SNNs have yet…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Wangdan Liao , Weidong Wang

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), transform neural signals in the brain into in-structions to control external devices. However, obtaining sufficient training data is difficult as well as limited. With the advent of advanced machine…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-07-02 Shengjie Zheng , Wenyi Li , Lang Qian , Chenggang He , Xiaojian Li

We propose a neural information processing system which is obtained by re-purposing the function of a biological neural circuit model, to govern simulated and real-world control tasks. Inspired by the structure of the nervous system of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Ramin Hasani , Mathias Lechner , Alexander Amini , Daniela Rus , Radu Grosu

In the past decades, considerable attention has been paid to bio-inspired intelligence and its applications to robotics. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of bio-inspired intelligence, with a focus on neurodynamics approaches, to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-20 Junfei Li , Zhe Xu , Danjie Zhu , Kevin Dong , Tao Yan , Zhu Zeng , Simon X. Yang

Reinforcement learning agents based on Transformer architectures have achieved impressive performance on sequential decision-making tasks, but their reliance on dense matrix operations makes them ill-suited for energy-constrained,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Vishal Pandey , Debasmita Biswas

Bio-inspired hardware holds the promise of low-energy, intelligent and highly adaptable computing systems. Applications span from automatic classification for big data management, through unmanned vehicle control, to control for bio-medical…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-07-18 Julie Grollier , Damien Querlioz , Mark D. Stiles