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We present variational sequential optimal experimental design (vsOED), a novel method for optimally designing a finite sequence of experiments within a Bayesian framework with information-theoretic criteria. vsOED employs a one-point reward…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-04-08 Wanggang Shen , Jiayuan Dong , Xun Huan

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) offer a biologically grounded and energy-efficient alternative to conventional neural architectures; however, they struggle with long-range temporal dependencies due to fixed synaptic and membrane time…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Sarim Chaudhry

Precise spike timing as a means to encode information in neural networks is biologically supported, and is advantageous over frequency-based codes by processing input features on a much shorter time-scale. For these reasons, much recent…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-10-31 Brian Gardner , André Grüning

Biological nervous systems constitute important sources of inspiration towards computers that are faster, cheaper, and more energy efficient. Neuromorphic disciplines view the brain as a coevolved system, simultaneously optimizing the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Jens Egholm Pedersen , Jörg Conradt , Tony Lindeberg

We report modulation of a reversible phase transition in VO2 films by hydrogen doping. A metallic phase and a new insulating phase are successively observed at room temperature as the doping concentration increases. It is suggested that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-27 Shi Chen , Zhaowu Wang , Lele Fan , Yuliang Chen , Hui Ren , Heng Ji , Douglas Natelson , Yingying Huang , Jun Jiang , Chongwen Zou

In this work, we introduce an optoelectronic spiking artificial neuron capable of operating at ultrafast rates ($\approx$ 100 ps/optical spike) and with low energy consumption ($<$ pJ/spike). The proposed system combines an excitable…

Achieving the full understanding and control of the insulator-to-metal transition in Mott materials is key for the next generation of electronics devices, with applications ranging from ultrafast transistors, volatile and non-volatile…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-02 Alessandra Milloch , Michele Fabrizio , Claudio Giannetti

In the pursuit of scalable and energy-efficient neuromorphic devices, recent research has unveiled a novel category of spiking oscillators, termed "thermal neuristors." These devices function via thermal interactions among neighboring…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-07-12 Yuan-Hang Zhang , Chesson Sipling , Erbin Qiu , Ivan K. Schuller , Massimiliano Di Ventra

Neuro-inspired computing architectures are one of the leading candidates to solve complex, large-scale associative learning problems. The two key building blocks for neuromorphic computing are the synapse and the neuron, which form the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Boyang Zhao , Jayakanth Ravichandran

In this paper, we investigate the fundamental limits on how the inter- spike time of a neuron oscillator can be perturbed by the application of a bounded external control input (a current stimulus) with zero net electric charge…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-20 Isuru S. Dasanayake , Jr-Shin Li

Bio-inspired neuromorphic hardware is a research direction to approach brain's computational power and energy efficiency. Spiking neural networks (SNN) encode information as sparsely distributed spike trains and employ…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-10-23 Haowem Fang , Amar Shrestha , De Ma , Qinru Qiu

Hardware implementation of neuromorphic computing can significantly improve performance and energy efficiency of machine learning tasks implemented with spiking neural networks (SNNs), making these hardware platforms particularly suitable…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-12-21 Twisha Titirsha , Anup Das

Living organisms can demonstrate highly adaptable and sophisticated responses using memory resulting from repeated exposure to external conditions or training. However, realizing similar adaptability in mechanical responses in inanimate,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-02 Maitri Mandal , Pappu Acharya , Rituparno Mandal , Sayantan Majumdar

Resistance Random Access Memory (RRAMTM) device, with its electrically induced nanoscale resistive switching capacity, has been gaining considerable attention as future non-volatile memory device. Here, we propose a mechanism of switching…

Biological neurons can detect complex spatio-temporal features in spiking patterns via their synapses spread across across their dendritic branches. This is achieved by modulating the efficacy of the individual synapses, and by exploiting…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Melika Payvand , Simone D'Agostino , Filippo Moro , Yigit Demirag , Giacomo Indiveri , Elisa Vianello

Recent experimental and theoretical studies have indicated that the putative criticality of cortical dynamics may corresponds to a synchronization phase transition. The critical dynamics near such a critical point needs further…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-05-04 Mahsa Khoshkhou , Afshin Montakhab

Temporal Neural Networks (TNNs) are spiking neural networks that use time as a resource to represent and process information, similar to the mammalian neocortex. In contrast to compute-intensive deep neural networks that employ separate…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Harideep Nair , John Paul Shen , James E. Smith

Recent research has demonstrated the usefulness of neural networks as variational ansatz functions for quantum many-body states. However, high-dimensional sampling spaces and transient autocorrelations confront these approaches with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-29 Robert Klassert , Andreas Baumbach , Mihai A. Petrovici , Martin Gärttner

Time-variant systems have recently garnered considerable attention due to their unique potentials in manipulating electromagnetic waves. Here, a novel class of topological spacetime crystals is introduced, with a traveling-wave modulation…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-24 João C. Serra , Mário G. Silveirinha

Recently, the field of Metal-Insulator-Transition (MIT) materials has emerged as an unconventional solution for novel energy efficient electronic functions, such as steep slope subthermionic switches, neuromorphic hardware, reconfigurable…