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The problem of training spiking neural networks (SNNs) is a necessary precondition to understanding computations within the brain, a field still in its infancy. Previous work has shown that supervised learning in multi-layer SNNs enables…
Machine learning has recently developed novel approaches, mimicking the synapses of the human brain to achieve similarly efficient learning strategies. Such an approach retains the universality of standard methods, while attempting to…
The high motility of synaptic weights raises the question of how the brain can retain its functionality in the face of constant synaptic remodeling. Here we used the whisker system of rats and mice to study the interplay between synaptic…
Analog memory is of great importance in neurocomputing technologies field, but still remains difficult to implement. With emergence of memristors in VLSI technologies the idea of designing scalable analog data storage elements finds its…
The influence of the epileptiform neuronal activity on the response of a CMOS-integrated ZrO2-based memristive crossbar and its conductivity was studied. Epileptiform neuronal activity was obtained in vitro in the hippocampus slices of…
Nowadays, neuromorphic systems based on Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) attract attentions of many researchers. There are many studies to improve performances of neuromorphic systems. These studies have been showing satisfactory results. To…
Brain-inspired computing proposes a set of algorithmic principles that hold promise for advancing artificial intelligence. They endow systems with self learning capabilities, efficient energy usage, and high storage capacity. A core concept…
Spike-timing-dependent plasticity(STDP) is a biological process of synaptic modification caused by the difference of firing order and timing between neurons. One of the neurodynamical roles of STDP is to form a macroscopic geometrical…
Memristors have shown promising features for enhancing neuromorphic computing concepts and AI hardware accelerators. In this paper, we present a user-friendly software infrastructure that allows emulating a wide range of neuromorphic…
We present an effective model for timing-dependent synaptic plasticity (STDP) in terms of two interacting traces, corresponding to the fraction of activated NMDA receptors and the Ca2+ concentration in the dendritic spine of the…
When someone mentions the name of a known person we immediately recall her face and possibly many other traits. This is because we possess the so-called associative memory, that is the ability to correlate different memories to the same…
Compared with rate-based artificial neural networks, Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) provide a more biological plausible model for the brain. But how they perform supervised learning remains elusive. Inspired by recent works of Bengio et al.,…
Rapid progress of artificial neural network applications in recent years has led to the issue of an unprecedented energy consumption. It can be solved by the implementation of energy efficient hardware based on non-von-Neumann…
Several learning rules for synaptic plasticity, that depend on either spike timing or internal state variables, have been proposed in the past imparting varying computational capabilities to Spiking Neural Networks. Due to design…
In this paper a novel neuro-fuzzy system is proposed where its learning is based on the creation of fuzzy relations by using new implication method without utilizing any exact mathematical techniques. Then, a simple memristor crossbar-based…
Hardware spiking neural networks hold the promise of realizing artificial intelligence with high energy efficiency. In this context, solid-state and scalable memristors can be used to mimic biological neuron characteristics. However, these…
Electrophysiological techniques have improved substantially over the past years to the point that neuroprosthetics applications are becoming viable. This evolution has been fuelled by the advancement of implantable microelectrode…
Despite all the progress of semiconductor integrated circuit technology, the extreme complexity of the human cerebral cortex makes the hardware implementation of neuromorphic networks with a comparable number of devices exceptionally…
We have added a simplified neuromorphic model of Spike Time Dependent Plasticity (STDP) to the Synapto-dendritic Kernel Adapting Neuron (SKAN). The resulting neuron model is the first to show synaptic encoding of afferent signal to noise…
Neuromorphic computing using spike-based learning has broad prospects in reducing computing power. Memristive neurons composed with two locally active memristors have been used to mimic the dynamical behaviors of biological neurons. In this…