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The "fire together, wire together" Hebbian model is a central principle for learning in neuroscience, but surprisingly, it has found limited applicability in modern machine learning. In this paper, we take a first step towards bridging this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Aseem Wadhwa , Upamanyu Madhow

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) equipped with latency coding and spike-timing dependent plasticity rules offer an alternative to solve the data and energy bottlenecks of standard computer vision approaches: they can learn visual features…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Pierre Falez , Pierre Tirilly , Ioan Marius Bilasco , Philippe Devienne , Pierre Boulet

Spiking neural networks (SNN) are delivering energy-efficient, massively parallel, and low-latency solutions to AI problems, facilitated by the emerging neuromorphic chips. To harness these computational benefits, SNN need to be trained by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-10-28 Guangzhi Tang , Neelesh Kumar , Ioannis Polykretis , Konstantinos P. Michmizos

The increasing rise in machine learning and deep learning applications is requiring ever more computational resources to successfully meet the growing demands of an always-connected, automated world. Neuromorphic technologies based on…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Philippe Reiter , Geet Rose Jose , Spyridon Bizmpikis , Ionela-Ancuţa Cîrjilă

The efficiency of modern machine intelligence depends on high accuracy with minimal computational cost. In spiking neural networks (SNNs), synaptic delays are crucial for encoding temporal structure, yet existing models treat them as fully…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Lennart P. L. Landsmeer , Amirreza Movahedin , Mario Negrello , Said Hamdioui , Christos Strydis

The human brain can self-organize rich and diverse sparse neural pathways to incrementally master hundreds of cognitive tasks. However, most existing continual learning algorithms for deep artificial and spiking neural networks are unable…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Bing Han , Feifei Zhao , Wenxuan Pan , Zhuoya Zhao , Xianqi Li , Qingqun Kong , Yi Zeng

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), recognized as the third generation of neural networks, are known for their bio-plausibility and energy efficiency, especially when implemented on neuromorphic hardware. However, the majority of existing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Yi Jiang , Sen Lu , Abhronil Sengupta

Bayesian inference provides a principled framework for understanding brain function, while neural activity in the brain is inherently spike-based. This paper bridges these two perspectives by designing spiking neural networks that simulate…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-01-01 Sepideh Adamiat , Wouter M. Kouw , Bert de Vries

A Spiking Neural Network (SNN) is trained with Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP), which is a neuro-inspired unsupervised learning method for various machine learning applications. This paper studies the generalizability properties of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Biswadeep Chakraborty , Saibal Mukhopadhyay

Hebbian theory seeks to explain how the neurons in the brain adapt to stimuli, to enable learning. An interesting feature of Hebbian learning is that it is an unsupervised method and as such, does not require feedback, making it suitable in…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2022-06-07 Jakub Fil , Neil Dalchau , Dominique Chu

A growing body of work underlines striking similarities between biological neural networks and recurrent, binary neural networks. A relatively smaller body of work, however, discusses similarities between learning dynamics employed in deep…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-22 Jacques Kaiser , Hesham Mostafa , Emre Neftci

The synaptic connectivity of cortex is plastic, with experience shaping the ongoing interactions between neurons. Theoretical studies of spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) have focused on either just pairs of neurons or large-scale…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2016-08-02 Gabriel Koch Ocker , Brent Doiron

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are inspired by the sparse and event-driven nature of biological neural processing, and offer the potential for ultra-low-power artificial intelligence. However, realizing their efficiency benefits requires…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Ilkin Aliyev , Kama Svoboda , Tosiron Adegbija , Jean-Marc Fellous

While advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience have enabled the emergence of neural networks capable of learning a wide variety of tasks, our understanding of the temporal dynamics of these networks remains limited. Here, we…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-11-13 Shi Gu , Marcelo G Mattar , Huajin Tang , Gang Pan

Temporal spike recognition plays a crucial role in various domains, including anomaly detection, keyword spotting and neuroscience. This paper presents a novel algorithm for efficient temporal spike pattern recognition on sparse event…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Vijay Shankaran Vivekanand , Rajkumar Kubendran

Memristor-based Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) with temporal spike encoding enable ultra-low-energy computation, making them ideal for battery-powered intelligent devices. This paper presents a circuit-level memristive spiking neural…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Santlal Prajapati , Susmita Sur-Kolay , Soumyadeep Dutta

For a long time, biology and neuroscience fields have been a great source of inspiration for computer scientists, towards the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This survey aims at providing a comprehensive review of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Gabriele Lagani , Fabrizio Falchi , Claudio Gennaro , Giuseppe Amato

Unsupervised structure learning in high-dimensional time series data has attracted a lot of research interests. For example, segmenting and labelling high dimensional time series can be helpful in behavior understanding and medical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Hao Liu , Haoli Bai , Lirong He , Zenglin Xu

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) with leaky integrate and fire (LIF) neurons, can be operated in an event-driven manner and have internal states to retain information over time, providing opportunities for energy-efficient neuromorphic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Wachirawit Ponghiran , Kaushik Roy

Despite the striking successes of deep neural networks trained with gradient-based optimization, these methods differ fundamentally from their biological counterparts. This gap raises key questions about how nature achieves robust,…

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