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Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are posited as a computationally efficient and biologically plausible alternative to conventional neural architectures, with their core computational framework primarily using the leaky integrate-and-fire…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Malyaban Bal , Abhronil Sengupta

The identification of sensory cues associated with potential opportunities and dangers is frequently complicated by unrelated events that separate useful cues by long delays. As a result, it remains a challenging task for state-of-the-art…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Shimin Zhang , Qu Yang , Chenxiang Ma , Jibin Wu , Haizhou Li , Kay Chen Tan

The increasing complexity and energy demands of large-scale neural networks, such as Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) and Large Language Models (LLMs), challenge their practical deployment in edge applications due to high power consumption, area…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Ckristian Duran , Nanako Kimura , Zolboo Byambadorj , Tetsuya Iizuka

Spiking neural network (SNN) is interesting due to its strong bio-plausibility and high energy efficiency. However, its performance is falling far behind conventional deep neural networks (DNNs). In this paper, considering a general class…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-16 Shibo Zhou , Xiaohua Li

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) that operate in an event-driven manner and employ binary spike representation have recently emerged as promising candidates for energy-efficient computing. However, a cost bottleneck arises in obtaining…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Yunpeng Yao , Man Wu , Zheng Chen , Renyuan Zhang

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) represent the latest generation of neural computation, offering a brain-inspired alternative to conventional Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Unlike ANNs, which depend on continuous-valued signals, SNNs…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Sales G. Aribe

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), inspired by the brain, are characterized by minimal power consumption and swift inference capabilities on neuromorphic hardware, and have been widely applied to various visual perception tasks. Current…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Chengjun Zhang , Yuhao Zhang , Jie Yang , Mohamad Sawan

In recent years, Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs) have outreached the performance of classical algorithms for image restoration tasks. However most of these methods are not suited for computational efficiency and are therefore too…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Andrea Castagnetti , Alain Pegatoquet , Benoît Miramond

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are a promising paradigm for energy-efficient computation, yet their theoretical foundations-especially regarding stability and robustness-remain limited compared to artificial neural networks. In this work,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Ernesto Araya , Massimiliano Datres , Gitta Kutyniok

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are being explored to emulate the astounding capabilities of human brain that can learn and compute functions robustly and efficiently with noisy spiking activities. A variety of spiking neuron models have…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Sayeed Shafayet Chowdhury , Chankyu Lee , Kaushik Roy

Multi-state spiking neurons combine sparse binary activations with rich second-order nonlinear recurrent dynamics, making them a promising alternative to standard deep learning models. However, gradient propagation through these dynamics…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Maxime Fabre , Lyubov Dudchenko , Younes Bouhadjar , Emre Neftci

Tactile sensing is essential for a variety of daily tasks. And recent advances in event-driven tactile sensors and Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) spur the research in related fields. However, SNN-enabled event-driven tactile learning is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Peng Kang , Srutarshi Banerjee , Henry Chopp , Aggelos Katsaggelos , Oliver Cossairt

Spiking neural networks (SNNs), inspired by the neural circuits of the brain, are promising in achieving high computational efficiency with biological fidelity. Nevertheless, it is quite difficult to optimize SNNs because the functional…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Huifeng Yin , Hanle Zheng , Jiayi Mao , Siyuan Ding , Xing Liu , Mingkun Xu , Yifan Hu , Jing Pei , Lei Deng

Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) are an emerging type of biologically plausible and efficient Artificial Neural Network (ANN). This work presents the development of a hardware accelerator for a SNN for high-performance inference, targeting a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Alessio Carpegna , Alessandro Savino , Stefano Di Carlo

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are biologically inspired, event-driven models suited for temporal data processing and energy-efficient neuromorphic computing. In SNNs, richer neuronal dynamic allows capturing more complex temporal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Sanja Karilanova , Subhrakanti Dey , Ayça Özçelikkale

Designing analog sub-threshold neuromorphic circuits in deep sub-micron technologies e.g. 28 nm can be a daunting task due to the problem of excessive leakage current. We propose novel energy-efficient hybrid CMOS-nano electro-mechanical…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-12-21 Saber Moradi , Sunil A. Bhave , Rajit Manohar

The escalating energy demands of artificial intelligence pose a critical challenge to conventional computing. Leveraging the efficiency of event-driven, in-memory neuromorphic architectures into the superconducting circuits with ultra-high…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Muen Wang , Shucheng Yang , Yuxiang Lin , Yuntian Gao , Xue Zhang , Xiaoping Gao , Minghui Niu , Huanli Liu , Yikang Wan , Wei Peng , Jie Ren

In this work, we examine fundamental elements of spiking neural networks (SNNs) as well as how to tune them. Concretely, we focus on two different foundational neuronal units utilized in SNNs -- the leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) and the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-11 William Gebhardt , Alexander G. Ororbia , Nathan McDonald , Clare Thiem , Jack Lombardi

The computational complexity of deep learning algorithms has given rise to significant speed and memory challenges for the execution hardware. In energy-limited portable devices, highly efficient processing platforms are indispensable for…

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are promising for energy-efficient, real-time edge computing, yet their performance is often constrained by the limited adaptability of conventional leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) neurons. Existing LIF models…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Zhuobin Yang , Yeyao Bao , Liangfu Lv , Jian Zhang , Xiaohong Li , Yunliang Zang