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We discuss a high-performance and high-throughput hardware accelerator for probabilistic Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) based on Generalized Linear Model (GLM) neurons, that uses binary STT-RAM devices as synapses and digital CMOS logic for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-06 Anakha V Babu , Osvaldo Simeone , Bipin Rajendran

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) have advantages in latency and energy efficiency over traditional artificial neural networks (ANNs) due to its event-driven computation mechanism and replacement of energy-consuming weight multiplications with…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Zhehui Wang , Xiaozhe Gu , Rick Goh , Joey Tianyi Zhou , Tao Luo

In this study, we build a computational model of Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) using Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) to understand how neurons adapt and respond to tasks switched under short and longer duration of stimulus changes. We also explore…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Ashwin Viswanathan Kannan , Goutam Mylavarapu , Johnson P Thomas

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are a promising, energy-efficient alternative to standard Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and are particularly well-suited to spatio-temporal tasks such as keyword spotting and video classification. However,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Zainab Aizaz , James C. Knight , Thomas Nowotny

Reinforcement Learning (RL) provides a powerful framework for decision-making in complex environments. However, implementing RL in hardware-efficient and bio-inspired ways remains a challenge. This paper presents a novel Spiking Neural…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Sergio F. Chevtchenko , Yeshwanth Bethi , Teresa B. Ludermir , Saeed Afshar

Spiking Neural Network (SNN) is acknowledged as the next generation of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and hold great promise in effectively processing spatial-temporal information. However, the choice of timestep becomes crucial as it…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Dengyu Wu , Yi Qi , Kaiwen Cai , Gaojie Jin , Xinping Yi , Xiaowei Huang

Neuromorphic Computing (NC) and Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) in particular are often viewed as the next generation of Neural Networks (NNs). NC is a novel bio-inspired paradigm for energy efficient neural computation, often relying on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Andreas Ziegler , Karl Vetter , Thomas Gossard , Jonas Tebbe , Sebastian Otte , Andreas Zell

This work introduces GazeSCRNN, a novel spiking convolutional recurrent neural network designed for event-based near-eye gaze tracking. Leveraging the high temporal resolution, energy efficiency, and compatibility of Dynamic Vision Sensor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Stijn Groenen , Marzieh Hassanshahi Varposhti , Mahyar Shahsavari

The increasing need for compact and low-power computing solutions for machine learning applications has triggered significant interest in energy-efficient neuromorphic systems. However, most of these architectures rely on spiking neural…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-12-23 Manu V Nair , Giacomo Indiveri

The field of neuromorphic computing promises extremely low-power and low-latency sensing and processing. Challenges in transferring learning algorithms from traditional artificial neural networks (ANNs) to spiking neural networks (SNNs)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Jesse Hagenaars , Federico Paredes-Vallés , Guido de Croon

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) offer a more energy-efficient alternative to Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) by mimicking biological neural principles, establishing them as a promising approach to mitigate the increasing energy demands of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-24 Velibor Bojković , Xiaofeng Wu , Bin Gu

Implantable Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are promising for motor rehabilitation and mobility augmentation, and they demand accurate and energy-efficient algorithms. In this paper, we propose a novel spiking neural network (SNN) decoder…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-06 Jiawei Liao , Oscar Toomey , Xiaying Wang , Lars Widmer , Cynthia A. Chestek , Luca Benini , Taekwang Jang

Transformers are state-of-the-art networks for most sequence processing tasks. However, the self-attention mechanism often used in Transformers requires large time windows for each computation step and thus makes them less suitable for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Nathan Leroux , Jan Finkbeiner , Emre Neftci

Deep 'Analog Artificial Neural Networks' (ANNs) perform complex classification problems with remarkably high accuracy. However, they rely on humongous amount of power to perform the calculations, veiling the accuracy benefits. The…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Parami Wijesinghe , Aayush Ankit , Abhronil Sengupta , Kaushik Roy

Radar processing via spiking neural networks (SNNs) has recently emerged as a solution in the field of ultra-low-power wireless human-computer interaction. Compared to traditional energy- and area-hungry deep learning methods, SNNs are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-25 Ali Safa , André Bourdoux , Ilja Ocket , Francky Catthoor , Georges G. E. Gielen

With the remarkable progress that technology has made, the need for processing data near the sensors at the edge has increased dramatically. The electronic systems used in these applications must process data continuously, in real-time, and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-01-11 Ole Richter , Chenxi Wu , Adrian M. Whatley , German Köstinger , Carsten Nielsen , Ning Qiao , Giacomo Indiveri

In order to port the performance of trained artificial neural networks (ANNs) to spiking neural networks (SNNs), which can be implemented in neuromorphic hardware with a drastically reduced energy consumption, an efficient ANN to SNN…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Christoph Stöckl , Wolfgang Maass

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) may offer an energy-efficient alternative for implementing deep learning applications. In recent years, there have been several proposals focused on supervised (conversion, spike-based gradient descent) and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-31 Priyadarshini Panda , Aparna Aketi , Kaushik Roy

Spiking Neural Network (SNN) naturally inspires hardware implementation as it is based on biology. For learning, spike time dependent plasticity (STDP) may be implemented using an energy efficient waveform superposition on memristor based…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-08-03 Aditya Shukla , Vinay Kumar , Udayan Ganguly

Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are promising for motor rehabilitation and mobility augmentation. High-accuracy and low-power algorithms are required to achieve implantable BMI systems. In this paper, we propose a novel spiking neural…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-13 Jiawei Liao , Lars Widmer , Xiaying Wang , Alfio Di Mauro , Samuel R. Nason-Tomaszewski , Cynthia A. Chestek , Luca Benini , Taekwang Jang